Christopher Allen

I've found this true to my founder experience: "…my real job was to bridge the natural divides that perpetually emerge" http://t.co/npF7c1uc - Christopher Allen

I've found this true to my founder experience: "…my real job was to bridge the natural divides that perpetually emerge" http://t.co/npF7c1uc - Christopher Allen

I shared in my #storify some useful articles on how to effectively use Apple's Siri in iOS 6 for the iPhone and iPad http://t.co/1Qo11FDm - Christopher Allen

I shared in my #storify some useful articles on how to effectively use Apple's Siri in iOS 6 for the iPhone and iPad http://t.co/1Qo11FDm - Christopher Allen

Campervan rentals in SF and LA, Yelp gives them great reviews. - Christopher Allen

Campervan rentals in SF and LA, Yelp gives them great reviews. - Christopher Allen

And so he went out and collected directories for some nearby towns and picked out around 600 names. "I started out at a random number and then skipped so many and got to the next one," he says. To these 600 strangers, Kunz sent his Christmas greetings: handwritten notes or a card with a photo of him and his family. And then Kunz waited to see what would happen. "It was just, you know, a shot in the dark," he says. "I didn't know what would happen." But about five days later, responses started filtering back — slowly at first and then more, until eventually they were coming 12, 15 at a time. Eventually Kunz got more than 200 replies. - Christopher Allen

Inspired by Lynn Twist’s Gertrude story @squareholder facilitates collaboration to grow communities #ignitebgi http://t.co/1b3Ekbls - Christopher Allen

At #IgniteBGI (@ Bainbridge Graduate Institute - Seattle Campus w/ 2 others) [pic]: http://t.co/v4FOeUI8 - Christopher Allen

Interesting article talking about the recent departures of Apple's Forstall and Microsoft's Sinofsky. Some people praise these moves as they were abrasive and not very collaborative, others fear their absence will mean decisions made by committees and lowering of standards. KEYQUOTE: "Being good mean - Christopher Allen

Heading to Seattle to see graduates of my “Using the Social Web for Social Change” class present tonight at #IgniteBGI http://t.co/LWrLsMTp - Christopher Allen

Ugh, I really dislike gerrymandering, no matter what party does it. KEYQUOTE: "Although a small number of ballots remain to be counted, as of this writing, votes for a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives outweigh votes for Republican candidates. Based on ThinkProgress’ review of all - Christopher Allen

KEYQUOTE: "Restoration: This phase affords a planned recovery period to allow mental and physical recharging. Restoration phases often follow Transmutation cycles, but can be introduced at any time. Scheduled Restoration phases refresh focus, combat burnout, and prevent fatigue. The defocus creates lag window for assimilating short-term achievements made in Accumulation and Transmutation blocks into long-term progression. Restoration phases can provide time for contemplation, assessment of goal metrics, planning of future goals, and for devising future periodization blocks. In preparing for the SAT, a Restoration cycle might represent a summer break from school. - Christopher Allen

Excellent article by my colleague Shannon Appelcline, author of over 653 game designs reviews on RPGnet (http://www.rpg.net/reviews...) , on the topic of US Elections as a Bad Game Design: KEYQUOTE: "What kind of majority-control game is that, where - Christopher Allen

Seattle opens a town square for social enterprise community | http://t.co/ab1lySc5 – Tom Paulson (tompaulson) http://twitter.com/tompaul... - Christopher Allen

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I'm in awe of the design ideas underlying the infographics in this video, as well as those at its creator's portfolio website www.lostconversation.com. KEYQUOTE: "It’s this third topic--the final piece in the trilogy, called Getting Lost--that I find most poignant (or maybe personally applicable?). I - Christopher Allen

My presentation @CityWorksXpo #xpo12 is available at http://t.co/kWpiG3hY — many links there to my free voice/slide lectures on slideshare. - Christopher Allen

More links about the importance of weak ties in small communities at http://t.co/1N4bdcdf re:@CollegeHill - Christopher Allen