Scribblings, musings and assorted published wisdom
For those who feel like 20,000 words about a tech conference is not NEARLY enough, here is the full 176-page eBook that I wrote at Fast Company’s behest. Strangely enough, it still fills too short to me. You can by it via Amazon, iTunes, this weird, possibly Canadian, indie book store, or probably some other places too.
Twenty years of wild parties, legendary product launches, and heated controversies: how an unlikely mix of “nerds, rock-and-roll hippie freaks, and business suits” grew into the tech world’s most-talked-about annual gathering.
After spending their lives making extreme music under oppressive circumstances, a handful of Cuban bands–with the help of a writer and filmmaker–finally got a chance to play in the U.S. The hardest part: deciding if they could ever go home again.
Five years ago, Justin Hawkins was fronting the U.K.’s biggest band–until he succumbed to the very cliches the Darkness were lampooning. Now, as he tries to kick-start Hot Leg, he’s hauling his own gear, sleeping on floors and trying not to make the same mistakes twice.
David Peisner 