Strands of Genius: Humane Technology, Brief Bros & Pep Talks from Kids
plus our thoughts on: reviews, dreams, breathwork
WRITING FROM | Athens, GA / in transit
WORKING ON | Attention planning, creative effectiveness, workshop deployment
LOOKING AHEAD
March 21-31 | London, UK [Faris] Athens/Nashville [Rosie]
April 1-29 | Beersheba Springs, TN
April 29-May 1 | Nashville, TN
May 1-28 | London, UK
May 28-June 6 | TBD: Portugal or France
June 6-24 | London, UK
June 24-27 | New York, NY
June 27-July 12 | Wingdale, NY
:: WHAT’S NEW & WEEKLY GRATITUDE ::
It’s been emotional but also everyone is being really nice. How you doing?
This week, we’re especially thankful for:
Ashley&MammaD&Pete, Chelsea&Ariel&Melanie, Alex&Collin, Morgan&Colin, Kayla, David, Leo&Kitty, Eliz&Mos, college towns, biscuits, pimento cheese, The Finnish Long Drink, pliers, dogs, The Bob Ross game, the new Spiderman movie Abdullah and his lovely new house, reliable internet connections, being able to flush toilet paper and drink tap water, very nice clients, new sheets, new shoes (super plush vans, thanks Rosie), he extremely nice flight attendants on Virgin Atlantic (so nice! thank you for reminding me that flying can be fun), & YOU.
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:: THE LINKS ::
FOUNDATIONS OF HUMANE TECHNOLOGY
If you’re not familiar with the Center for Humane Technology (CHT), you should be. In their own words, “Our mission is to drive a comprehensive shift toward humane technology that supports our well-being, democracy, and shared information environment.From the dinner table to the corner office to the halls of government, our work mobilizes millions of advocates, technologists, business leaders, and policymakers through media campaigns, working groups, and high-level briefings.” As part of achieving this, they have put together a free, self-paced online course that “prepares product teams to create technology that treats attention and intention as sacred, protects well-being, and builds our collective capacity to address humanity’s most urgent challenges.” (CHT)
FARIS AND THE BRIEF BROS
Faris had a lovely time chatting to Howard and Henry, both practitioners and teachers of advertising, about briefs, strategy and ads and that. They are both delightful and extremely smart and well informed about the industry, both practically and academically, and Howard also wrote two graphic text books on the creative brief and propositions. (Brief Bros)
PEP TALK
Call this number (USA) for a pep talk. No, seriously, do it now.
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Hello! It’s me, Faris!
I like you and would like you to read my book and/or read the new edition if you read it before. Also, I would like some new reviews on the Amazon because the new edition creates a new listing and reviews are important for algorithmic and social proof reasons. So. Here’s an offer. If you commit to doing an honest review, I mean honest, whatever you think is great, I WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF MY BOOK FOR FREE! I will do up to 5. Reply to this mail or hit me up on Twitter @faris (with your address) (prob better to DM me the address). I will endeavor to do this for anywhere Amazon can send things.
Here’s the new listing on Amazon because about 500 or so of you have already bought the new edition (OMG thank you I really appreciate it, I hope you enjoy it and find it useful) and it would be super cool if you could drop me a review or some stars over on Amazon.
:: WHAT WE’RE THINKING ABOUT: BEFORE ::
I wanted to be a writer from a very young age. Or possibly a professional swimmer.
:: AND NOW… 3D MAGIC ::
If we can ever be of help to you, even outside of a formal engagement, please don’t hesitate to let us know.
rockON,
faris & rosie & ashley | your friends over at geniussteals.co
@faris is always tweeting
@rosieyakob hangs out on instagram
@ashley also writes for deaf, tattooed & employed
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It's called Genius Steals because we believe ideas are new combinations and that nothing can come from nothing. But copying is lazy. We believe the best way to innovate is to look at the best of that which came before and combine those elements into new solutions.
Co-Founders Faris & Rosie are award-winning strategists and creative directors, writers, consultants and public speakers who have been living on the road/runway since March 2013, working with companies all over the world. Our Director of Operations is nomadic like us, our accounting team is based out of Washington, our company is registered in Tennessee, and our collaborators are all over the world. Being nomadic allows us to go wherever clients need us to be, and to be inspired by the world in between.
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