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Some Notes on Writing for Performance

Just got back from a group workshop meeting for 2nd Story. If you’re not familiar, 2nd Story is a theater collective I’ve been working with that produces readings at wine bars around Chicago. The process is what sets it apart … Continue reading

Writing for Nickels

Freelance writing mills are ubiquitous online: generally, they demand that you devote hours of your time building your reputation and profile on what is essentially an eBay for tedious, lifeless copywriting. The rewards are minor. While Dan Baum gripes on … Continue reading

Bloody Mary Mornings, and Time to Write

My old band Mule Train did a cover of Willie Nelson’s “Bloody Mary Morning”, a song about a lovelorn Willie managing a cross-country flight from LAX with a stiff plastic cup of vodka and spicy tomato juice. It’s a great … Continue reading

Shareable Chicago: DataKind's Vision of a Data-Driven Social Change Movement
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Greenplum: From Disruption to Insight at the Data Science Summit 2012
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Recap of Wiki inventor Ward Cunningham's Big Data for the Public Good talk.
SF Weekly: Civil Wrongs Revisited
Remembering Bayard Rustin, the fervid orator who served as a key figure in the civil rights movement for more than 60 years.
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Dutch architecture company MVRDV is betting urban design can go DIY with its the principle of "do-it-yourself urbanism."

Paul M. Davis

Technology, social justice and the independent arts. Austin via Chicago via Santa Cruz.

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Some Notes on Writing for Performance

Writing for Nickels

Bloody Mary Mornings, and Time to Write