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April 5, 2008

Social Innovation Camp in London this weekend

logo.jpgThis weekend in East London is what looks like an amazing first of it's kind event that hopefully will be replicated across the world soon. Based on the Barcamp / Unconference events that have blown up over the last year or so, Social Innovation Camp puts teams of techies with social entrepreneurs whose 5 ideas have been chosen before the weekend event.

My housemate Seth actually submitted one of the selected ideas, which is Stuffshare, Freecycle meets Street Car . The idea that actually seems the most similar to my own vision for Open Green is Barcode Wikipedia:

A site for storing user-generated information – such as carbon footprint, manufacturing conditions and reviews - against a product, identified by its barcode number.

Even though I'm a bit disappointed to not have submitted an idea to the perfect event for my converging interests (too much of my time focused on my job), it'll be cool to attend the final session tomorrow afternoon.

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February 17, 2008

Free Range's Open Value Chain Story

I've been psyched about the folks at Free Range Graphics ever since I saw the Meatrix back in 2002, and worked with Jonah when I produced the new Listen Up! website.

After getting an email about their 2008 Gratitude Grant, I found their Youtube channel which currently is highlighting a series of videos titled the "Story of Stuff," a straightforward look at the linear chain that is pretty much how things have been made over the last few hundred years. The next step of course is to more clearly tell the stories of (and financially support) the few innovators which are starting to use the new proposed renewable system.

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January 17, 2008

Early Mornings and Premixed Lyrics Online

I've been getting up an hour earlier than last year so I can accomplish some of my personal goals with a clear head before I get to the day at the office. I heard the advice from one of the "Coaching the Life Coach" podcasts from Eric Maisel who coaches creative people with jobs (most of say we'll do it after work but don't).

So among other things, one thing I've accomplished been is finally actually adding the lyrics from my last Premixed album to the web. They're now available from the landing page of colinmutchler.com as well as below.

Lyrics from Colin Mutchler's "Premixed"
1. Everyday Choices
2. Castle of Seranades
3. More than 2 Sides
4. Destination Nonspecific
5. Break Free
6. History (Choose Responsibility)
7. Language of My Reality
8. My Life Changed (no lyrics)
9. Our Lives Change
10. A New System

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