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/// 1. A tendency to favor swift and decisive action over procrastination or extended processing /// 2. The quality or state of being able to just "make it happen", typically seen in exceptionally productive creatives.
We look at the art of on-the-job training via McSweeney's scrappy approach to making crazy-inventive books and publishing a 320-page newspaper.
Radio icon Garrison
Keillor talks about escaping the tyranny of the Internet and the art of
eavesdropping your way into a story.
Storyteller Jonathan Ames—the mind behind HBO's new series Bored to Death—feeds on fear to take the first step. (And then he punches it out.)
A limited amount of pre-sale tickets are now available for the 2010 edition of the 99% Conference, our annual kick-in-the-pants for creative minds.
Designer Damien Correll is a fan of boundaries. We chat about how constraints are conducive to creativity, and why knowing your history is important.
"In sports you have to play to your strengths, avoiding weak points in your game." Momofuku chef David Chang talks about competition, cooking, and accountability…
Broadway producer Brian Swibel ("Xanadu") outlines the unsung benefits of having many irons in the fire and doing triple the work.