David Olsen: On the Road to Creativity
by Dan Taylor
1. @daveohoots
2. 16 years old, bought a van
2.1. travelled the world
2.2. learned about the internet on the day Gerry Garcia died
3. Always been bringing together technology and culture
3.1. started at gr4 science project
4. HootSuite
4.1. Worldwide juggernaut
4.2. Playing a role in the revolution
4.3. Right here from E Van
4.4. He's not a technologist
4.4.1. took 17 years to get a bachelor's
4.4.2. In interdisciplinary studies
4.4.3. being the rosetta stone between suits and geeks
4.4.3.1. Secret sauce for him to stay employed
5. What he learned
5.1. Art makes the future
5.1.1. This is how we have learned about history
5.1.2. Without artists, we only have a record written by the winners
5.2. Offended by CONTENT
5.2.1. Where's the quality?
5.2.2. Don't get precious with your stuff
5.2.3. Most people deal with obscurity, not piracy
6. You need to be in between your audience and your awesomeness!
6.1. Find a place where you can put the two together and rock their world on a daily basis!
7. Creativity starts with a walk
7.1. 80% meditation
7.2. 10% inspiration
7.3. 10% inebriation
8. Role Models that we've had
8.1. War & Peace: it's not just a trivia answer, it's a book, read it!
8.2. We need new heroes!
8.3. Just had rock starts and celebrities
9. Personal Anthropology
9.1. Who were you in your past lives?
9.2. Dig out that shoebox and put it out there
9.3. It deserves an audience
9.4. Who were you at 15? 25? 5?
10. Express with Vigor!
10.1. If you are awesome, you can get away with anything, just ask him!
10.2. Don't get hung up on who is going to like it?
10.3. Ignore the gatekeepers! They're just stone
10.3.1. write for yourself, write for others
10.4. It's not about signing your rights away, it's about building the tribe around your content
11. Take Risks!
11.1. Those situtations are those that test you, really figure out who you are!
12. Everything/Nothing is new!
12.1. We are just reinvent the same stuff
12.2. It's direspectful to say that we are creating something original
12.3. It's just a conglomeration of all the little thoughts in your head
13. Tech is just a Tool
13.1. It's an awesome tool but it's just a tool
13.2. Telegrams lasted about 150 years, do you think Twitter will last that long?
14. Be your own eyewitness
14.1. held jobs in Germany, Japan
14.1.1. learned from experience and diversity