Paul Jacobson

Category: Events and Life

  • Have your drone walk your dog

    http://vimeo.com/95078536 This is amusing but it also strikes me as a bit of a sad regression. Surely walking the dog benefits the human as well as the dog? If you get your drone to walk the dog, you’re basically abdicating a very human activity which has the benefit of reintegrating the human into the immediate…

  • Happy Mothers' Day Moms

    Mothers’ Day has rolled around again and its a convenient time to stop for a day and pay more attention to the women who made it possible for us to be here in the first place. I took a stroll through some YouTube channels I follow and found some great videos paying tribute to our…

  • Don’t be bitter, be better

    Don’t be bitter, be better

    Someone I respect gave me advice that has remained with me ever since one of my biggest personal failures: “Don’t be bitter, be better”. I made a huge mistake and that probably cost me valuable relationships but his advice continues to inspire me.

  • Don't ask what the world needs

    Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. Howard Thurman

  • A dull life

    This post was originally published on Medium as “Too much focus on a dull life“. Too much focus on a dull life

  • A contingency plan

    This video is titled “Inseparable” and it is a pretty disturbing and powerful hypothetical:

  • A wealth of knowledge and inspiration at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit

    I am privileged to be at the 2014 Discovery Leadership Summit today. I am here as media (so I was given a ticket) and this is a dream come true for me. The speakers are exceptional and I just haven’t had an opportunity to attend before. I am taking notes as the Summit proceeds and…

  • My curated #OscarPistorius Twitter stream

    Update (2014-03-03): I’ve embedded the eNCA video feed too: Tracking one of the hashtags being used for the Oscar Pistorius trial is going to be overwhelming pretty quickly so I opted for a Twitter list which I have added a number of journalists and select profiles to instead. This might be helpful. Let me know…