BIL conference

You’ve heard about TED. Have you heard about BIL?

BIL is the quirky, populist, unconference known as the ad hoc analogue to TED. Open to the public and fully participant driven, our yearly gathering features a wild mix of technologists, scientists, artists, hackers, and those with a passion for community awareness, social entrepreneurship, and innovation. BIL emerged from a community of people who aspire to change the world for the better- everyone is on equal standing and we meet to share ideas, problems that need solving, and discoveries we are excited about with a quite diverse national and international crowd. Our attendees are our speakers and our speakers are our attendees and in true unconference style, attendees are responsible for shaping the conference itself through their participation.

BIL is organized and observed by the participants. BIL emerged from a community of people who aspire to change…

cryptocurrency

First new lectures in two years! Our courses are capped at a dozen participants to ensure maximum personalized attention and conviviality.

We feature BOTH online and in-person workshops. See them all on our Google calendar. Register securely with Paypal.

Thursday, March 20th in Victoria: Bitcoin for Beginners. 2-4 pm (a second session from 7-9 will be added if demand justifies it)

This two hour lecture is a straightforward introduction to the world of cryptocurrency with a special focus on Bitcoin. We’ll demystify the world of online currency and lay out the real risks, and real opportunities, in the field. Should your business accept bitcoin? What can you use it for? There’s still money to be made, but you might be surprised to learn just where and how.

This workshop is $50: to register, email bloggingclasses at gmail.com and pay securely via Paypal (accepts Paypal, credit card, and…

You hear about it, every now and then.  About rising rates of depression among 18-30 year olds.  About how many people in my own generation are being medicated for depression.  And they have a lot of theories.

But those theories are wrong.  Because I know why we are so messed up.

We more than likely have a shared childhood trauma.

Because we were the first generation that would have had the opportunity to see the movie The Never Ending Story at an impressionable age.

In case you haven’t seen the movie, or for whatever reason have repressed this trauma, and don’t know what I’m talking about, let me explain.  See, in the movie, the hero, Atreyu, starts off his journey to save a magical land along with his horse, Artax.

Atreyu and Artax are best friends.

And this is awesome, right?  This kid has a horse and it is an…