Tim Kastelle
@timkastelle.bsky.social
Innovation guy, birder, Professor, hockey fan. Bad at writing bios. University of Queensland.
Innovation stuff here: https://timkastelle.org
Innovation stuff here: https://timkastelle.org
She looks so much like Hedy. Except for being twice as big…
May 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
She looks so much like Hedy. Except for being twice as big…
One of my all time faves. I can’t refund the video I linked to, which is a shame. It had a camera right over his shoulder which was amazing to watch.
May 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One of my all time faves. I can’t refund the video I linked to, which is a shame. It had a camera right over his shoulder which was amazing to watch.
I wonder if skipping words like “been” is also a sign of genius? 🤷♂️
May 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I wonder if skipping words like “been” is also a sign of genius? 🤷♂️
The links are dead, but I wrote something very similar here (though I never seemed to turn my innovation mob into Hersh fans…):
timkastelle.org/blog/2013/02...
timkastelle.org/blog/2013/02...
Culture Provides the Beat for Your Organisation
Kristin Hersh's two bands sound very different. Why? Because they have two different drummers. Culture plays that role in organisations. An idea that works great in one culture may fail miserably in ...
timkastelle.org
May 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The links are dead, but I wrote something very similar here (though I never seemed to turn my innovation mob into Hersh fans…):
timkastelle.org/blog/2013/02...
timkastelle.org/blog/2013/02...
We must have some kind of unrecognised geniuses!
May 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We must have some kind of unrecognised geniuses!
True. And I grabbed Double Nickels next.
May 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
True. And I grabbed Double Nickels next.
First time I ever heard this version was when some guy played it on the bachelor/ette party radio show the night before my wedding…
May 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
First time I ever heard this version was when some guy played it on the bachelor/ette party radio show the night before my wedding…
The day I bought I purchased two double LPs. The second was, ummm, Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
May 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The day I bought I purchased two double LPs. The second was, ummm, Frankie Goes to Hollywood.
This led me through an incoherent set of steps that ended at: did any band ever do a worse (better?) job of predicting algorithmic search than Christmas?
May 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This led me through an incoherent set of steps that ended at: did any band ever do a worse (better?) job of predicting algorithmic search than Christmas?
A song that could trigger a set of steps that culminates in moving to Australia…
May 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A song that could trigger a set of steps that culminates in moving to Australia…
Epic song. 50 Foot Wave might be my favourite Kristin Hersh project, which is saying something.
May 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Epic song. 50 Foot Wave might be my favourite Kristin Hersh project, which is saying something.
I’m still getting them Andrew!
May 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I’m still getting them Andrew!
This is an important book that you should probably read.
It's pub day for The Pacific Circuit, my book. For Bluesky, I wanted to lay out some of the arguments in the book, and what they might say about the present moment of trade war and technological development. So, let's start with: what is the Pacific Circuit?
BIG THREAD (sorry)
BIG THREAD (sorry)
May 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is an important book that you should probably read.
That sounds like the right choice! It’s hard for me to do that too, though.
May 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
That sounds like the right choice! It’s hard for me to do that too, though.
It’s probably a moot point by now, but that book should be dropped! An additional problem with books like that is that I read them more slowly than usual, so not only am I stuck in a bad book, but it takes me longer than usual to get to the next better book.
May 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
It’s probably a moot point by now, but that book should be dropped! An additional problem with books like that is that I read them more slowly than usual, so not only am I stuck in a bad book, but it takes me longer than usual to get to the next better book.
I drop a lot (or at least pause them) <40 pages in, but if I go past that, I really struggle to stop, even if they’re bad…
April 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I drop a lot (or at least pause them) <40 pages in, but if I go past that, I really struggle to stop, even if they’re bad…
This is very excellent.
Of all the tech and design thinkers we've had so far, Ursula Franklin is maybe the closest to my heart. Going back to the wellspring for this one.
www.wrecka.ge/ursulas-list/
www.wrecka.ge/ursulas-list/
Ursula's list
Ursula Franklin is one of my all-time favorite thinkers about both the obvious and obscured parts of our technological world.
www.wrecka.ge
April 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This is very excellent.
Or even if you see “this”! 🙄
February 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Or even if you see “this”! 🙄
If you see thus, post a fictional band that you would love to see live.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlUE...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlUE...
February 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
If you see thus, post a fictional band that you would love to see live.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlUE...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=nlUE...