Note: This post was drafted on 4/21 and finalized today. The Eureka Room Plan At a high level, the plan for the Eureka Room is just two things: Make awesome experiences.Get awesome people who will love those awesome experiences to pay for those awesome experiences. Or, using more businessy terms: Pr...

Note: This post was drafted on 4/5/2021 but finalized and posted today. Here's the things I want to get accomplished this week. First, I need to contact Atlas Obscura about getting on their site. This has been far more problematic than I had anticipated. Details will be in a future post. Second, I w...

The Begining of IRLXD.com Today is May 4th, 2021. One year ago the pandemic started and I made yet another attempt at blogging. It was sporadic at first and I didn't even publish anything that I had written until well into fall. This was because I had tried a few blogs over the last few years and th...

I picked this book up because I have an interest in mini-museums and have been brainstorming new museum experiences. I call them “museums” because that’s the closest term I know that describes them. The main difference might be that is that museums are there to tell a story and show you the artifact...

Look at this photo. This is a real place. You can actually GO there. The fine gentleman in the photo won't be there, but you'll get the rest. And a whole lot more. I’m a big fan of Colombia. I’d been there three times, but one place that I was not able to make it until the fourth trip was Parque Jai...

A few years ago, I had the lucky opportunity to travel to China with my friend Kate. She was visiting Christine, her friend living in Shenzhen. It was a more or less a last minute trip with no planning, so I had no idea what to expect. (A prospect that excited me). The first day as we walked around...

Note: This Event was part of my “Secret Experimental Event Series” for Big Weekend Calendars and The Austin Events Wall Calendar. You can read more about the event series in this post. Where The Idea Came From As I’ve written elsewhere, the events were developed by first coming u...

Note: This post was drafted on 3/31 and finalized today. The last couple of weeks I have been brainstorming new program with the goal of winnowing it down to a list of the ideas that have the highest potential for creating joy through charming absurdity. In addition to the existing hour or so of pro...

Note: This was drafted on 2/26. Summary of how the rewrite should go Good for creativityTools can lessen creativity.There’s a difference between leading with tools and leading with need.Current ideas are begging for more tools.What should I do? Not Interactive. Interaction. The Eureka Room currently...

Note: This post was first drafted on 11/19/2020 At the beginning of the pandemic, it was clear that I wouldn’t be able to do The Eureka Room as planned. It was probably going to be at least a year until I could show it to people. Not only that, but I decided I didn't want people to come test it due...