I’m on book tour promoting Show Your Work! See all upcoming dates or follow me Twitter or Instagram for daily updates.
San Antonio: talked to some super-smart booksellers with my friend Julie Wernersbach from BookPeople, had dinner with one of my heroes, Chip Kidd (here’s a Vine of us goofing around), then I had breakfast with another one of my heroes, Oliver Jeffers. (Check out this photo of my son Oliver took with a Texas-sized cinnamon roll.)
I was too sick then to remember much of it, and too lazy now to write much about it, so I’ll let Omar Gallaga recap:
In his keynote presentation on Friday, local author and artist Austin Kleon tackled the big themes: death, creativity and, most importantly, “Has SXSW gotten too big? Is it over?” (…) In tackling the subject of SXSW’s growth, Kleon suggested making more human connections, sharing instead of self-promoting all the time… he suggested SXSW attendees stop chasing the new, next big thing and think about longevity, the creative work that will stand the test of time.
Here’s the video:
Here are sketchnotes of the talk by Eva-Lotta Lamm:
Thanks to Shawn O’Keefe and the SXSW gang for giving me the stage.
Photo above by Rodolfo Gonzalez
Photo part of Jason Travis’s Persona Series
Two years ago on book tour I learned how important a day bag is. (I keep it on me at all times.) For the Steal tour, I traveled only with an iPad 2 and a tiny Timbuk2 bag. This time around, I upgraded to a larger but still small Timbuk2 Commuter Bag and switched up my gear.
“Show the world what you really do. Be open, visual and honest.”
—Justin McMurray
The folks at Somewhere and I are on the same mission: get people to show their work.
Show Your Work! is out in paperback and ebook Thursday, March 6th at bookstores everywhere, including Amazon, B&N, Powell’s, iBooks, eBooks.com, and your local indie bookstores.
If you want a signed copy, order one from BookPeople here in Austin, Texas. They ship everywhere. (Here’s video of me signing the last batch.)
I’ll be headed out on tour in late March. Dates here.
To get a feel for what the book is about, check out this excerpt on Medium: “10 Ways To Share Your Creativity.”
Here’s what people are saying on Twitter.
If you’ve already received your copy, please consider writing a review for Amazon, Goodreads, or your personal blog! Everything helps.
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