Notes On Doing

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 041 where Jenna interviews Sarah Lim. Sarah is a Product Writer and Content Strategist who has worked on copy for Kickstarter, Oscar, Tumblr, and more. Listen to what Sarah had to say about lists, languages, haiku, and her moniker, Slim. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. notesondoing.com

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 040 where Jenna interviews Jason Jaworski. Jason is a photographer, writer, and artist, who has been living a nomadic existence since he was 17. His deeply personal photos, photobooks, exhibitions, and performances have been published, featured, shelved, and shown around the world - the International Center for Photography, MOCA Los Angeles, MoMA PS1, VICE Magazine, Juxtapoz, Bookdummypress, Mana Contemporary, and Opening Ceremony to name a few. Listen to what Jason had to say about meeting the ninja turtles, dropping out of school, living homeless underneath a bridge in Paris, sneaking into Fukushima, chatting with David Foster Wallace, making rain in the Sahara, enduring winter, finding 'something,' and thinking of you. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do.  notesondoing.com   

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 039 where Jenna interviews Sam Braverman. Sam is a musician, principally a guitarist, who plays in the bands Logan X, NO ICE, The '94 Knicks, and sometimes Capsula. Listen to what Sam had to say about the School of Rock, writing songs about girls, and fighting the pterodactyls.  Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do.  notesondoing.com 

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 038 where Jenna interviews François-David Nehama. François worked for 20 years as a sugar commodities trader. Listen to what François had to say about how he got into trading sugar on the high seas, handling intense moments with grace, and living life as though it's an interesting vacation. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do.  notesondoing.com   

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 037 where Jenna interviews Willie Avendano. Willie is the Co-Founder of ø1, a Miami-based prototyping lab, school, and studio with new educational ideas and products around technology and gaming. ø1 is behind the Wynwood Maker Camp and the Vector physics and rocketry camp. Listen to what Willie had to say about making, developing, teaching, testing, guiding, failing, growing, dreaming, and being human. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do.  notesondoing.com  

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 036 where Jenna interviews Joan Snitzer. Joan is an artist, and the Director of the Visual Arts program at Barnard College. Listen to what Joan had to say about being a feminist artist in New York City in the 70s, nurturing her students, and finding life and joy in challenges. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. notesondoing.com  

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 034 where Jenna interviews Dennis Crowley. Dennis is the Co-Founder and Executive Chair of Foursquare, and the Founder and Chairman of Kingston Stockade FC - a new semi-pro soccer team based in Kingston, New York. Listen to what Dennis had to say about how he got to where he is today, building things from scratch, and loving the unknowns. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. notesondoing.com  

Notes on Doing’s NODcast Episode 033 where Jenna interviews Oli Chang, the musician behind ANIMAL FEELINGS and 1/2 of the High Highs. Listen to what Oli had to say about shedding expectations, engaging in your process, and making blissful music.  Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. notesondoing.com

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 032 where Jenna interviews Ian McNaught Davis, a documentary photographer who is currently traveling around the world and taking photos. Listen to what Ian had to say about following photography, choosing to always be a beginner, and living life without limits. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. notesondoing.com

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 031 where Jenna interviews Sarah-Margaret Gibson, a contemporary realist painter. Listen to what Sarah-Margaret had to say about her remarkable paintings, perspective, and style. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. notesondoing.com

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 030 where Jenna interviews Geoffrey Cheung. Geoffrey is a biomedical animator and illustrator. Listen to what Geoffrey had to say about choosing art, making a lasting impact, and drawing dinosaurs. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do.  notesondoing.com

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 029 where Jenna interviews Ari Shahdadi. Ari is the current VP of Business Development at Buzzfeed and formerly Tumblr's first General Counsel. Listen to what Ari had to say about the mechanics of being a lawyer, starting over, saving the Internet, and making an impact.    Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do.  notesondoing.com   

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 028 where Jenna interviews Victor Sira and Shiori Kawasaki, the photographers who founded Book Dummy Press - an independent, forward-thinking publishing company and online bookstore that specializes in artist publications. Listen to what Victor and Shiori had to say about working together as husband and wife, collecting ideas, publishing books, freedom, balance, and how art makes your life better. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do.  notesondoing.com   

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 026 where Jenna interviews Augusta Gordon. Augusta is a psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker with her own practice in Brooklyn, New York. Listen to what Augusta had to say about how the human mind works, listening and nodding, parenting, mindfulness, and what we all innately need more of. *Most of the questions in this interview come not from Jenna but from a group of 20 Notes on Doing listeners. When it comes to psychology all of us have questions. Enjoy.* Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. notesondoing.com

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 025 where Jenna interviews Alison Cutlan. Alison is a skincare scientist. She specializes in high performance, *natural* skincare products, cosmetics and fragrances. Listen to what Alison had to say about formulating skincare that’s good for your skin, how nature is fascinating, and how curiosity supports happiness. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do.  notesondoing.com

Welcome to Notes on Doing Episode 024, a roundtable “On Magic.” Something that I’ve noticed as we’re almost a quarter of the way through Notes on Doing (the goal has been to get 100 interviews down) — is that many of the people that I’ve interviewed mention “magic” somewhere in their interviews — the magic of loving what you do, the magic of realizing and being who you are… the magic of applying your skills and toolsets towards a greater good. It got me thinking — what about doing is magical? How do you create and harness magic in order to do what you love? What is magic?! So, I invited four of our past interviewees to chat about magic. They are: Austance Caroline, Episode 007 David Perlick-Molinari, Episode 014  Conrad Clifton, Episode 016 Deidre Muro, Episode 23 Full disclosure, these interviewees and doers are also married couples too which is pretty fun— David and Deidre, Austi and Conrad. Three out of four of them have careers in music. Everyone lives in Brooklyn. Everyone loves what they do and… We all

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 023 where Jenna interviews Deidre Muro. Deidre is a very talented singer, songwriter, and businesswoman. You’ve heard her music everywhere! Her two current projects are Deidre & the Dark and Violet Sands. She’s also the Creative Director at YouTooCanWoo, a Brooklyn-based post-production and recording studio. Listen to what Deidre had to say about singing, writing music, and being a boss. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. notesondoing.com

Notes on Doing's NODcast Episode 022 where Jenna interviews Timothy Samara. Tim is an acclaimed professor, designer, and author of over eight bestselling books on design. Listen to what Tim had to say on objectivity, beauty, and rebellion. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. www.notesondoing.com

Notes on Doing’s NODcast episode 019 where Jenna interviews Will Mayo. Will is the Founder and CEO of Spoken Layer. Spoken Layer is a company that creates streaming audio and podcast versions of articles you’d usually read from publications such as Reuters, Time Magazine, The Huffington Post, and more. Listen to what Will had to say about his mission to unlock the world’s content through audio, the meditative practice of never accomplishing anything, and walking on the edges.  Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. www.notesondoing.com

Notes on Doing’s NODcast Episode 018 where Jenna interviews Dylan Ezzie. Dylan is a collector. His massive horror collection (featuring life-size statues of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Chucky, Golum, and more) led him to create Horrific Finds, a community and company dedicated to the art of collecting paraphernalia related to the horror genre. The Horrific Finds Facebook page alone currently has a half a million followers. Listen to what Dylan had to say about being friends with villains, persevering against all odds, and relaxing with a dog named Rambo. Notes on Doing is a series of conversations with people who love what they do. www.notesondoing.com