How Wired Magazine’s Senior Maverick Kevin Kelly Writes: Part Two

New York Times bestselling author and co-founder of Wired magazine, Kevin Kelly, stopped by the show to chat with me about his journey from travel journalist to famed futurist.

Mr. Kelly’s storied and winding career has taken him around the world in search of visions of the new digital frontier.

Kevin is a renowned TED speaker and author of multiple bestsellers including his latest, The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future, a title that offers an optimistic roadmap of how new technologies will shape humanity.

Dubbed “the Most Interesting Man in the World” by Tim Ferris, Mr. Kelly began writing on the internet near its inception and never looked back. He has taken gigs including Editor for the Whole Earth Review, and presently Senior Maverick at Wired magazine, a magazine he co-founded in 1993, and where he served as Executive Editor until 1999.

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In Part Two of the file Kevin Kelly and I discuss:

• Why the Author Can’t Write on the Road
• The Importance of Delegation as a Writer
• The Cool Tools Kevin Kelly Uses to Get Words on the Page
• A Futurist’s Expansive Definition of Creativity
• How Lateral Thinking Can Improve Your Writing
• Why Steven Spielberg Asked Mr. Kelly to Predict the Future

The Show Notes

• Kevin Kelly’s Personal Website
• The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future – Kevin Kelly
• 1,000 True Fans
• The Act of Creation – Arthur Koestler
• Oblique Strategies
• Writer Emergency Pack – John August
• Kevin Kelly on Google+
• Kevin Kelly on Twitter
• Kelton Reid on Twitter

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