Info Junkie: Jason Brett, Big Things Inc.
Jason Brett, 59, is founder of Chicago-based Big Things Inc., which two years ago launched MashPlant.com, a digital classroom. He spent three decades as an actor, writer, producer and director. "I keep my TweetDeck running to tap into education technology trends and teacher feeds."
Local focus: "Windy City Live" (WLS-TV/Channel 7) "is an easy, breezy hour of really well-produced local television that's capable of going national." National news: "I am a CNN junkie. Anderson Cooper has become the voice and conscience of our times in the tradition of Rather and Cronkite. Not quite the gravitas, but such are the times."
Guilty pleasure: "Rock documentaries on Showtime, HBO and PBS: 'It Might Get Loud,' 'Crossfire Hurricane' and the Kennedy Center salute to Bruce Springsteen."
Favorite radio show: Temporary host Rick Kogan on WBEZ/91.5-FM's "Afternoon Shift." "He has an encyclopedic knowledge of Chicago. He's a great storyteller and student of the human condition in the great tradition of Studs Terkel."
Bookmarked blog: "Perspiration Principles" at Inc. online,
from Howard Tullman, CEO of Chicago's Tribeca Flashpoint
Academy. "It's the most sage, digestible business information
out there. Nobody knows startups better."
His bookmarked websites: "AviationWeather.gov—I'm a pilot—and NASA.gov. I have been following the Mars Curiosity rover like a Led Zeppelin groupie."
Recent fiction read: " 'After the Sucker Punch' by Lorraine Devon Wilke. It's about a young woman's forensic journey to understand her relationship with her late father."
Music on repeat: "I never get tired of listening to the Beatles."
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