Archive for the 'Personal' Category

Goodbye to Amplify Public Affairs, and why I believe in documentation

Friday, July 30th, 2010

My goodbye-to-Amplify post is up now – I’m excited to be headed back to school but sad to be leaving great colleagues and projects.

In the post I included the video from a more public goodbye, my talk at Debbie Weil’s Sweets and Tweets about linchpins, documentation, and growing into new roles:

One of the best things about my time in DC (aside from my work and seeing my family regularly) has been all the lunchtime and after-work event series from the politics/technology/social media community. Sweets and Tweets is the one with delicious cupcakes as well as interesting content.

In Defense of Paul the Octopus, Prognosticator

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

In cephalopod solidarity, I protest the idea that the German octopus which predicted the results of all their World Cup matches, including their loss to Spain, should be cooked and eaten. I’m not sure why its keepers decided to ask the octopus who would win, and I understand that seers tend to come to bad ends, but it’s really unnecessary to turn it into dinner.

Japan/China trip photos on Flickr (finally)

Monday, December 29th, 2008