Permit me to be a New Yorker for a moment, here. The New York Times reports that the MTA is releasing a new subway map—the first in a decade: Manhattan will become taller, bulkier and 30 percent wider, to better … Continue reading →
Today, I finally did it. I rode my bike to work. A couple of weeks ago Michelle bought me a bike for my birthday and a long-held plan to actually bike to work became a reality. It was fantastic. … Continue reading →
Do one thing every day that scares you.—Eleanor Roosevelt It’s a challenge I’ve been quick to quote but slow to practice. Except for last night when I stepped up to the microphone for the very first time and read … Continue reading →
Rebecca Goldstein wastes no time berating the discipline of English for its latest wanderings into theory. In a sarcastic if wordy rebuttal of cultural studies fandom, Goldstein lays it down to her English department colleagues: we [in philosophy] look to … Continue reading →
I’ve been thinking about Facebook lately. A brief history: my alma mater, not exactly a campus of Luddites, “got Facebook” in the fall of 2004, back when it was rolled out campus by campus. You couldn’t join unless you had … Continue reading →
Success. The pursuit and desire of it has so permeated our culture, it’s difficult to imagine a time without self-help titles and multi-level marketing. Most of the time it runs amuck, unchallenged. But there was a time, not so … Continue reading →
This was a poster from the TV show, which the TAL team decided to discontinue after two seasons and a couple Emmys. But you get the idea. (Image by lantzilla via Flickr) I know not everyone is as nutty about … Continue reading →
This past weekend I had the privilege of attending and presenting at the Adelphi University School of Business conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking and Complexity. It was a participative gathering of social innovation/complexity keeners from as far away … Continue reading →
Make It Productions has stepped up the craft fair circuit. They’re not alone. The handmade revolution has taken North America by storm in the past five years. They DIYers even wrote a book about it. I grew up within … Continue reading →
In January 2010 Foreign Affairs called urbanization one of the four mega-trends that will change the world. This decade marked the first time in history...
Monthly Archives: May 2010
← Older postsPermit me to be a New Yorker for a moment, here. The New York Times reports that the MTA is releasing a new subway map—the first in a decade: Manhattan will become taller, bulkier and 30 percent wider, to better … Continue reading →
Posted in CitiesToday, I finally did it. I rode my bike to work. A couple of weeks ago Michelle bought me a bike for my birthday and a long-held plan to actually bike to work became a reality. It was fantastic. … Continue reading →
Posted in Arts, FashionDo one thing every day that scares you.—Eleanor Roosevelt It’s a challenge I’ve been quick to quote but slow to practice. Except for last night when I stepped up to the microphone for the very first time and read … Continue reading →
Posted in ArtsRebecca Goldstein wastes no time berating the discipline of English for its latest wanderings into theory. In a sarcastic if wordy rebuttal of cultural studies fandom, Goldstein lays it down to her English department colleagues: we [in philosophy] look to … Continue reading →
Posted in PoliticsI’ve been thinking about Facebook lately. A brief history: my alma mater, not exactly a campus of Luddites, “got Facebook” in the fall of 2004, back when it was rolled out campus by campus. You couldn’t join unless you had … Continue reading →
Posted in TechToday I’m going with an ink on paper drawing I made.
Posted in ArtsSuccess. The pursuit and desire of it has so permeated our culture, it’s difficult to imagine a time without self-help titles and multi-level marketing. Most of the time it runs amuck, unchallenged. But there was a time, not so … Continue reading →
Posted in Discipline, LiteratureThis was a poster from the TV show, which the TAL team decided to discontinue after two seasons and a couple Emmys. But you get the idea. (Image by lantzilla via Flickr) I know not everyone is as nutty about … Continue reading →
Posted in ArtsThis past weekend I had the privilege of attending and presenting at the Adelphi University School of Business conference on Social Entrepreneurship, Systems Thinking and Complexity. It was a participative gathering of social innovation/complexity keeners from as far away … Continue reading →
Posted in Civic Core, ComplexityMake It Productions has stepped up the craft fair circuit. They’re not alone. The handmade revolution has taken North America by storm in the past five years. They DIYers even wrote a book about it. I grew up within … Continue reading →
Posted in Arts