I e-met Robert Kesten, ED of the Center for Screentime Awareness, through the founder of "TV Turnoff Week", Henry LaBalme. I met Henry when I was 16-years-old, because he came to my high school to accept an alumni recognition award ...Read More
My dear friend Andy Kim has launched a new website, a news aggregator powered by you and me rather than a roomful of editors concerned with readership and revenue. I like it! So, you know... find your favorite news and ...Read More
It's a sunny day so I'm not going to be on the interweb long, but wanted to share two interesting bits from the NYTmes I'm at work today at the teashop, and sit surrounded by beautiful teas with politics on ...Read More
I met Noel Hidalgo (again) the other night at Digital Democracy's NetSquared voting party at the Sunburnt Cow last Wednesday, and he enlightened me to the existence of many more co-working spots in NYC than I had previously known. A ...Read More
Picture caption: Grand Central, NYC, 3/25/09 12AM: I am serenaded to the tune of "Christina" by the Stanford Fleet Street Singers. This is one of those strange, delightful things that actually does happen once in a while. After racing to catch ...Read More
It's been a year since a prostitution scandal forced Eliot Spitzer to resign as governor of New York - that means it's about time for a comeback, yes? This month, Spitzer has appeared on WNYC, New York City's NPR station, talking ...Read More
I was interested to see this article in the New York Times about a new book (by a fella UChicago alumna) about the dodgy history of social networking website MySpace. I've never ever been a fan of MySpace - I ...Read More
My mother was diagnosed with Lyme disease for the first time several years ago. Since that initial diagnosis, she's tested positive for Lyme and displayed symptoms twice. After undergoing several 14-30-day antibiotics regimens, we've thought she's been rid of it. ...Read More