Please link to other relevant stuff in the comments! I learned about MindCamp sometime Friday, Nov. 20th, and devised the idea for my talk in about 5 minutes late Friday night while going to sleep …
Am running You, Yes You, Can Do Standup Comedy. Going well! Then at 8 I run spar, then at 9 the political science talk. Which means Keynote time somewhere in the next 7 hours. I …
Am now attempting to go to Seattle MindCamp without an actual ticket. Hope to present on "Three Ways to Look At Power: A Political Science Lens On Your Organization." Update: Got in! Thanks, Beth! Second …
I have arrived in Portland and am staying in Brendan's flat for a few days. First stop tomorrow: Powell's, the City of Books. I've never made hajj before. I just missed Ignite Portland, one of …
I had not considered the necessity of gathering ammunition to use against your own children. [Indra Nooyi on working motherhood - YouTube video]
The other day someone said the phrase "Edge Case" and I thought he'd said my name.
Overheard at the office: "iconic design" mis-spoken as "iconoclastic design." Directly heard at the office: the praise from one of my bosses that I've been waiting all year to hear. Seen at the Indian consulate's …
Next week I visit Portland and Seattle, to visit friends and to interview for jobs. I'm interested in startups there and in Boston, the SF Bay Area, and New York City. I want to help …
The Obama 2008 campaign did many nontraditional things: running a black man, getting more of money and work out of volunteers, etc. The nontraditional refusals are intriguing. Obama's campaign did not splurge on tons of …
The Newsweek behind-the-scenes reports are indeed awesome, and I, like the Broadsheet women, have been using them as methadone post-election-season. However they raise troubling questions. What tidbits would campaigners share with the long-term reporters but …
