This year, Columbia WICS let me come to another Yahoo! Labs research presentation/lunch (last year's notes). Thanks for the invite, Elizabeth Kierstead. My writeup begins here! Ken Schmidt of Academic Relations started off by talking …
Now that my new bosses have told the world: yes, I'm also now consulting for the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that supports Wikipedia and other free knowledge initiatives. To grossly simplify, I'm coordinating software development …
Winter in New York City; learning to love the gurgle of the radiator. Project management is sometimes a matter of asking an obvious question, then standing there with an expectant look while your team member …
Since I last mentioned my career, I have turned into a consultant. I have a few gigs; let me tell you about two of my clients. QuestionCopyright.org is a nonprofit that aims "to educate the …
Karaoke lesson: I do not actually know the lyrics or melodies of pop songs. At least, not the ones I pick. As it turns out, "I'll Be There" by Mariah Carey has many words and …
From April 2005 to August 2007, I wrote a weekly column, "MC Masala," for several Bay Area newspapers in the Alameda/ANG Newspaper Group. Circulation: maybe 200,000? Between now & then, I've made various uninspired attempts …
"As diversity is a highlighted feature, many things are held in common amongst the students." --Robin Y.'s unfortunate lead to the "this year's fashions" story in a Tokay High School yearbook. "Stylin': Teens pay price …
Today I learned that TV advertisements for Apple Jacks cereal used to emphasize the apple taste, then (coinciding with my watchership) proudly renounced any claim to tasting appley, and now have a talking apple mascot …
Brunch ideas: The "tempted by the fruit of another" song as fanfic about that William Carlos Williams icebox-plums poem Trix rabbit as Prometheus, punished for giving humanity the gift of sweet breakfast cereal
Just finished Sarah Glidden's touching, heady, funny memoir How To Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less. She went on a Birthright Israel trip, determined that they wouldn't brainwash her, and had her views confirmed …
