Transforming Information Into Knowledge
Transforming Information Into Knowledge
I know the origin of the saying, “it’s all Greek to me.” Or is the saying, “it looks “it sounds like Greek? The Greek alphabet is indecipherable at first glance. I took a 3-hour bus ride from the port of Patras to Athens. We drove […]
As expected, I took a ferry from Venice to Greece, but that is about the only part of my ferry ride that went as planned. I got to Venice well enough. I got to Venice and it was pouring. I decided that I had to […]
Since I hadn’t gone to Europe in years, this counts as an “event”. I left work early and caught a flight out of JFK. The plane ride was painful. I had a middle seat and the lady sitting to my left was very fat. After […]
I attended a rather worthwhile networking event organized by mediabistro.com and BtoB Magazine. The venue, Light, was upscale and they even served some hors d’oeuvres. I am happy to report that mediabistro.com still organizes some of the best free networking events in New York City. […]
The panel sponsored by National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University. The panelists were Michael Azerrand of emusic.com, Amy Phillips, Tunde Adebimpe of TV on the Radio, Knox Robinson of The Fader, Anthony DeCurtis of Rolling Stone and Tracks, and Brandon Wall of prefix magazine. […]
Heeb and Storahtelling teamed up to throw a great Purim party at Club Rare in New York’s Meat Market. Several hundred Jews came to this masquerade party based on the Madonna theme of “Esther Don’t Preach”. Overall, I bet there were at least 20 people […]
Before the presentation, I challenged several of the people sitting around the table by saying Paul Wolfowitz might not be a bad choice for the World Bank presidency. I got a series of responses that reminded me that the New School had been the last […]
I usually don’t write about my NYC nightlife, but I think this party was worthy of an entry. I went to a circus at Rothko on the Lower East Side. It was a special Bloody Valentine Party. Anything to shock, eh? I ended up watching […]
Microsoft’s CIO Ron Markezich spoke to about 100 people at an event sponsored by the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Markezich doesn’t sell software. Instead, he implements it, in addition to telecom and IT hardware, at Microsoft itself. It was extremely interesting hearing how Microsoft’s IT […]
I watched this panel on tv. Wonkette.com, instapundit.com, andrewsullivan.com and Joe Trippi spoke to Charlie Rose. Joe Trippi talked about context and podcasting. Wonkette talked about the immediacy of reader commentary. Instapundit suggested that major newspapers use blog commenters as de-facto assistant editors and fact-checkers. […]
Speakers at “From Confrontation to Collaboration”, a panel sponsored by the NYU Urban Planning Student Association and the New York Chapter of the American Planning Association, talked about partnerships between community organizations, developers and the government. They told stories about the terrible ’80s and successes […]
If you’re culturally Jewish but not religious, then a Heeb party is for you. If you want to be in a packed basement with lots of horny Jewish girls, then a Heeb party is for you. And, if you want to listen to decent music […]