Transforming Information Into Knowledge
Transforming Information Into Knowledge
I just love Eyebeam. If I wanted to start a collective work space, I would probably model it off of Eyebeam. I attended their Holiday Hackshop and learned to knit. That’s right, activists opposed to sweatshop labor were teaching people how to knit as a […]
Literary bloggers are like other bloggers in many ways, but are different because many were already writing their commentary before blogging technology became prevalant and because their writings are a little more snarky and negative just by the very nature of writing book reviews.
With a red Economist banner on the right and a blue Nation banner on the left, a packed auditorium heard a debate about the future of outsourcing. Both sides claimed the moral high ground and to be thinking about the best interests of both the […]
Bluejake had a good entry for this event, but it is now gone. When looking at the YouTube video below note that I supported Chunk.
New York’s professional philanthropic community showed up at Gracie Mansion to celebrate the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers’ twenty-fifth anniversary. I was invited because two years ago I worked for NYRAG. The mansion had a lot of wood and expensive furniture. The awards ceremony […]
Nomi Prins talked about her new book, Other People’s Money, at a conversation sponsored by the Demos think tank. She is a former investment banker who blames politicians for letting businesses hurt consumers and citizens. Prins said that deregulation of banking, telecommunications and energy industries […]
The blare of talk radio and 24/7 cable news reminds us that political communication is like the nuclear arms race of the Cold War. Each side feels the need to create weapons (talking points) and worries that unilaterally disarming (being candid) will be a damning […]
It just wasn’t even close. In a debate sponsored by the New York Software Industry Association, Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform went up against former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt about which presidential candidate would be better for the IT industry. Hundt supported Senator […]
It just wasn’t about Sarbanes-Oxley. Nope, this vendor sponsored seminar also dealt with other requirements for regulatory compliance, like HIPAA in healthcare and ISO 18501/18509 in manufacturing. In fact, a lot of requirements for storing data are for internal compliance. Marc Farley said that legal […]
I attended the Oasis Sanctuary Benefit as my friend BrooklynVegan’s guest. This was a fundraiser filled with animal activists and Playboy bunnies. David and I have gone to a bunch of similarly themed events. We saw lots of half naked women at a Republican National […]
Is Judaism a culture or a religion? That was the question I wanted answered by journalist David Sarna, Amichai Lau-Lavi, Founder of Storahtelling, Ruth Calderon, Philosopher and Educator, and Dor Chadash’s David Borowich. Tonight they participated in a panel discussion about “The Role of Religion […]
After attending this event, I had to put up a posting. I came to the event wanting to know why people should care about what someone else has to say. The speakers had some opinions on this subject. Daniel Radosh believes blogs are great entertainment. […]