Transforming Information Into Knowledge
Transforming Information Into Knowledge
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 […]
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 […]
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 has such a good entry for this event that I just have to refer you to his entry. I can be seen in the first and fourth photos. 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 […]