Transforming Information Into Knowledge
Transforming Information Into Knowledge
When I moved to New York City, my hobby was attending events and panel discussions. Afterwards, I would write-up observations.
I haven’t blogged very often since I got married, had kids, and moved to the suburbs. I continued my writing by posting on social media and working with The New Stack.
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. […]
Biased analysts abounded in the 90’s. Today, an overflowing room of analysts gathered at the first Investorside Conference to defend their profession. The main themes were the growth of the independent research industry and ways to eliminate incentives for research to be influenced by covered […]
Sitting and listening to 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Professor Wangari Maathai, I couldn’t help but compare her to Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela. Lincoln’s speech at Cooper Union Great Hall in 1860 propelled him to the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Mandela is the last […]
George Washington admitted to chopping down a cherry tree. Retold for over 200 years, this story demonstrates that cheating is wrong even if you won’t get caught. David Callahan launched his new book, The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead, […]
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s Global Settlement and former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt’s Regulation Fair Disclosure have changed the way Wall Street research is performed. A panel sponsored by the New York Society of Security Analysts reviewed these changes and who is poised to […]