November 2010
4 posts
Fundraiser: Help for a new Chilean friend
I’m sitting in O’Hare on a layover, trying to get this post done before boarding, so forgive the brevity.
While I was in Chile, one if the guys who led the digital disaster response to the earthquake, Pedro, was basically our nightly tour guide. He took us to completely awesome restaurants, for example — but unfortunately, one night, while we were all out eating, his backpack...
Why the Internet isn't interesting or valuable to...
From my book:
“Leave it to the experts” may work in a number of environments, especially those constrained to traditional top-down hierarchical structures, but the Internet’s open platform makes such traditional constraints outmoded and even damaging. Joshua Breitbart, policy director for the People’s Production House, in a talk about the importance of featuring diverse perspectives when...
The best email thread all year
Editor’s note: My good friend Nancy Goldstein was a finalist in the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” contest. She wrote to me and Sonal (my best friend-colleague-communications rockstar) for advice about the video shoot that was part of the contest. Here’s the ensuing email thread… Nancy writes: Subject: May I wear my glasses on video...
Living the New York life
A conversation I had with John Weiss (of the Colorado Springs Independent) at the end of October was worth sharing… we were talking about the financial difficulties of being a freelancer/consultant and publishing a book, and all the contradictions that come with
John: “You’re such a good New Yorker, though. You don’t know where rent is coming from next month, but...
