Swiss Cheese
In my travels, when I visit a place that has a food named after it, I’m always interested to find what it is actually like to the locals. When I visited Switzerland, my first interest was to find Swiss cheese.
TED Salon June 2019
In the NYC HQ of TED Conferences, occasionally they host small private events — an opportunity to meet incredibly interesting people, and also to get a mid-week jolt of ideas and energy from a handful of fresh speakers.
AIGA NY Summer Soirée 2019
The AIGA NY had a wonderful cocktail party at the Museum of Art and Design — where I got to have conversations with several design legends. #humbled
Correct Use of “Alumni”
If you mean to say you graduated from a school, and you want respect, don’t say you’re “an alumni”. Here’s a chart of the five valid Latin words for this.
TEDxFultonStreetLive 2019: “Bigger Than Us”
It was my pleasure to host a private screening party for TED2019, just for the TEDxFultonStreet community.
An atheist’s unpopular view of Notre Dame
I understand that people are sad about losing a pretty building and a landmark. But I can’t help wondering how many other people see it as an edifice honoring oppression.
TED World Theatre
Proud to be included in this discussion about the upcoming TED2019 conference. On the video wall were some of my fellow TEDx producers from around the world, participating in realtime.
Trans-Sensitivity as an Educator
As an educator, my only goal is to inspire students to learn. Sometimes I encounter sex/gender-variant people in my classroom, and in the interest of being the best ally possibly, I asked a trans woman a bit about etiquette. Here is a transcript of the chat.
Inside Risk
What would you do if you discovered that an employee was being held hostage by kidnappers? This incredible leadership training program recreated a real case with just that circumstance.
Four Dozen Years
Today my life has been four dozen years. In many ways, this has felt like “the year I turned middle-aged” – marking the beautiful beginning of a new phase.
