I needed some new kicks and my local Journey's store had these sweet hemp Superstar Adidas that apparently are only available at Journeys. Sold! I love my old pair of tan and gold Adidas, but they were getting just too embarassing to wear in public. These feel really great, are a bit lighter than my other…
Category: General
Surprising Feedback from My Co-Workers: I’m “Positive,” “Fun,” and “Cheerful”
Earlier this week at a staff meeting at the Cal Academy, we did this ice breaker activity called "Back Writes" that was surprisingly insightful. Basically everyone in my department had a piece of paper taped to their backs and you were tasked with walking around and writing some kind of affirmation on it, either about…
Rik’s 2013 Year in Review: Dance Shows, Geeky Teens, Fake Ukrainian Bombs
Looking back on the past 12 months, it's been pretty incredible on a lot of fronts. Some highlights: helped hundreds of teens to be science storytellers using technology co-starred in a hip-hop dance show that I inspired co-hosted and co-produced a live broadcast from the Olympics of swing led a tech workshop in the Ukraine…
Rikomatic.com’s Supa Fresh Refresh
This website, rikomatic.com, was long due for a refresh. So last night, I swapped out the cover image of a globe at the Queens Worlds Fair for a pic from a photo shoot I did on the Manhattan Bridge in 2010. And I changed the background colors accordingly. What do you think?
This is what 44 looks like
In case you were wondering. 😉
Sad Dalmatian Puppy Is Adorably Sad
Somehow my co-worker Christine convinced me to be a helpless dalmatian puppy so she could be the much more glamorous Cruella de Ville. Here's what I was able to throw together starting at 11pm the night before Halloween. I gotta admit I make a pretty cute puppy. It was a lot of fun running around…
Rik Takes It All Off
I've been bored of my hair for awhile and wanting a change, but not really sure of which direction to go. On Sunday, instead of my typical Tin-Tin cut, I asked my stylist Q to just take it all off. "For real?" he asked, surprised. "Yep, just number one all around," I replied. Just for…
Infographic: Who I Am on Twitter (according to Visual.ly)
Here's an infographic on me and my tweeting profile based on my Twitter data , provided to the infographic service visual.ly. I'm not sure I agree with the topics listing at the end — what, no "food porn"? And I could hardly be called a "shopper." But otherwise, kind of interesting. You can generate your…
Thankful
About a year ago, I moved to the Bay Area from New York, with some fairly ill-defined goals — more of what Quakers call a “leading,” rather than any kind of concrete plan. I knew that I wanted to be closer to my family. I felt like it was time for some kind of big…
Taking a Step in a New Direction…
Tomorrow is the first day of my new job. So excited, but can't really talk about it yet. More details soon, hopefully…