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Jesus on Performative Activism

Posted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 by

Jesus had a thing or two to say about performative activism. I’m not a Christian in the formal sense. But there’s a lot in this quote to think about. Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your…

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Hide Yourself to Be Yourself

Posted on September 13, 2020 by

Zoom has a feature called “Hide Self View” where you still show your camera to the people you are in a meeting with, but not see a live view of yourself. As I think about this, “Hide Self View” is ironically about showing MORE of your true self to others. With your own camera visible…

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Alternatives to the Social Media Nightcap?

Posted on January 12, 2020January 12, 2020 by

How do you wind down to get to sleep instead of social media surfing? Last night I came home from a lindy hop dance and started winding down to go to bed. It was a pretty good dance – I enjoyed a lot of the music, danced a bit, chatted with some friends. A fairly…

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Tacos, Civil Discourse, and the Need for a More Human Communications Protocol

Posted on April 2, 2018 by

The other night I was was having dinner with a new friend in a dingy but comfortable Mexican restaurant in Oakland. Over veggie tacos, she was telling me about a project she was working on, one that she moved to the Bay Area specifically for. She recounted how much work had already gone into it,…

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Two Week Review of the FitBit Surge: An Impressive, Affordable Fitness Tracking Smartwatch

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

I've had the new Fitbit Surge smartwatch for two weeks now and I have to say I'm pretty happy with it so far! Is it going to win any design awards? Probably not. But does it get the job done as an exercise tracker / smart watch? Absolutely. For those that don't know, the Surge…

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Google Hangout Fail

Posted on February 4, 2015 by

Note to self: it is WAY TOO EASY to invite all of your 300+ Google+ contacts to a live Google Hangout from your living room. Particularly if it is 10:30pm and you are totally braindead. Yes, I am a digital media professional.    

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Learn about Biodiversity from the Khan Academy and Cal Academy!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by

I am super excited about this new digital learning partnership that the California Academy of Sciences has begun with the amazing Khan Academy.  For those that don't know, the Khan Academy is an online school where millions of students learn everything from basic math to python programming to art history.  All for free! The Cal Academy…

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They Set Us Up the Bomb: Police Repression, Bomb Threats, & Digital Democracy in Ukraine

Posted on May 16, 2013April 30, 2021 by

Today was so strange I don’t even know where to start. I’m in Ivano-Frankivsk, a small city in Western Ukraine, where I was brought by the US Embassy to lead some trainings in digital media for local NGOs.  I’ve done a few of these technology trainings for civil society organizations around the world, and had…

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Celebrating Year One at the Cal Academy of Sciences!

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

Twelve months ago, I started working at the world's only "natural history museum, planetarium and aquarium — all under one living room," the California Academy of Sciences. It's been an incredible first year, literally a dream come true. Some highlights from my work so far as the Programs Manager in the Digital Learning Department: Worked…

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BAYCAT Digital Youth Program in SF Robbed: Donate to Help Them Recover

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

  I've met the awesome folks at BAYCAT (The Bayview Hunters Point Center for the Arts) and admired their work with at-risk youth, giving teens access to digital media equipment and tools so they can express themselves and achieve a better future for themselves.  So I was devastated when I learned that BAYCAT was broken…

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