Yesterday, Global Kids and the Field Museum brought together a group of teens from New York and Chicago for the second of the "I Dig Tanzania" summer camp. Over the course of the next two days, we’ll have them meeting with some of the researchers who were in Tanzania in the flesh, exploring the Field…
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Brooklyn Bombshells going to Intl Lindy Hop Championships in DC in August!
I’ve neglected to mention that I’m going to be competing at the International Lindy Hop Championships this August in DC. Myself, along with a group of 15 other dancers, will be doing a more competition-friendly version of this award-winning performance at ILHC! We’ll be entering in the Cabaret Division, where a lot of the wackier…
Alain Wong & crew finish microcredit bike ride from Canada to Tijuana!
Alain Wong posts to his blog that he and his fellow hardy bike riders just completed their epic bike ride from Toronto, Canada to Tijuana, Mexico. They were riding to promote the cause of microcredit as a way of fighting global poverty. I’ve been following their trip via Alain’s blog with a mixture of admiration…
Hanging with the familia in Cali for July 4th weekend
This is me in my barong tagalog Filipino dress shirt with my Uncle Oscar in Cali this weekend. I had a lovely time with the family over July 4th weekend, starting with a relaxing barbecue at my Mom’s house and ending with a blowout wedding for my Uncle Nesting and Auntie Angie. I am the…
VIDEO: My talk about Global Kids at NetSquared Conference
My colleague Rafi just informed me that my talk about Global Kids at the NetSquared Conference a couple of weeks ago can be viewed on Fora.tv. You can also check out my slides from my presentation here. Sorry the audio is so bad.
Alain Wong starts bike ride to Tijuana for Microcredit
As I mentioned in March, fellow lindy hopper Alain Wong from Montreal committed to riding a bicycle from Vancouver, BC to Tijuana, Mexico for the cause of microcredit lending. I got to meet Alain and some of his friends at Boston Tea Party, which was really cool. Alain and his bike team began their ride…
Herrang International Lindy Hop Camp starts at the end of June!
It’s June, folks! And that means it’s time to get ready for the Herrang International Dance Camp in beautiful Herrang, Sweden! < www.flickr.com This is a Flickr badge showing items in a set called Herrang 2007. Make your own badge here. For those that don’t know, every year hundreds of lindy hoppers from around the…
Last post about NetSquared: check out their cute tee-shirts!
The free tee-shirt I got at the NetSquared Conference this past Tuesday and Wednesday is the cutest conference shirt I have ever received! That is all.
Powerpoint slides from my NetSquared presentation “Turn Off the Damned PC and Go Outside”
| View | Upload your own Here is the powerpoint presentation from my presentation at the NetSquared Mixed-reality event yesterday, entitled "Turn Off the Damned PC and Go Outside." On and congrats to the winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge: First Place ($25,000): Ushahidi: Mapping Reports of Post-Election Violence in Kenya Second Place ($15,000): KnowMore.org Firefox…
NetSquared: hacking the grantmaking process
The NetSquared 2008 Conference is about to draw to a close. I’ve had a very enjoyable past couple of days here, courtesy of Techsoup.org. Having been involved in a few grantmaking processes, from both the grantee and grantor perspective, its been interesting to see up close who the NetSquared grant process works. This year, NetSquared…