Category: Thoughts
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Why Gender Equality is Good for Everyone – Men Included by Michael Kimmel
Michael Kimmel published Why Gender Equality is Good for Everyone – Men Included as a TED Talk.
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First To Is
“The first to apologize is always the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.”
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Every Single Day
Last year I wrote something for every single day of the year. Several were quotes and TED Talks, but something was added for every day. Unfortunately the goal of publishing every day wasn’t met because I forgot to hit publish one day. It was the day the Wedzynski photos were supposed to go up, which…
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The Story We Tell About Poverty Isn’t True by Mia Birdsong
Mia Birdsong presented The Story We Tell About Poverty Isn’t True as a TED Talk.
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Snow Weekend
We got a little snow last weekend. It wasn’t bad while I was in Memphis, but messed up flights to and from Providence. A couple people didn’t make it and others had to switch to trains. Getting home was a mess for some too. Several were delayed a day and I believe a couple were…
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Music & Photos
The title may be a little misleading, but every once in a while I like to complain about a first world inconvenience I run into. Today it’s the iPhone cutting off my music when I open the camera, which is a change from the past. It makes sense for using the video camera, which needs…
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This Tennis Icon Paved the Way for Women in Sports by Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King presented This Tennis Icon Paved the Way for Women in Sports as a TED Talk.
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Love & Hate
Love and Hate: Interracial Couples Speak Out About the Racism They’ve Faced was published by The Guardian.
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How the Mysterious Dark Net is Going Mainstream by Jamie Bartlett
Jamie Bartlett presented How the Mysterious Dark Net is Going Mainstream as a TED Talk.
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Atlanta in January
Last week I was in Atlanta for a meeting and training session. Outside of work the highlight was the Vampire Taco from Yard House. We also made it out of the escape room.
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TripIt
TripIt is a travel website with an app I use frequently. I’m sure it does more, but I use it to store travel itineraries in 1 place. The key factor for me is instead of manually entering all my travel information all I need to do is forward the confirmation email to TripIt and they…
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My Road Trip Through the Whitest Towns in America by Rich Benjamin
Rich Benjamin presented My Road Trip Through the Whitest Towns in America as a TED Talk.
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True Nobility
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” – Ernest Hemingway
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Welcoming 2016
To welcome 2016 I hung out with some friends. One of them got off to a rougher start than the others.
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Facebook Messenger
A couple years ago I gave up on checking Facebook messages. At that time all I was getting was rules questions, that I was asked not to answer via Facebook, and Happy Birthday messages. I specifically remember the end of checking messages. I was sitting in my hotel bed in New Orleans the day after…
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What Happens When Online Shaming Spirals Out of Control by Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson presented What Happens When Online Shaming Spirals Out of Control as a TED Talk.
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Good Instincts
“Good instincts tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.” – Michael Burke
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Moving Week
I spent most of last week unpacking following the move. In the middle of it I got cheap gas and at the end there was a bottle of wine and a Christmas tree.
Andre J. Carter 