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29 October 2020

Gratitude – October 2020

Wow, have I really not done a gratitude post in almost a year? Shame on me. My mother was right all along! I am ungrateful. Just kidding! Despite All Of This, I’ve had plenty things to be grateful for. Here are a few of the latest: Brittany Howard Brittany Howard of The Alabama Shakes is…
14 October 2019

Rewrite The Docs at ATO 2019

If you’re here because you saw my talk at All Things Open 2019, thank you!! If you are here just because, thank you too! 🙂 The original blogpost that my talk was based on is here and below are links to some of the organizations I mentioned. The ones that accept donations are indicated with…
3 June 2019

My DEI Sniff Test

I recently started a fantastic and challenging new job, but before I got here I spent 6 long months carefully job hunting. At this point in my career, I have afforded myself the right to be a lot more picky about where and with whom I work since I spend more waking hours with coworkers…
31 May 2019

Gratitude: May 2019

Before the month ends, I am just sliding in here to share a few things that gave me life this month. Cillian Murphy’s Playlist on BBCRadio 6 Music I completely live for Cillian Murphy. For the past few months, he has been covering for Guy Garvey (of Elbow) on BBC Radio 6 Music. I like…
27 May 2019

Gratitude: April 2019

Here are some things I was grateful for last month. I meant to post this last month, but I started a new job and the month zipped by! New job! I am now the Head of Customer Success at Nylas! I couldn’t ask for a better group of folks to work with and the trips…
9 September 2018

Gratitude: End of Summer 2018 Edition

The kid is back in school (yes!!) and summer is just about to close the door, so I’m just dropping in with a little gratitude before the fall. 1) Terence Nance’s Random Acts of Flyness on HBO is SO BLACK and gorgeous and genius and one of the best things I’ve ever seen anywhere ever.…
28 June 2018

Gratitude: June 2018

Before the month ends I just want to take a moment to share a few things that breathed la vie into me this month 1) POSE on FX / Nick Cave at Park Avenue Armory These two are bringing queer black culture to masses in a major way and I am here for it. POSE…
28 January 2018

Some Stuff I Would Do If I Didn’t Have to Work for a Living

Travel and spend time with my family (immediate travel list: Barcelona, Stockholm, Dakar, Sarajevo, Tokyo, Melbourne, and back to HK and Berlin) Sew Garden Spend more time in Slovenia Start an ice cream business in New Orleans (and find out how to make it not be work) Cook elaborate meals Learn to code Hardware hacking…
31 January 2017

Gratitude: January 2017

Things I was grateful for in January 2017.
16 August 2016

How I Made Twitter Manageable (For Me)

So towards the beginning of this year, a colleague of mine walked into the office and announced that he’d quit both Facebook and Twitter. The decision immediately struck me as drastic, but as time moved on I too became increasingly irritated with looking at the unsolicited family photos and reading the asinine political opinions of…