Category Archives: Blogs

You, online

Posted on August 14, 2012 by

Guess which online information about you affects peoples’ opinion of you? Everything. Every last photo that pops up (sure, on your Facebook page, but also your Twitter feed and even the picture of you on Skype).  Each snippet is a … Continue reading →

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What I didn’t need to worry about

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

Last Saturday morning I had the chance to give the opening keynote address at Unite for Sight’s Global Health and Innovation Conference at Yale University.  The energy in this conference is just amazing, and my hat goes off to Jennifer … Continue reading →

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Excited for 2012

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Happy New Year.  I’m looking forward to 2012.  2011 was many things – exciting, turbulent, at times overwhelming – and I feel like we all need a little dust-settling as we roll up our sleeves and head into this new … Continue reading →

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Your Blook

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

Continuing with yesterday’s theme of “things I wish stuff I use could do….” Yesterday a friend turned me on to David Hieatt’s Do One Thing Well blog.  So I read a post, I like it, and I add David’s blog … Continue reading →

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5 tough questions

Posted on November 17, 2011 by

Today is the second annual NextGen:Charity conference.  To commemorate the conference, Ari Teman, co-founder of the conference along with Jonah Halper, asked me to respond to five questions about innovation in the developing world, leadership, faith, blogging, and failure.  Here’s … Continue reading →

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David Pogue’s iPhone 4S review isn’t that great

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

There’s nothing wrong with the review, nothing at all.  It’s absolutely fine.  Anyone at all (especially non-techies and even non-iPhone users) who reads it will learn what’s different about the new iPhone and why she should be excited by it … Continue reading →

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The Buy Read Paradox

Posted on September 21, 2011 by

I’m intrigued by the disconnect between the prestige and legitimacy afforded by being a “published author” and all the friction inherent in trying to spread your ideas by writing a book. Think about the dropoff from: The number of people … Continue reading →

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Blog maintenance – for email subscribers

Posted on July 18, 2011 by

For those of you who subscribe to this blog by email, I just changed the “from” email address for the FeedBurner feed you receive. There’s a small chance that new posts will get caught in your spam filter. If you … Continue reading →

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The work of blogging

Posted on August 9, 2010 by

The days I’m not ready to write, the days I don’t feel like I have something to say, the days that I have to burn the midnight oil, the days I have to scramble….those are the days I’m doing the … Continue reading →

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Blogging meta-post

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

On the days I don’t write posts, it seems just about impossible that I have a post in me. On the days that I do write posts, I write them. This means one of two things: I underestimate what is … Continue reading →

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