Delayed Development, No Political Communication: Harvard in Allston
Bill Purcell, the current director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics and former mayor of Nashville, is set to resign and take on greater responsibilities in advising Harvard University on its Allston...
View ArticleOne Nation Under Soccer
This post was originally published at The Harvard Crimson as part of its summer postcards series.BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The schools are canceled this morning, parts of subway stations shackled closed....
View ArticleLatin American Graffiti
This post was originally published at The Harvard Crimson as part of its summer postcards series.Graffiti covers the majority of plain walls, garage doors, sidewalks, and even a few grandiose public...
View ArticleHow Harvard got news on Abe Liu
Impostors, robbery, lies, deception, etc., etc. - is Abe Liu another person trying to become a Harvard student on the heals of now-famed impostor Adam Wheeler? The recent firestorm of commentary on...
View ArticleOne more suggestion for improving tech journalism
YouTube Product Manager Hunter Walk has a great blog post on the ideas major tech reporters have on the problems with tech journalism today.I’d add one thing to that list: understand how technologies...
View ArticleGoogle, Wikipedia SOPA blackouts are spot on
Wikipedia’s full black out and Google’s doodle + link to a sub-site on SOPA are spot-on responses for how to react. Each is perfectly tailored for what sort of loss-of-service we can deal with...
View ArticleSOPA & PIPA Blackout Day: Why We're Not Fighting for Enough Today
The tech industry is in legislative reaction mode today with blackouts to protest the current assault on free speech and a free internet. The protests are working in the short term, but we’re not...
View ArticleWhy Punit should be in CS42
An open letter to Prof. Zittrain:I understand applications have closed for CS42. I am not deterred. I want in to what looks like an amazing class.Why me?I’ve got experience in tech. I worked in product...
View ArticleYou Can Land Your Dream Job AND Keep Your Soul! 10+1 Interview & Recruiting...
It can be done. In fact, you’ll be more successful and happy if you stay genuine to yourself. With full-time interview season about to start at Harvard, I’ve been getting emails from friends who are...
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The crutch of the cutting edge
Why looking beyond Silicon Valley to emerging markets can give us a glimpse of the future, and why I’m travelling to Nairobi to get a peekKenya is completely owning the US on mobile payment adoption....
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