In late March, I presented to about 150 attendees of the HighEdWeb New England conference at Mt. Holyoke College. My topic: how to plan and run an effective livestream fundraising event. This is something we’ve had a chance to do at Bates for the last two years, and it’s been very successful for us. It […]
David Cohen, a storied activist and leader on campaigns for social and economic justice, passed away at the end of last year. Between 2005 and 2007, David and I worked together at Experience Corps in Washington, DC. We shared an office for a brief time. At one point, I recall showing him the keyboard shortcuts […]
A couple weeks ago, Bates College was on The Simpsons. I found out on a Sunday evening via Facebook, where a friend mentioned he had just seen the show poking fun at Bates. Next, I checked Yik Yak, where some of our students were talking about seeing it as well. Because Simpsons episodes and clips […]
So good to be back in Maine. Rose loves it too. Here she is pointing to the dog — who perhaps loves it most of all.
50 degrees and rainy can’t stop a determined lobster bake crew. Rose didn’t let the cold slow her down either.
What is the point of becoming a parent if you can’t pass your terrible, heart-wrenching sports traditions on to your unsuspecting progeny? Last Sunday, my father and I took Rose to the new Red Sox spring training park in Naples, Florida, for opening day. The weather was perfect, and the team came to play, beating […]
Back in November I saw a post on Google+ speculating about whether a quilt stitched to include a QR code would make a nice wedding gift. Weddings aside, immediately I knew this was a must-have item for my daughter Rose, who at that point was still a few weeks away from being born. I hadn’t […]
I have had a pretty amazing two weeks. On December 8th, my wife gave birth to our daughter, Rose, and ever since we have all been home together getting to know our new family. I’m lucky to have a job with a leave policy that has allowed me to take this time without too much […]
Isn’t it a beauty? Grown in Washington, DC, driven 10 hours north on 95, and devoured as part of a salad in Cape Elizabeth, Maine on Friday, August 5th, 2011. You will be missed.
…or greatest newspaper correction? From the 5/9/11 edition of the Washington Post’s Express metro newspaper.