This is my soap box. These articles are more personal and intimate. The best way to describe this category is “the way I see things.”
- Throwback draft: Integral of a community
What is a community and what does it mean to belong to one? What makes a community so important to someone? Read more to understand what community is.
- Fedora Appreciation Week: Tribute to a legacy
I learned more about a man named Seth Vidal by chance. For Fedora Appreciation Week, I wanted to share a personal story surrounding his life and passing.
- Wikipedia is a privilege
What is a world that goes with or without? A world of access to free information like Wikipedia? What does privilege afford and take away from all of us?
- What does it mean to be an American?
What parts of our culture make us proud and content or disappointed and shameful? I started to wonder about my identity and what it means to be an American.
- Six months later: 3 things I learned from deleting Facebook
Six months ago, I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts. Along the way, I learned a few lessons on creating a healthy diet of media and pop culture consumption in a world of constant connectivity and endless media reservoirs.
- 2017 - My Year in Review
2017 was a fully-packed year for me. This post walks through my last year and reflects on the experiences I had. Would you believe my passport is running out of pages?
- How a smart phone makes time irrelevant
The world of digital devices alters modern experience of reality. Time no longer asserts priority or influence over a moment because of a smart phone.
- Cut the plug: Deleting Facebook and Instagram
Reflections on why I am permanently deleting my Facebook and Instagram accounts, how to stay in touch, and choosing honesty and open values over vanity metrics.
- What I discovered in Tirana, Albania
The Open Labs Hackerspace in Tirana, Albania is passionate and empowered about open source and its ability to influence change in the region.
- 2016 – My Year in Review
2016 was a blur: Bitcamp in Maryland, HackMIT in Boston, WiCHacks 2016, Flock to Fedora in Poland, Vermont with Matt, NYC with Mike, and so much more.