2013
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By bluerasberry on 2013-02-28
On his blog, statistician for the Wikimedia Analytics team Erik Zachte asked, “Which single Wikimedia metric would inspire you most?” Here is my response to his blog post. I want page views for specific sets of articles, and I want this data presented in such a way to call for people to respond to it. […]
Posted in research, Wikipedia | Tagged metrics, statistics
By bluerasberry on 2013-02-25
Wikipedia Day 2013 in New York City was held on Saturday 23 February at the Tisch School of the Performing Arts. So many people I wanted to see were there, including most of Wikimedia NYC, Mike Christie and Jami Mathewson from the Wikipedia education program, Adam Hyland user:Protonk who has helped me in the education […]
Posted in New York City, non-profit, presentation, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged conference, Eric Hellman, Jake Orlowitz, Jami Mathewson, Jennifer Baek, Mike Christie, Tom Sulcer, videography
By bluerasberry on 2013-02-24
I arrived back from India on Saturday 16 February. Monday was President’s Day so I did not go to work. Tuesday I returned to work and prepared for the Choosing Wisely phase II press event. I had left Varanasi in good health but I think I ate bad food either at the airport or on […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, DC, non-profit, Wikipedia, work | Tagged Choosing Wisely, fundraiser
By bluerasberry on 2013-02-22
The night of 13 February I returned from Kumbh Mela with Sou, and I had wanted a peaceful 14 February morning and day with him. Hotels were crazy overbooked in Varanasi and I had not been able to find a room, and I asked Nadya if she could share a room with her cameraman so […]
Posted in festival, gay stuff, India, love, religion, tour | Tagged Kumbh Mela, Nadya Kadrevis, Sherwin, wedding
By bluerasberry on 2013-02-22
Nadya had been wanting to film a documentary. I suggested that if she wanted to film in India that the economy there was different, and depending on her budget and interests that she could consider filming there. We talked about different subjects; she settled on Arun Pathak and began talking to him on Skype. Arun […]
Posted in art, India | Tagged Arun Pathak, documentary, Nadya Kadrevis
By bluerasberry on 2013-02-21
On perhaps February 12 Sou and I went to some mall to exchange a broken suitcase of his. Sou has, and Indian people in general can have, attitudes about service workers that I rarely see in Western culture. Sou pushes my limits for detecting how suave a person could be, and if he had any […]
Posted in gay stuff, India, love, service industry | Tagged Sherwin
By bluerasberry on 2013-02-19
Tanvir met me at my hotel in the morning and we got in an autorickshaw. He talked about everything we passed detailing what happens in which neighborhood and the sort of development which happens in Dhaka. He proposed his own alternative urban planning schemes including the destruction and rebuilding of entire neighborhoods and and minor […]
Posted in Dhaka, festival, tour | Tagged Chobi Mela, Shabab, Tanvir Rahman
By bluerasberry on 2013-01-31
When I arrived in Dhaka I went to a cell phone store nearby and asked if I could use a phone. I called him, the people at the store described where I was, then he came and retrieved me. He took me to a hotel (Hotel Givenci Int. 76/A, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue Farmgate, Dhaka […]
Posted in Dhaka, service industry | Tagged hotel, Tanvir Rahman
By bluerasberry on 2013-01-29
I had planned a month-long trip to India, leaving from JFK Airport on Sunday 20 January and leaving from Indira Gandhi Airport the morning of Saturday 6 February. Nadya had asked me about doing a documentary in India and I told her many things, and she settled on Arun Pathak. She had been talking to […]
Posted in Kolkata, love | Tagged Arun Pathak, Sherwin, Tanvir Rahman