By bluerasberry on 2012-07-25
I attended Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC. It was a very productive experience and I made a lot of friends there. On Thursday 12 July I gave my presentation, “Research institution collaboration”, as part of a panel. I was in the conference track sponsored by the Office of e-Diplomacy in the Department of State. Both […]
Posted in DC, education, Wikipedia, work | Tagged conference, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2012-07-05
I have been very upset since Nathan’s Hot Dogs would not allow Takeru Kobayashi, known also as Kobi the world’s greatest competitive eater, to compete in their contest. In this report Kobi talks about how unjust and cruel they are. The Wikimania conference in DC is upcoming and many international visitors are here in Manhattan […]
Posted in festival, Japan, New York City, rights | Tagged competitive eating
By bluerasberry on 2012-06-02
Wednesday 30 May – Friday 1 June the HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) held their summer full group meeting in DC, as they always do. This was the first time I attended the DC meeting. I had planned to attend even when I was in Seattle but then I got this job at Consumer Reports […]
Posted in DC, health, HIV, presentation, research, rights | Tagged conference, HVTN, social media
By bluerasberry on 2012-05-26
In this post I give some background about coffee in Seattle, tell horror stories about New York Coffee, and talk about early explorations about New York City coffeehouses. I like coffee and for years have enjoyed coffee in Seattle. I made an effort to visit Seattle coffeeshops when I heard they were fun and I […]
Posted in New York City, service industry | Tagged coffee
By bluerasberry on 2012-05-17
I cannot believe this place. The Frick Collection has to be one of the best representative collections in the United States of European art from 1500-1850. It is housed in a museum which used to be someone’s house, and it is right next to Central Park in the Upper East Side. I had never seen […]
Posted in art, museum, New York City | Tagged paintings
By bluerasberry on 2012-05-13
Richard Knipel ([[user:Pharos]]) took me to the Museum of Modern Art the night of Friday 11th May. On Wednesday 9 May I was at a conference at Consumer Reports for the Choosing Wisely program, and at this conference I met collaborators in the program and came to understand what the program would mean to them. […]
Posted in art, health, museum, New York City, research, Wikipedia, work | Tagged Brooklyn Bridge, Choosing Wisely, coffee, Consumer Reports, Museum of Modern Art
By bluerasberry on 2012-05-01
I like Patrick a lot. I am not sure how I first met him. I think that it was at some HIV vaccine event in Capitol Hill in late 2010. Patrick says that we only talked during that night, but I thought I had spent a lot of time talking to him since then and […]
Posted in museum, New York City, personal | Tagged American Museum of Natural History, Brooklyn Bridge, coffee, Patrick
By bluerasberry on 2012-04-30
I arrived in NYC on Thursday afternoon 26 April. I would be subletting, and Marty who gave me the room also gave me transit instructions to get to it. The transit was easy for me to use and I got to my neighborhood and everything was much nicer and more convenient than I was expecting. […]
Posted in New York City, personal | Tagged concert
By bluerasberry on 2012-04-22
I soon move to New York City to work as Wikipedian in Residence for Consumer Reports. A Wikipedian in Residence is a Wikipedia ambassador to an organization. In my case, I will work at Consumer Reports and help the organization establish relationships with Wikipedia. Consumer Reports is a famous United-States based consumer advocacy group. It […]
Posted in biobanks, clinical research, Seattle, Wikipedia, work | Tagged bioethics, blood, campus ambassador, malaria
By bluerasberry on 2012-03-31
I was going to Suzzallo Library this afternoon when just outside the library a baby squirrel fell out of a tree! I did not know it was a squirrel at first, but then a crow swooped down and pecked at it. Immediately I saw a parent squirrel looking very worried coming down the tree, and […]
Posted in animal, Seattle | Tagged rescue, rodent
