By bluerasberry on 2013-09-03
Sunday 1 September I visited the New York Botanical Garden to study and relax. There was an exhibit there called “Wild Medicine” which I wanted to see. I walked as much of the garden as I could because I was eager to see it but then also I had some reading to do, and I […]
Posted in Geneva, museum, New York City, tour, Wikipedia | Tagged botanical garden, medicine, translation
By bluerasberry on 2013-07-24
On Sunday 21 July I went to a conference called “reRoute” hosted by the New Economics School and held at New York University. The conference was for what I would call young leaders in the consumer movement, although the attendees would not call themselves that. I am not sure what they call what they are […]
Posted in New York City, non-profit, Open access, presentation, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged conference, consumer rights
By bluerasberry on 2013-07-18
There is a lot of opportunity to attend cultural events in New York. I suppose that one might say that these events are free, but from another perspective the events are only available to those people who can afford time to attend them, and that means being able to afford to live in a place […]
Posted in New York City | Tagged concert, music
By bluerasberry on 2013-07-07
On Saturday 6 July I went to see Monkey: Journey to the West. I went because I knew that the show was a project of the producers of the band Gorillaz. I knew that the show would be performed in Chinese language and I presumed that it would be musical but I did not know […]
Posted in New York City | Tagged music, theatre
By bluerasberry on 2013-06-10
I live in the United States and I was born in a rural area. Rural areas of the United States have a higher percentage of gun owners, and from growing up there I have native appreciation for the culture of gun rights. There was a passionate minority among the gun-owning culture who had what I […]
Posted in computer, New York City, rights | Tagged privacy
By bluerasberry on 2013-04-30
I have been working at Consumer Reports for one year as of today. Our director Jim Guest sent me a a thank you letter today. What a great experience this has been. I feel like I am on the edge of accomplishing so much and that I am only waiting for an appropriate time to […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, New York City, work
By bluerasberry on 2013-04-22
Saturday and Sunday April 20-21 I attended the annual conference of Students for Free Culture held at the New York Law School. At the end of the conference there was an organizational meeting in which the board proposed and got approval to change the name of the organization from “Students for Free Culture” to “Free […]
Posted in computer, legal, New York City, non-profit, Open access, research, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged conference
By bluerasberry on 2013-03-07
The NYSHealth Foundation (New York State) today hosted Alan Weil of the National Academy for State Health Policy to talk about health care reform strategies in the United States. I attended in the place of Chuck Bell, my colleague at Consumer Reports, because he was otherwise busy today. I hardly knew what to expect. I […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, health, New York City, presentation | Tagged reform
By bluerasberry on 2013-03-03
Marcus was upset with me when I was in India. I did not feel that he was justified in his original complaint, but in the end, we decided not to talk anymore. It was a bad breakup but I am not sure what could have made it better. While I was in India, I did […]
Posted in gay stuff, love, New York City | Tagged drama, Marcus
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