By bluerasberry on 2018-11-25
Fabian and I went to see Torch Song on Broadway Thanksgiving night Thursday 22 November 2018 at the Hayes Theatre. The play is 3 hour adaptation of the Torch Song Trilogy, which was a series of plays telling a gay life story in New York from 1970-1980. I am reviewing the narrative here and describing […]
Posted in gay stuff, HIV, New York City, work | Tagged Broadway, gay rights, history, sex, theatre, youth rights
By bluerasberry on 2015-10-14
There is a trend in the communications industry for metrics reporting. Internet publishing allows for tracking of who reads what and how they read it. In my opinion society has not come to understand the implications of communication tracking, and industry does not know either. As a Wikipedian, I am a communications professional, and I […]
Posted in New York City, quantified self, work | Tagged communications, metrics
By bluerasberry on 2015-05-07
Today I gave three Wikipedia presentations in Manhattan. I ought to be spending all of my time out of the office and at universities per the terms of my grant to do outreach to students, but as of yet I have not managed enough invitations to be on campus all of the time. Dorothy has […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, health, New York City, Wikipedia, work | Tagged hospital, PBS, WebMD
By bluerasberry on 2014-11-13
Saturday 8 November Fabian and I went to see a dance show called the Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the Radio City Music Hall. I understand that the show is a New York City tradition and that it has been presented since the 1930s. I had heard it mentioned since coming to New York, with […]
Posted in art, New York City, rights, service industry, work | Tagged theatre
By bluerasberry on 2014-01-03
I am interested in India and this post contains a perspective on a story happening in India and Manhattan. There is a news-making diplomatic argument happening now and for some months, but it has gotten more tense lately because of many Indian politicians seeking to escalate it. I wanted to write about this because I […]
Posted in New York City, rights, service industry, work | Tagged women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2013-09-17
The Preventing Overdiagnosis was held at Dartmouth from 10-12 September. Consumer Reports was a sponsor of the event, as was Australia’s Bond University and BMJ. I was scheduled to speak about Wikipedia and health. There is a concept in medical literature called “overutilization” which refers to overuse of medical resources. This includes overtreatment, which is […]
Posted in clinical research, health, research, rights, Wikipedia, work | Tagged Choosing Wisely, public health
By bluerasberry on 2013-06-18
On the night of Saturday 14 June I met with Brian, my Wikipedian friend who just got a job at the WHO. He had been living in Geneva for a while but had not yet come to know all about his job. He was to do something at the WHO like a Wikipedian in Residence, […]
Posted in Geneva, Wikipedia, work | Tagged World Health Organization
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 2013-03-18
I attended Consumer Assembly, which is the Consumer Federation of America annual conference. Their program gives the agenda of what happened over March 14-15. Elizabeth Warren, friend of the Consumer Movement, was opening speaker and encouraging of all the work we did. I went to sessions on mobile privacy and warning labels and attended the […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, DC, non-profit, presentation, rights, work | Tagged conference, consumer rights
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