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Journalist, entrepreneur, #opengov enthusiast: @technical_ly co-founder, @technicallyPHL and @technicallyBMR editor. I share links and look for sources.
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Why does the word "techies" sound so patronizing? Is it something more insidious than just its vague nature?
You can always stop, but you can't always start. That is why accomplishment of any kind is a daily wonder.
@EAFiedler Heard you shouted out in @ThisAmerLife credits thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives… Were you behind the Bowman story? Well done
This Week | This American Life
thisamericanlife.org — This week we return to one of our favorite themes: This Week! All of the stories in the show are things that have taken place in the last seven days. We've got our own take on the big, national stories of the week but we also turn a searchlight across America and find the smaller, more personal and more spectacular stories that most of us never hear.
Just another white guy in a suit.
@suzanneyada fair enough, I think I would normally say "biracial" if I hadn't read the other word in what I shared. The power of the word.
Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) had Mulatto ancestry, which fueled racism in his time ow.ly/1Xvg1P But he was enormously popular
Alexandre Dumas Books | Folio Biography
foliosociety.com — (1802 - 1870) The son of nobles and slaves Like a character in one of his novels, Alexandre Dumas was born to a great noble family, now fallen into poverty. Dumas' grandfather was the Marquis Alexandre-Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a noble in pre-revolutionary France who had defied the conventions of the era and married a French-Haitian slave - Marie Louise Césette Dumas.
"Oil was the fluid of last century where there was a lot of turmoil ow.ly/1Xvn64 and I think water is the fluid of this century"
Water Wars: Who Controls The Flow?
npr.org — So often, we take water for granted. But it's not always where we need it, or there when we need it. Two rivers on opposite sides of the country - the Chattahoochee in the South and the Klamath in the far West - may provide lessons for the inevitable and growing dispute over how we manage our most precious resource.
Iran Moderate Wins Presidency by a Large Margin, via @nytimes nyti.ms/146h0VC
Moderate in Iranian Election Takes Strong Lead in Early Returns
nytimes.com — TEHRAN - Iranian officials spent Saturday tallying the votes the nation's presidential election, with a surge of interest in the contest apparently swinging the tide in the favor of the most moderate candidate in the field.
"Bring a picnic lunch, a blanket, games or toys and camp chairs" @ Chester County Balloon Festival: 4sq.com/1677vH7 #foursquare
Christopher's tip at Chester County Balloon Festival
foursquare.com — Bring a picnic lunch, a blanket, games or toys and camp chairs
My first @CCBalloonFest w/ beautiful weather @sacmdonald and @victorybeer waiting for launch [pic]: 4sq.com/12yeGtK
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