Work

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Jun 29
How Tech Workers are Finding Their Footing in a PandemicThis piece first appeared in Fast Company [https://www.fastcompany.com/90515519/tech-workers-are-showing-the-effects-of-covid-19-related-burnout] The start of 2020 should have been an energizing time for me, personally and professionally. I had just returned from a long-awaited holiday honeymoon and closed a new round of funding for my startup. But I found
Jun 01
Delivering My First Keynote SpeechThe story of my first major paid speech and what I learned
Sep 24
The Value in Ongoing ConversationsWhen I was in DC working as a Presidential Innovation Fellow [https://www.whitehouse.gov/innovationfellows/meet-the-fellows#section-round-2], one of our objectives was to drive adoption for President Obama’s Executive Order [https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/executive-order-making-open-and-machine-readable-new-default-government-] to make all government information open, freely accessible, and
Mar 22
How a Potluck Brunch Led to My New Job at PercolateI actually hadn’t heard much about Percolate before I moved to New York, but like many great opportunities, it emerged out of serendipity.
Nov 24
Becoming a Free AgentOn December 16, 2013 I will complete my Presidential Innovation Fellowship at the Smithsonian. And as I don’t have another gig lined up, it means I’ll be a free agent starting on 12/17. I’ll be a bit of a moving target for a month: packing up