by Whitney | Dec 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
I got an invitation late last week to become a Google Glass Explorer. Google Glass is probably best described as a pair of “glasses” you can wear with a video display and hands-free computer functionality. It’s still in Beta, and you have to...
by Whitney | Nov 25, 2013 | community, education, Uncategorized
UPDATE: Goldiblox has written an open letter and taken the video down. I’m actually sort of sorry about that, because it was a STEM great video, and even more, has started a real and serious conversation about girls and science, engineering and math. The...
by Whitney | Oct 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve long thought the money in politics is obscene. When I heard that Congresspeople spend 20 to 30 hours a week trying to raise money for their next campaign, is it any wonder why they never get much done in DC? (The Boston Globe did an article here saying...
by Whitney | Aug 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today I sent my first son off to college. Everyone talks about how hard this is. Michael Gerson summed it up well in his recent column in the Washington Post when he said: This was the general drift of my thoughts as my wife and I dropped off my eldest son as a...
by Whitney | Aug 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Over the course of my lifetime, I’ve seen traditional retail transform. In Rochester NY, where I grew up, there were several local department stores, started by local businessmen who became legends in the community. Over time, these stores struggled as their...
by Whitney | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Daniel Goleman, an organizational psychologist, just posted an article on LinkedIn about the famous “marshmallow” psychological test given to kids. In a nutshell, the test seems to show that if very young children are able to delay gratification and...
