Category Archives: Business
HBO’s Hard Knocks
HD NFL football on a big screen is amazing, and far more exciting than being at the actual game. But the most interesting thing about football for me is the anthropology behind it, and this aspect is best documented in … Continue reading
On the Health Care Debate
[read my previous post on this subject for more context] Tea Party Rally (Again) On Wednesday, I went on a 5 mile run to the Capitol and back to my apartment before my afternoon shift of work began. On the … Continue reading
Labor Costs
One of the topics I want to study more about is what we’re all going to do in the future for work and jobs. Part of the sharp upheaval of the 20th century of rapid economic development was that a … Continue reading
Filed under Anthropology, Business, Computers, Development, Economics, Education, Globalization, Policy, Tech
Surpluses and Shortages
I’m moving out of my Georgetown rowhouse and just started my job, so I’ve been a little busy and haven’t been able to write much. That’s one reason Twitter is so great — I’ve been able to just send some … Continue reading
Filed under Anthropology, Business, Economics, Education, Globalization, Government, Internet, Policy, Politics, Stock Market, Tech
Job Hunting
So a lot of my friends and recent graduates are looking for jobs now. That process is miserable, as I wrote about earlier. I enjoyed a NYTimes article on how employers should be nice to applicants. Now, I just got … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Reputation
We Want No Taxation, No Representation
Financial time bombs are no longer shocking to discover these days. Collateralized debt obligations, the American auto industry, real estate, credit, struggling state government balance sheets, etc. IRC Stupidity Yesterday Obama gave a speech on how health care needs to … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Business, Development, Economics, Globalization, Government, International Affairs, Policy, Politics
Big, Interesting, Mysterious Pragmatic Problems
I’ve just finished a master’s program full of amazing classmates seeking policy solutions to some of the toughest problems the US and international institutions have to currently deal with. For my part, I deeply love to spend a lot of … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Development, Economics, Education, Globalization, Government, International Affairs, Internet, Openness, Policy, Privacy, Reputation, Web
Going International to Become More American
In mid-May, I will graduate with a Masters of Science in Foreign Service degree from Georgetown University. This program is within the School of Foreign Service, formed after World War I to train Americans to engage with the rest of … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Development, Government, International Affairs, Policy
Ticket Re-Sellers and Scalpers
Trent Reznor wrote a post on his Nine Inch Nails (NIN) forum about re-sellers and scalpers of concert tickets. In it, he discusses the motivations for TicketMaster to encourage the secondary market for tickets, which leads to scalpers poaching tickets … Continue reading
Future of Web Apps, Miami, 2009
Back last semester, I decided to pony up the resources to travel to Miami to attend the Future of Web Apps conference run by Ryan Carson’s Carsonified. The ticket cost $200 for just the conference day (the workshop day was … Continue reading
