Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2008

02 Dec 2008, 10:44 a.m.

Mysore

Mysore's university has a museum of Karnatakan/Kannadiga craft, art, literature, and folklore in general. I had the pleasure today of getting a two-hour guided tour from its founding curator, a friend of my parents. It …

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01 Dec 2008, 12:21 p.m.

World AIDS Day

I miss you, Frances. I wish I could have met you, Roy.

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28 Nov 2008, 9:00 a.m.

Hope and Sadness

My thoughts are in Mumbai.

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25 Nov 2008, 1:54 a.m.

Thanks to Riana, Brendan and Kara for putting me up…

Thanks to Riana, Brendan and Kara for putting me up during my trip to the Pacific Northwest. I have vivid memories that I now must shake out of my head to catalog.

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25 Nov 2008, 1:45 a.m.

Some images, tweets, and documentation from Seattle MindCamp 2008

Please link to other relevant stuff in the comments! I learned about MindCamp sometime Friday, Nov. 20th, and devised the idea for my talk in about 5 minutes late Friday night while going to sleep …

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23 Nov 2008, 1:44 a.m.

Yay For HOWTOs

Am running You, Yes You, Can Do Standup Comedy. Going well! Then at 8 I run spar, then at 9 the political science talk. Which means Keynote time somewhere in the next 7 hours. I …

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22 Nov 2008, 11:34 a.m.

Wish Me Luck

Am now attempting to go to Seattle MindCamp without an actual ticket. Hope to present on "Three Ways to Look At Power: A Political Science Lens On Your Organization." Update: Got in! Thanks, Beth! Second …

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17 Nov 2008, 2:58 a.m.

Coast Shift

I have arrived in Portland and am staying in Brendan's flat for a few days. First stop tomorrow: Powell's, the City of Books. I've never made hajj before. I just missed Ignite Portland, one of …

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16 Nov 2008, 11:15 a.m.

Rachel Chalmers, Will This Make You Laugh As It Made Me?

I had not considered the necessity of gathering ammunition to use against your own children. [Indra Nooyi on working motherhood - YouTube video]

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15 Nov 2008, 16:16 p.m.

Subconscious Homophone

The other day someone said the phrase "Edge Case" and I thought he'd said my name.

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