Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2012

19 Aug 2012, 7:55 a.m.

Getting A Habit Into My Muscle Memory

There is no substitute for personal experience. I know now, in my arms and torso and legs, that I feel better when I do a bunch of goal-oriented vigorous outdoor physical activity every day. And …

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18 Aug 2012, 23:13 p.m.

Practice

One way I know I'm more mature than I used to be: I have a self-hating thought, then IMMEDIATELY know that it's just those unfortunate defaults speaking up, not a genuine insight that needs followup, …

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16 Aug 2012, 11:53 a.m.

Back

I'm back in the US and catching up on approximately everything. Multiweek nearly-completely-offline vacation: I recommend it. I took a very long walk with a friend. Coming back, so much felt unfamiliar: shoes that are …

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24 Jul 2012, 12:56 p.m.

Upcoming Vacation

This Friday night, I start a vacation and will be mostly offline till August 14th. I'm going to be in the north of England; if you live nearish Manchester and want to meet up around …

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21 Jul 2012, 16:28 p.m.

Thoughts Upon Seeing "Cabaret"

I've now seen the film and the stage versions of Cabaret. Some thoughts: Our leads are basically Kermit and Miss Piggy. In fact, I am now reinterpreting the Meet Cute from The Great Muppet Caper …

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18 Jul 2012, 13:11 p.m.

Mentorship

Today I taught someone how to use the command line, showed him whoami and ls and nslookup, showed him Wolfram Alpha, and explained DNS, IPv6, hexadecimal, and WikiProjects. That was nice.

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16 Jul 2012, 22:32 p.m.

Two Weeks Home

I'm home from Wikimania, where one of my presentations got someone "legitimately excited!" And what else can you ask? Home for two weeks before I take a nice long summer vacation. A few random thoughts: …

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09 Jul 2012, 22:46 p.m.

Open Content, Source, And System

Video interview with me about Wikimedia's openness on multiple levels.

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08 Jul 2012, 20:56 p.m.

Taking Stock

This weekend I:took a capoeira class for the first time went to the top of the Empire State Building for the first time saw open culture and open source friends, old and new caused about …

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07 Jul 2012, 16:46 p.m.

Various

A few links for the weekend. This video is probably only of interest to Arrested Development fans and people who want to hear an Australian imitating a US accent. By the same creator: "...It’s much …

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