Flashmobs and Failing Fast
This past year has been: amazing. upsetting. hilarious. disillusioning. exhilarating. It has been full of a lot of travel and new experiences, many important conversations and much questioning. A year in review, in a slightly different format: LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM: Game Theory: Words cannot describe how much I loved this class. Our professor was … Read more
Five Tips For Traveling Like A Local
I’m feeling a little homesick for Bangalore these days (although I’ll wandering soon enough, I’ll be in London this summer and in Beijing from August-January!), so I thought I’d put together five lessons learned from my travel experiences from India that are essential for anyone who wants to try to experience life like a local. … Read more
People Who Say “Branding Is Important” Don’t Know What They’re Talking About
As a designer, I’m always explaining to clients that branding is important. One of my professors said in office hours the other day, “Those people who are always talking about how important branding is don’t know what they’re talking about. They take the ‘branding is important’ mantra as a given, but they never bother to … Read more
Rethinking Cultural Colonialism
Yesterday, a friend of mine asked me, “What would you do if you were in a class and you felt as if the environment of the classroom was uncomfortably male-dominated?” I asked what she meant, and she went on, “For example, when we present our research proposals, I feel as if the only students shooting … Read more
Bad Aid, Privilege and Doing Good to Feel Good
I used to like Teach for America. It sounded so promising, so good. And if you think about it, so do a lot of other programs that send privileged kids off to be great “helpers”. In fact, many of these forms of bad aid are rooted in paternalism, often because the people who lead them … Read more
Before We Teach, We Have to Learn
There’s a saying that you’re the sum of the five people you spend the most time with. Which got me thinking about the social organization of undergraduate students in dormitory communities. Who you live with, who you choose to be friends with, will affect you a LOT. So when I’m looking at study abroad programs, … Read more
Danny Chen and the Deindividuation and Disinhibition of the Army
An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 19 years old. Chinese-American, born to Chinese immigrant parents. Rebellious, wanted something different than everyone else at school, loved adventure. If you have not yet read about Danny Chen, do (Life and Death of Private Danny Chen & Why Black America … Read more
Trying not to be just a “product guy/girl”
If I’m interested in technology, I better understand it from all sides. I don’t want to be one of those obnoxious non-technical people who have never even tried to understand what their colleagues do. So here I am, working on a web design portfolio project as the work day in CST (that’s “college student time”) … Read more
Dead Ends and Dark Alleys: Lessons from a Bank Robber, a Playwright, and a Conglomerate Boss
“Find life experiences and swallow them whole. Travel. Meet many people. Go down some dead ends and explore dark alleys. Try everything. Exhaust yourself in the glorious pursuit of life.” -Lawrence K. Fish I spend way too much time thinking about study abroad these days…Next year, I know I want to be outside of the … Read more
A Day in the Life of a Startup Intern at Wednesdays
I just finished my freshman year of college and I’ve been interning at Wednesdays for about a month. Wednesdays.com organizes employee lunch programs for companies and lunch clubs for organizations (like the Women 2.0 Lunch Club) and is part of the 500 Startups accelerator. For anyone looking to work at a startup or start one, I thought I’d … Read more
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