This week I attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Tucson. I presented a poster on videoblogging, heard some very good panels and discussions, and took a lot of pictures of cacti… I would have liked to get out to the desert, but the antibiotic I’m taking (sinus infection) makes me sensitive to the sun. I definitely want to see more of Tucson another time.
Category Archives: travel
Gallery: New Zealand, 2009
My first and last stops in New Zealand were in Auckland, where I stayed with Mark and Annie (Mark is Woodstock class of ’78, both have been on staff), though we barely knew each other – we may have met during one of my visits to the school, and Annie and I worked together (at a distance) on the Woodstock history, but none of us remembers too clearly.
At any rate, Mark picked me up at the airport upon my arrival from Brazil (via Buenos Aires) and remarked: “Whenever I come to the international terminal, it’s to pick up someone I don’t know.” Woodstockers are like that.
The statue of a woman on the rock in the water commemorates a local legend for which the town is named. “Whakatane” means (roughly) “does the work of a man” – she single-handedly saved a big war canoe from slipping out to sea. Or something.
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Halas Hall, Home of the Chicago Bears
Believe it or not, my presence there was related to Woodstock School (as so much else in my life is…). Our SAGE board meeting was hosted there.
Gallery: Doors Open Denver
During Enrico’s visit in May, we went to Doors Open Denver, an opportunity to see inside some interesting buildings that otherwise aren’t open to the public.
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Gallery: Chicago
These are from my trip back in May to speak at at Executing Social Media for Internal Communications. Had a little time before my retun flight to look around.
