Author Archives: Harry Katz
TED Talks: Hans Rosling – Let my dataset change your mindset
Another amazing talk by Swedish public health professor Hans Rosling, given at the US State Department this June. Well worth a viewing.
I’m packin’ … skates
Right up until the last moment, I debated whether or not to take my inline skating gear with me on our family trip to Australia. I knew we’d be visiting some remote areas and small towns, and spending lots of … Continue reading
Product Review: Airbus A380
We travelled to Australia for our family vacation this summer and had the opportunity to fly on the new Airbus A380 from Los Angeles to Sydney, and on a Boeing 747 from Sydney to Los Angeles. Since the A380 is … Continue reading
Gen. David Petraeus @ Seattle Town Hall
Gen. David Petraeus spoke this evening at Seattle Town Hall in an event sponsored by the Seattle World Affairs Council. His talk, innocuously titled US Central Command Update, focused on lessons learned from the counterinsurgency efforts in Iraq, with an … Continue reading
WSJ: Six scenarios for the outcome of the Iranian election
This WSJ article lays out six possible outcomes for the Iranian election. Sadly, recent developments would suggest some combination of #3 and #4 taking place.
TED Talk: How Twitter Can Make History
Excellent TED talk by Clay Shirky called “How Twitter Can Make History.” Given earlier this month at the State Department, it succinctly summarizes the dramatic evolution of the media from one-to-one (telephone) or one-to-many communication (print, radio, television) to today’s … Continue reading
Burma’s military dictators clearly terrified of Aung San Suu Kyi
As reported in the Guardian, and other media, Burma opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi pleads not guilty to violating house arrest. About a week before Aung San Suu Kyi was due to be released from six years of house … Continue reading
The Last P-I
I had a paper route when I was a kid. I delivered The Toronto Telegram, or The Telly as it was known, to about 25 homes in the subdivision where my family lived in Oakville, a bedroom community just west … Continue reading
TED Talks: Hans Rosling Debunking Third World Myths
TED is a web site featuring talks from leading thinkers in the very broad fields of Technology, Entertainment and Design. I think many of these talks are given at the annual TED conference. If you’ve never visited TED it’s well … Continue reading
Paul Krugman @ Seattle Town Hall
This evening we attended a talk given by Paul Krugman at Seattle Town Hall sponsored by the Seattle World Affairs Council. Krugman is the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and a regular columnist at the New York … Continue reading
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