Author Archives: alex

Gaming Amazon Reviews

By alex | Published: 11/27/2012
I will readily admit it: I trust Amazon reviews. I just bought a toy at Toys R Us for my eldest son for his birthday. It kind of sucks, though he’s a bright kid and can make sucky things work. If I had read the Amazon reviews, I would have found this out before making […]
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Quantified Scholar

By alex | Published: 11/2/2012
One of the themes of my book (you know, the book I keep talking about but keep failing to snatch from the outer atmosphere of my imagination, where it seems to reside) is that by measuring, you can create change in yourself and in others. Given that, and the immense non-being of the book, its […]
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A Wedding

By alex | Published: 10/11/2012
Last weekend we returned briefly to New York City to attend the wedding of my godfather, Glen, and his partner of nearly two decades, Gino. It was a beautiful ceremony, and a wonderful reception at the Loeb Boathouse. It felt very traditional to me, though in one way, I suppose, it was not traditional. To […]
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Welcome to IR13.0

By alex | Published: 10/10/2012
Here’s my welcome letter for the IR13.0 program(me): I have always considered 13 a lucky number, and I feel particularly lucky that we have the opportunity to come back to the United Kingdom for IR13.0. I recently moved to a new house, and in the process ran across a T-shirt from the first IR conference […]
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