I've written several posts over at Effectivism recently about Occupy Wall Street: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Let me know if there's any other aspect(s) you think I should be covering, or anything I missed!

I've been posting to Effectivism again lately. Recent posts:

• How to buy a greener book - the environmental impact of shopping at a local bookstore or online; Amazon Prime and other express delivery; Kindles and e-readers.
  
• Staying off mailing lists: anonymous online donations - how to stop getting bombarded with dead trees following every ( Read more... )

I'd like to talk to a few product managers for tech companies. Does anyone know any that they could put me in touch with? Thanks!

Edit: info about why I am asking in the comments. :)

For a number of reasons, some business-related and some personal, the members of HeadLamp Research have decided not to continue pursuing our goals as a company right now. While I wish we could have achieved even more, I am very proud of our accomplishments so far. I also feel like moving on is the right decision given the circumstances, and I'm ( Read more... )

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( Cairns )

vito_excalibur made that observation while passing on the following:

Feral camels are coming to eat your air conditioner.

Before I went to Australia, I thought every living thing in Australia was deadly. In Australia, I learned that this was a drastic oversimplification. I now believe that everything is deadly, terrifyingly painful, massive, and/or very weird.

( well, it's true )

( snorkeling, Lauren-style )

( holiday surprise )