I’m on a panel about non-profits and technology at the SSTC tomorrow …
I'll be part of a small panel tomorrow at the South Sound Technology Conference on non-profits and technology. With me with be Scott Kuehn, from Topia Technology, who volunteers his technical expertise with the UW Genome Science group. Should be interesting! See the whole schedule here. I'll be twittering throughout the day I hope.
Dennis Seinfeld Emerging Leader Award Lunch today!
I'm busy most of the day getting ready for (and then wrapping up) the City Club Leadership Lunch. I'll start brainstorming something interesting to say when I've got a little more time for blogging later.
The 1991 Beard and Moustache Competition in Tacoma
via exit133.com You most definitely should watch this video. Great find at Exit133!
First Streetcar Line Will Be MLK?
the City Manager announced that the next streetcar line will most likely be on MLK. He said the city is pursuing that route because of an LID underway in that area – and because of the muscle power of Multicare at one end of Hilltop and the Franciscans at the other end. He also said it might be built out of sequence with a planned extension of the downtown LINK streetcar up Stadium Way. via i.feedtacoma.com This via Morgan’s Brain on FeedTacoma. I think it’s an interesting idea, and if it means getting rail in the ground sooner rather than Read more…
Michael Medved last night at City Club
Michael Medved had an interesting presentation last night at Theatre on the Square. He recently wrote about "The 10 Big Lies About America" and during the presentation he covered three of the lies he covered in his book. One–that America is in an irreversible state of moral decline I've long believed to be false, and I'm glad Medved argued against it as passionately as he did. The second–that America is "uniquely" responsible for slavery and that slavery in the US was worse than anywhere else in the world … I found to be a bit of a strawman's argument. I Read more…
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