Before my current career, I worked in non-profit development (read: fundraising), where I learned early on about the philanthropic tax exemption. Thing is, I’ve never quite made it into a tax bracket where I can afford to donate more than the standard exemption, so instead I just use the standard exemption as a donation goal…albeit […]
I’m what you’d call a very frequent traveler. Earlier this year, I checked my mileage stats against others in my TripIt network (more on that app in a bit), and when I realized that I’d surpassed Joi Ito in miles, I knew I was out of control. It’s taken me awhile to get things down […]
That is, the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg, where I was honored to speak yesterday. And the funny thing that happened? Based on some amalgamation of the bio I submitted and my Wikipedia profile, I got labeled in my introduction as an “activist and travel writer”! See, back in the day, I wrote this […]