Becky Blab

On Saturday I watched the above National Geographic show on The Human Family Tree. I was pleasantly amused to see it was based in my diverse neighborhood of Queens: Astoria. If you ever need a reminder of how we are all one, you should definitely watch it! Seeing the progression of human migrations in the video, [...]

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Now that the Black Friday frenzy has worn off, I thought it worthwhile to reflect on my experience. Equal parts euphoric and traumatic, it was an initiation into a raging American consumerism that I thought I’d sworn off, and become immune to. Nonetheless, since it’s our first winter in the US and we either left [...]

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While at the Mashable Social Good Summit, I was interviewed for Ericksson’s Networked Society “How Come?” series. Was surprised to see my video just near Pete Cashmore  You might have noticed that I enjoy asking questions only slightly less than finding answers! This was the first time I’ve been recorded while doing so, though… I’m [...]

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I was pleased to do a write-up of last week’s Social Good for Dutiee.com, “A Daily Peek into Social Good.” I connected with one of the creators, Amit, through NetSquared and got introduced to Deepa through him. An excerpt: Missed the Social Good Summit, NY? Catch Our First Hand Coverage The dust has now settled [...]

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Yesterday the #SocialGood summit kicked-off amidst lots of fanfare. I’m always amazed at how exhilarating it is to be amongst so many super-connected people, hovering over their laptops and gripping their phones, but still eating and talking and generally being approachable. And while it may seem like I don’t know who to talk to, somehow [...]

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