Essays

Menu
  • About

By Jennifer A. Redman

Knee Socks, Ada Lovelace Day, and Alexis Peterka

Knee Socks, Ada Lovelace Day, and Alexis Peterka

October 7, 2011 · by jenred · in business, Society, Technology

In honor of Ada Lovelace Day, I’d like to introduce you to Alexis Peterka. Alexis is the CEO at Stayhound a company recently accepted into the 2011 class at the Portland Incubator Experiment, an expert in front-end web design, and…

Our Data Buckets, Ourselves

Our Data Buckets, Ourselves

August 11, 2011 · by jenred · in Culture, Essays, Society, Technology

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. —…

The Bully on the Block, aka Whole Foods

December 1, 2008 · by jenred · in Civics, Essays, Portland, Society

New Seasons is a beloved Portland Institution it is our fantastic, locally-sourced very eco- and neighborhood-friendly grocery store.  They buy from local farmers and producers first whenever possible and have established healthy LOCAL partnerships that provide consumers with the best…

Anathem – Too irritating to finish

October 24, 2008 · by jenred · in Book Reviews, Essays

I’m giving up on Anathem for now.  There are too many books that I’m likely to enjoy much more thoroughly.  A good example is Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.  In fact, I’m already enjoying Oryx and Crake. My feelings…

Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat

January 24, 2006 · by jenred · in Book Reviews, Essays

The sun has finally returned to Portland. At least for a few days. Forecast fox has a line of gray rainy clouds for the next few days. Sometimes double gray rainy clouds. A few days ago I found myself wondering…

1 2 … 5 Next →

Each time I go to a place I have not seen before, I hope it will be as different as possible from the places I already know.
Paul Bowles

Tags

Africa Andaman Islands Ark of the Covenant australia Axum Bahir Dar Beast of Burden book review books business Civics Culture Dems Dida Galgalu Essays Ethiopia eucalyptus family Haiti hitchhiking homeless India Iraq John Kerry Kaisut Kenya Lailabela Lake Tana Marsabit Nairobi Neal Stephenson New Seasons oasis politics Portland Rendille Roseland San Francisco shop local Technology Templeshock Tenderloin Travel war women

Archives

  • 2011 (2)
  • 2008 (2)
  • 2006 (2)
  • 2005 (1)
  • 2004 (4)
  • 2003 (10)

Reading

Just Finished

Copyright © 2013 Essays

Powered by WordPress and Origin