A few weeks ago, I was sitting at Wednesday night trivia at Clare and Don’s with my good friend Ari W. She mentioned that her job was sending her to Chicago for a few days so she could take care of some work. She randomly says “hey, I don’t know what you have going on …
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WMATA + Caring.
This post is a long-form post that is a story about two people I met last night, “Ms. David” and “Michael,” and both are employees of WMATA, DC’s mass transit system. While it is long, if you do happen to read the entire post, you will find stories of customer service, community service, and … …
Fingers crossed: SXSWEco.
This post is mostly just a “thank you” along with a little look behind-the-scenes… Last week, I submitted a proposal for a conference called SXSWEco. More on the conference itself, later, if I can convince you to read as far. :) I posted the proposal on my social media accounts, and encouraged friends and family …
Sunrise Calendar App introduces the Meet Keyboard.
“When are you available for lunch next week?” … Have you ever spent more time scheduling a meeting over email than actually talking over coffee? … If this question makes you cringe just at the idea of the never-ending email thread that it’s about to start, you’re in for a treat.” These are some of …
Stranger Dinner
Yesterday, I had one of the best experiences I’ve had in a very long time. It was one of those Stranger Dinners that I have frequently explained here on HESONWHEELS. For those of you who aren’t familiar, and also to give it a fresh explanation (the concept has evolved a bit since the first time …
The first quarter of 1 Second Everyday 2015.
Especially since the Austin trip, many people have been learning more and asking about my 1 second everyday project. As you may already know, this is a project that I adopted to record 1 second of my life everyday for the calendar year of 2015. I was inspired by a TED talk by Cesar Kuriyama …
Honored to be appointed by Virginia Governor McAuliffe.
I never thought I’d be able to say that I was an appointee to a gubernatorial administration. Even more importantly, I never thought I’d be able to say that I am a gubernatorial appointee working toward quelling his own hangups and admitted anxiety about working with others with disabilities. But here I am. Last summer …
The next chapter of HESONWHEELS: Everyday philanthropy.
When you think of the word philanthropy, what do you think of? Money? Dollar signs? Donations? Charities? Do any of those words come to your mind? Based on asking this question via HESONWHEELS and in-person over the past four months, those words are very popular “first-thoughts” when people think of philanthropy. Further, based on the …