Turning vision into reality part II
This is Mary teaching a “How to make homemade salsa” class at HourSchool Dear team, I am taking a leave from Thinktiv to focus full-time on HourSchool. HourSchool has been gaining lots of interests and traction since our beta launch last month. Balancing a full-time job and full-time school was hard, but balancing a full-time [...]
Summer in Austin is so hot that my months are melting together
Dear team, Summer in Austin is so hot that my months are melting together. This city is simply amazing, fun, and got creative energy bursting everywhere all the time. Here’s to some june some july updates :] In the last couple of months, our paper submission was accepted to a conference. Since that trip got [...]
Race, birthplace, and that weird thing called belonging
Dear team, Originally, my May update was going to be yet another post about my thoughts on interaction design and social entrepreneurship. But being in Hong Kong for 2 weeks gave my brain some room to think about something else, serving one of the trip’s true intentions. I’ve always been able to relate when Renjie [...]
If you want something enough, the whole world will help you.
Dear team, This is not going to be a long reflective post. I have many many thoughts in my head which are going to require some time to be digested, and slowly, through writing, formulate and articulate themselves. But since my April update is long overdue; first thing first: I graduated. If there was one thing [...]
Let’s make everyday like today.
Dear team, I’m launching a company. It is called HourSchool, a platform that lets you post what you want to learn, and it figures out who in your network can teach it. This is built upon our belief that learning should be social and our mission is to provide an easy way for people to [...]
Ideas. Process. Intent.
Dear team, One thing that makes us an awesome team is that we continue to push each other to grow, share, and create. Thanks to Kris for suggesting that we use this space to become well-versed in the multiple disciplines in which we are working. As I’ve urged Kris to share her work and articulate [...]
#wemove chronicle: I’m so grateful
Dear team, Doing What I Can I’m extremely grateful that we made it our 2011 team goal to commit to writing one blog post per month. Although we might not always have a post ready by our assigned date, I think that’s okay. Deadlines are good in holding us accountable, but we also need to [...]
Call for Volunteers, Artists & Sponsors – Silent Art Auction in Toronto for Pakistani Flood Victims
I was on a conference call with several friends from Waterloo and Toronto last night, where we discussed the issue of doing our part to raise awareness and money for the victims of the floods in Pakistan. I’m sure by now, many of you have heard the statistics where the United Nations estimates 20 million [...]
i care Ep. 1: KCI
“i care” episodes seek to showcase caring stories in the community. The stories need not to be extraordinary – we want to remind people that everyday actions also have the power to touch lives. For episode 1, we visited Bill Bulmer’s geography class at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School (KCI), where he took his students [...]
Well of Change Skills Drive – Jun 3, 2010
We’re excited to be hosting a Well of Change Skills Drive on June 3, 2010. It’s part fundraiser, part speed networking, and part celebration night out. You’ll have the chance to meet other young professionals in the city while discovering how you can help street-involved and homeless youth with your skills and talents.
Social Media Workshop for BizAcademy 2010
On Mar 17, 2010, I was invited to speak at the BizAcademy on social media strategy. BizAcademy is a 1-week business bootcamp during March break for entrepreneurial-minded youth that are around Toronto, between the ages of 15-19, and interested to be part of a community-oriented youth-led business.
We Move Media: Retreat #1
The We Move Media team spent 13 hours on Saturday doing everything from personal updates to business model canvassing to individual role assessments. By the end of it we were more than just a team…we’re a rockband.
Time for Change (#t4change) at DigitalMediaCamp Toronto (#dmcamp)
DigitalMediaCamp Toronto (#dmcamp) took place this past Saturday, where participants gathered in an attempt to address the question, “How can we work together to propel Toronto’s technology, content and design communities into the future and make Toronto a globally competitive hub of digital media entrepreneurship and innovation?”
Time For Change recap
Time For Change was born from a desire of Kristina and Ruby to celebrate our birthdays in a more meaningful way than the usual go-out-and-party-nights. Inspired by Timeraiser, a photo auction was held on December 3, 2009 to share our stories, encounters, gains and pains from our summer in Botswana and Malawi, as well as to connect all those who want to be involved in the local community with meaningful volunteering opportunities that match their skills and fit their busy lifestyle.
Time For Change – December 3rd, 2009
Part silent photo auction, part community involvement, and part celebration night out.
Kristina and Ruby are two recent grads who spent their summers after undergrad interning at 2 different NGO’s in Malawi and Botswana. They are both passionate about social change/media/innovation, photography, and are constantly striving for a better world. For our birthdays, we want to celebrate jointly and stray from the typical “go out and party”, and use this opportunity to bring people together and share our passions.
