This sections includes current news on projects and campaigns I’m working on including notable news like announcements of awards and partnerships with major brands.
In honor of World Food Day (Oct. 16) and Blog Action Day which is focusing on “Food” this year, I wanted to quickly point you all to two awareness pieces. Interview with Free The Children I recently did an interview with Craig Kielburger, co-founder of the nonprofit Free The Children on what is truly going …
Read more “Blog Action Day: Did you know famine is man-made?”
It took me almost two years of living in Sweden to realize that I wasn’t raised on cream-based sauces. Over the last two weeks, I’ve been feverishly shopping for anything that could be used in a pot of African stew. I’ve traversed Stockholm hitting some of my pseudo-African/Ethnic joints to pick up yams, ripe plantains, …
I’ve been wanting to put together this post for a long time. Freelancing as a writer or photographer is a tough job that requires persistence, resilience, thick skin, and above all, passion for what you’re doing. This post may also validate the reasons why many writers and photographers focus on growing and building their own …
Read more “Pie-charts: The Realities of Freelancing and Latest News”
My thoughts and prayers are currently with:
– Those suffering from the devastating famine affecting the horn of Africa.
– The people of Norway, my geographic neighbor, during these trying times. May God continue to protect us all.
I’ve been intermittently online the last two weeks for many reasons. Besides focusing on getting a few deadlines out the door (phew!), there have been other exciting offline developments that I’ll probably share in due time. Now is as good a time as any to take another mid-year step back, and assess just how things …
Read more “Taking Inventory of Life’s Progression in 7 Posts”
I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine. We were catching up on our lives, work, progress, families; the usual. I told him that while I was in a good place now in terms of truly following what makes me come alive creatively, that I was still scared of losing all those skills that fed me for 12+ years in the world of GIS and programming…