blogger behind the blog...

I'm no one in particular. i just like to figure stuff out.

but really, who am i? like, what do i do? what life have i led? well...i've done the student thing, and the corporate thing, and the philosophical/spiritual epiphany thing, and the artist thing, and the entrepreneur thing, and the 'leave me alone' thing, and the 'who cares about the world i love you' thing, and 'ok fine i'll just make money' thing...

and all the while my priorities were clear--i just enjoyed problem solving. that's it.

so here I am, avoiding my 'real work' to hypothesize about big-time global mechanisms and social networks. why? because i can't help it. it's as simple as that.


but i have to be honest that i don't like to think of myself as a blogger without an audience (regardless of how true that really is). i like to at least pretend that i am actually doing work on real-world problems.

so i'll just say this--i have a weakness for other people that need me. so if you post a comment, or ask me for advice, i'll probably take it so seriously you'll wonder why i'm not asking to be paid in return. and, what's funny, is that i bet i'll be so entertained by the process that i'll be thinking the same thing--i can do get this entertainment for free?? i don't have to pay to have people listen to me? wow. cool.



-Kate


The closest thing to a Platonic form of problem solving? the return of Apollo 13...Hollywood-style. Ok, I wish i could find scene from the movie where they constructed an air filter from socks and trash, because that's awesome. but twasn't easily to be found on youtube.

however, i did find Jim Lovell *who was actually there* talking about his experience.
it's a little dry, and the voice/visual don't match up perfectly, but it's still an amazing story.