M. The Son of the Century: 1919

I’ve finished 1919, the first part of M. The Son of the Century. Scurati does an amazing job of showing how Mussolini was able to turn Italians’ discontent into authoritarianism. I wanted to share some background information that could be helpful for non-Italians who are reading the book. Who was Mussolini? Benito isn’t an Italian… Continue reading M. The Son of the Century: 1919

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Tell me what’s painful in US immigration

I’m building tools for people navigating the US immigration system—both visitors/international students and the folks who help them (think immigration lawyers and international student advisors). Right now I’m focused on making currency conversion easier and building data products around immigration processes. So far I’ve been looking at visa wait times, currency trends, and similar patterns… Continue reading Tell me what’s painful in US immigration

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Data marketplace launch

My team at Candid just launched our datasets on Snowflake Marketplace. This is a big step for us — it’s the first time we’ve made our nonprofit data available through a marketplace platform. If you’re not familiar with Candid, we’re essentially Dun & Bradstreet for the philanthropic sector. We collect data from government sources, direct… Continue reading Data marketplace launch

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Absolute Beginners

I’ve started a podcast with a friend. We’ve been chatting for a few months about our mutual interest in games. I’ve been a huge fan of the game dev community for a long time. I’ve always found people who make games to be an amazing mix of creative and technical. We’re starting off by learning… Continue reading Absolute Beginners

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@FriscoEdits

A few months ago, I forked and launched a Twitter bot. The original bot that I forked from was called @congressedits and was developed by Ed Summers. Congress edits was a lovely little bot that tweeted out edits to Wikipedia pages. It would only tweet if the editor was coming from an IP address associated… Continue reading @FriscoEdits

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