a day in the life...

So, just a little information on the incredible technologies and applications at our fingertips today. This is best discussed in the context of my daily routines. Every morning I wake up and read the morning headlines from the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times on my blackberry. After showering, I check and send the first few emails of the day before I sign onto Twitter and scan the posts of politicians, journalists, and friends to see what is being discussed today. By lunchtime I have received updates from email subscriptions to Brookings, Council on Foreign Relations, and McKinsey and Company. Today for instance, the McKinsey update contains a link to interviews with Edelman CEO, Richard Edelman and CFR President, Richard Haass. In separate interviews these prominent men spoke about the industries they work in, public relations and diplomacy respectively. What does the future hold for government and business relations? What will we do with the vast amount of information online today? Is it a good or bad thing that blogging, twittering, facebooking, and more have created a new population of 'experts'? Specifically, how do we separate the fact from fiction online? And what opportunities for positive change have these new web tools created?

The day continues with a scan of Craigslist for apartments in DC and a few google searches providing recent news on a company I am interviewing with in a few weeks. Finally, I listen to my weekly podcast of the BBC Radio 1 Chris Moyles show followed by a few chapters of the new Dan Brown book, The Lost Symbol. It is truly astounding the technology we have at our disposal today. Yet, I will continue to enjoy the simple things in life as well. Running, meditating, laughing with friends, and sitting down to a dinner with family.