baratunde: #tbt. Have you ever written a letter to yourself? On May 25, 1999, a few days before graduating from Harvard, I wrote myself this inscription inside the book Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach. - - Freshman year, a classm
baratunde: I love the illustrations @FastCompany adds to my monthly back page columns, so I’m gonna start sharing them here! This piece was created by @kirstenulve so show her some love. She perfectly captured the “Keep your filthy corporate hands off my data” tone
baratunde: I was in middle school when I first experienced the power of art to affect social change. I was part of a youth theatre production called City At Peace. The idea was to have teenagers express themselves and address some of the toughest issues in their liv
baratunde: Reflecting on Venice Beach. As I wrap up my latest stint in LA I so appreciate the beautiful human beings and ecology of Southern California. I decided to give the west side a try over these past weeks, and that ocean spray is lovely. I spent time with i
baratunde: #venice #LA
baratunde: #oprahtunde. That time I snuck at selfie with @oprah and she gave me 👀. But whatever! When they had everybody line up for a large group selfie I was like I want my own selfie. #FCLA #OWNFCLA
baratunde: Sunday evening in #MtPleasant #DC. About to drink a #Coronorita on a street corner where I would never have done that as a kid. Because I didn't drink as a kid, not because of the location. But this is the corner where I would take the bus. Growing up is
baratunde: Sunset on an intense weekend of nostalgia here in DC. This city has changed so much, and my version of its history is outdated. That too goes for my own history which is a constant work in progress and open to revisions. Reconnecting with the disconnected
baratunde: About to kick off this #ScionMotivate event. I got to host their web series in which entrepreneurs pitched their businesses while driving mentors around in a Scion. It was cold. It was intense. Occasionally it was awkward. And really, in Chicago and Phill
baratunde: Earlier this week The Nothing from The Neverending Story paid a visit to Venice, LA and just out of frame were some Walkers from Star Wars. In other words, it was windy.
baratunde: #venice
baratunde: Meditating in Puget Sound Yesterday I got to visit Vachon Island near Seattle. My friends Julia and Kyle live there. It's a different way of life filled with chickens and self-service farm stands and elderly roosters who make a dying dinosaur-like noise.
baratunde: LA love in Brooklyn.
baratunde: Check out @thenightlyshow tonight! Our panel tackled Rand Paul. Physically. He's ok though. #NightlyShow
baratunde: You should see what happened to the eggs.
baratunde: Did a kind of #WalkingDead walk today along this road in Lenox, #Massachusetts. No zombies spotted.
baratunde: Remember last week when that building blew up on 2nd Ave in #nyc? Well I got back to town just in time to catch them cart the remains of this car from the building wreckage. A merry prankster added the For Sale sign which reads "Great condition."
baratunde: Regram from my people at @akinneycourt in #venice where this week I fell in love with these flat, smooth ass Van Buren shades. #myAKC #hotdayam #calitunde #californialove
baratunde: I'm back in the podcasting game after a 10-year hiatus with a show called "Our National Conversation About Conversations About Race" aka #AboutRace. I'm doing the show with co-hosts Tanner Colby and Raquel Cepeda. Produced and distributed by Slate/Panoply
baratunde: Hootie hoo!! Looking into this owl's eyes is one of the most beautiful experiences. #owlatunde #hootatunde #boysindahood #doublemeaning
baratunde: Phew. So yesterday I got to deliver the final talk at #TED2015 and received a standing ovation. It was a comedic summary of the entire week jointly written and produced by @bjanosch and the @cultivatedwit team of @craigcannon and @curiouspeterson. In 18 m
baratunde: Sphinx cat balances Jenga piece. #inthezone #thereisnoblock
baratunde: Zombie Defense Command Center. When it goes down, I got dibs on this spot. #LA #DTLA
baratunde: Ah. That's better. #LA #deepbreathing
baratunde: Old New York. #queens
baratunde: Frozen lake. #chicago #beachinquotationmarks
baratunde: After a 13 hour shoot day, I indulged in a @ludlowsofficial Old Fashioned jelly shot. Yay for me. Yay for us all.
baratunde: With all this new housing supply NYC rents should grow more slowly right? RIGHT!!??? #invisiblehand #freemarket #economics #whereisadamsmith
baratunde: #brooklyn #snow
baratunde: Glad to be part of #ReachWithUs book launch. Such inspiring stories that need to be heard.