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Kevin on the Radio: WXXI’s “Connections: The Writers Panel”
Radio debut? No problem. Today, I was asked to join “Connections with Evan Dawson” on Rochester’s WXXI. The panel consisted of Eric Grode, NY Times writer and Newhouse School adjunct professor, and...
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2014 Netflix Halloween Playlist (3rd Annual!)
Everybody now: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” Ahhhh. Don’t you just love Halloween? I know I do. Fall season creeps in: candy apples and carved pumpkins, cardboard tombstones and plastic...
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Police Brutality and the Black Community: the (White and Nerdy) Public Health...
Earlier this year I began organizing a non-profit mentoring group which reaches out to urban youth in the Rochester community. We shuttle them to colleges and universities to discuss high school...
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Kevin on the Web: High Tech, Small Business & Fringe
This week, you can find my writing at three different online outlets. What the kids call, “the web.” RocNext: Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Small Business First, travel to Rochester’s biggest...
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28, or, How Keva Got His Groove Back
Today is my 28th birthday. I’ll spare you the whiny existential, ontological, and anthropocentric rants that have haunted my previous birthday blog posts. Like yearbook haircuts, they are hard to look...
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Weekend (Ultimate) Warriors: Boston, MA
That’s right, folks. It’s time for another installment of our nation’s favorite weekend road trip blog: Weekend (Ultimate) Warriors! Or, it’s summer and let’s hit the road. But wait a minute. It’s not...
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I broke my Facebook argument virginity and all I got was this lousy blog post
I have a hate/hate relationship with Facebook. Sure, I didn’t have to rejoin the social media giant three times. But I did. The reality is that Facebook is a necessary evil. For me? It’s a networking...
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Best of 2014: Music & Film
Another year, another best-of list. One of these days, when I’m old and gray, I’m going to show these lists to my grandkids and prove to them that I was at, one time, relevant with pop culture. They’ll...
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Snowy Eyes & Ears: My Winter Break Book & Podcast Recommendations
It’s that magical time of year: the snow falls, the semester ends, cookies are everywhere. Best of all, I get to read and listen to non-homework related content! Suck it, Blackboard. This is my last...
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Christmas in NYC (Or, Kevin Lost in New York!)
I’m currently writing from the stunning Ace Hotel in midtown Manhattan. We are enjoying an upgraded hotel room with a view of the Empire State Building. Did Megan and I recently come into a large sum...
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2014: See You Later, Alligator; 2015: Please Don’t Be a Reptile
The end of the year. How did this happen? One minute, I’m drinking champagne, the next, I’m drinking champagne again. One whole year, gone. Whoosh. Bam. Throughout the year, it is important to take...
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Dear Job Market, or, Ode to the Digital Reinvention Revolution
It doesn’t matter how cool you are. It doesn’t matter what you’ve done. When hunting for a job, you are a person in need of something that someone else has. That will never change. And until you get...
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Final Semester Eve: A Terrified Toast to the Known Unknown
I remember finishing high school PE. That final time ever, you know? A 10th grader at Arroyo Grande High School, CA—sitting on a bench in a quiet locker room, closing my locker for the last time,...
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Job Interview Horror Stories: AT&T Ret(hell)
“I’m a customer,” she says. “Approach me.” I hate role playing. “I just walked in,” she says. “I’m looking at phones. Okay. Come over.” If I had to choose between job interview role playing and...
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Job Interview Horror Stories: Reader Email
Last week I posted Job Interview Horror Stories: AT&T Ret(hell), a brief look at one of the most uncomfortable job interviews of my life. In response, I received some fantastic reader email. People...
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Survivor: Internship, New York—The First Month
Internships are like the awkward preteen years of your career. You’re underdeveloped (in skills), you’re new to the office, you’re not making any money. Nobody understands you. I’m in the first two...
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Beowulf and the Ever Growing Resume Hoard
I’ve been reading Beowulf. Correction: I am taking a class on Beowulf. That’s right. One whole semester on an English story written about a Swede who goes to Denmark to fight a monster. We’ve bounced...
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Why English Majors Should Pursue Business Careers
As a full-time English major who freelance writes for businesses, I often forget that I am an anomaly. Businesses everywhere are looking for writers and clear communicators; I’m surprised, however,...
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Rockstar Entrepreneurs: Beware the Narrative
Post originally appeared on RocNext blog. Localized small business is the antithesis of vogue; today, the rags to riches entrepreneur—the Open Source American Dream—is what’s trending. 500,000 startups...
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Scratching the Niche: The Militia Group’s Massive Year, 10 Years Later
Author’s Note: Initially, this blog post was a ten year retrospective of the 2005 indie/alt rock music scene, like a reunion of sorts. I was going to pun Gross Point Blank and we would’ve had a great...
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