ScienceI have been fascinated by science ever since I was a child. Even though my undergraduate degrees were focused on biomedical science, I am also interested in chemistry and physics - which extends into a love of space. The logical, hypothesis-driven and data-driven approach of science makes sense to me - and science has helped me develop a robust set of analytical and problem solving skills that has been very useful in business and in life. Science also taught me to be comfortable with the unknown. All the energy and matter we have ever observed or measured makes up less than 5% of the Universe. The rest of the Universe is made up of 70% dark energy and 25% dark matter, two holding terms for the "excess" energy and gravity in the Universe we can't account for! Being science-literate forces me to be intellectually honesty about what I know and don't know. Communication - Writing and SpeakingMy communication style has been influenced by scientists Richard Feynman, Carl Sagan and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. They have the ability to explain the complexities of physics so clearly that anyone can understand. If you communicate as clearly and succinctly as they do, anyone can understand what you say - and that's what I try to emulate. I also believe that good stories and good designs are integral to good presentations. I try to learn from Malcolm Gladwell, who is a great story teller, and Presentation Zen's Garr Reynolds, who teaches good presentation designs. Sound and video editingI'm a terrible singer, but I have great ears. I started working live sound at my parents' church when was young and, because of that, I found work at a non-profit record studio producing radio programs for various radio hosts. I now do sound and audio editing on Audacity, an open source audio editor, just for fun. When I watch movies and television shows, I tend to notice and remember the soundtrack and how they go with the footage. I learned to edit videos using Final Cut Pro, produced a few videos on Vimeo, and I'm always looking to do more interesting stuff with sounds and videos. |
Interests |