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2905(miles) interviewed me about NYC + SF. Here's what I had to say!

Sat, 10 May 2014 21:49:00 -0700

(This interview was originally posted on the 2905(miles) newsletter!) Tikva is a UX Designer,...

braiker: EB White declines an invitation. I am absolutely going...

Sat, 10 May 2014 21:23:07 -0700

braiker:

EB White declines an invitation. I am absolutely going to steal this. (via)

Our Amazing SXSW Cookbook Contributors

Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:56:36 -0800

Our Amazing SXSW Cookbook Contributors : cookbookcreate: You’ve heard about Cookbook Create’s...

Aaron's funeral details

Sun, 13 Jan 2013 11:24:44 -0800

rememberaaronsw: Aaron’s funeral has just been confirmed for 10am this Tuesday at Chabad of...

Aaron, RIP

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:34:57 -0800

lessig: There is no way to express the sadness of this day. There will be many words, eventually,...

dpstyles: Sounds about right. Dood.

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:44:35 -0700

dpstyles:

Sounds about right.

Dood.

"There are a number of ways that your memory can get in the way of a good writing session when you’re..."

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:23:40 -0700

“There are a number of ways that your memory can get in the way of a good writing session when...

"Edison guaranteed productivity by giving himself and his assistants idea quotas. His own personal..."

Tue, 29 May 2012 21:48:57 -0700

“Edison guaranteed productivity by giving himself and his assistants idea quotas. His own...

Yay the iPhone app I did UX for at Charming Robot made it into...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:57:33 -0800

Yay the iPhone app I did UX for at Charming Robot made it into the Lovely UI library!!

lovelyui:

typography on Jimmy Fallon’s Wake Up Call

Communicating Design

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:49:50 -0800

Communicating Design

DAVID PHILLIPS: Los Angeles Survival Kit

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:10:35 -0800

DAVID PHILLIPS: Los Angeles Survival Kit

Please spread the word!!!!!! superamit: Two weeks ago I got a...

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:37:15 -0700

Please spread the word!!!!!!

superamit:

Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d gone to see the day before because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why.

He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.”

I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he’d instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that If it hadn’t been caught, it would have died within weeks.

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I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help.

A few ways to help:

If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy.

If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.

If you know any South Asians, please point ‘em to the links above. Thank you.

jayparkinsonmd:

My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that’s now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that.

tony b:

Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000.

This is where we come in. We’re going to destroy those odds.

How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can.

Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you’re a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life.

We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you’re a match.

You can get a free test by mail, or, if you’re in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support.

We’ll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you’ve ever been to either, you know they are always something special.

Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He’s a superstar.

Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who’s been tweeting and reblogging.

Please help us get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.