Manoush Zomorodi

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Manoush Zomorodi appears in the following:

Advice and Resources for Seniors Rebooting Their Careers

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Tom Kamber, Founding Executive Director of Older Adults Technology Services, talks through a few guests on how to reboot their outlook on technology and working for people a generatio...

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Advice for Mid-Career Professionals

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Carmen Scheidel, Vice President of Learning + Development at Time, Inc., gives tips for mid-career workers.

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6 Tips for Recent College Grads

Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Larry Harris, Chief Marketing Officer of ad-tech company PubMatic, offers his advice for recent college grads looking to make an impact during an interview and during their first years on the job.

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Is Technology Killing the Magic of the Holidays?

Tuesday, December 03, 2013

It’s no secret that technology is changing the way we live, but what does that mean when it comes to our experience of the holiday season? Some may say that digital technology is taki...

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Al Gore's Phone Dilemma

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Al Gore has a more than a few fancy titles: Vice President, Nobel Laureate, environmentalist-in-chief, and Apple corporate board member. So we figured he'd be as good a person as any to ask about a seeming contradiction for technology lovers that has been nagging us here at New Tech City.  

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This Guy Brings Smartphones Back from the Dead

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Meet Justin Wetherill, CEO of the smartphone repair chain uBreakiFix. He knows how to repair the iPhone whose screen you stupidly shattered when you dropped it on the sidewalk last night. 

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This 'Glorified Oven Mitt' Stops Radiator Banging

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Meet Marshall Cox. He's the founder and CEO of a New York City startup called Radiator Labs that's working to solve your heating woes, dampen the noise your radiator makes and even re...

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The Greene Space

The Magic Flute

Saturday, November 23, 2013

2:30 PM

The genius of Mozart comes to The Greene Space! Join us for a special family presentation of Mozart's The Magic Flute, the fantastical fairy-tale opera about bird catchers, princes and enchanted instruments. Featuring the Amore Opera and hosted by WNYC’s Manoush Zomorodi.

The Greene Space

The Magic Flute

Saturday, November 23, 2013

11:30 AM

The genius of Mozart comes to The Greene Space! Join us for a special family presentation of Mozart's The Magic Flute, the fantastical fairy-tale opera about bird catchers, princes and enchanted instruments. Featuring the Amore Opera and hosted by WNYC’s Manoush Zomorodi.

 

On-Demand Video: Tech + Today's Worker - Upgrading Your Skills in Every Phase of Life

Thursday, November 21, 2013

From new grads to recent retirees, we explore how to upgrade our skills in every phase of our work lives.

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Flowchart: Should You Open Your Home WiFi?

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

To open your home wireless internet, or not, that is the question. And to help you decide whether or not to do away with that long string of garbled letters and symbols allegedly protecting your internet, we made you a flowchart. 

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WiFi on Wheels Rolls Into Public Housing

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

In areas of the city where New Yorkers don't have easy access to broadband, it can be difficult to find a job – or even a build a resume to get started. The New York City Housing Au...

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The Greene Space

Tech + Today's Worker: Upgrading Your Skills in Every Phase of LIfe

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

7:00 PM

Join New Tech City host Manoush Zomorodi for an evening of networking and insight on how continuing education in science, tech, engineering and math can help the next stage of your career. 

The Rabbi Who Codes

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Want to transform into a reporter for the Jewish Times Gazette circa 1909? There's an app for that. 

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1,021 Reasons Why This Family Built a Computer Just to Play Minecraft

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Minecraft is the mega-popular video game that is all about building. It's sort of like Legos for the digital set. John Keefe, head of WNYC's data news team, channeled his family's Min...

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A Civic Call for NYC Techies: Bring Digital Talent into Public School Classrooms

Monday, November 11, 2013

'We can actually help here. We can actually develop programs, go into public schools and start teaching." according to Andrew Rasiej,  NY Tech Meetup.
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Tiny Estonia Beats the U.S. on E-Voting

Monday, November 04, 2013

The tiny Baltic nation of Estonia puts the United States to shame when it comes to electronic voting (not to mention marinated eel served cold and teaching little kids to code.)
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A Juice Cleanse for Your Brain: 5 Steps to Relevance in Today’s Workforce

Thursday, October 31, 2013

We used to classify ourselves as either artsy or analytical. Not only has the myth of left or right-brain dominance been debunked, limiting yourself to one or the other won't further ...
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Alone in the Dark: Susan Crawford and the Telecom Industry

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

A year after Sandy cut power to cellphone towers and flooded copper wire, land line telephones leaving thousands of people without service, what's changed?  "Nothing," says Susan Crawford, author of Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age.

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Who Is Jeff Bezos? And What is Amazon?

Monday, October 28, 2013

He wants to find in a cheaper way to get to outer space.  He’s building a clock that ticks once a year.  Oh, and he’s also the CEO of  Amazon.  He is Jeff Bezos.
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