Levent Ali

London, England

I’m optimistic that the regained enthusiasm and passion I have for my work will stay with me. I’m optimistic that the people who touched me at the European Ruby Conference in Barcelona have positively changed the course of my life forever.

Levent is a software engineer for ESP. He likes to program in ruby, is an [...]

Jeremy Casson

Boston, Massachusetts

Every day I interact with students who dream about doing extraordinary things. They dream with such a passion and enthusiasm that it inspires me to take advantage of every developmental opportunity so that I might one day be the best professional, colleague, father, and father I can be.

Benjamin Schmidt

Carmel, Indiana

There are many paradigm shifts on the horizon for both the United States as well as the world, there are two that I am optimistic about; one very general, the other very esoteric.
First, I am optimistic about the future of science literacy. For years, there has been a difficulty in getting people in the United [...]

Neil Perkin

London, England

I am optimistic (but a little scared) about being able to run a marathon in April.
I am optimistic that the power of the web to organise without organisation is fundamentally a good thing
I am optimistic that the coming generation of media and advertising graduates will take less notice of the way things have always been [...]

Jack Loveless

Medford, Massachusetts

As a scientist, I have been filled with great hope through Barack Obama’s campaign, cabinet selection period, inauguration address, and first few weeks in office, as he has made choices and spoken words that demonstrate his high regard for science. We are living in an unprecidented time at which science and society are intimately [...]