Classes didn’t start until Wednesday, but as I learned during orientation we are not just students — we’re also employees working under our advisers. My boss/adviser, Henry Holtzman, heads the “Information Ecology” group, which focuses on making information more naturally accessible in the physical world. I highly suggest you check out the group website and […]
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The First 24 Hours of Boston
Lyla and I got home from the honeymoon on August 31st at 11:00 PM. The next day was going to be intense: the plan was to finish packing the entire apartment into boxes, move those boxes into a Uhaul by 3:00, take the 6-hour drive to Boston, and unpack the truck into our new place […]
Can’t talk now, need to sleep
Today was the first day of “work” at the lab (classes start tomorrow, although I don’t think I’ll have any Wednesday courses). It looks like there are 7 members of my group, which is called “Information Ecology.” We spent the first half of the day discussing registration and completely rearranging our lab space (I’ll take […]
A Quick Overview of Life After Graduating
I don’t have any clue who will be reading this blog down the line, but right now I can be pretty sure that it is people I know. To those people – hello! Sorry this is so impersonal but I’m really glad to be able to tell you about what I am expecting to be […]
Visiting the SpeakerCave
I just got back from an epic journey to a place so manly that Hercules himself would probably be impressed. I visited team SpeakerText! SpeakerText is a true blue startup that I joined a few months ago. We create interactive transcripts for online video which, in addition to providing some pretty great functionality for media […]
My First Bag of Crap!
Last week I had one of my proudest Internet moments. I managed to nab a mythical Bag of Crap at the last wootoff. Today it finally arrived. The only thing that really comes close to this was the day that I got a quote accepted on Bash.org. For those that don’t know, Woot.com is a […]
My last day was Friday
I had been working for a small web to print company called ColorQuick since June of 2009 to keep me from becoming a homeless person while I waited for Lyla to finish her five-year-long art degree. Apparently it isn’t possible to graduate on time if you are a student at Tyler. The experience was worthwhile, […]