Today I had a meeting with Indira Nair, the Vice Provost of Education at CMU. I’m not sure what exactly a Vice Provost does, but in this case it’s not important. I’d taken some time to talk to Dr. Nair after the class she gave a guest lecture in, and subsequently followed up with an […]
Entries from April 2008
I might get a PhD one day…
April 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · cmu, communication, social networks, technology
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Questions worth asking:
April 16th, 2008 · No Comments · cmu, social networks, technology
I think I can say that I’ve finally reached a turning point in my education. I realized this during a talk in my Privilege, Responsibility and Community course, given by CMU’s Vice Provost of Education, Dr. Indira Nair. The talk was on the ideas of Identity and Authenticity, discussing the identity the university tries to […]
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Search Trends: March Madness, iPhones & Britney Spears
April 8th, 2008 · No Comments · technology
One of the cool blogs I keep up with is Hitwise Analyst Weblogs. It’s basically a collection of their analysts’ blogworthy insights. Some of the results that come out of investigating search data and web habits turn out to be pretty neat, and are often ways of pointing out trends that would be otherwise difficult […]
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Losing Balance (a bus story)
April 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · pittsburgh
The other day I was on a crowded bus, heading back from campus. As is normally the case on the post-4:30 trip home, the front was lined with people left and right. Bleak and rainy days make it worse, nobody wants to walk so the buses get even more packed. This was one of those […]
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