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 […]
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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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Social Networks: Dynamics v. Topology
February 27th, 2008 · No Comments · philosophy, social networks
The latest Edge talk really blew me away. In super-short summary, Nicholas Christakis, MD, PHD, MPH (Masters of Public Health), talks about studying social networks not by topology, but by the flow of “stuff” through the network. To use his analogy, it’s like studying the physiology of the body as opposed to anatomy. I think […]
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Can’t you just water your plants?
February 25th, 2008 · No Comments · design, social networks, technology
For some reason, design solutions to the plant-water problem keep popping up, but you think that by now people could remember to check if their dying green friends were a bit thirsty.
Yep, the options are ever increasing, as now you can stick an LED into your plants and it’ll flash when the h2o becomes scare […]
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