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Just because I have a piece of paper…
Here I am banging my head on trying to get my own piece of paper (not the one with the magic 3 letters though) and I come across something like this: Maybe I should just give up :-)… naaaa
View ArticleNew Hampster following Maine’s Laptop Lead
The Press Herald has a story on New Hampshire following Maine’s lead on a laptop program for school. Interesting perhaps but also sad in some ways that they need to give away basically expensive toys...
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Beginning of the school year
It’s the beginning of the school year again. I caught a pic in Harvard Yard of some students moving in and about to begin (or continue) their journey onwards towards higher education and finding their...
View ArticleStop fiddling and get work done
The title is Do Yourself a Favor and Stop Learning but it rings true about a topic I’d like to relabel as ‘Learn the Right Things’. I still spend quite a bit of time learning ‘garbage knowledge’. I...
View ArticleWiki-powered books
Now this idea is really cool. Books being developed Wiki Style. We’ll see how far this one goes. Another useful resource is WikiPedia which is an Open Content style effort to create an encyclopedia...
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Notes from a Mac in Windoze land
The Harvard Business School requires that its students use an IBM ThinkPad if they wish to be enrolled at the business school. That’s REQUIREMENT not RECOMMENDATION. Seems one of the business school...
View ArticleSo what are some Ivy League grads up to now?
I love how there is this impression that going to an Ivy League school is an automatic guarantee for getting a good job, good life, etc etc. While I won’t dump on that Ivy League schools tend to give...
View ArticleGiving Free Software CDs to Libraries
Now this is a really good idea. How about giving libraries CDs full of free software for them to loan out? This article goes into more and also some of the difficulties involved. Obligatory excerpt:...
View ArticleNew Motorola Chairman is an RPI Grad
Continuing my random observations of RPI grads doing other things after graduation. The new CEO (Edward Zander) of Motorola graduated from RPI. I’m not sure of the state of Motorola but they’ve not...
View ArticleBeing Rich and how you show it
The New York Times has a story about the interesting paradoxes of the wealthy and how they try to show their public figure to people. It brings up some interesting topics such as: If you’re rich and...
View ArticleWhat are you learning now?
I saw a thread on ArsTechnica‘s bulletin board about What are You Learning Now. I thought it was a neat thread and a nice break from all of the language wars, how do I…, choose a devel. environment...
View ArticleThe Alma mater in the press (Postdocs getting the tute screw)
Looks like my Alma Mater ended up in the press again (the bad side). This link was forwarded to me by a friend of mine. Obligatory Excerpt: Postdocs are neither students nor faculty, so their roles,...
View ArticleCSI more popular in High Schools?
Hmm that’s interesting. Forensic Science in High Schools. Definitely interesting. One thing to note even thought it is getting more popular it seems that the field itself is not a growth field so...
View Article“Now I am the Master…..” (Students teaching faculty computing?)
Gee, that’s a way to put yourself through college. Teach the computer NON-savvy Professors how to use a computer. Except for one thing… does this cause strife when the student gets graded by that...
View ArticleComputer schools in U.S. starting to crack?
Seems Slashdot linked to a story about Computer Schools going out of business. It seems focused on most of the unlicensed schools. I feel bad for the students who went there but there is a reason to...
View ArticleFreedom to Tinker asks what are Great Books in Technology?
Professor Felton describes a survey of university presidents of the top 10 books that they would make students read. Interesting set of titles however then Dr. Felton asks his fellow readers: Readers:...
View ArticleThe Alma Mater in the news… again
This time the news isn’t good press: The death of a man found Thursday in a stairwell in a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute building has been ruled a suicide. Read it yourself
View ArticleO’Reilly nudging Web 2.0ers to build something real
CNet reports that Tim O’Reilly keynoted a message to the Web 2.0 community that they should stop building SuperPoke and try to challenge more real problems. The CNet article jabs at O’Reilly Media...
View ArticleParenting the mark of a civilized society?
I have been following Twitter a bit too much lately that my blog has been ignored a little bit. Then again it doesn’t take that much effort for me to ignore my blog on ‘other reasons’. Speaking of...
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