In the post on mapping the intern, I briefly discussed how having a map of interns across the US would be a cool thing. However, there are obviously some privacy concerns with that. In the comments, Tessa mentions using instant messengers as a conduit for personal info. The appearance of Google Talk completed the connection, [...]
For the last two summers I have been interning for IBM in Westchester county, NY. While here, I’ve met a very wide distribution of interesting people (distributed across many axes, one of which is geographic — well, perhaps two of them ;). I think the community that we have formed is interesting for a number [...]
I’ve posted photos from my drive across the US this spring, along with a host of other shots that I’ve been meaning to share for ages. I realized the other day that when driving through the midwest, despite being in awe of the scenery, and miles upon miles of picturesque fields, I never took any [...]
Those who know me well know that I am almost always listening to music of some sort. When I’m working you will usually find me with a set of headphones plugged into my ears, or speakers blasting (if that doesn’t bother anyone else nearby). Similarly, I always have the car radio on when it doesn’t [...]
One of the ever present things on my mental to-do list is to find, or create, a good task manager. A number of years back I became painfully aware that I can’t remember everything I need to do unless I write it down. I’ve tried a number of things, although I haven’t exhausted all the [...]
Over the past year, the people I know well have become quite scattered across the nation, if not the globe. As a result, I’m left wanting to keep up to date with friends in Southern California, Oregon, New York, Boston, Nebraska, Britain (for a while), Seattle, and at the moment, a body of water in [...]