Posts with tag: drexel
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When I started ai in 2007, I knew where I would want the company to go if we lived in an ideal world. But, reality is much different: a much smaller company, and a much smaller target market. I’m actually fine with that. For the last eight years, ai was […]
If you’re a student organization with a website, what matters more: posting announcements, or showing what you do? I think it’s the latter, but I also think it’s important for people to know what you’re up to. The previous iteration of the TechServ website was much better at keeping people […]
One of the downside to attending Drexel is the co-op program. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great program and I think it’s a model other universities should copy, but the timing of it isn’t necessarily in your favor. I was put on the Fall/Winter cycle, which definitely was in […]
I didn’t come to Drexel for its co-op program. I didn’t even know it had one until Accepted Students Day, and I nearly missed the deadline to even apply to Drexel. Much to the concern of most of my high school teachers, I started applying to college very late in […]
According to a late-breaking on Twitter last night, Drexel is now fining streetcart vendors for vending on the sidewalk. *BREAKING* SpOt will NO LONGER be serving @DrexelUniv due to NEW police Capt’s order to fine ALL foodcart vendors for using sidewalk.Pls RT — SpOt Gourmet Burgers (@Spotburgers) July 28, 2014 […]
If you’re a “hardcore” manga collector, that title may have made you cringe. For those who know me, you might be thinking I’m nuts right now. But, it’s true. As of today, the Drexel University Libraries are the owners of a portion of my manga collection. Why? A couple of […]
3 Jan, 2019 Update: I see this posting appears to get a lot of traffic from those looking for Jim Heumann’s article on good requirements. The link from when this article was originally published is no longer good, however you can read the article as it appeared on IBM’s website […]
Note: This post is for an assignment here at Drexel. You’re welcome to read it, but it’s a departure from the usual programming. My first encounter with IRC likely dates back to around 2005 when I was active on a forum I’ve since left. 2007 is when it became one […]
I believe I’ve talked about this subject before, but it remains one of the most frequently asked questions I get at Drexel. It’s one that has also come with more than a few strange looks. But go ahead, look at me weird when I say I work in the Archives. […]
Three years ago today, I had the crazy idea to start this blog. It feels like longer, given that this is now my fourth year at Drexel. It’s not my final year at Drexel though, as I’m on our five year program, but it is beginning to feel like things […]
It’s weird thinking about it, but midterms week at Drexel means I’ve now been back in the US for six weeks. Wow. Doesn’t even remotely feel like that. Then again, it’s hard to believe it’s already week five at Drexel. But, so is the case every term. So, I thought […]
If you attend Drexel, you may have received this email last night (open post to view): Likewise, you may not have. As far as I know, Drexel has not released any official number as to how many of us had our records accidentally disclosed, but I’m hearing speculation on Facebook that […]
This is a post I was originally intending to write after my return to the US, but recent events have called for it being re-prioritized. With that in mind, today I’d like to talk about a subject I haven’t gone into much detail about: work. Specifically, the work I’m doing here […]
Note: I originally wrote this weeks ago, and it was meant to go up to mark a month of being in Melbourne. Well, it’s been sitting as a draft since the 27th of last month now and now I’ve been here nearly two months. So, I think it’s time to […]
As I previously promised, today I’d like to give an update on where things stand with co-op abroad in Australia. I’m relieved to finally announce that save for a final bill and finalizing homestay arrangements, everything is now set. As I’ve already let slip to a few people and teased […]
Well, for six months anyway starting late next month. Probably. Writing this post is going to be just as awkward as it has been explaining this to people in person for the last month now. So, here’s the deal. On or around September 23, I’ll be beginning my third and […]
Mid-July is always a wonderful time at Drexel: It’s the time that financial aid packages for the next academic year come out. That said, a couple of weeks ago I received mine and boy, you can sure as hell see sequestration is a very real government fuck up. I’m sure […]
One of the hardest questions I’ve ever been asked was one asked on the first day of class for my Human-Computer Interaction class at Drexel. That question is the title of this post, “What makes good design ‘good design’?” It was very interesting hearing people’s answers: in general, the hands […]
If this were a movie rather than a blog, this is where one of those fancy transitions would go. But it’s not. Nonetheless, it has indeed been a month since I’ve last posted. Given that the second to last post made on here was the one celebrating our first birthday, yeah, that […]