Geekin' Out

Monday, July 30, 2007

danah boyd makes me giggle

"I find it really weird when people have said that I just devalued MySpace by saying that hegemonic kids are on Facebook. Some marketers are even using my essay to say that all advertising should be funneled to Facebook. Are marketers that stupid?" danah boyd

From this link... http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ResponseToClassDivisions.html

in response to this post of hers, that got a ridiculous amount of publicity. http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html
I'd be in the "well duh" camp, in reading her article.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

So. Hi there.

I read all of Harry Potter in under 24 hours... not that unusual.
Funny how last weekend we talked about breaking the rules just to go get Harry Potter. Not to drink, or visit friends or anything - we could do that whenever.
So this was the first time I had a chance to go get the book - I'd been working for 12 days straight, though to be fair, they were a very fun ten days.

I went from being 90% sure I wanted to do TFA to 75% sure I want to work for Accenture Tech Labs. This MAY have something to do with being out with my Career Councelor, Buddy, Project Manager, and some of the other higher ups in ATL until 1:30 am on Thursday. And having crazy schemes to live with some of the other interns, get a cat, and camp on the weekends. I spent a while talking to the head of techlabs in India - who happens to be an American woman - about what she originally planned to do with her life and how she got where she is now and the opportunities she's had. Its... good... to hear that having the options I have there is no "wrong" choice. But that is interesting, isn't it?

I spent a while talking to a UofI alumn in the techlabs - there are a bunch of them - about how to graduate as quickly as possibly, or whether or not its a good idea. Campus this next year should be interesting. I also spent a long time talking to the

I apparently am drawn to guys named Andrew, as evidenced by my two friends named Andrew meeting each other on Saturday and getting a text message from a different Andrew later that night.

I saw WICKED - front row center, for $25. ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

I got back from France just over 2 years ago - it feels like a lot longer.

Friday, July 06, 2007

Moo

More pet peeves
- How smart google is, and how they basically read my mind
- Not having dated websites so you can tell how current something is
- My wireless optical mouse squeaks.

AKA:
Google maps driving directions now has drag and drop capabilities for the routes for cutomization, you should play with it. Its good. And new-ish. But I don't know how new-ish. but VERY COOL. And you can change what maps print when you print directions (aka them reading my mind).

Oh, and I got accepted as a Student Volunteer for Interact 2007 in Brazil! So... September, I think I will be in Brazil for a week! Hoorah!

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Oye

Long time no write - sorry. No internet at home.

Pet peeves - poor documentation.
"Install Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003 correctly." Dude, thanks for that one. I wanted to install it INCORRECTLY for fun.
Sharepoint I am not a fan of.

Books I've read so far this summer
- She's come undone
- To Engineer is human
- A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
- Running with Scissors
- The Wisdom of Crowds
I'm open for other reading suggestions.

"Clothing optional hot tub after midnight" ~ My grandmother in Lake Tahoe.