Resume design
I’m looking for a job. I’ll be begging you for job leads soon enough (after I know where I’m moving to), but here’s what I’ve been absorbing: I’ve seen many blog posts and tweets recently about how to get a job using social media such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. (For example, there’s this Lifehacker […]
More tools for displaying data
I’ve been on a chart-making kick lately, somewhat like Lisa Simpson – it’s good geeky fun to make graphs using Web 2.0 tools! I found out about Rich Chart Live from Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day. The chart I made (using invented data) is above. Reload the page if you didn’t see the animation […]
I can has Venn diagram?
Last week, I wanted to create a Venn diagram to visually represent data in a study. One of my colleagues (who shall remain nameless unless he chooses to reveal himself) recommended that I try out GraphJam. So, I visited the site, and I found that it was intuitive and even fun to make a simple, […]
CALICO 2009: Fun, informative, and productive
The past three days (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday), I was attending the Computer Assisted Language Consortium (CALICO) conference in Tempe, Arizona. It’s the first time that I’ve attended CALICO, although I’ve been interested in it for a while. It’s also the largest conference that I’ve ever presented at or attended – there were about 350 […]
Shocked to find that I’ve been published
No, it wasn’t plargiarism. It was merely an utter lack of communication from the editor of HITESOL The Word. On January 2, 2009, I submitted a manuscript to the editor. I had received no communciation in return by yesterday, March 8, 2009, so when I ran across a journal that the topic seemed perfect for, […]
Paper frogs
I work with an amazing group of people who have a wide variety of skills. Two of these people are Patrick Nakamura and Nathan Hutchinson, and one of their amazing skills is photography. They took a series of photos of some origami frogs that I folded, and one of my favorites is above. I may […]
Presentations – PowerPoint = Prezi
PowerPoint slides are boring, as we all know. However, at conferences, they are difficult to escape because of the lack of alternatives. This is the perfect opening for Prezi, a new kind of presentation tool. You can zoom in and out of different text and graphics on an unstructured plane. You can add arrows and […]
The Web Laureate: I’m a new fan
I was surprised and honored to find that The Web Laureate had linked to my post about Dimdim vs. Elluminate within a lovely poem. Apparently, this is what the Web Laureate does. I’ll describe it as Web 2.0 through the eyes of a poet. But you should check it out for yourself. In tribute, here […]
Ubuntu 8.10 on the HP 2133 Mini-Note
Image via Wikipedia The tale of my HP 2133 Mini-Note is long and frustrating. I love it because it is small and light – it’s a netbook, and weighs less than 3 pounds, including the battery and AC adapter. I hate it because it is constantly breaking. I bought it in May of 2008, and […]