Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Mind map: Objet d’art

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

I love mind maps! Ok, maybe that was an overstatement (I usually get carried away when I'm excited). I do think mind maps are an elegant, straightforward manner to easily convey seemingly-complicated ideas and concepts. I was totally elated when I ran into Mindmeister.com, a site that allows you to ...

TQM in Software Development

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

The following is an English translation of a brief paper I wrote about TQM and software development for an undergrad class in Dominican Republic. I felt like sharing this with the many IT peers that read my blog. I hope you guys enjoy it. NOTE: The paper's tone was rather informal ...

Turnitin.com: An excellent idea badly implemented

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

An acquaintance of mine from Santo Domingo recently came to RIT to pursue his masters degree in telecommunications engineering. Just as it happened to me during my first day of class, one of his professors outlined how he would be using Turnitin.com to deter plagiarism and crosscheck all papers submitted. ...

Design as the silver bullet

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Frederick P. Brooks Jr's "No Silver Bullet" is a famous, widely discussed paper in software engineering fora around the world. One can clearly see why within seconds of reading a few lines: Of all the monsters that fill the nightmares of our folklore, none terrify more than werewolves, because they transform ...

What are you reading?

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

A good friend of mine recently asked me via instant messaging: What books are you reading? What books have you read lately? Do you have any recommendations? I quickly gave him a few titles and impressions of some books I've perused in the past couple of years. I then started thinking about ...