Archive for the ‘Life’ Category

Sustainability and IT – My magnum opus at RIT

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Scott Hawker, former adviser and head of my capstone project's committee at RIT, emailed my publication-ready monograph not long ago: Here's the abstract: Information technology holds tremendous potential to help consumers and firms make more sustainable choices by providing information at key decision points. As one example, there are a number of ...

2 years + 56,000 dollars = ?

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

After two years of blood, sweat, tears, and a scholarship worth US$56,000, here's the end result: (click for a larger view) Sans the blood and the tears, it was quite an amazing ride. Traveling to Rochester, NY, spending 2 years at RIT and meeting all the awesome people I met along the ...

Holiday Lights

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Look at the holiday lights! Because they are aware of your presence but not of your might. Look at the holiday lights! Because they do not question your motives and welcome you alright. Look at the holiday lights! Because their warmth is comforting and their colors are bright. Look at the holiday lights! Because their scintillating effect will result in ...

Blocked

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

I'm not going to lie or sugarcoat this one: I must surely have one of the greatest writers' blocks in human history. I sit in front of my laptop and I can't write anything. I just go blank. No ideas. No voices in my head telling me what to type. ...

Back home

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

The long blogging hiatus has come to an end. In case you're interested, I did very well in my MS project. RIT is sending my degree certificate in November. Yay! I've been struggling to get back in the writing mood since I moved to DR. I can't seem to find a ...