http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/08/introducing-ubiquity/
Just an idea / not tested in the wild yet.
The internet is turning more and more into a command line interface. Think about that.
Posted: August 28, 2008 9:05 am by Christopher Markman | 0 comments
Tags: extensions, firefox, LibX, mashups, so web 2.0 it hurts
First of all I wish to apologize for the length of time in between posts. I have several pieces in the works that I am currently editing. However tonight, after watching her speech at the Democratic National Convention, I feel impassioned to write about Hillary Clinton.
I know many people have many differing and passionate opinions about Hillary. These opinions range from the creditable to the ridiculous. Analysts pick at her pant suits, her cleavage, her spouse’s indiscretions, and, although not directly, her gender.
As a woman, it is my ardent wish to be able to point to a woman, or even better- women, and say, “I can do it. She did it.” That is why I voted for Hillary in my primary election. I want to believe that a woman is capable of being elected president, not just running for the office. I want to raise a daughter in a time where that feat has already been accomplished. I want to be paid equally. I want to be treated equally. I want to have high expectations of my talent and abilities. I want to be able to achieve whatever I dream to achieve. That is NOT possible in this America. A woman can run, but she cannot win. A woman can run, but not without being nitpicked about her clothing, hair, and mothering abilities- all things which have absolutely NOTHING to do with her ability to perform a job.
Unlike some women across the country, I believe that Hillary is a credit to her gender. We need women like her who stand in the face of criticism, nay saying, history and push for the future of women. Without women like her where would the gender be? Not launching a legendary and landmark presidential campaign. Who else would be doing it? I don’t see any other willing and viable candidates.
I can recognize and appreciate that the feelings Hillary arouses for me are aroused in another marginalized population in the United States for Obama. As a result of the convention that is taking place I am now a willing, and even enthusiastic supporter of Obama. My desire, however, will remain for women across the country to realize the critical importance of Hillary Clinton to our gender and to our history.
Posted: August 27, 2008 12:14 am by Katherine Swanson | 0 comments
Tags: DNC, Hillary Clinton, politics
I'm not worrying about where I'm gonna be living... it'll definitely be on campus =) As of today, I know that I will have a room on campus by Sunday. I'm hoping I'll know where by Friday b/c my mom wants to take me back to Boston on Saturday.
I AM SO HAPPY!!! EVERYTHING WORKED OUT LIKE I KNEW IT WOULD!!! IT IS GOING TO BE A GREAT SEMESTER AND YEAR!!!
I can't wait for the semester to start. It is time for me to start working my brain muscles out again b/c I haven't been doing it all summer.
Posted: August 26, 2008 8:30 pm by Mary Miles | 0 comments
Tags: school... don't know what else
Juliana Ross, '10, Simmons Hillel's Grinspoon Israel Advocacy Intern, was quoted in the article Grinspoon Interns Prepare for Successful Year at National Training, posted on both the Hillel International Center's website and the Israel on Campus Coalition's website!
Contact Hillel to find about more about Juliana's work on campus during the 2008-2009 school year.
Posted: August 26, 2008 7:44 pm by Ailene Gerhardt | 0 comments
Tags: grinspoon, hillel, Simmons
Well so *that* was one of the most mentally exhausting days I've had in a long time. My head was nodding the whole drive back to Cape Cod (dangerous but true!), and when I got home I staggered into my bedroom, changed into sweats, and collapsed in an unsightly heap and slept like a stone for two solid hours.
LIKE A STONE.
Of course I didn't help my case by only getting about four hours of sleep and then spending all day trying to charm the pants off of a room full of strangers.
I don't know why, I can't help it! I meet new people and I get all lounge act-y.
No, actually I was pretty well-behaved. I did have a heck of a good time with someone I had met in the spring at the Simmons Leadership Conference. Liana and I are similar in age and professional background, and it would seem in temperament as well. We're also both commuting from over an hour away to the Simmons SOM night classes, which makes us a special kind of crazy. Really looking forward to being in classes with her.
One of the first things I noticed about Simmons was how, when I was going through the application and interview process, every time I went to an event at Simmons I would drive home ELATED. Literally I would feel like doing that arms-spread-wide-over-the-bow-of-the-Titanic thing while driving back home over the Sagamore Bridge. And I never even SAW that awful movie!
Tonight I had the same feeling, mixed this time with a profound sense of relief. It wasn't so much relief that I had gotten in, or that classes had finally begun, but because, during the day today, I felt like I belonged.
I had been worried.
I don't come from a corporate background, and I had had a lingering fear that I would be terribly out of place amongst all the junior executives from State Street that I imagined would be in my class.
What I felt today was a wonderful sense of certainty that is all too often missing from life: the deep, internal knowledge that you are doing the right thing.
I'm in the right place.
(Let's see if I still feel that way during financial reporting and analysis.)
Posted: August 23, 2008 10:53 pm by Elizabeth Dunn | 1 comment
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Foundations of Business starts tomorrow, it is past midnight, I need to leave at 6:00 am to make it to class by 8:00 am (stopping for coffee and gas along the way, and making time for the unexpected).
Am I the least bit tired? OF COURSE NOT.
I finished working on my homework -- the McCaskey case -- last night, reviewed it during lunch at work today, and printed it out with a shrug (what do I know how good it is? It's my first case!).
Tonight I've been reviewing and memorizing my route, even though I know it by heart after all the trips I made to 409 Commonwealth Avenue in the spring while I was applying. I also needed to figure out where my parking garage was, so I don't have to go spiraling around early morning streets of Boston in a panic, trying to find parking. It'll be expensive, but I don't have the patience for the T just yet, and I can't be feeding a meter every 2 hours during orientation.
Do the meters run on weekends in the Back Bay? I have no idea. I am sure I will find out in some sad-making way.
I am excited and nervous. Excited because I can't wait to be back in school again, and nervous because I am anxious about how I will juggle this with a very demanding job.
I was working a concert this evening, enjoying the cool late summer breeze, and reflected on how the last time I was in grad school, I was after a degree. This time, I am looking to learn -- to gain actual knowledge about leadership, management, and analysis. Some areas I am already strong in, some I am not. In all areas, I expect to experience a rapid growth curve.
I can't wait.
When I was a kid, a little kid, my mother would always take me to Sears or to JC Penney's to buy one really nice outfit for the first day of school. As I grew older, it became increasingly uncool to mark the first day of school with a special frock or shiny brown shoes that screamed their newness. It bespoke an unbecoming overeagerness that we didn't want to be branded with.
But I never lost the desire to wear something special on the first day. My love of ritual started young, and I always wore something special, even if it was hidden, or encoded so that only I knew.
One year I wore my father's socks, for strength.
One year I wore my best friend's sweatshirt, for solidarity.
One year, when we were all dressing like (Lucky Star era) Madonna, I wore my great-grandmother's lace gloves. Because my great grandmother was awesome.
Tomorrow I will be wearing a talisman, too. If you see me, ask me what it is.
Right now, I should really try to sleep.
Posted: August 23, 2008 12:27 am by Elizabeth Dunn | 0 comments
Tags: anxiety, clothes, first day at school, mom, school, shopping
Ok, next Saturday I'll be back in Boston. I am actually excited to be going back... so I catch up w/ my friends and all that other good stuff. I am more excited to be going back to Simmons b/c I'll be a sophomore and it won't be as nerve-wracking as being a first-year student!! I already know the deal and I can delve directly into my studies instead of trying to get acquainted w/ the campus, college, and the city of Boston.
It is going to be so great this year! Two of the courses I am taking have to deal directly w/ my major and the English course has to deal w/ my minor (I think). I can't wait to start school again... I need to work my brain out after lounging around my house all summer. Anyway, I can't wait until September 4th =)
My only problem is I don't have a room yet. I'm hoping that I will have a room before next week ends. If I don't, I am up shit creek without a paddle. It would suck if I get to Simmons and don't have a room to sleep in. Hopefully, I'll have a room soon since I am number 7 on the waiting list... only time will tell; after all, patience is a virtue!!!
Posted: August 22, 2008 9:39 pm by Mary Miles | 0 comments
Tags: life, school, work...
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