10 Dos and DON’Ts Health Tips DO: Something. If there’s anything exercise scientists agree on, it’s that you get the biggest health benefits when you go from doing nothing to doing just about anything. DON’T: Do stuff you hate just because you think you have to. Nobody ever went soft because he lifted weights when … Read more
I got up at 7:00, and I walked over to the convention center in search for “official word” that our student chapter did indeed get recognized as a Community of Distinction last night. Eventually, I caught up with Lisa Pappas, who was the one who went up to receive our award since she’s an alumnus … Read more
By this morning, all of my GLBT OUTing info stubs were gone except one. Gluing Their Eyes to Your Screen (IDI 6J) Tuesday 10:30-12:00 NOON (Room: 101GH) Format: Presentation Skill Level: All It has been ten years since the publication of “Dynamics in Document Design: Creating Texts for Readers”-a landmark book in our field. How has information design changed over … Read more
I was up at 7:00, and after a quick SSS, and I was walking to Panera’s by 7:32. While there, I had a bagel and some apple juice, updated the STC newsletter with two corrections from Sarah, and then walked to the convention center for the 8:30–10:00 Keynote General Session. Before entering the ballroom, I … Read more
One thing I forgot to mention yesterday, and a couple of comments about last night: I wore my “No one cares about your blog” t-shirt while traveling yesterday, and at the bagel kiosk in the Chicago airport, the young cashier said, “I love your shirt.” In Minneapolis, walking by a couple sitting on a bench … Read more
I woke up 10 minutes before my alarm, which was set for 6:00, went off. I got up. After checking the five-day forecast for Minneapolis, I packed, and then called Joe at 7:15 to make sure he was up and would be at my house by 7:45. He was. He did. After he dropped me … Read more
I uploaded my final edition of the newsletter to the STC website, and sent a notice to the stc and etc listserv, as well as copying the editor of the STC-Carolina Community’s Newsletter that it is now available. Almost, immediately, I received two affirmations of good work on it. Yay! I ran some errands today, … Read more
I went into the (IBM) office today. I had lunch with one of Kevin’s (zy1125) mentees, who reminds me a lot of myself when I was younger, except that she’s black and she’s a girl. She’s a programmer who thinks she’d rather be a writer. I think I helped her. I worked on Jim’s ITIM … Read more
You may recall the close-up picture of a snowflake, which didn’t look anything like a snowflake, in one of my recent blog entries. Well this is a close-up picture of a seahorse that is actually discernible as a seahorse.
It’s been one complete year now that I’ve only worked two days a week at IBM, and it’s been great. My biggest fear starting out last year was the effect that a 60% reduction in pay was going to have on my lifestyle, though I obviously thought it would be manageable or I wouldn’t have … Read more