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05.06.2008 | Decisions
I know, I know, I’m a huge blogging slacker. You know how it goes though - end of the school year, life as a Sun editor, sleep - it all adds up to subtracting from blogging time. I was doing so well too!
Since I kind of left everyone who doesn’t follow me on Twitter or know me IRL hanging, I thought I’d do a quick catch up on what became of my last post (my interview with Microsoft)…
As I mentioned, I did get an offer from Microsoft to be a UX (user experience) intern. I turned it down. Boy, let me tell you the looks I got from my friends. “Are you insane?!” Well, sometimes, yes. But this time? Not at all. I put a lot of thought into it. A LOT of thought.
04.09.2008 | Recapping the Last 7 Days
This time last week I was sitting in my hotel room with a burrito from Chipotle and an ever-wonderful gigantic Jamba Juice, vegging out on the bed with CSI on the TV. It was 9 PM. I had arrived in Seattle only a few hours earlier and was ready for a good night’s sleep.
“Seattle?” you say. Yes. Seattle. You see, two weeks ago I got a call from the Cornell recruiter at Microsoft. It seems my resume had made it through the black hole and had piqued the interest of some people there. They wanted to fly me out for interviews. “Please choose 4 possible dates. No Wednesdays.” 4 dates? Have you SEEN my schedule? Luckily, I managed to get my first choice, which meant I needed to be on a plane to the other coast 4 days later.
03.25.2008 | The Life of the 21st Century Student
Observations:
I’m currently sitting in my “New Media & Society” class. I’m surrounded by fellow Sun Editors and other friends in a class of 100 or so people. The thing is - no one is actually “here”. Sure, we’re all here physically - sitting in the seats, facing forward, and seemingly attentive, but in actuality, the people around me at least, are all busily managing something else. Blackberrys and other “smart phones” in hand, The Arts Editor in front of me is reading through his section in the paper today to make sure there weren’t any errors. The columnist next to him is managing her social network and the girl next to her is making sure the CUPB ads for Tracy Morgan are good to go. The News Editor two rows in front of me is checking on the coverage for an event tonight. Me? I’m simultaneously texting the photographers and Blackberry Messaging the Arts Editor in order to make sure an Arts assignment is covered while shuffling people around because only one of today’s photogs can work. (aside: my Prof just started singing Hot Hot Sex).
03.22.2008 | A Design That Will Stick
…Or so I hope.
It wasn’t long ago that I put up a new layout. Just under two months ago, in fact. I thought that one had some staying power. It was light on dark, my preferred color scheme, and had a bit of “shine” factor. While I was really thrilled with the way it [...]
03.17.2008 | Changing Perspectives
While my life has been absolutely insane since elections in the beginning of March, I’ve strangely had a lot of time to really think about things. Maybe it’s been my need to prioritize and juggle responsibilities lately or maybe it’s just been the inevitable realization finally coming to light, but over these past few months [...]