A few weeks back, I wrote about my attempt to translate a low-fidelity circuit board design into something that could be run through a laser cutter. Today, Ponoko delivered the results: You can click through to a large, high resolution image. In a word, it came out beautifully. I do work surrounding the use of [...]
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computers and college
This past year, I’ve been serving on a task force at my institution. Our charge is to investigate the intersection of technology and learning on campus, make recommendations regarding where we might focus our energy in the next five years, and (perhaps most importantly) recommend political structures that might then provide guidance and insight on [...]
free interaction design for your open source project
During the summer of 2009, I had the good fortune of taking part in the Red Hat POSSE programme, meeting a bunch of excellent open source peeps, and getting a sense for how I might introduce more of my students to the world of open source contribution. This last spring, my colleague and I introduced [...]
release early, release often
Last summer, I had the good fortune of taking part in Red Hat’s 2009 POSSE. It was an absolutely excellent experience, and many of the things we did and talked about have required much reflection and continued conversation for the ideas to take root. It also took some hutzpah: along with a colleague (and super-ninja [...]
plumbing goes to hollywood…
Or, at least, OSCON. I think I’m supposed to put one of these somewhere… for now, I’ll put it on my blag. We’re talking about parallel programming on the Arduino. Tray shwet. The semester is over, grades are in, and now I hit the road for points east: Syracuse, Boston, DC, and then home again. [...]
allegheny students and open source
This semester, we’ve introduced 40 students to the Fedora project . By “introduced,” I mean they have been introduced as contributors. I want to point out that for me as a member of the faculty this is 1. hard, 2. a massive leap of faith, and 3. very, very exciting. And, it is all of [...]
twitter and tea
One of our third-year students is giving a talk about two of his passions today: Tea and Twitter. Pat Canella ’11 will present a talk titled “Twitter and Tea” at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 17 in Alden 101. The talk will focus on Canella’s own experience with the tea community, on Twitter and other [...]