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November 2004 - Posts

Good news for two of our students!
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:44 AM

In August of this year, the Ateneo hosted the 3rd National Conference on eLearning. It was organized by the Philippine eLearning Society (PeLS). During the event, two papers were given "notable paper" awards. One was by Dr. Luis Sarmenta,

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Recruitment
Tuesday, November 30, 2004 6:54 AM

Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts about recruitment. Yes, we will most definitely be asking people to help, epecially when it comes to giving testimonials about Ateneo life.BTW, it was great to see that Jessica Sugay is on theSpoke! I need

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Taking a break and recruitment
Monday, November 29, 2004 2:55 AM

Dukz wrote about being tired and not wanting to do anything. When I feel that way, I normally take a break. This long weekend was blissful and I'm really looking forward to the Christmas vacation.In the meantime, though, we have to get moving

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Dinner and more thoughts
Saturday, November 27, 2004 9:43 PM

My nuclear family and I went out with my parents for dinner last night to celebrate my mom's nth birthday (she doesn't like talking about age). We went to a Spanish restaurant. What surprised me was that, upon coming home, all my clothes smelled

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Two cents for Russell
Saturday, November 27, 2004 12:26 AM

Russell's latest blog entry discussed his feelings about corporate life and work options after graduation. I have a great many thoughts about this, so I decided to write them in my blog, rather than burden his with a kilometric comment.I always

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New project
Friday, November 26, 2004 7:51 AM

I just accepted a project with the Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development (FIT-ED). It has to do with the deployment and appropriate usage of the ICTs in public high schools. From the moment I was offered the project,

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Microsoft's Student-Faculty Ambassador Program
Thursday, November 25, 2004 4:59 AM

Tomorrow, Microsoft is launching the Student-Faculty Ambassador Program. The invited five representatives from 25 schools. In the case of ADMU, they invited me, Rose Banzon (head of the MIS Office of the school; not to be confused with

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Oh, well...
Wednesday, November 24, 2004 11:24 AM

I had to ask one of my grade school project team members to leave the project today. The work was long, long overdue and it was going nowhere fast. I've let people go before in various contexts. It's not something I enjoy.

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Commitment vs. involvement
Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:20 AM

I am reading the book Assassini by Thomas Gifford and there were some lines I completely loved. Permit me to paraphrase:"Commitment" and "involvement" are like ham and eggs: the pig is committed. The chicken is just involved.

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Silly rumor
Monday, November 22, 2004 1:12 AM

Dr. Manalastas just informed me that there is a rumor going around that our department will begin charging students rent for displaying their trophies in our current trophy room. What a hilarious idea! There is absolutely no truth to it. The thought

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Clash of the Brains 2004
Sunday, November 21, 2004 3:27 AM

For at least the fifth straight time, our teams brought home first place in the Clash of the Brains 2004! Representing the school this year were Mike Gonzalez, Russelle Santos, Ealden Escanan, and Paolo Venegas. The team's coaches were Christine

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Interview
Friday, November 19, 2004 9:43 PM

Punzki wrote that he, Allan Espinosa, and Miguel Arguelles were interviewed yesterday. It was for a press release regarding--you guessed it!--their ACM win. Doc Mana and I actually prepared a press release, which we then forwarded to the University's

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Teaching experiment
Wednesday, November 17, 2004 10:18 PM

Regis University (www.regis.edu) is a Jesuit school in Denver, Colorado famous for its distance educaton programs. Fr. Nebres is on the Board of Trustees. For the last year or so, he's been pushing us to look into the possbility of sharing

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Secret meeting, senior theses
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:03 PM

Yesterday's secret meeting did not turn out as I had hoped. Oh, well. You win some, you lose some. The last part of yesterday was spent with some of the CS seniors. They made brief presentations of their senior theses topics.

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Secret mission
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 5:36 AM

In the tradition of Stanley Tan, I am have a secret meeting this afternoon. I hope it goes well.

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Health, ACM, and Educational technology
Monday, November 15, 2004 12:53 AM

I think the tensions from the last couple of weeks have finally caught up with me. I've been nursing a nasty cold for the last couple of days. I just hope it dissipates today because I have work tomorrow.*****I also wanted to mention

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Congratulations!
Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:23 AM

Another race has ended and more laurels have been won!Our ACM teams did us proud during last night's ACM ICPC Manila Regionals.http://icpc.baylor.edu/icpc/regionals/ViewRegionalStandings.asp?ContestID=707I am so, so proud of the teams! I thank them

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HCI and ACM
Thursday, November 11, 2004 11:50 PM

Geraldson was wondering how the juicer works. The front page of Donald Norman's (www.jnd.org) book, Emotional Design, illustrates:It's weird, but that's Philippe Starck for you.*****Yesterday evening, I spent some time with our ACM teams.

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HCI pictures
Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:06 AM

This is the cream:This is the sugar:Thanks to everyone who hazarded a guess. The point I was trying to make here was that you really can't tell one from the other, just looking at the bowl. This is an example of design that can use improvement.

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Human-Computer Interaction
Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:05 PM

One of the subjects I have a blast teaching is Human-Computer Interaction. I love the subject because it is so much fun, especially the introductory parts. I love showing pictures of everyday things whose designs make you think because they

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Welcome to the ADDU team!
Monday, November 08, 2004 10:05 PM

I am really looking forward to meeting the Davao team and their coaches. Having read your blogs for the last couple of months, it's like meeting up with friends. If you have some time, do drop by the DISCS office. It would be great to see

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Results
Monday, November 08, 2004 12:47 AM

For some strange reason, the Taiwan site with the rankings is down. Anyway, the team of Mark, Miguel, and Allan ranked 32 out of 53. They solved 2 problems. The team of Russell, Josh, and Eric ranked 45 out of 53. They solved 1 problem.According

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Win or lose, it's the school we choose...
Sunday, November 07, 2004 7:35 AM

Sigh... So much for expressed wishes.http://140.122.45.253/Come home safely, guys. We'll do better next time.

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Stage mom?
Friday, November 05, 2004 11:04 PM

With the ACM preps, I make an effort to be very rational, calm, and collected. Internally, though, I have to confess, I'm a nervous wreck. I worry about their safety. Above all else, this is my primary concern.I worry about the support

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And they're off!
Friday, November 05, 2004 7:21 AM

The ACM kids left early this morning accompanied by Dr. Manalastas and Eric Vidal. Doc Mana sent me text saying their Taiwan hosts forgot to pick them up at the airport. He called them and they sent someone over straight away.I responded that

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Doreen Fernandez Food Writing Award
Thursday, November 04, 2004 5:01 AM

It has taken me a while to blog about this because I'm still not over the shock. I submitted an essay to the Doreen Fernandez Food Writing Competition and was one of four runners-up:http://www.bworldonline.com/current/A&L/artstory4.htmlhttp://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/oct/30/yehey/life/20041030lif2.htmlThis

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All grown up...
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:11 AM

One of our ACM team members picked up his airline ticket for Taiwan from the department this afternoon. His group leaves on Friday. I'm sure they're going to make us proud. I, in the meantime, am anticipating "empty nest" syndrome.

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Landfall
Wednesday, November 03, 2004 3:50 AM

The storm hit landfall early this morning. I had an 8:30 meeting in Manila and had to fetch a couple of my colleagues at Ateneo, which meant I had to leave home at about 6AM. I am back from the meeting and have yet to get my real day started

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The calm before the storm
Tuesday, November 02, 2004 3:00 AM

Classes begin tomorrow. Today, though, the department is quiet. None of the faculty are around and both secretaries have taken the day off. I'm in the office, though, making sure my desk is clear before the next flurry of paperwork arrives.

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Break
Monday, November 01, 2004 12:12 AM

If you read Stanley's blog, you may have heard that my family and I were in Singapore for the last few days. It was a welcome break, over much too soon. I was just beginning to enjoy it when I found myself back on the plane bound for Manila.

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