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Good to great, chapter 3
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:33 AM

Chapter 3 of Good to Great says you must first decide on people before you decide on direction. I love this excerpt: The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed.

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.NET and academia
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:33 PM

My brief foray into .NET has profoundly impressed with the technology but equally frustrated with the learning materials. Is there a textbook--not a reference book, mind you!--out there that uses .NET as a platform? Many people don't realize this

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Thanks; Good to great
Monday, March 27, 2006 9:28 PM

Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone who tried (and sometimes failed) to watch the webcast. I got reports today that some people got zero feed. I wish I had an explanation. Thank you to everyone, especially Ms. Panes, who

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Webcast stats; Graduation messages
Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:25 AM

With three days down and just one more to go, the feedback regarding the webcast has been overwhelmingly positive. We've gotten extremely good feedback from Metro Manila as well as General Santos, Geneva, Hong Kong, Pittsburgh (sp?), Vancouver, Australia,

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Post-grad dinner
Saturday, March 25, 2006 7:20 AM

The garden at the back of the Jesuit Residence, an expansive plateu of thick grass, overlooks the Marikina Valley. Here, under the stars, is where the faculty and administrators gather for the post-graduation dinner. Imagine Fr.

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Thanks!; A behind-the-scenes look
Friday, March 24, 2006 11:23 AM

Thank you, Miguel, Aids, Queen, and everyone else who tuned in yesterday and will be tuning in today and in the coming days. The feedback we've received so far has been very positive. Well, there was someone trying to use a dial-up(!) who wasn't

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Test broadcast
Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:13 AM

Yesterday's test broadcast was successful. We were able to transmit without a glitch. Later in the afternoon, though, one of the campus's our core network technologies crashed--I don't know which one--bringing the entire campus network down.

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Fifth star!;Unpopularity
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:25 AM

After several tries, I finally got my fifth star in C#--hooray! I'm not about to take any certification exams anytime soon. Mostly, I'm glad that I've been reinitiated into programming. There are arteries in my brain that have reopened

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Test broadcast and webcast schedule; The myth of superior technology
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:56 AM

Webcast Schedule Date/Time Event School/Unit Wednesday, March 22 9:00-10:00 AM Test Broadcast High School 2:00-3:00 PM Test Broadcast Grade School

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C#; Webcast
Monday, March 20, 2006 8:34 AM

Thanks, Alfred, for explaining the uninitialized object question. NullReferenceException was the answer I guessed but I wasn't sure at all. Of course, the exam doesn't tell you what answers you got right or wrong so it was only after your

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Errors in the PTR--or is it just me?
Saturday, March 18, 2006 9:47 PM

After several tries, I got past star 4 of C#. I noticed, though, that there were some questions that were dubious. I don't know if the question writers were trying to be deliberately tricky or there's a C# standard out there that's different from Visual

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FSAP grad; Webcast link
Saturday, March 18, 2006 2:34 PM

To jasin14: I heard Stanley mention your name, but I wasn't sure if that was you. I saw you from the side. Or at least I think I did. *** Catch the Ateneo graduations online on March 23 to 26! If you're interested in seeing Aids, Punzki,

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Long days...
Friday, March 17, 2006 1:55 PM

I attended the Vista launch yesterday. Stanley Tan is an amazing speaker. Talking to him personally, you'd think he was so soft spoken, but on stage, wow, he's transformed. I also atended the FSAP graduation. Loooonnng event!

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Thanks to Alfred; Webcast is on!
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 1:53 PM

Thank you, Alfred, for the clarification. I'll be sure to ask more questions as I go along. *** The webcast is proceeding as planned! We don't have the URL yet, but I'll post it soon as I have it. I predict a rise in salon

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C# questions
Monday, March 13, 2006 6:27 AM

I received my third C# star yesterday on the first try. I'm assuming these tests are open notes and open compiler, right? Or am I expected to know these things off the top of my head? I do have some questions that arose from the third

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Open house
Sunday, March 12, 2006 7:54 AM

Yesterday, we conducted the Open House for the prospective freshmen. I think we made a good impression--or at least I hope we did. Mostly, I am very grateful to the people who put the whole show together. Most of the faculty, members

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Greatness; C#
Saturday, March 11, 2006 7:13 AM

Yesterday evening, we paid tribute to three of the Ateneo's truly great teachers: Dr. Mari-jo Ruiz, Dr. Norman Quimpo, and Dr. Joe Marasigan. Together, they have taught in the Ateneo for a total of 114 years. In their very gracious response, they

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Ticked
Friday, March 10, 2006 5:11 AM

Several weeks ago, certain parties berated me and the department for what they attributed to be our failures. Yesterday, the shoe was on the other foot. These same parties committed the latest in a string of boo-boos that belie a lack of planning, coordination,

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My father-in-law; the webcast; nightmares
Wednesday, March 08, 2006 5:48 AM

My father-in-law opted out of chemotherapy. He and my mother-in-law are acolytes of a group of spiritual healers. After several sessions with this group, they are both convinced that my father-in-law is healed and has no more need for western medicine.

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Late days
Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:39 PM

One of the advantages of working in academia is that you get to go home while the sun is still shining. There are days and weeks, though, when this is not the case. This week and next week are going to be some of those weeks. So, I sit

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MSDN Connection
Monday, March 06, 2006 9:15 AM

Upon Aids's recommendation, I joined MSDN and started the PTS on C#. I got up to the second stage before I had to stop. It was a well-written course--very interesting, well-paced, and well-organized. I congratulate the people who

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.NET at last!
Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:24 AM

I'm starting fresh next year. My teaching load as it currently stands has me lined up for several subjects I've never taught before, including .NET. It will be a wrench to give up HCI in particular--I love teaching that subject--but I really

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Yet another update on the webcast
Saturday, March 04, 2006 7:47 PM

I spoke to Patrick Medina, head of our Campus Network Group this morning. He said that they were able to get the webcast to work. He has no fears about the Monday dry run. Knock on wood!

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Update on the webcast
Saturday, March 04, 2006 8:17 AM

Yesterday's dry run did not go well. We were having problems connecting to the media server. The MozCom folks and our own Campus Network Group will continue to work on this over the weekend. With any luck, they'll have to system up by

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Web casting the graduation?
Friday, March 03, 2006 12:54 PM

Ateneo's Internet Service Provider, MozCom, is working with us to try to web cast the graduation rites. We have a dry run this afternoon. If it works, then we will web cast all the graduations, from grade school to college. I personally

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Frustration
Thursday, March 02, 2006 6:32 PM

I received word this morning that another proposal I sent out was turned down. Argh, this is getting frustrating. There's something about educational technology that's difficult to sell. Everyone seems to agree that it's good to have technology in schools,

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Thinking vs. doing
Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:40 AM

One of the sure fire ways to get on my nerves is to present me with an idea with no accompanying commitment to implement it. There is a wealth of ideas out there. There is dearth of people who will realize them.

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You lose some...
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:32 PM

I'm sorry to say that we lost in the UP Java Cup today. We didn't even place, which is unusual, disappointing, and sad overall. DLSU took first and third. UP took second. Oh well, them's the breaks.

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