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A blog about the stuff that keeps life interesting, meaningful, and fun.
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August 2006 - Posts
Venture capital
Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:36 AM
I attended an interestesting meeting hosted by Exist Software today. Chairman Winston Damarillo discussed setting up a structure to foster more technopreneurship in the Philippines. I think this is a great idea, something the country needs.
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What the...??
Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:58 AM
Ignorance is sometimes bliss. Not knowing the full extent of a commitment makes you brave (or maybe just stupid) enough to say yes. And then sometimes, you get into something and you wonder what the heck you've done to yourself. This
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Bad thoughts
Monday, August 28, 2006 9:52 AM
I'm a very outputs-oriented person. I need a job done. Get it done. The more details you can handle yourself, the better. I won't micromanage you--God knows I have enough going on on my end. Come to me with results. I won't
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New electives
Sunday, August 27, 2006 10:55 AM
We have some interesting new electives coming up next semester.
Andrei Coronel and Jal de Vera are opening a course on ethical hacking.
Paolo Agloro and John Paul Vergara are offering businss intelligence, which is largely on data mining.
SMART is
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False emergencies
Saturday, August 26, 2006 9:33 AM
A few weeks ago, some colleagues of mine were in the critical stages of preparing for a big event. They needed some resource people to tap in order to complete their preparations. In the middle of a very busy day, they called me in a panic,
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Two books
Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:22 PM
Fr. Joey Cruz gave a short speech the other day that I found very wise.
He said that when he was a student, he was on the track and field team. His coach always kept two books of record. One book recorded an athlete's actual performance.
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Being managed
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 12:13 PM
I was recently offered some new, very interesting work within school. To accommodate these new duties, my superiors have asked me about how they could excuse me from some of my other tasks.
It's rare for someone in Ateneo to worry about how loaded
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Aging
Tuesday, August 22, 2006 11:29 AM
I've heard so many stories lately about dignified, accomplished individuals losing touch with reality as they age.
These people are typcially very wealthy. They are used to being at the top of their fields, respected, and sought after. They aren't
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Career, again
Sunday, August 20, 2006 9:41 AM
Thanks to everyone who commented yesterday. Alfred, yes, I too wish someone had said this to me way back. There were many aspects of my career that were accidental. I don't regret where I am and, like you, I am happy with what I am doing.
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Fearless leader
Friday, August 18, 2006 1:33 PM
A group of us attended a meeting with Fr. Nebres this morning. It was decided during that meeting that Dr. Toby Dayrit would take the lead in a project to establish a more organized structure for research. Dr. Dayrit is one of these world-class,
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Leadership
Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:01 AM
I was listening to a colleague I deeply respect. He was commenting on Official A who had just replaced Official B. He said it was a good thing that Official A was now in the picture. Official B was ok with the day-to-day running of the
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Click
Sunday, August 13, 2006 9:29 AM
My family and I watched Click last night. What I didn't understand was why Adam Sandler's character chose to fast-forward through his life rather than to slow things down. The times when he paused his life, it was obvious that he could still manipulate
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Room to breathe
Friday, August 11, 2006 12:35 PM
Today, Monday and Tuesday are going to be nasty. I was looking at my schedule--there's hardly time to breathe. That means that this weekend is the only prep time I'm going to get.
What is very challenging is that I have some papers that I was hoping
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Model and specs
Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:32 AM
My new computer is an ECS G400. It's a Pentium M-based unit with a 60 GB hard disk and 2 GB RAM. People have already commented that it's not as "sexy" as my tablet. However, I'm not going to complain because it's a delight so far.
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Changing of the guard
Sunday, August 06, 2006 9:00 AM
I've been having one-on-one talks with the faculty and the staff about departmental directions and leadership. This is partly in preparation for the end of my term.
What is sometimes strange about these conversations is that they end up interviewing
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Long-term memory
Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:01 AM
I attended part of Canon's 15th Anniversary Celebration yesterday evening. As it turns out, we had so many alums working for Canon. I saw Carolyn from CS batch 2005 and Kim from CS batch 2006. I have to confess, when I first saw them,
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Getting noticed
Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:13 AM
A high-performing student of ours fretted that he wasn't getting the sort of attention that he had hoped for. He said he worked hard, helped others, and showed a lot of initiative. However, he still wasn't being noticed.
I think what it boils
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Comics!
Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:04 PM
I went to National Bookstore yesteday to pick up some school supplies. Before leaving, I sneaked a peek at the graphic novels. NBS had volumes upon volumns of the CrossGen compilations Forge and Edge. I picked one up thinking, Gosh,
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