2018 has been an incredible year. I’ve completed my PhD, I’ve traveled to new places, attended conferences, taught new courses, played new songs, read new books, and written new blog posts 🙂 I couldn’t think of a better way to end the year than recapping...
My first days of college are beginning to fade into yesteryear. Cellphones were not the mainstay they are today. Certainly, there were no iPhones and Android devices. The Sidekick had yet to make it’s appearance. Trending were Blackberries and Nextel phones. Chat rooms were out....
New students have arrived. The old are back. (Students, of course. Don’t call faculty old; that’s just rude.) Streets are filled with moving trucks and minivans. Even fall has returned, and thus the blanket to my bed. Old friends exchange greetings. New bonds are forming....
It was a Saturday afternoon in April of 2013. My phone buzzed. A text message from an unknown number. I glanced at the preview and put the phone back down. I was practicing, uninterested in interruptions. I didn’t recall giving out my number to anyone....
As the doors of Middlebury College open to students on September 11, 2017, it commemorates the beginning of my career, journey, and exploration as an assistant professor in computer science. Today is also Patriots Day, a day which we remember the tragic events which took...
