Official Transitioner

Topic the First: Moving away “Well I woke up in a car, I traced away the fog, so I could see the Mississippi on her knees. I’ve never felt so lost, I’ve never felt so much at home, please write my folks and throw away my keys.” I turned in my lab keys today. Things [...]

Seriously, this was the best part of the entire movie. “The truffles, the cookies, the international butter club” “International Butter Club? do you mean to say you were sitting around eating sticks of butter?” *Silence* Ha. Ha. Ha.  As much as bread and butter is wonderful, the concept of the International Butter Club and eating [...]

As anyone who knows me can tell you, I spend a large amount of time in the car. In fact, so far today, I was in the car for about four hours (5am-9am) give or take a few stops.  This is by no means a complaint, as I love being in the car.  I partially [...]

So, I was sitting around today, and realized I should check up on my travel:days home ratio again.  I went through and added to my list from a few blog posts ago: Jan 5- Move in Jan 9-11 Back to the ROC Jan 16-Jan 22 Boston Jan 23- Jan 25 Philly – EduCon2.1 Feb 4- [...]

I’m going to be moving to SF for the summer. This led me to wonder: why are people so drawn to the area? So here are a few of the reasons I’m moving there (apart from my internship, of course).  This list a little cliche, but it’s what I’m excited for… The People- This is [...]

I’ve gotten to the point to which I’m at (likely) “My last ____ in Ann Arbor.” With the semester coming to a close, what has my stint at a large, public, anonymous, research university taught me?  Here’s my top dozen. You really are anonymous.  Standing out isn’t about being “best” at something, or even being [...]

Anyone who has been around me much in person during the last weeks has heard my rants about why Panels are abysmal abysmal things.  Having been to at least one conference every week since January, I’ve seen many keynotes, discussions, open conversations, panels, and workshops. Imagine my pleasure to see that one of my favorite [...]

I was sitting around hoping something significant would happen for my hundredth post- and as always- the world cooperated. I will now  be operating as the CEO of Alight Learning. I am incredibly excited about this. Please, ask me questions, force me to think about the company in new ways, and push us as hard [...]

I had the opportunity to spend the last weekend at the acclaimed Kairos Summit. Overall, it was a well run event- tons of time for meeting other like-minded students, and ample opportunity to see the city. It was definitely a conference based around making your own schedule and plans, rather than structured activities, which was [...]