I don't need to be a drone in a big, enterprisey company to excel in my career. I will be the agent that makes my career -- not my company ( Read more... )

* Honesty is hot.
* If expectations are properly aligned and understood (not just of another, but if all involved understand their own expectations), much is possible.
* I got the happiest email from my mother who just left this continent for the first time in her life. She's in Austria and was amazed and seemingly in a wonderland. It was maybe the ( Read more... )

“John Whitney Hall (September 13, 1916 - October 21, 1997)[1], the Tokyo-born son of missionaries in Japan, grew up to become a pioneer in the field of Japanese studies and one of the most respected historians of Japan of his generation.”
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“Harry Harootunian, a professor of history at New York University and a former student of Professor Hall's ( Read more... )

Status: Busy, trying to get ready to leave the state. Sorry I've been out of touch with people. I miss many of you way too much, and I need to get my shit together soon so that I can see you again. Study/work get-together / coffee shopping anybody?
Why the status?:  Need to finish writing this program for my Uni job before I leave for the weekend, ( Read more... )