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  How to use these blogs Scattered thoughts on the information age, plus some bonus snark.

  

  'm doomed to work at mcdonald's for the rest of my life what should I do ... So I was looking through some old notes that I was working on for ... . Read the blogs, that's what they're for. We try to make them interesting

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 22, 2008
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  These past three weeks have been really hard. And I'm sure that for ... heartbreaking. Takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there for a school with ... . Nevermind all the doubts people were throwing at me, I was doubting myself

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Feeling Many Feelings :) and :( and everything in between about decisions

  

  , whether I’m moved, frustrated, or sad. There’s one Google Search Story that ... dollar for every time my mother told me to lower my voice, I could probably ... most: Ron said, "One person can't feel all that at once, they'd explode

  • by Jessica Ch'ng
  • March 16, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  21 Firsts highlight reels from the last few years, as I prepare to say goodbye

  

  future go, maybe that’s all I need to know. For right now at least. Here ... , to study at MIT. In 2017, this ongoing chapter of my life promises to ... . I came to experience several things for the first time. These are some

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • January 8, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  “I am, and ever will be, a white socks, pocket protector, nerdy engineer…” wherein Neil Armstrong's legacy kicks off a year of Unified Engineering, and I reflect on…

  

  or spacecraft for at least a decade. As Lulu L. '09 describes: "You ... friends at other schools who are still searching for that "passion." "We don ... alum who now works for Google on Project Ara (a modular cell phone), (2

  • by Allan K. '17
  • September 9, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  An actual day in the life It's not the most exciting day... but it's a day!

  

  line for, order, and purchase a cheese sandwich at the Stata Center ... (This seemed like a really good idea for an entry when I was on my ... himself), then sit down at the computer and turn on my (illegal but oh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 27, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Yachts, Drones, and Lessons from the Media Lab How to lose a phone in 90 seconds

  

  -step authentication enabled on my Google account (extra security sounded good at the ... island in an ocean, but it’s going to start with me at a desk in an office ... , debugging a server at my desk outside the office of the graduate student I was

  • by Joel G. '18
  • October 1, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  10 Things I Learned 1st Semester Yeap.

  

  Say hello to the holidays and winter break!!! Now, sitting at home in ... my life. But once I arrived at MIT, it seems almost blasphemous if you ... print for writing-centric high school classes like US Government and

  • by Jenny X. '13
  • December 24, 2009
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  ten reflections on mit

  

  ’ve changed. Then, I need to account for my own “MIT-tinted googles”: for the ... for me, and I am glad. I grew a lot here, in many ways. At the same time ... attend the AAAS Annual Meeting in Boston that year. MIT, at that point in

  • by Paolo A. '21
  • February 15, 2023
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My First Academic Conference and also things I have learned about publishing research in the past few months

  

  [annotation note="Google Can Children Learn Creativity from a Social Robot? for ... 'm on Google Scholar and everything! I submitted some of my research to CHI PLAY 2020, an "international and interdisciplinary conference for

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 14, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Meta Yultide Finale Yultide Day 6

  

  Yultide (credit to the bloggers for the awesome name). Today is Yultide Day ... School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) for a while, but ... . If you have time for only one Yultide post, stop reading this and

  • by Yuliya K. '18
  • January 31, 2018
• Blog / Athletics

  Biking in Boston Breaking out the bicycle.

  

  , for that's when I break out my bicycle. an actual photo of me with my ... Amherst or to see my girlfriend in Northampton. At the time, it seemed like ... bicycle has several benefits, especially in a city like Boston. For one

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • June 2, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  How to trick yourself into thinking that you’re writing a report The most productive procrastination technique revealed at last!

  

  Med, or at least google scholar. (Xkcd 2007). I know, it sounds quite ... fear, for I am here to teach you how to trick yourself into thinking that ... was the first technical communications class I took at MIT, and it has

  • by Anastassia B. '16
  • May 17, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Classes, by the Calories free food is everywhere

  

  A few weeks ago, I attended a meeting for one of MIT’s many clubs. It ... my first midterms. MIT has redefined the word midterm for me. In my ... .02 (Calculus), and MAS.110 (Media Design). You can Google each of my classes and

  • by Kathleen E. '23
  • October 7, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  There and Back It's like a reunion tour, kind of.

  

  the most popular TV shows ever began, Friends. In 2004, at the end of ... also got Facebook accounts for the first time. OK, enough about pre-2007 ... been waiting for? Bryan’s life after the blogs Big secret: I actually

  • by Bryan
  • August 13, 2014
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Challenge Accepted I even put off writing this post.

  

  amount of research involved. But, thank you, Google Books for not forcing ... Spanish quiz at 1pm as well, so I had to study for that some. Meanwhile, I ... . That is, no matter how much time is given for an assignment, it will

  • by Elijah T. '11
  • December 10, 2010
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Sunrise, Sunset An MIT-Israel student shares his day

  

  clever title for my daily activities and was reminded of the musical ... studying for their bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD. The vast majority of the students complete their army service (2 years for women, 3 for men) and even

  • by MISTI Program
  • July 17, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  dear frosh: here are the things we want you to know a firehose of advice from upperclassmen: tips and tricks for freshman year

  

  schedule for spontaneous things. Don’t overcommit at the beginning. It ... person you will meet at MIT (and for that matter in your life!) knows ... ’t understand (and can’t easily clarify for yourself with a quick google search

  • by Allan K. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An actual day in the lab Hectic is my middle name.

  

  running my mice through the maze. 12:00 PM. I meet Adam for lunch at the ... this semester started at 11 AM every day (and I've been on an extended ... bed and get ready for work. It takes a long time. I am not what one

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • June 7, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  We’ve been there, too. It feels like the calm before the storm. Please don't forget to breathe.

  

  " was code for "depressingly early sunset." After a lot of writing and ... submitted in time for the EA deadline. Somehow, I managed to distract myself for the agonizing six weeks following October 31. And then, I got this

  • by Danny B.D. '15
  • December 12, 2014