Tomorrow, Yahoo! is shutting down GeoCities. This move is a bit unusual, in that Yahoo is not just taking GeoCities offline, but deleting it altogether. And thus, it is taking a large part of early web history with it. GeoCities was the first true consumer-friendly and free web-hosting service, at a time when web hosting … Continue reading The end of an (Internet) era
Month: October 2009
Tenure limbo
Going through the tenure process is difficult, if for no other reason than the waiting, and waiting, and waiting....
Anatomy of a successful class
What makes a successful class? I provide a recent example from my own teaching.
Trip report: Day 3 of Grace Hopper
Day 3 at GHC: regional women in computing conferences, Fran Berman, security, and recruitment top our list of topics.
Trip report: Days 1 and 2 of Grace Hopper
Days 1 and 2 of the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
This is what a computer scientist looks like 