Le premier jour.

How do I even begin to describe my first experience with international travel? Fatigue. Lots of fatigue. First, there’s the airport goodbye to the parents who think they’ll never see you again. Once that bittersweet farewell was done, we were immediately thrust into adulthood, a.k.a navigating Dulles and tackling the TSA. My watch made the […]

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Mucking about in databases and giving it all over to google

As mentioned in my previous post one of the projects I wanted to complete over last summer was digitizing as many of the paper processes that I could. One of the largest challenges was finding a way to digitize a major task my student supervisor performs. In the library the student supervisor takes time each … Continue reading Mucking about in databases and giving it all over to google

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Finding The Tool That Brings It All Together

One of the hardest parts of the Digital Media Commons Initiative (DMCI) project has been finding the right tool for the job. I had a hard time creating a narrative when I didn’t have the tool that would help me imagine a framework that I needed to build within. When I first started this project … Continue reading Finding The Tool That Brings It All Together

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Paris in China?!

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/replica-of-paris-in-china-becomes-ghost-town-1375720919-slideshow/ I found this article to be so interesting! I guess it looks like Paris (kinda…), but it certainly doesn’t feel like Paris! The windows are not casement and the Luxembourg garden fountain looks nothing like the real one. This place just looks run down and depressing. The idea is neat, but this concept is […]

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Views of Paris

When I returned to the United States, my family drove me out to Western Pennsylvania for a family wedding. The drive was filled with views of gorgeous mountains and clear blue skies. These views were the total opposite of the ones I saw in Paris but, they were still as moving and breath-taking. Views like […]

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