Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Drum roll please
After over a year of looking at a dozen schools, applying to nine of them, and visiting 3 finalists, the elder penguin has chosen to go to (drum roll please) Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
His final visit to Pomona was a good one, but Northwestern won out because he wants to write.
Maybe now I can get back to some GA blogging.
His final visit to Pomona was a good one, but Northwestern won out because he wants to write.
Maybe now I can get back to some GA blogging.
Friday, April 21, 2006
More on metadata stores
Today I gave a presentation for the ALG group in NCSA about metadata stores and how they can be used in D2K. The presentation has two parts. The first one covers and introduction to metadata in general with some examples. The second one, is about how to wrap a metadata store (Kowari, see the previous post here) and make it accessible in D2K. You can find the slides here.
Monday, April 17, 2006
Teaching Company kudos
The penguin's next stand
After a successful visit to Wash U in St. Louis, Max and his mom are up in Evanston to visit Medill Journalism School at Northwestern University. Max and Mary Ann liked Wash U. We'll see how Max finds NU during the spring. Last summer he was part of the cherub program (see here). Here's a picture of the penguin with his roommate from last summer.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
March of the Penguin
Previously, I chronicled my experiences with my older son Max in trying to help him choose a college. We're down to the wire and four colleges appear to be in the running: Kalamazoo, Northwestern, Pomona, & Wash U. We're arranging some last-minute visits as the decision must be reached by the national May 1 deadline. See here and here for back stories.
