http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ mutatis mutandis: this bird has flown en Vox Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:48:05 -0800 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/you-and-1499-other-people.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/you-and-1499-other-people.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/you-and-1499-other-people.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:48:05 -0800 That's what C. said when I told her I had sent in an application to Google the other day. I guess a friend of hers told her a few weeks ago that they had heard somewhere that Google gets 1,500 applications a day. It feels like the slush pile all... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/you-and-1499-other-people.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00d4141d39d76a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> google books amazon tivo book lists arugula unbox job applications seife decoding the universe http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/interesting-radio-piece-on-philippine-call-centers.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/interesting-radio-piece-on-philippine-call-centers.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/interesting-radio-piece-on-philippine-call-centers.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:43:11 -0800 C. called my attention to this piece that aired on PRI's The World last week. It's about call centers in the Philippines and how they train their telephone staff about American culture in order to facilitate their telephone interactions. I was ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/interesting-radio-piece-on-philippine-call-centers.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00d09e4d6d59be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> call centers cultural training public radio rocks http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/a-million-monkeys-a-million-keyboards.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/a-million-monkeys-a-million-keyboards.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/a-million-monkeys-a-million-keyboards.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 04 Jan 2007 10:25:24 -0800 I found it very amusing that today's quote of the day on my personalized Google page was from my AI professor. We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/a-million-monkeys-a-million-keyboards.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00cdf3ac2805cb8f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> quote shakespeare monkeys ai wilensky http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/astore-now-online.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/astore-now-online.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/astore-now-online.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:14:17 -0800 After a fair bit of futzing around on my part, the Daily Travails store (powered by Amazon) is now online. For those of you who followed me from the MT blog, this is the new version of the "Reading material, etc." page. (The old version is stil... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/astore-now-online.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00cdf7eefe43094f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/qotd-pass-the-dice.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/qotd-pass-the-dice.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/qotd-pass-the-dice.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:47:19 -0800 What is your favorite board game? Submitted by I'm Unique. This has to be a tie between Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition and Deadwood. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/qotd-pass-the-dice.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00cd978cd062f9cc?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd board game http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/this-is-turning-into-a-book-blog-isnt-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/this-is-turning-into-a-book-blog-isnt-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/this-is-turning-into-a-book-blog-isnt-it.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:45:14 -0800 Sosnik, Dowd and Fournier, Applebee's America Kevin B. Connolly, Buying and Selling Volatility Barton Biggs, Hedgehogging <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/this-is-turning-into-a-book-blog-isnt-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00cd978cd03ef9cc?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/books-ive-read-in-the-past-two-months.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/books-ive-read-in-the-past-two-months.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/books-ive-read-in-the-past-two-months.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:17:35 -0700 Books I've read in the past two months (since it's been that long since I last posted and I'm sure you've been wanting to know...) John Battelle, The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture Grea... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/books-ive-read-in-the-past-two-months.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00c2252b3791549d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> books book lists http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/businessweek-has-spoken.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/businessweek-has-spoken.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/businessweek-has-spoken.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:05:50 -0700 ... and the GSB made it to #1 in their rankings this year. Sweet. :-) Check out the article I'm sure there are a lot of people in Hyde Park smiling this weekend. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/businessweek-has-spoken.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00c2252b35eb604a?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mba businessweek rankings gsb http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/we-have-arrived.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/we-have-arrived.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/we-have-arrived.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:16:11 -0700 C. and I have arrived in the Bay Area, and I have started working. I can't really talk much about work, so please don't ask me about it here.After having some really good dim sum in Foster City, we spent yesterday afternoon in the East Bay, revi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/we-have-arrived.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00c2252263f88e1d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> bart dim sum bay area east bay interns gsb scharffen berger genova deli mmm chocolate foster city rising second years mmm sandwich http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/small-victories.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daily) http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/small-victories.html?_c=feed-rss http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/small-victories.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:46:32 -0700 As I've said in the past, sometimes it's the small victories that help keep us sane. The books are off the shelves, and I've taken down one set of them (the shelves, that is). Packing continues apace, and tomorrow I go to seek out maps to use ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://dailytravails.vox.com/library/post/small-victories.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c2251c5df7549d00c2251ec3d58e1d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> packing california small victories move sorebrek shelves