Archive for February, 2010

After our last class Nigel and I left feeling very enthusiastic of what projects could be developed following all the insightful thoughts and suggestions about what we could tackle by design and through design thinking. Since the school was closed Friday because of the weather, I’d like to maintain our momentum and continue the conversation...
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I’m sure most of us have heard about the earthquake and the tsunamis that followed. Here’s a depiction of the shockwave caused by the earthquake.
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My ride-along was on Friday 19th Feb, from 6am-2pm. There is a lot of overlap with what everyone else here has experienced in terms of arriving and being introduced to the equipment and such, so perhaps I’ll just speak about what might have been unique on my ride. I was with Stephen who, aside from...
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Past I was going through some old files on my hard disk, when I came across my first professional resume. I created this in 2003. It was two pages long, and the bulk of the second page was taken up with examples of volunteering activities. To my great surprise, thoughts that had lingered before about...
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When I arrived for my ride-along last Saturday, it was at the same time as the reservist volunteer training.  When I talked to the guard about where I needed to go, he looked very confused about the terminology “ride-along” and sent me to the volunteer training.  When I arrived, I found out that the...
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In case you hadn’t heard, the campus is closed today thanks to the snow day. Mathan and I will be posting a work request for this week to make up for the extra time you’ve now got
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I’ve had a couple of recent chats with Pablo Suarez from the Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Center and we outlined a couple of challenges in the Early Warning/Early Action area that might be worth exploring. Pablo will be in New York at Parsons on the 6/7th March and we can setup in-person meetings then...
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Going to the training caught me offguard mostly because I hadn’t expected to see that many people at the training. Scott really wasn’t kidding when he said that the demographic ranged from all ages to all races to all classes. The people I talked to were were genuine New Yorkers, a few however had...
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I did my ride along shift on Monday 22nd February. My shift was between 12 pm to 8 pm.  At the lobby I said that I came to do my ride along and they sent me to the second floor. For a few minutes I was wondering around where to go on the second...
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I too will try not to post too much overlap but will give a brief synopsis of the experience and some things I noticed. I followed Nigel’s lead and bolded some words to help others find things of interest. On Monday February 22nd I did my ride-a-long with the Red Cross disaster ...
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