Singularity University: “Past” the Fiction, Into the Future

If you haven’t yet been introduced to the idea of the Technological Singularity as theorized by Ray Kurzweil, you’ve probably been exposed to popular culture like the Terminator or Matrix movies.  Yes, those are obvious works of fiction but Kurzweil presents the idea that we may lose control of technological advancement as it controls itself.  [...]

July 13, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Technology  No Comments

Finding an Engineering Internship

As an engineering student, we are fortunate to get paid for our internships while gaining great experience.  Having an internship actually let’s us apply some of our classes to real world applications – but you probably already know that.  Here’s all the steps I have taken to procure internships and what worked for me.
1.) Go [...]

July 8, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Career, College  No Comments

Web 2.0 vs Money: Where is the future of internet business?

The increasing trend in webbased businesses seems to point towards offering pretty much everything free.  Certainly, it has benefited those of us who need those free things (I’m using WordPress which, of course, is free) and enjoy the freedom of open source software.   This has unsurprisingly changed the way some companies do business but [...]

July 7, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Career, Technology  No Comments