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hey hey! finally i can muster up enough motivation to post something! and i want to change this world...pffff. Go find a new ruler..oh people of earth, i am not worthy. Leave me to my hypothetical mangoes.
So i decided to miss a few days of school to attend the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference. the first day was quite fun...the IBM workshop wasn't too good (in nerd language: it was like O(n^n) ).. altho i liked the open-source Eclipse tool they were teaching us....i was way to sleepy and i was bitter from not getting the Alias 3-D animation workshop. *shakes fist*
The keynote speeches were from a RIM and then a Bell guy. Both where quite interesting. RIM spoke about the constraints of wireless tech and how it will move forward...Bell was more about the future merging of wireless broadband and digitization of society..and how everything will change significantlly due to innovation in these industries.
Then there was a speaker on Autonomous Computing (IBM). Interesting concept, especially a chip that can burn circuits ON THE FLY depending on the environment. Amazing. The presentation was a little dry, should've made it more flashy for us people who like shiny things.
There was a talk show format event called TechShow. By far the funnest part of the day. A Microsoft guy came and showed us new n cool gadgets. No IPOD ofcourse. Michael Furdyk gave us a motivational speech (see: www.talkingITglobal.com). I loved the part where he said "Oprah is mean". I think i'll be an entrepreneur ....it would be nice to have creative control and the flexibility to take on projects the interest me..and actually make a measureable difference.
The next couple of days were awesome as well. Learnt about nanotech, renewable energy, efficient housing..mingled with employees of Microsoft, RIM, Business Objects, Redknee, Nortel among other hi-tech companies. Amazon and WhiteHat gave the remaining keynote speeches..both quite insightful.
The good thing about CUTC was that I got a better understanding of what Systems Design is all about. Its about being the broker of an interdisciplinary team working on a project..its about bringing a whole world optimization to a group that has isolated individuals making small optimizations.
So i decided to miss a few days of school to attend the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference. the first day was quite fun...the IBM workshop wasn't too good (in nerd language: it was like O(n^n) ).. altho i liked the open-source Eclipse tool they were teaching us....i was way to sleepy and i was bitter from not getting the Alias 3-D animation workshop. *shakes fist*
The keynote speeches were from a RIM and then a Bell guy. Both where quite interesting. RIM spoke about the constraints of wireless tech and how it will move forward...Bell was more about the future merging of wireless broadband and digitization of society..and how everything will change significantlly due to innovation in these industries.
Then there was a speaker on Autonomous Computing (IBM). Interesting concept, especially a chip that can burn circuits ON THE FLY depending on the environment. Amazing. The presentation was a little dry, should've made it more flashy for us people who like shiny things.
There was a talk show format event called TechShow. By far the funnest part of the day. A Microsoft guy came and showed us new n cool gadgets. No IPOD ofcourse. Michael Furdyk gave us a motivational speech (see: www.talkingITglobal.com). I loved the part where he said "Oprah is mean". I think i'll be an entrepreneur ....it would be nice to have creative control and the flexibility to take on projects the interest me..and actually make a measureable difference.
The next couple of days were awesome as well. Learnt about nanotech, renewable energy, efficient housing..mingled with employees of Microsoft, RIM, Business Objects, Redknee, Nortel among other hi-tech companies. Amazon and WhiteHat gave the remaining keynote speeches..both quite insightful.
The good thing about CUTC was that I got a better understanding of what Systems Design is all about. Its about being the broker of an interdisciplinary team working on a project..its about bringing a whole world optimization to a group that has isolated individuals making small optimizations.
posted by fahd | 10:49 PM
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Haha. Why is this dated the 20th?
cause i started writing on the 20th...didn't get to finish it...saved it as draft..came back and edited it..and didn't change the day.
does that satisfy you?
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