I’ll be covering what helped me be successful at Clarkson as a student and how I prepared myself for life after Clarkson. I’ll also address my current position at the Brooklyn Digital Foundry and my role in developing the New York Digital District.

I would then like to open the discussion up to the students and talk about what they’re working on, what they’d like to be working on, technology in general, and answer any questions about skills needed for the working world or any other questions they may have.

Are you a student at Clarkson? Will you be attending this Friday? Do you have questions you’d like to submit ahead of time? Using the form below, please submit any questions you may have in advance and I’ll work them into my talk if possible. And of course there will be time for an open Q&A at the end.

Also, if you have projects that you’d like to show off after the talk, please do so!

See you Friday!

Thanks Apple.

]]> http://www.chrisfohlin.net/2010/09/08/itunes-10-adds-better-iphone-sync-feedback/feed/ 0 http://www.chrisfohlin.net/2010/08/29/my-first-appearance-on-swiss-miss-via-creative-mornings/ http://www.chrisfohlin.net/2010/08/29/my-first-appearance-on-swiss-miss-via-creative-mornings/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:41:23 +0000 cfohlin http://www.chrisfohlin.net/?p=554 Continue reading →]]> On Friday I attended my first Creative Mornings, a monthly thought-provoking networking event at rotating locations throughout New York City, brought to you by Swiss Miss.

The event begins at 8:30am with 30 minutes of networking and enjoying the free breakfast provided. At 9:00am the event’s selected speaker gives about a 20-minute discussion followed by a 20-minute Q&A session. To wrap everything up there’s about 20 more minutes of mulling about with those in attendance.

This month’s event was held at Galapagos Art Space in the New York Digital District. The speaker on hand was Rachel Sussman who just gave a talk at TED Global and was on hand to talk about her current project, to identify, find, and photograph the oldest living things in the world. Rachel gave a great overview of the items she’s been photographing and then took a series of questions to wrap things up. Breakfast was sponsored by the main Creative Mornings sponsor MailChimp and the month’s co-sponsor Edition29.

Each event features name tags for guests with a space for one’s Twitter handle and an answer to the event’s “icebreaker question.” This month’s question was “What do you predict will be our biggest advancement in the year 4,000?” All name tags were photographed and placed on Flickr while some, including mine (I missed a button), were featured on the Creative Mornings website.

I’m already looking forward to the September event featuring Steven Heller and hopefully hosted close enough for me to attend before work.

The fast ferry catamaran started bounding over a few swells as the waves seemingly harmlessly washed onto the deck of the bow. Eventually we hit a swell just right as a wave came over the bow, dislodged two life jacket bins, several bicycles, and blew out one of the front windows of the first floor. One half-inch thick window shattered yielding screams and a wave of water into the interior of the boat.

One row of seats is directly below the front windows, backs facing the windows. There are then three rows of seats immediately facing the windows. All people in those four rows were hit with water and shards of glass. I was sitting eight rows back along the port side of the boat and quickly reached for my bags. Confused as to what exactly happened, I thought that we might be taking on water bow-first and that we’d have to evacuate so I dropped my bags. The true situation (one rogue wave) quickly became apparent so I got my bags up off of the floor as an inch deep wave of water quickly made its way towards the back of the boat, soaking my sandals.

People scurried towards the back of the boat as some rushed to help. Some passed me with cuts on their foreheads or arms from the shattered glass which covered the floor. The life jacket bins could be found off to the right side of the bow, clearly tossed from where they once were at the front of the boat.

The Seastreak crew moved swiftly to assist, especially anyone who was injured. Being close to Connecticut we made our way to the New London, CT harbor to dock, unload injured passengers to waiting ambulances, and transfered to the Seastreak Wall Street which took us the rest of the way to Manhattan.

My girlfriend and I, along with a few others, had our bicycles severely damaged in the accident (see photos) as they were dislodged from where they were secured on front deck. The Seastreak crew quickly assured us that anyone who had anything lost or damaged (bicycles, electronics, etc.) would properly be reimbursed.

The Seastreak crew was very attentive and helpful. At least one man was escorted off the boat on a stretcher with apparent cuts as his clothes were bloodied. Ambulances and fire department vehicles were ready and waiting at New London harbor and the transition to the new vessel went smoothly. While some passengers opted to find other means of transportation, I’d say that the majority of people continued on the new boat provided.

Whether or not it was appropriate to have embarked on the trip is in question. Steamship Authority service was interrupted Sunday evening due to weather conditions. We left New London under a heavy rain and wind but the remainder of the trip was smooth although we were in the protected waters of the Long Island Sound.

Photos of the event.

UPDATE: Coverage by the MV Times and Vineyard Gazette.

Over 60 digital agencies –  many competing on a professional level – have vested their interest and unified to establish the New York Digital District (NYDD) to promote this dynamic area’s ability to satisfy a vast array of technology and web-based needs for brands and companies. The beacon of the NYDD will attract talent, clients, and recognition of the area’s present accomplishment and future potential.

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What web application do you prefer for file sharing and more specifically resume sharing? Share in the comments below.