What’s happening this semester
31-Oct-09
The semesterly “classes I am taking” post:
Networked Cities (Architecture, Urban Planning) with Malcom McCullough, on digital urban infrastructure and the like. Asking how we interact with the city in a networked world.
EECS 281 – Data Structures and Algorithms. Basic sorting tools, heaps, parsing, so on. Lots of fun, but they’re not teaching us automated testing in C++, which makes the whole thing a bit more of an adventure than I’d like.
SI 648, InfoCulture, a theory & methods class with Steve Jackson. “Explores key theoretical and methodological concerns in the history and sociology of information technology.” Great readings across a wide range of disciplines.
A senior research seminar in the Residential College with Charlie Bright; meeting once a week for a couple hours with others working on senior projects for the Social Theory & Practice concentration. I’m looking at new technologies and changing conceptions of local democracy and participation; more on that later.
Working on new tools for Residential College admissions and admin. Trying to get the online ship squared away for the next person when I bail for Semester in Detroit in January.
Helping coordinate a set of student groups at the Residential College; if you’re interested in: health, sexuality, sustainability, books & libraries, urban issues, Detroit, film, or community art, do get in touch. Lots of other little projects, like feeding a2docs, continue.