Basic Info
- Education:
Harvard Graduate School of Education: Ed.M., Technology, Innovation, and Education Program '07
Pomona College: BA in Philosophy, '01
- Current Job: Harvard Business School: Manager, Technology and Operations, MBA Admissions
- Home town: Santa Barbara, CA
- Loves: Making things (clothing, boats, food, computers, artwork). If it's possible to make, I'd almost certainly love to try it. I love being outdoors, and therefore have just purchased a home in the middle of a national forest. I also watch lots of movies, and like to mock reality TV, but secretly enjoy it.
I moved to Boston after college to see the world and to get some time in New England winters. While here I've been lucky enough to have the opportunity to become steeped in Harvard culture, from both the administrative and student sides.
Current Thoughts
I've been thinking about ways that people get the information they need to accomplish their goals. I've come up with three general times when information is problematic during goal-driven enterprises:
- Finding information one wants in the first place: there may be a lack of necessary training on research methods, e.g., getting access to archives in Greece, or knowing how to effectively use search fuctionality in Google.
- Dealing with information one already has: the information collected is often chaotically organized or overwhelming. Common problems I have encountered are trouble categorizing information or accessing it in a timely way, lack of useful reporting, and discarding things that are not seen as immediately valuable.
- Assessing achievement of goals: it seems that people usually take a lot of time to design a plan of attack, but don't take the time to determine if the intended effects were the actual effects.
These problems can be daunting, but for most instances, only take recognition of the problem and some thoughtful analysis of the issue to avoid.
Projects for Past Classes
Small Steps - a website about a Public Service Campaign indended to increase the incidence of healthy choices (exercise and eating) in families with children (made for HT-500 along with Andrew Mandel, TIE '05)
Mr. Nice Spy (.ppt, 4.01MB) - a PowerPoint-based prototype of a pro-social game (make for T-522 along with Jason Haas, TIE '06)
Please let me know if you have any feedback for Mr. Nice Spy!