I will be heading back to the US at the end of next week. I’ll be in Chicago/Evanston to do some work at the home campus for a week, and then I am off to Vegas for NAB. Should be a fun little trip. I’ll get a chance to see Joy and family. Might even [...]
We had the big inaugural ceremony tonight for Northwestern University in Qatar. It was a very good night. A lot of the higher ups talked about the partnership between NU and the Qatar Foundation. Seems like a really good fit from both sides. Seems like everyone, especially the students, win on this one. There were [...]
Went out on a Dhow tonight. That is what they call the traditional wooden fishing boats that are docked at on the Corniche. The higher-ups from the main campus are over here for the inaugural ceremony tomorrow. It was a beautiful night. There was a pretty stiff breeze, but it wasn’t too cold. There were [...]
We had a couple of visitors to the school this week. They both came and talked to the students. First one was Thomas Hoegh. He runs Arts Alliance, a venture capitalist company. He is also an alum of Northwestern. He came to talk about his new movie, id – Identity of the Soul. The movie [...]
Congress passed a bill that makes March 14 official pi day. That is pi – as in the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle. Makes sense since it is 3.14 on the calendar at least in the US. Just makes me want some pie. Mmmm.
Hello everyone. I just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thursday. Probably doesn’t mean much to the folks in the States, but over here in Doha the week ends on Thursday so now it is time to relax. Had a pretty busy week with lots of late nights. I am glad that it is [...]