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Jul 24, 2019

Introducing WingNotes, a Note-taking App Designed for Studying

Taking notes is an important way for people to record information they want to retain. And many tools have been built to address many note-taking use-cases such as todo lists, team-wide knowledge-bases, or general-purpose notes. But finding the right tool to visually organize study content remains quite an elusive task…

Notetaking

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Apr 6, 2015

Dear President Reif, Don’t Fuck Up the Culture.

Part III: It’s your job. — As a leader in your position, you have huge responsibilities to take care of. You are the head of a multi-billion dollar company. You have multiple departments, committees, faculty, and board members vying for your attention and time. …

MIT

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Dear President Reif, Don’t Fuck Up the Culture. Part III.

Apr 6, 2015

Dear President Reif, Don’t Fuck Up the Culture.

Part II: On Reality. — I wanted to comment on some realities that often go missed and without thought: Corporatization MIT is a company. It has a board, it has a CEO (ie. you), it has VPs, it has paying customers (students, government, etc), it has multiple ‘products’ (students, research), it receives a substantial amount of…

MIT

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Dear President Reif, Don’t Fuck Up the Culture. Part II.

Apr 6, 2015

Dear President Reif, Don’t Fuck Up the Culture.

Part I: Being Candid. — Before you entered your presidency in May of 2012, you urged the community to be candid with you. You encouraged us to speak with you frankly, even if it’s not what you want to hear. …

MIT

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Dear President Reif, Don’t Fuck Up the Culture. Part I.

Aug 6, 2014

Explore the World You Don’t Live In

A belated travel blog About a year ago today, I was on the beaches of Bali, 8,699 miles away from home. I had traveled more than 13,000 miles through Europe to get to Southeast Asia and I still had another 12,000 or so miles left in my journey. At the age…

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