April 5, 2010
Posted by Sam Jackson
Things are still very sad here at Yale, but I went home for the weekend and went to Passover seder and spent time with my family, walked my dog in the woods, and all of that helped. So let me try to move on with something new here, also. I heard about Wordle when it [...]
October 17, 2009
Posted by Sam Jackson
Hey everyone - as has happened in the past, my site was recently hacked! : ( This doesn't seem to be the same thing that happened last winter, but is rather just some strange little exploit that allowed someone to insert some evil javascript into some wordpress files. It only affected www.samjackson.org/college, not any other [...]
July 14, 2009
Posted by Sam Jackson
Hey everyone, as is readily apparent, I haven't made very many updates this summer. I've been having a pretty good time in San Francisco with Google, and will try to share some photos of non-confidential fun. In the meanwhile, in the interests of testing out my employer's neat products, here is a Google Voice call [...]
March 4, 2009
Posted by Sam Jackson
43 Folders is one of my favorite "productivity" sites on the web - unlike many of the others, it's somewhere I can go and know that I can actually learn something about how to use my time / life / neurons more efficiently and more happily. I was reading the other week a post by [...]
April 25, 2008
Posted by Sam Jackson
Though we have seen college blog networks come and go over the last few years, there is one especially promising network on my radar that I thought I would share with everyone today. The College Blog Network is a recent entry to the scene but more blogs join daily. It's intended to facilitate communication between [...]
I'm currently a rising senior at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale. Click here to read my extended 'about' page.I'm currently a junior at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale. I just got back from studying abroad at Peking University this past Fall 2009 in Beijing, China! Click here to read my 'about' page.