tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post1053658982298685296..comments2024-03-28T12:31:21.785-07:00Comments on SearchReSearch: "You want to do what??" A commencement address for the I-school at the University of Maryland (2017)Dan Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13603209997260423532noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-26510748509181990552021-03-03T14:34:20.628-08:002021-03-03T14:34:20.628-08:00It's impossible to give a commencement speech ...It's impossible to give a commencement speech without it being cliche. The advice that you passed on, however, was well worth the readthrough and I imagine will at least impact a few people who were listening. <br /><br />I often find myself self-evaluating, trying to recognize what is only in my life to distract me. I always find it difficult with the constant fight for my attention to stay focused on what I actually care about. Also I couldn't agree more with welcoming a constant state of learning, it is a big part of how I live my life and part of the reason why I think I am so optimistic.<br /><br />Anyways, I'm really enjoying reading through your entries!Matthew Foulkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686597259713481351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-42373677238850260792017-06-25T17:32:12.240-07:002017-06-25T17:32:12.240-07:00I'm sorry that while you were in the area agai...I'm sorry that while you were in the area again we couldn't have a meetup like the one we enjoyed three and a half years ago. In any case, I hope we can meet up again the next time you're anywhere near DC!Jeffrey Deutschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06172878562747561620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-25556441666154196992017-06-23T14:22:18.581-07:002017-06-23T14:22:18.581-07:00Great speech. Here's one from New Zealand that...Great speech. Here's one from New Zealand that is a little different https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7kbakbqKr0<br />Transacript here: http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleId=8636<br />Pamikijibikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283403889630069456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-60946185211260743782017-06-23T10:49:10.175-07:002017-06-23T10:49:10.175-07:00A very nice commencement speech, Dr Russell. Thank...A very nice commencement speech, Dr Russell. Thank you for sharing it.<br /><br />There's a lot in your background story which I can easily relate to. I too come from a single income working class family where my parents had to work hard to make ends meet. I too was the first one in my family to graduate from university with first a Master's degree and later a PhD.<br /><br />When I graduated from university close to 30 years ago, the commencement speech was basically about how we should continue to work hard, adhere to traditional values and stick to our chosen or least designated path.<br /><br />I quickly learned, however, that much of this stereotype advice had little to do with real life and the future about to take its course.<br /><br />Long before my graduation day, Paul Valéry had already concluded that “The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. ” Still true when I got my degree and, of course, still true today. <br />And yes, "We are living in the best and worst of times", "your only true limit is your imagination", "Follow your passion (No! If anything related to "passion", create it. Don't subscribe to just following)", etc., etc. <br />And so on and so on just to repeat myself and to avoid more of these senseless and no-brain pieces of feel-good advice because graduation day is a happy day and hence it is okay to polish everything beyond recognition and the reality the new graduates are about to face. In other words, I fully agree with you to skip this kind of it's-just-my-mouth-running-over-but-I-mean-well talk.<br /><br />However, I am not so sure I agree with you when you talk about designing your life. Or, actually, I do because I know what you mean. It's just I am not so sure that young graduates understand designing the way you (and I) read it. The graduates I know (I am Scandinavian, now doing a life and work stint in Nordirland after nearly a decade in China, to which country I'll return later this summer) are already, for good and for worse, designing their life, i.e. painting a picture of the life they desire using their preferred online medium be it Instagram, Facebook etc. in this part of the world (UK) or in China QQ, Wechat, Meituan etc. This is what they want - and this is what their peers do as well - and well, maybe we get there or maybe we don't. But it is a nice picture and a nice dream nonetheless.<br />But maybe American students are different. I have taught American students in Europe (before the heydays of the internet) but never in America.<br /><br />Instead, when I am the one doing a commencement speech, I prefer to give some - hopefully solid - advice on how to untangle your life and how to deal with adversity and life treating you badly. Because it will and if that is not incorporated in how you design (or, as I prefer it, untangle) your life, you're going to be in (deep) trouble. "Everybody has a plan till he gets punched in the face" as Mike Tyson once said.<br /><br />So true and then what? But that is a different commencement speech.<br /><br />Just my 2 cents. Thanks again. Enjoyed reading your speech.<br /><br />Cheerio from beautiful Northern Ireland<br /><br />Dr. Joergensen / 林博士Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960695631043836500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-37829289717052084542017-06-23T10:47:35.474-07:002017-06-23T10:47:35.474-07:00A very nice commencement speech, Dr Russell. Thank...A very nice commencement speech, Dr Russell. Thank you for sharing it.<br /><br />There's a lot in your background story which I can easily relate to. I too come from a single income working class family where my parents had to work hard to make ends meet. I too was the first one in my family to graduate from university with first a Master's degree and later a PhD.<br /><br />When I graduated from university close to 30 years ago, the commencement speech was basically about how we should continue to work hard, adhere to traditional values and stick to our chosen or least designated path.<br /><br />I quickly learned, however, that much of this stereotype advice had little to do with real life and the future about to take its course.<br /><br />Long before my graduation day, Paul Valéry had already concluded that “The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. ” Still true when I got my degree and, of course, still true today. <br />And yes, "We are living in the best and worst of times", "your only true limit is your imagination", "Follow your passion (No! If anything related to "passion", create it. Don't subscribe to just following)", etc., etc. <br />And so on and so on just to repeat myself and to avoid more of these senseless and no-brain pieces of feel-good advice because graduation day is a happy day and hence it is okay to polish everything beyond recognition and the reality the new graduates are about to face. In other words, I fully agree with you to skip this kind of it's-just-my-mouth-running-over-but-I-mean-well talk.<br /><br />However, I am not so sure I agree with you when you talk about designing your life. Or, actually, I do because I know what you mean. It's just I am not so sure that young graduates understand designing the way you (and I) read it. The graduates I know (I am Scandinavian, now doing a life and work stint in Nordirland after nearly a decade in China, to which country I'll return later this summer) are already, for good and for worse, designing their life, i.e. painting a picture of the life they desire using their preferred online medium be it Instagram, Facebook etc. in this part of the world (UK) or in China QQ, Wechat, Meituan etc. This is what they want - and this is what their peers do as well - and well, maybe we get there or maybe we don't. But it is a nice picture and a nice dream nonetheless.<br />But maybe American students are different. I have taught American students in Europe (before the heydays of the internet) but never in America.<br /><br />Instead, when I am the one doing a commencement speech, I prefer to give some - hopefully solid - advice on how to untangle your life and how to deal with adversity and life treating you badly. Because it will and if that is not incorporated in how you design (or, as I prefer it, untangle) your life, you're going to be in (deep) trouble. "Everybody has a plan till he gets punched in the face" as Mike Tyson once said.<br /><br />So true and then what? But that is a different commencement speech.<br /><br />Just my 2 cents. Thanks again. Enjoyed reading your speech.<br /><br />Cheerio from beautiful Northern Ireland<br /><br />Dr. Joergensen / 林博士Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17960695631043836500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-21766985766807668152017-06-23T10:21:22.334-07:002017-06-23T10:21:22.334-07:00Dan great speech! Was very interesting reading and...Dan great speech! Was very interesting reading and listening about your experiences growing up. Hope libraries were also part of that learning experience! <br />My husband, had a saying that when giving speeches if you have a choice between being brilliant or being brief to be brief! I think you nailed both! Debra Gottslebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08074610468240387547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-67378124078142209062017-06-22T20:42:43.140-07:002017-06-22T20:42:43.140-07:00… give it a chance - like the sandwich, it grows o...… give it a chance - like the sandwich, it grows on you…<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/p8vthVG_87Q" rel="nofollow">Z-FLO & Profa-C</a><br /><a href="http://writingexplained.org/catsup-vs-ketchup-difference" rel="nofollow">Cat v Ket</a><br /><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/29649/whats-difference-between-ketchup-and-catsup" rel="nofollow">back in 1727: anchovies, shallots, vinegar, white wine, cloves, ginger, mace, nutmeg, pepper and lemon peel.</a><br /><a href="http://thetransientway.blogspot.com/2011/12/recipe-fried-ketchup-sandwiches.html" rel="nofollow">the fried way</a><br /><a href="http://www.food.com/recipe/ketchup-toast-179086" rel="nofollow">…and I had to g o o g l e this…</a><br /><a href="https://www.tarladalal.com/Chutney-and-Ketchup-Sandwiches-15143r" rel="nofollow">more exotic</a><br /><a href="http://www.davidlebovitz.com/ketchup-cookies/" rel="nofollow">what Dan might have in Paris now, his tastes have evolved… (this recipe is more complicated & complex)</a><br />anyway, thanks Dan… would have never searched for any of this without your story…<br />a little audio background for search time…<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/tqTsj48-p1s" rel="nofollow">bonus tunes — <i>"it's a short time here and a long time gone…"</i></a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/9zp_kAMw8cs" rel="nofollow">speaking of last century L.A. & TX bluegrass</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/sa7EkXpy8jE" rel="nofollow">L.A. Freeway</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/TQF5CXV9cos" rel="nofollow">Freeway</a><br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/DOkAaOTXmTI" rel="nofollow">Cupertino</a><br /><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/22/15857424/chicago-apple-store-macbook-roof" rel="nofollow">Chicago… not the southside</a><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/7-m_w3Tgse8" rel="nofollow"> Southside </a><br /><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obamalibrary/ct-obama-center-public-meeting-0622-20170622-story.html" rel="nofollow">southside… 1.5 billion has been tossed out</a><br /><a href="http://twbta.com/3031" rel="nofollow">twbta</a><br /><a href="http://twbta.com/9090" rel="nofollow">"Over time our vision is (slowly) improving."</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-18302691092091691482017-06-22T17:09:48.343-07:002017-06-22T17:09:48.343-07:00Dan,
Loved the speech.
I found when booking, pag...Dan,<br /><br />Loved the speech.<br /><br />I found when booking, paging, and sorting thru life, my knowledge as a Sorting Machine operator was useful, anyway. (As I did that dull course on Mathematical Logic). But I didn't know your background before UCI. <br /><br />https://davidmarkkeirsey.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/booking-thru-life/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709081952722093058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-40615088527901490512017-06-22T16:57:56.867-07:002017-06-22T16:57:56.867-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08709081952722093058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-42089881916779021032017-06-22T14:35:05.885-07:002017-06-22T14:35:05.885-07:00"You did what?!‽"
$100k for a piece of ...<i><b>"You did what?!‽"</b></i> <br />$100k for a piece of parchment from a moose & a squirrel… <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ycljzfuc" rel="nofollow">$ERP</a> (OK, may have low-balled that #…)<br />… now I see why you were talking about that "other" university recently… (all submitted in a good-natured spirit)<br />Dan, it was a good statement to the Maryland students, but…<br />•<a href="http://imgur.com/a/rAqhX" rel="nofollow">the commencement address is the 'punched card' of the university experience… which is its own 'punch drunk card' in many ways… ;-P</a><br />•<a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/" rel="nofollow">The IBM Punched Card… among the 100</a><br />•<a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=OWM" rel="nofollow">OWM - a commencement pitfall </a><br />•<a href="http://ds-wordpress.haverford.edu/bitbybit/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Chapter_3-76.jpg" rel="nofollow">scientific american</a><br />•<a href="http://68.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lro9gktw0G1qbl0k8o1_1280.jpg" rel="nofollow">will any of the grads be spaceship painters?</a><br /><br />no doubt much has changed in Cupertino, but I had to check possible back routes…<br />•<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/RVa63URuyLp" rel="nofollow">any of these 3 STOP signs?</a><br />or<br />•<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/mmtajq7qBMr" rel="nofollow">off Larry Way?</a><br />•<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/dw98H6HD6qj" rel="nofollow">6 IL</a>remmijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985809654574916217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953008377950396317.post-2547486714112728702017-06-22T06:09:16.950-07:002017-06-22T06:09:16.950-07:00Thanks, Dr. Russell. It is great and as you say it...Thanks, Dr. Russell. It is great and as you say it works for all.<br /><br />I wanted to hear it if possible so [you want to do what commencement university of Maryland] --- Videos---Search Tools---Last month and here it is. <br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/wje_1Loj2WM?t=630" rel="nofollow">Dr. Russell's part at Maryland's iSchool Spring 2017 Commencement Ceremony</a><br /><br />Thanks for sharing, Dr. Russell<br /><br />Ramon Gonzalezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129830563029534511noreply@blogger.com