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iPhone App Development Classes

My latest iPhone/iPod touch app, Whiteboard Lite, is now available in the iTunes App Store. This semester, I’m a Lab Assistant (also sometimes called a Teaching Assistant or TA) for the new ITP 499 iPhone App Development class here at USC (the University of Southern California). The most well-known iPhone App Dev class done so…Continue Reading…

The two parties don’t differ on the economy

Ralph Nader visited USC today. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it, but I hope someone got it on video and will post it. I’ll ask some friends about it sometime :) Here’s a letter by Ron Paul which again reminds me why I want to vote for a third-party candidate. September 27, 2008 Disaster is About…Continue Reading…

USC in the 2008 Olympics

I ran into a thread called USC olympics at CollegeConfidential.com. I didn’t verify these facts, but they’re probably right: USC senior Rebecca Soni beat world record holder Australian Leisel Jones to win the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke. To achieve this upset, she marked a time of 2:20.22. Trojans Erik Vendt and Klete Keller,…Continue Reading…

USC Top Ten Professors and Book List

Some time ago, USC removed the list of Top Ten Professors from the Senate Course Guide. It’s old, biased, and unfair, but I’ve archived it here anyway. (Update [2012] : Archive is gone, but it was previously located at /saved/USC-Top-Ten-Professors.htm )

Google Bus to take Road Trip to USC

Google is doing a Road Trip to showcase some of the universities using Google Apps. And guess which school is first on the list? That’s right: the University of Southern California. They announced the trip in this post. See the route: Google Road Trip: App to School. They’ll be at ‘SC on 9/9/2008.

USC Blackboard Policy: Student access to old courses is being removed

One of the things I really liked about Blackboard was the fact that course materials from old courses were still available there. Unfortunately, this is being removed on September 1, 2008. Unavailable Courses A new policy has been instated by ITS Blackboard Administration and the Blackboard Advisory Committee that courses should only be available to…Continue Reading…