Not sure if this will be a regular thing, so I don’t know if this qualifies as a Tuesday Tip, but it’s Tuesday, and I’ve been finding out things about Gmail lately. Specifically, at NYU I’ve made an email ticketing system using Google Apps Script and have discovered what is kind of an annoying quirk… Continue reading Tuesday Tip? (Or, How Gmail is annoying)
Category: Writing
Chegg ditches books (or at least, sending them)
This is old news (well, from last week), but I didn’t see it while I was in San Francisco for interviews. Chegg, the company that made its name buying and selling textbooks, is offloading the actual warehousing and shipping of books to the Ingram Content Group. I suppose it make sense, but I’ve still been… Continue reading Chegg ditches books (or at least, sending them)
An Oregonian Gets It
Nick Kristof has a great piece this week in the Times about poverty and empathy in America (Is a Hard Life Inherited?). I’m probably a little biased toward Kristof’s writing because he is, like me, from Oregon, but I do think that he does an excellent job of bringing attention to overlooked social and economic… Continue reading An Oregonian Gets It
Edtech gaps
My recent job search has been interesting. I’m moving from working in a tech/data position in higher ed (at NYU) and hunting in edtech. It’s been awesome so far – I’m getting great reception in the Bay Area, and it seems like there is a great new edtech company every day. But I feel like… Continue reading Edtech gaps
Learning to Code in 2014
I’ve recently given notice at my job (to move to the Bay Area), and the process of wrapping up in New York has given me the chance to reflect on a lot of skills I’ve learned in the past few years. One thing that’s been really amazing is learning how to code, which has changed… Continue reading Learning to Code in 2014
Excel F-1 Work Authorization Calculator
I made this a long time ago, but it completely slipped my mind to post it until recently. This workbook is an Excel version I made for my office at NYU of the online work authorization calculator that I posted earlier.
The idea is the same: enter a student’s previous work authorization to see how much optional practical training (OPT) is remaining. If you enter the student’s completion date, it will tell you when the student can apply for (and use) post-completion OPT. To use it, you’ll need to download the workbook and enable content and macros.
As always, feedback is welcome.
Sharing limited data without sharing the whole spreadsheet
Recently a friend asked me how he could share some data that he was working on with colleagues. The problem is that he can’t share the entire spreadsheet. My suggestion is to use Google Sheets and the ImportRange function to share limited ranges with another spreadsheet. What’s great about this method is that you can… Continue reading Sharing limited data without sharing the whole spreadsheet