Fall 2007

In addition to working on video tags, I completed the document that details how to implement new kinds of content for PlanetTeach. I also created a copy of the code for Luke and Bethany, but since Thursday I haven't done much due to a med school interview.

As with everyone else, the push last week made me work a lot harder this week in other classes, so I haven't done a whole lot this week. Hopefully this was reflected in the milestones you assigned yourselves; being realistic and finishing all of your milestone is better than swamping yourself, getting very little done, and going crazy.

Also, preparing for the medical school interview took time away from work.

I've caught up in a lot of my classes, so this next week can again be a strong push to get things done. I also plan on getting lots of work done during Thanksgiving. Although tryptophan always seems to put an end to that...:-P

The backend team is virtually done. And from what I hear, search and relationships are also very close. I think this is extremely important as the last push (and the one that will improve the site itself by leaps and bounds) is to make the UI awesome. Right now it's just Sohum, Yuan and me and we cannot keep up. So I think we agreed this week that we will soon assign more people to UI.

This week we all seemed to slow down a lot. At the class meetings everyone seemed tired or out of it, and its understandable since we had a hard week.

Our group leader meeting was also very unproductive. It honestly seems as if last week burned us out and we're trudging along now. I really hope this changes soon or we may need the Thanksgiving break to get back on track.

Consider that another angle is planning for these weeks rather than letting them happen. It's best to avoid lacks of productivity, but when you can't, they should be handled elegantly. --Chelsea