Monthly Archives: March 2009

How to Honor the Memory and Celebrate the Memory of Jack Schwartz by Using LinkedIn

When first published, this post proposed a usage of LinkedIN related to Jack.
Several close friends and colleagues commented that this was inappropriate.
.
They were completely right, and I apologize for any discomfort I may have caused.
The project is hereby terminated.

Seeking loan of volumes 1-3 of Dunford and Schwartz

I would consider it a great personal favor if someone could loan me a copy of Volumes 1-3 of Dunford and Schwartz. I am currently unemployed, and just learned that each volume costs about one hundred dollars, even for a used copy.
I request this so I can provide some instruction in mathematics to Jack’s two [...]

An authoritative opinion that Lorgaine v. Merkel is not an opinion as authoritative as some would have it

Though I’ve been told I am a purveyor of great authority.

Some are born Twitters, some achieve Twitness, and some have Twitness thrust upon them

My first post on my neologism TWIT — The Wayward Internet Technologists — took as its title one of the Bard’s most quoted phrases:

Some are born TWIT’s, some achieve TWITness, and some have TWITness thrust upon ‘em

It remains an open question whether my creation of this neologism explains how twitter.com got its name, but that [...]

My Reply To Sandy Carter’s Great Tweet

I have just posted the following tweet in reply

@sandy_carter http://bit.ly/great-tweet

The Best Tweet I Have Ever Seen

Here is by far the best tweet I have seen to date:

sandy_carter: First 5 to register 4 #ibmimpact by 3/31 & get 1-1 w/Jerry Cuomo!Email conf 2 scarter@us.ibm.com. http://tinyurl.com/978hy6

I have never seen so much information so concisely expressed. Not one wasted character!
Moreover, though the tweet is accessible to all, you have to be quite knowledgeable [...]

Dave Shields’s New Job: Under Assistant East Coast Library Man at the Jacob T. Schwartz Memorial Library

I have a new job. It is a volunteer position, so I will be doing it on my own time and on my own dime.
I am the first Under Assistant East Coast Library Man of the Jacob T. “Jack” Schwartz Memorial Library.
I’ll keep you posted, so you can check us out.

Well I’m waiting [...]

Announcing the Jacob T. “Jack” Schwartz Memorial Library

Jack Schwartz spent his life showing by example that the best way to learn about something is to try to do it, particularly if you do not have any skill, just an interest.
So I am going to become a librarian. I am also going to try to build a library, to honor Jack’s memory and [...]

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