It has been almost an entire year since my last post. I like to think that during that time I have been taking advantage of the flexible schedule and life that grad school offers to do exciting things.  Here is a sample of some of the things that I did last year. Posts expanding on some of these are in the works…

Things that kept Jon from blogging in 2008-2009:

1. Classes
- Took that sweet class on mobile development in the fall
- Took no classes(!) during the spring term. The first time in my life that I have not been taking classes…

2. Trips
- Went to San Francisco, presented a poster.
- Went to San Francisco again, gave a talk.
- Went to San Francisco again, ate a lot of kettle corn.
— Here I am eating kettle corn in San Francisco ——>
- Went to Hawaii
- Went to Florida for New Year’s, played golf.

3. Concerts
- Went to a few concerts.
- Went to a Styx (my favorite band) concert.
- Participated in the MIT Logarhythms 60th anniversary concert. - Logs from the entire 60 year history of the Logs came back and sang together.

4. Passed the RQE!

5. Got older, had a birthday party.

6. Gave a talk at a conference.

7. Competed in the USAV National Volleyball Tournament.
- Here is a picture of the court setup at the tournament.

8. Grew a beard.

Oh yeah, I did some research, too.