So, I have been hinting at a project I have been working on for the past week and it is time to announce it to the whole wide world. I am happy to inform everyone that the Young Entrepreneurs Society has its own website - gtyes.org

This is just iteration one and a lot more improvements are coming over the summer but the important facts are there. Check it out and give me some feedback.

The Mashable/Regator mixer on Thursday is probably one of the best parties of the year. A lot of nice as well as new people in a fun and relaxed environment. And not to mention the great after party.

I was very happy to meet a lot of new people including but not limited to Courtenay Bird, Russell jurney, Chris Morrell and of course the entire gang from Mashable. I also got the time to catch up with people I had met earlier that week at the StartupChicks afterparty (Yup! I actually got invited as a Friend of Chicks) such as Jen Bonnett, Shannon Hubbell, Celia Dyer and Kristin Colier among others. I was also glad to meet some people after a pretty long hiatus including Sig Mosley, Tim Dorr and Jason Ardell. Not a list of everyone I met, but not intended to be one.

Anyways, I made a small video of the highlights of the night. check it out below. The last clip is probably the best, #courtenaybot accepting that she might be a robot.

It has been nearly a month since my last post and I must say I am disappointed with myself for the long lapse. What with finals, followed by trying to learn 2 programming languages and another project I've been working on (will elaborate more in another post on Monday when its finished), blogging has not seem to have been on top of my list. But to make up for it, I will be extreme blogging for the near future - not that I have a lot of free time, I just have a lot to say.

Updated summer plans

Following my usual policy of make a plan so you have something to change later, my summer plans have been heavily revamped from the post a couple months back. I will be working this summer, not taking any classes and will be doing everything possible to make YES a success once again.

On Monday, I will start work for the College of Computing where I will be setting up some computer labs with Chris Stuckey, setting up the FIREwall Production Studio at some point in time and be coding a project in PHP. Part of my job also includes inventorying the Orgs room and making it suitable for human presence :). Look forward to this.

On Wednesday, I will start my internship with Highgroove Studios, a primarily Ruby on Rails consulting firm. I will be be learning to code in Rails and be working on project for CBQ. Will post a recap of this experience in 2 weeks.

As for YES, I am working on a project that has had all my attention since last week and will be done by Monday when I will make the big announcement. I also plan to set up the speaker series and other programs and also get some sponsors so we can have the money to do what we do best.

Good news. I have been elected President (will officially change the name to El Presidante soon) of UCouncil. Azhar Bande-Ali was elected the vice-president though Kris and Nitya(must say, I am proud of the girl. Great speech and great answers to my questions) were very close. It was a hard choice but it had to be made. Well, now I got to get back to work and hand the computer to Mansi.

Now, heading out of the library and then to the CoC to send out an email (the file I need to attach is on the computer there) and then home and sleep.

PS: I will be getting an award tomorrow at 11:00 in Klaus Atrium, come cheer for me.

PPS: C-5: College of Computing Community Creators Celebration is on Wednesday at 6p in Gordon Biersch. Come join me in having fun.

As anyone who knows me well can tell, I am not one to do anything for the recognition but just cause of the fact that I find it fun. Yup! Its simple, I don't do things I don't enjoy. If I have to do them, I make sure I enjoy it. Its only for the fun and maybe self-improvement at times. But in the end, I am not one to refuse recognition for what I have done. It helps keep me motivated to an extent and keep doing what I do best (you tell me what that is).

So on to the point. I received an email a couple weeks back and I have only told 2-3 of my friends (and my parents of course) till now. I have been selected to receive the Outstanding Sophomore Award from the College of Computing for 2009. I was truly not expecting this till I got the email, specially since I was rooting for someone else to receive it but am greatly honored. The Award will be presented to me in a ceremony on April 21st 11:00am in the Klaus Atrium. Come join me for the ceremony.