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Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones

Avoiding Yak Shaving: Do Now or Due Soon

For years I have been playing and exploring how to be productive in my work. The impetus to this exploration has come as a result of…

May 29

Figure showing embedded rectangles from outside to in: all tasks, due soon, today and the inner most today.

May 29

How did that happen? I am 60.

Happy Birthday to me. I am old(er), turning 60, so some reflections are in order. Looking forward to getting discounts at movie theaters —…

May 6, 2022

May 6, 2022

The Latest Power Outage in Puerto Rico

A few days ago I went to Puerto Rico and landed just when the island lost power. For ~40 hours, I was with my family living among “the…

Apr 20, 2022

Apr 20, 2022

What’s on the menu? Mystery Meat.

Back in the early days of the web, web designers played with many of the unique features of HTML and CSS. Many of those features allowed…

Mar 24, 2021

Zoom window showing the bottom bar of icons for commands.

Mar 24, 2021

My Experience with Specification Grading

The academic semester of Spring 2020 finished with most universities moving to online education as a response to the pandemic. During the…

Jan 4, 2021

Jan 4, 2021

The Room Where it Happens

Among the many conversations about inclusion in society and about increasing participation from groups that are underrepresented, I often…

Dec 20, 2020

Dec 20, 2020

How I Prepared for a Job Interview

Grad students and other professionals often ask me “how did you prepare for a job interview?” In this write up, I will detail how I…

Dec 18, 2020

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Dec 18, 2020

What Can CS Departments do? Create More Student Organizations

Couple of weeks ago I wrote about what CS departments could do to address racial inequities. I promised I would expand on the 10…

Jun 28, 2020

Jun 28, 2020

Hispanic Last Names: Why Two of Them?

One of the most misunderstood characteristics of Hispanic culture is the use of our last names…

Jun 23, 2020

Jun 23, 2020

What Can CS Departments Do?

What can computer science departments do combat racism and increase diversity?

Jun 10, 2020

Jun 10, 2020

Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones

Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones

Puerto Rican PhD in Computer Science, love salsa, sports, diversity, scifi, and comics. Opinions are mine & don’t reflect my employer.

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