November 2011
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May 2011
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I have a new background for my site, and here's an... →
April 2011
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Moving to The Valley in pursuit of greatness.
I was pretty much born and raised in Dearborn, Michigan — the home of Ford World Headquarters. It’s hard to find a municipal building in the city that isn’t named after the humble founder. It was probably a compromise that the city even retained a non-Ford name.
Since graduation I’ve been a fourth-generation Ford employee - my great grandfather earned his scars during...
February 2011
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Sample Work on GitHub
Having recently changed my landing page I decided to organize myself around a few select websites and services, namely: GitHub, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and Twitter. For the most part all of those are completely up-to-date and ready to fully represent me. GitHub, however, is a new tool to me and doesn’t have a lot of material up. Until today it was completely sparse with the exception of a partial...
January 2011
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Making guac tonight! →
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All New lukejduncan.com
The transition is complete. Check out www.lukejduncan.com to see the new site. The landing page itself uses flavors.me, the blog portion is obviously tumblr, my twitter and my github feeds are included as well. Photo credits for the current background go to CAVE CANEM for their picture titled CAN YOU DIGG IT! (Found Art) Ding Dong The King is Dead!
Transitioning My Web Presence
I’m slowly transitioning from the original MovableType based www.lukejduncan.com to using a combination of tools for my web presence. In undergrad maintaining a server, CMS, blog, and doing everything on my own made sense. At the time I started I had no idea how to do it! The only way to learn was to jump in and get your hands dirty. Now all my time is spent learning other things and I...
May 2010
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Graduate School - Statement of Purpose
As defined by UMD: The Academic Statement of Purpose should be a concise, well-written statement about your academic and research background, your career goals, and how this graduate program will help you meet your career and educational objectives. My Statement: Software development, much like carpentry, is a creative trade. Similar to the carpenter, software developers have tools unique to...
Graduate School - Personal Statement
As Defined by UMD: How have your background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan? For example, if you grew up in a community where educational, cultural, or other opportunities were either especially plentiful or especially lacking, you...
December 2009
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Getting That First Job
Having finally achieved that often dreamed about goal, getting my first real job, I thought I’d share a little bit about my experiences and what worked for me. With the economy being what it is, especially here in Michigan, tension runs high for graduating seniors. I know it did for me. Following is the culmination of pieces of advice and tips I garnered along the way, as well as a few...