Category Archives: Guest & Alumni Bloggers

Welcome back to “Show Me Your…” where Owen students show off their stuff. Today Mike Miles (MBA 2012) is showing off his fancy new tablet computer. Mike is a Health Care MBA candidate with concentrations in Operations and Strategy. This past summer, Mike worked in the Performance Improvement Group at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, CA.

As the school year started this year at Owen, it seemed everyone was rocking an iPad. But I’m not worshiping at the Altar of Steve anymore. And since I’m one of those technology-obsessed nerdy people called “engineers,” I had to buy a tablet and see how it could change my work methods. I ended up with a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (16GB: $499, 32GB: $599, in Germany: illegal!). Its running Google’s Android 3.1 “Honeycomb” OS, with a skin on top that Samsung calls Touchwiz UX. I think this combo gives you a lot of extra functionality over an iPad, much like you’d see in an Android smartphone versus an iPhone. This comes at the expense of polish, panache, and Apple’s closed ecosphere and software platform. On to the showing, though! Here’s some great apps and a peek at some features that are useful:

We’re changing it up a bit for this edition of “Show Me Your…” It is really more like “Show Me Their…” since Mary Payton (MBA 2012) will be taking us on a trip through the fridge belonging to 4 of her MBA 2012 classmates. Enjoy!

Going back to grad school for a lot of people means returning to your undergrad food habits of Ramen and poorly grilled chicken that somehow managed to turn out tasting like steak. For several of the single males, it means endless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch (you know who you are). Today we will explore the fridge of a house of four Owen second-years, and see what crazy grad school eating patterns they have. So, we ask you, Orleans house, “What’s in your fridge?”

First, we have to give major credit to the house shopper, Michael Eidsmoe, for his Costco shopping habit and weekly Publix trips. Without it, I am pretty sure the rest of his roommates (and myself) would starve. The first thing you may notice in the fridge is a well stocked wall of condiments.

We’ve found yet another Owen Student to open their bag and show you what’s inside. Today’s victim volunteer is Aaron Fung. Aaron is an MBA student in the class of 2012 and is concentrating in finance.

Aaron’s bag shares some similarities with mine seeing as we are both finance concentrators, but Aaron also has several gems of individuality packed in. Check it:

1. Tumi Alpha T-Pass Expandable Laptop Brief – I used to use a backpack…until the shoulder strap popped off. (I wonder why)
2. Dell Inspiron – Notice the power cord currently plugged in. Very key to always have my power cord.
3. Apple iPad (the original, not the new fancy one) – I mainly have this for the entertainment value of movies on the road, games, and apps for news – but I also have my 6-volume set of CFA study books on here
4. Wireless Mouse – vital, considering how much I’m on my laptop.
5. iPhone – pick your poison. I chose Apple.
6. External Battery pack for said iPhone/iPad – Helpful for a long school day and really handy for flights to New York or road trips.

Welcome back to “Show me your…” where Owen students show off the stuff that helps them survive at Owen. Today, Jeremy Bartlow (MBA 2012) gives us peek inside his iPhone and touts some of his favorite and most used apps.

#1: Most important application – Calendar

Most students live off of their calendars. As you can see, I stay busy, and the only way I can keep track of everything is by using my iPhone calendar.

#2: Email

It may seem obvious that email and calendar are great to have on your phone, but it definitely helps to have instant access. I receive group member emails at all hours of the night and it is helpful to be able proof something quickly without turning my computer on.

#3: Dropbox

This awesome free application allows me to store 2+ gigabytes of data on a specific folder on my computer – that syncs with the web, AND my iPhone. This is awesome for sharing files. If someone wants a link to a presentation I created earlier in the day, I can send a link to download the file without opening up my computer. It is also great to refer back to class documents (i.e. syllabus).