David is a native Texan, most recently of Austin, where he attends the University of Texas studying Computer Engineering. He grew up surrounded by computers and technology and is still hooked into the system.
In 2008, David made a renewed effort to blog more often and that grew into an entry into the Twitterverse, where he is meeting with new people every day and connecting with them in new ways. He studies and writes about social media, technology, productivity, and how millenials factor into the equation. One of his passions is helping people learn to use technology to optimize their work process. His blogging habit started as an exercise to improve his writing and turned into a way to find his voice and join the broader online community.
David can often be found in coffee shops around Austin, blogging, doing homework, or engaging with local entrepreneurs and technologists in the community. In those rare moments not spent doing homework, he is spending time with his girlfriend and his Labrador pup, exploring his beloved hometown of Austin.
David Giesberg's blog is david giesberg dot com.
There is a movement in some engineering schools towards a more practical curriculum (while not being a trade school), showing real world applications of your knowledge, a more active way of studying. I think that that would be great.
I’ve spent a while playing with Facebook’s newly announced feature, called Lexicon. It gives an interesting view into the sorts of things that social networking sites can do with the massive amount of user-created content that they hold.
Basically, Lexicon lets you compare how often keywords show up over time on people’s Walls in Facebook […]
I spend a lot of time at my desk, whether I am on the computer, doing homework, etc, it’s all there. When I’m there, I have an office chair from Office Depot/Max. It is pretty comfy and in decent shape for its age (3-4 years old), but the cushioning on the bottom is starting to […]
On Employee Evolution, Ryan Paugh wrote a very well thought-out post about getting a new pup and all of the responsibilities surrounding it. Megan and I have had a dog (Tristan) for about a year now, and I can say that adopting him was one of the most rewarding choices I have ever made. We went […]
Have you ever thought about being a freelance worker? A lot of people do that, and not just older folks that have been around the block, but a lot of Generation Y is finding that being a freelancer is the way to go. Many freelancers and other independent workers work from home, but a new movement […]
Social networking is great, but let’s get to the part when it isn’t… Chris Brogan has an interesting response to an article in the Economist, where they lament the “walled gardens” that social networks are today, but look forward to the day that those walls come down, like Compuserve’s and AOL’s did in the 90’s. Chris […]
