bryan kennedy

Mentor program

How long have you been mentoring?

Just started this year.

How I use science

How do I keep up with science and technology?

I mostly read tons of blogs. I also have a bunch of nerdy science friends who send me emails about the latest discoveries. One of my favorite ways to stay up to date is to head out to our local Cafe Scientique program.
http://www.bellmuseum.org/calendar.html#cafescientifiques
They bring scientists, artists, engineers, and inventors to local bars to present about their research in a much more informal manner. At the last one I went to I got to meet the man who was the first person to fly over the English Channel in a balloon.

Science LOVE vs. HATE

I wish I knew more about

managing a successful online web community

Biography

I wish I were an expert in:

Drawing comic books
Computer programming

Dream jobs:

Reporter
Making the data visualizations at the New York Times

Education and work

Website

Mystery Experience

About me

I come from the south. I like computers and food and candy and music. And science.

Science in my life

What is science to you?

A remarkable way of looking at the world.

I would invent

Something to allow me to easily raise and lower my desk so that I can quickly switch between standing up and sitting down. Yes, I know this already exists, but if I invented it I would probably be able to afford it....sigh.

Technology I love

The internet.

Technology that drives me crazy

Fax machines!

What technology do you use every day?

Those RFID chip readers that let you in certain doors around work. They check my identity on a central computer and then decide whether to let me in or not. I kinda love that.

What math do you use every day?

I use lots of counting tricks in programming to make sure I've pulled the right number of items out of different databases.