Posts tagged with Stanford

Saturday, November 26th, 2011

What I learned from organizing PGN’s NYC trip

When I was at Stanford for a conference last year, a student there explained the “Duck Syndrome” to me. Imagine a duck gliding gracefully on a calm lake. While everything seems to be smooth on the surface, underneath, the duck is paddling furiously. This, according to the student, symbolizes the culture at Stanford. There are [...]