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<div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:15pt; text-align: center">Michael Plasmeier</div>
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<div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:14pt; text-align: center">"ThePlaz"</div>  
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<div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt; text-align: center">[[Yahoo]] [[APM]]: Membership and Geo Platforms</div>
<span style="margin-right:3px;"><a href="http://911.tecker.net" class="image" title="Tecker 911, a tech help netcast"><img src="/w/images/911_logo.png" alt="Tecker 911, a tech help netcast" height="31px"/></a></span>
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<div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt; text-align: center">[[MIT]] '13 [[Management]] and [[Computer Science]]</div>  
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<span style="margin-right:3px;"><a href="http://tecker.net" class="image" title="Tecker, my technology help site"><img src="/w/images/tecker_logo.png" alt="Tecker, my technology help site" height="31px" /></a></span>
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<span style="margin-right:0px;"><a href="http://theweeklyspin.com" class="image" title="The Weekly Spin Audio Podcast"><img src="/w/images/theweeklyspin.png" alt="The Weekly Spin Audio Podcast" height="20px"/></a></span>
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    <span style="margin-right:5px;"><a href="http://socialview.com" class="image" title="SocialView"><img src="/w/images/socialview.png" alt="SocialView" height="31px"/></a></span>
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    <span style="margin-right:3px;"><a href="http://teckcasts.net" class="image" title="Teckcasts combine the best of Tecker 911, w3life, and SJTechZone into one podcast channel on iTunes"><img src="/w/images/teckcasts.png" alt="Teckcasts combine the best of Tecker 911, w3life, and SJTechZone into one podcast channel on iTunes" height="31px"/></a></span>
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My name is '''Michael Plasmeier''', but almost everyone calls me '''Plaz'''. I am a [[Associate Product Manager]] at [[Yahoo]] - working on the Membership and Geo-related platforms teams. I graduated from [[MIT]] in 2013 in [[Computer Science]] and [[Management]].   I am halfway between the tech and the business world, doing both web development and product development. My interest in doing both started while I was working on [[GridView]], an app I built after [[10th Grade]] that reached 1.3 million users on [[Facebook]].
    <span style="margin-right:0px;"><a href="http://conflicter.org" class="image" title="Conflicter, dedicated to ending global conflict through frank discussions about current issues"><img src="/w/images/conflicter_logo.png" alt="Conflicter, dedicated to ending global conflict through frank discussions about current issues" height="31px"/></a></span>
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    <span style="margin-right:2px;"><a href="http://dictionaryrobot.com" class="image" title="Dictionary Robot, lets you look up a bunch of words at once"><img src="/w/images/dictionaryrobot.png" alt="Dictionary Robot, lets you look up a bunch of words at once" height="27px"/></a></span>
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=====Internships=====
I'm Michael Plasmeier otherwise known as '''[[User:ThePlaz|ThePlaz]]'''. I am a [[12th Grade|senior]] at [[Haverford High School]] [[Image:Haverford Crest small.jpg|12px]] as well as a web developer and project manager with a focus on user experience and design.  I am also a TV Show producer and host and an open source app maintainerNext year, I will be attending the [http://mit.edu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)].  See [[Why MIT]] for more.
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Last IAP, I was a Software Development Extern doing testing in Ruby on the back end at [[CardSpring]]. Last summer, I was Product Manager at [[Disney Parks and Resorts Online]] where I worked on a project for Disney Cruise Line.  Last January, I worked in management/strategy consulting at [[Altman Vilandrie & Company]].  The previous summer, I was a web developer at [[NextJump]], an online affiliate advertising firm in New YorkPrior to that, I was an extern in the Office of the Chief Scientist at [[State Street]].  My freshman summer I worked at [[Deutsche Bahn]], the German national railroad, where I designed the smartphone version [[Touch&Travel]], an app that lets you pay for the train with your phone.
  
On my site you will find:
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=====MIT=====
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At MIT I was heavily involved in classes, usually taking 7 classes a term, while being involved in student government. (I wrote about how I do it in [[Working out a System]].)  [[MIT Senior|senior]] was dedicated to wrapping up requirements.  [[MIT Junior|Junior]] year at MIT I focused on [[EECS]] classes, as well as being elected president of [[Baker House]].  My [[MIT Sophomore|second year]] at MIT focused on [[Management|management]] classes.  I was also involved in the vendor selection and implementation of the new [[MIT Dining Committees|dining plan]].  [[MIT Freshman|Freshman year]], I took core classes and served on the [[Athena Committee|Athena and Printing Committee]].  (I wrote about just hanging on freshmen year in [[Learning to Learn]].)
*Links to my other projects
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*My comments on the world
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*Photos and videos I have taken
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*School work and notes I have made
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=====Websites=====
 
=====Websites=====
My most popular project, is [[GridView]] [http://apps.facebook.com/gridview], an app for [[Facebook]] which lets you add the profile pics of all of you're friends to your Facebook profile.  As I wrote this, I have over 1.3 million users!  GridView is expanding now with some light angel funding and I am managing overseas developers.
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I built a lot of web projects in high school.  My most popular project, was [[GridView]] [http://apps.facebook.com/gridview], an app for [[Facebook]] which lets you add the profile pics of all of you're friends to your Facebook profile.  GridView had over 1.3 million users and made me some money.
  
I host and produce the video podcast [[Tecker 911]] [http://911.tecker.net] along with some of my friends.  Tecker 911 is a series of 5-15 minute shows each which covers a technology topic in a way which is relevant for ordinary people, with a focus towards students and our community.  Tecker 911 is also shown on our local public access channel [[Channel 11]].   
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I hosted and produced the video podcast [[Tecker 911]] [http://911.tecker.net] along with some of my friends.  Tecker 911 was a series of 100 5-15 minute shows each which covers a technology topic in a way which is relevant for ordinary people, with a focus towards students and our community.  Tecker 911 was also shown on our local public access channel [[Channel 11]].   
  
I am the founder and primary contributor to [[SeniorQuoter]], [http://seniorquoter.org] an open-source web application for senior quotes collections for high school yearbooks.  In [[11th Grade]], I lead a [[Dynamic Website Building Instruction and Practical Experience Group Study]] at my high school.  I helped 4 other students learn PHP and MySQL and then I project managed version 2 of SeniorQuoter, the administration interface.
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I started [[SeniorQuoter]], [http://seniorquoter.org] an open-source web application for senior quotes collections for high school yearbooks.  In [[11th Grade]], I lead a [[Dynamic Website Building Instruction and Practical Experience Group Study]] at my high school.  I helped 4 other students learn PHP and MySQL and then I project managed version 2 of SeniorQuoter, the administration interface.
 
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I am a host on the weekly audio podcast [[The Weekly Spin]] [http://theweeklyspin.com] where we discuss the top 5 or so news stories of the week.
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[[Tecker]] and [[Conflicter]] were question and answer services I built in [[10th Grade]].  They never really caught on, but they were the perfect way to learn PHP.  [[Dictionary Robot]] is something I tarted last year, but abandoned later.  In [[10th Grade]], I was a member of [[Team 484]] and in [[11th Grade]] I was their webmaster.
 
[[Tecker]] and [[Conflicter]] were question and answer services I built in [[10th Grade]].  They never really caught on, but they were the perfect way to learn PHP.  [[Dictionary Robot]] is something I tarted last year, but abandoned later.  In [[10th Grade]], I was a member of [[Team 484]] and in [[11th Grade]] I was their webmaster.
  
In [[8th Grade|8th]] and [[9th Grade|9th Grades]] I wrote bunch of programs for the [[:Category:TI|TI-83+]].  You can see them below.  My favorite is [[FERRIS]], which helps solve the unit problem in [[IAG 4H|IAG/IMP 4]].  A few years ago I was a mid-level [[wp:User:Michael180|contributor]] on [[wp:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] [[Image:Wikipedia-logo.png|15px]].  I also made some improvements for [[wp:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], the software that runs ThePlaz.com and Wikipedia.  The [[ThePlaz.com's Dropdowns for MediaWiki|drop down menu in the site notice]] is one of the best.
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In [[8th Grade|8th]] and [[9th Grade|9th Grades]] I wrote bunch of programs for the [[:Category:TI|TI-83+]].  
 
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=====School Work=====
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I hope that this knowledge will help people less-fortunate than me persevere and succeed.  All of my work is under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 license], meaning that you may use it and re-post it anywhere as long as you post my name/nickname, provide a link back to my site, and don't make money off my work.  Many people visit my site from overseas where the school system is not as good.
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<small>See [[Site Mission Statement]] for more</small>
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**For [[9th Grade]] I have posted projects I did on the computer
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**For [[10th Grade]] I have posted not only my work I made on a computer but laboriously scanned all of my handwritten notes and worksheets
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**For [[11th Grade]] I am only posting my own notes (no worksheets) from very structured classes; I am scaling back
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**See my [[:Image:12th Grade Schedule.xls|12th Grade Schedule]]
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**See also my [[Notes Key]]
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=====Other=====
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Below, see some of my 20,000 digital photos I have, videos I made, my collection of student tools, and quotes and reviews of some of ThePlaz.com services others have written.
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I have some [[Personal Philosophies]] including that [[Classrooms of the Past|PDAs should be allowed in school]].  For [[English 10]], I wrote about [[Cultures Project Paper: The Essential Separation Between Church and State|The Essential Separation Between Church and State]].  In [[English 9]], I wrote about [[Hazing Paper|the dangers of Hazing]]. See also my [[Mission Statement|Site Mission Statement]].
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This summer I attended the [[Pennsylvania Governor's Schools of Excellence in Information, Society & Technology]], a 5 week summer program at Drexel University[[My Experiences at Gov School|What I learned]]
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=====Tech=====
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My first two years at MIT, I was a regular on [[The Weekly Spin]], a weekly take on tech stories and tech policy.   
  
Read some of the [[College Applications|College Application Essays]] I have written.
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On my [[:Category:Tech|Tech]] page I have had a few pages about [[:Category:Devices|Devices]] I own and other small things that I have built. For example, I also made some improvements for [[wp:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], the software that runs ThePlaz.com and Wikipedia.  I made a [[Nuvola Skin|new skin]] for MediaWiki and a few [[:Category:MediaWiki Extensions|MediaWiki extensions]]
  
[[My Nicknames|See where my nickname is from;]] [[Self-Branding]]
 
  
So welcome to my site, feel free to look around.  And it's a wiki, so feel free to hit "edit" on the top of nearly every page if you have something important to add.  If it's nonsense, I will just remove it.
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=====Other Accounts=====
:''See [[ThePlaz's Biography]]''
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I also tag a lot of stories on [http://delicious.com/theplaz/ Delicious].  I also have over 70,000 photos on [http://flickr.com/photos/theplaz Flickr].  I [http://twitter.com/theplaz Tweet] kinda regularly.  I also post things to [http://youtube.com YouTube].  And of course I have a [http://facebook.com Facebook].  It all comes together on my [http://friendfeed.com/theplaz FriendFeed].
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Write your own description about me
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<small>Post it anywhere on the site and I will find it</small>
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*[[User:Chris/About ThePlaz|Chris]]
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Latest revision as of 00:03, 22 July 2013

Michael Plasmeier Spring 2009 Narrow.JPG
Michael Plasmeier
"ThePlaz"
Yahoo APM: Membership and Geo Platforms

My name is Michael Plasmeier, but almost everyone calls me Plaz. I am a Associate Product Manager at Yahoo - working on the Membership and Geo-related platforms teams. I graduated from MIT in 2013 in Computer Science and Management. I am halfway between the tech and the business world, doing both web development and product development. My interest in doing both started while I was working on GridView, an app I built after 10th Grade that reached 1.3 million users on Facebook.

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Internships

Last IAP, I was a Software Development Extern doing testing in Ruby on the back end at CardSpring. Last summer, I was Product Manager at Disney Parks and Resorts Online where I worked on a project for Disney Cruise Line. Last January, I worked in management/strategy consulting at Altman Vilandrie & Company. The previous summer, I was a web developer at NextJump, an online affiliate advertising firm in New York. Prior to that, I was an extern in the Office of the Chief Scientist at State Street. My freshman summer I worked at Deutsche Bahn, the German national railroad, where I designed the smartphone version Touch&Travel, an app that lets you pay for the train with your phone.

MIT

At MIT I was heavily involved in classes, usually taking 7 classes a term, while being involved in student government. (I wrote about how I do it in Working out a System.) senior was dedicated to wrapping up requirements. Junior year at MIT I focused on EECS classes, as well as being elected president of Baker House. My second year at MIT focused on management classes. I was also involved in the vendor selection and implementation of the new dining plan. Freshman year, I took core classes and served on the Athena and Printing Committee. (I wrote about just hanging on freshmen year in Learning to Learn.)

Websites

I built a lot of web projects in high school. My most popular project, was GridView [1], an app for Facebook which lets you add the profile pics of all of you're friends to your Facebook profile. GridView had over 1.3 million users and made me some money.

I hosted and produced the video podcast Tecker 911 [2] along with some of my friends. Tecker 911 was a series of 100 5-15 minute shows each which covers a technology topic in a way which is relevant for ordinary people, with a focus towards students and our community. Tecker 911 was also shown on our local public access channel Channel 11.

I started SeniorQuoter, [3] an open-source web application for senior quotes collections for high school yearbooks. In 11th Grade, I lead a Dynamic Website Building Instruction and Practical Experience Group Study at my high school. I helped 4 other students learn PHP and MySQL and then I project managed version 2 of SeniorQuoter, the administration interface.

Tecker and Conflicter were question and answer services I built in 10th Grade. They never really caught on, but they were the perfect way to learn PHP. Dictionary Robot is something I tarted last year, but abandoned later. In 10th Grade, I was a member of Team 484 and in 11th Grade I was their webmaster.

In 8th and 9th Grades I wrote bunch of programs for the TI-83+.

Tech

My first two years at MIT, I was a regular on The Weekly Spin, a weekly take on tech stories and tech policy.

On my Tech page I have had a few pages about Devices I own and other small things that I have built. For example, I also made some improvements for MediaWiki, the software that runs ThePlaz.com and Wikipedia. I made a new skin for MediaWiki and a few MediaWiki extensions


Other Accounts

I also tag a lot of stories on Delicious. I also have over 70,000 photos on Flickr. I Tweet kinda regularly. I also post things to YouTube. And of course I have a Facebook. It all comes together on my FriendFeed.