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Revision as of 23:30, 17 November 2006
Contents |
About Me
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.
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.
Personal Info
Activities
- H-Vision (sound and anchor)
- Robotics Club
- volunteer in People's Light lighting department
- develop Tecker
- run ThePlaz.com
Interests
Favorite Music
- Soundtracks Mostly
- Some Pop
- Some classical (while working)
Favorite TV Shows
Involved In
TV Mainstream
TV Niche
Computer
- tWiT Network Podcasts
- DL.TV
- Cranky Geeks
Favorite Movies
(Don't get to watch too many movies)
- The Incredibles and all other Pixar movies except Finding Nemo
- The Harry Potter Series
Favorite Books
Fiction
- Branded Nation (& others by James Twitchell)
- Fast Food Nation
Non Fiction
- Harry Potter Series
- Alex Rider Adventures
... and more
Favorite Quotes
See Quotes
Biography
Accounts on other sites
- wp:User:Michael180 on Wikipedia (and some other wikimedia sites)
- ThePlaz on Digg!
- michael180 on 43 Things
- michael180 on43 Places
- theplaz on Flickr (don't use it much)
- theplaz on Bookmooch
My ThePlaz.com Userboxes
- See also my wikipedia user boxes.
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This user is a member of the MCM Club. |
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This user goes to Haverford High School. |
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This user is an employee of Tecker. |
Contact Me
Leave Plaz a (public) message 
or send me a (private) e-mail. 
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Skype Me @ ThePlaz |
| http://skype.com | For a FREE download |
Email Me
