Michael W Silverman's Latest Thoughtshttp://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/Michael Silverman's Latest Adventures in Sustainability and Technologyen-US2012-02-10T23:04:00ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Photo featured in North Cascades' National Park Maphttp://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/11/1/photo-featured-in-north-cascades-national-park-map.htmlMichael Silverman2011-11-01T23:23:15ZNorth Cascades National Park Photography Press national park guide north cascades north cascades national park photo internship park mapSo two summers ago I had the privilege of working as a staff photographer in North Cascades National Park and they recently redid the park map to highlight some of the new photography myself and others have contributed to the park's library in recent years. Two of my photos made the final cut, one panoramic photo looking off of the trail near the top of Sourdough Mountain and one featuring a friendly little critter known as the hoary marmot. A scanned copy of the map is below as well as the original photos. After visiting so many of the national parks on the west coast, it means a great deal to me to give something back. Enjoy!

PDF Scanned Copy

Original Photos

View from Sourdough Mountain

Hoary Marmot

]]>Staffing at Stanford in Oterohttp://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/10/9/staffing-at-stanford-in-otero.htmlMichael Silverman2011-10-09T23:14:07ZStanford junior year otero staff stanford wilburWhile I decided and interviewed for the position last year, this is the first year that I have been a staff member in a dorm at Stanford. I am currently the Resident Writing Tutor in Otero in Wilbur Hall and so far it has been a blast. The freshman are incredible and put my class to shame. Going on band run and to football games has been just as much fun as during my freshman year. My other staff members have been pretty incredible as well and is a testament to how Stanford chooses its staff. Looking forward to continuing a great year!

]]>Summer 2011 - My Time on the Buy Side at SKIRITAI Capitalhttp://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/9/30/summer-2011-my-time-on-the-buy-side-at-skiritai-capital.htmlMichael Silverman2011-09-30T22:44:52ZStanford san francisco skiritai skiritai capital stanford summer 2011So this past summer, in addition to running a marathon, I also had a day job. Ever since I started watching bloomberg in 5th grade, I have wanted to at least try my hand at investing professionally. I was extremely fortunate to land a job at a long/short hedge fund in San Francisco called Skiritai Capital. It was a fantastic experience building excel models, examining 10K's, and trying to create value for fundholders each and every day. I researched over 55 different positions in my time there: from oil refiners to headphone makers, the variety was pretty incredible. The quantitative and qualitative crash course I received from the team at SKIRITAI I will be forever grateful for. Thanks also go out to all the individuals on the sell side, who not only humored an inexperience kid from Stanford asking them questions, but offered their help and guidance whenever needed. This past summer was truly fantastic. Thanks again to everyone who was a part of it. Already looking forward to what next summer will bring!

]]>San Francisco Marathon 2011http://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/8/8/san-francisco-marathon-2011.htmlMichael Silverman2011-08-08T19:01:06ZCompetitions Misc. marathon san francisco san francisco marathon 2011 san francsico marathonSo a week ago, as part of my do one really crazy physical event every summer challenge (2 years running), I ran my first marathon. As I have been working in San Francisco since early June, and training in San Francisco, I figured that the San Francisco Marathon would be a great event to try out. Last Sunday, I got up around 4am to go run my first marathon. It was an incredible experience and I will never forget running over the Golden Gate Bridge with 24,000 of my closest marathon running friends. I finished in 3:55:34 and if you want more detail, they had digital tags that kept track of our time thoughout the track, find em here. Congratuations to all the other runners and thank you to all of the volunteers who gave me gatorade and cheered me on. Couldn't have done it without you. Couple of pics below.

 

]]>MS&E 152 Decision Analysis Term Paperhttp://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/7/20/mse-152-decision-analysis-term-paper.htmlMichael Silverman2011-07-20T19:00:05ZIndpt. Projects Stanford management science and engineering mse 152 stanford term paperAs part of my Spring 2011 schedule of classes at Stanford, one of my favorites was MSE 152, or more informally Decision Analysis. The basic premise of the course is to improve decision making skills via analytical and quantitative methods of analysis. As part of the course, we needed to write a term paper in accordance with the courses' methods that analyzed a real world decision making problem. While we could fabricate the companies and ideas involved, as you will see, our analysis needed to be based on fundamental concepts learned in the course. I chose to base my paper on a medical marijuana dispensary known as Strawberry Fields Forever and whether they would choose to open a new store under certain conditions. Take a look and let me know if you have any questions.

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]]>Photos Published in Problematics 2011 - An Undergraduate Anthropology Journalhttp://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/7/13/photos-published-in-problematics-2011-an-undergraduate-anthr.htmlMichael Silverman2011-07-13T19:00:41ZKilimanjaro Photography Press Stanford photography press problematics published photography stanfordAs I did last year, I submitted a couple of my photos that I took on my trip to Tanzania last year to Problematics, an undergraduate journal of anthropology at Stanford. Fortunately they were accepted for publication alongside some fantastic journalist work by others. Thanks again to the editors who worked feverishly to make the journal a reality this year.

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Problematics Spring 2011 - Photos From Tanzania

Larger Photos of those Published

]]>SiCA 2011 Photography Rounduphttp://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/7/6/sica-2011-photography-roundup.htmlMichael Silverman2011-07-06T19:00:24ZPhotography SiCa Stanford arts party earth day ginsberg growtowski nimbleweed photography sea people sica stanford stanford institute for the creative arts victor gamaThroughout the past year, I have been working as a photographer for SiCA, Stanford's Institute for the Creative Arts. It has been a blast and I have seen some great performances. Without further ado, I finally got a chance to upload all of my photos from the year. I have included links from SiCA's website if they have been uploaded there as well. Take a look and enjoy!

Stanford 2011 Earth Day Celebration

Mozart's Seven Deadly Sins

DIY Musical Tailgate Party

Victor Gama Performance November 2010

SiCA Link

Jerry Growtowski & Allen Ginsberg Performance

SiCA Arts Party November 2010

Stanford's Sea People

Stanford's Nimbleweed

]]>North Cascades Scenic Loop Publicationhttp://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/4/28/north-cascades-scenic-loop-publication.htmlMichael Silverman2011-04-29T01:47:43ZNorth Cascades National Park Photography Press Washington scenic loop cascades loop north cascades north cascades national park photo internship washingtonWhile I have yet to get around to putting up all of the posts from my past summer in the North Cascades, I just wanted to do a quick post on a publication that is using one of my photos. You can see a scan of it below. It is being printed by The Cascade Loop, a non-profit that provides travel guides for the Washington State Scenic Loop Highway. They are printing 105,000 copies of it and I am extremely excited to have my photo on the front cover. Hopefully I will get some of my trail guide up from last summer this summer!
]]>Do Citizens Have the Right to Record the Police?http://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/3/22/do-citizens-have-the-right-to-record-the-police.htmlMichael Silverman2011-03-22T19:30:23ZIndpt. Projects ms&e 197 paper police recording sts 110As part of my recent MS&E 197 class at Stanford, which is essentially an examination of morality and ethics through a logical framework, I took a look at some of the new ethical issues surrounding the proliferation of recording devices and their use in recording police. Take a read and let me know if you have any questions.

]]>Picken's Plan - Presentation of Researchhttp://www.michaelwsilverman.com/blog/2011/3/18/pickens-plan-presentation-of-research.htmlMichael Silverman2011-03-18T19:00:22ZIndpt. Projects foreign oil green energy natural gas pickens plan research project wind energyAs part of my research project regarding the Picken's Plan that I finished up last quarter, I also created a powerpoint presentation to showcase the potential of the plan. This presentation is embedded below along with the script that I used to give my presentation to the class. I spent a great deal of time on designing the slides in this presentation, so feel free to email me with any questions as to how I created them. 

 

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