My alma mater, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto has changed their web site, which seems much cleaner and has a better user interface than before. Congratulations to the team for doing this!

I can't use Blogger because my Chinese ISP has blocked it, as well as Facebook and Twitter. So this is why I'm using Ping.fm to post. Apologies for my silence in blogging for the past couple of weeks as I was at the Hypertext conference in Turin (Torino), Italy, and then I took a week off to travel around Italy.

You can see pictures from Italy from here: http://ping.fm/cSFqZ

Now in the first session of Hypertext: Structure and Usage. First speaker is Mark Bernstein on On Hypertext Narrative http://ping.fm/YnEP9 #ht09

Just found out I got a book chapter accepted for publishing in Computational Social Network Analysis: Trends, Tools and Research Advances

My graduation photos are now up from today http://ping.fm/DUXwz

My paper got accepted to Symposium of Social Intelligence and Networking held in conjunction with IEEE Social Computing conference!

I just received my degree and shook david peterson's hand, the chancellor of the university of toronto and former ontario premier.

Back in Toronto for my PhD graduation!

Hi folks,

Sorry, if I haven't written on my blog for a while, but I usually update my other social networking sites (like Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, LinkedIn, Plaxo Pulse, etc.) more often than this blog. Everything with me is going well at Nokia Research Center. I will be presenting a poster at the Hypertext 2009 conference in Turin, Italy. I'm in Toronto now for my PhD graduation convocation ceremony on Tuesday, June 9.

I also have a new research website which is at the Nokia Research Center site, so please visit there when you have a chance. I try to balance work and personal and family life, so every week my wife and I plan a different place to go to in Beijing. You can see all the trips we've gone to on my Facebook photos page. Just add me (Alvin Chin) to your Facebook.

As I reflect, I can't believe it has been 5 years in the making when I first started my PhD in September 2003 and who knew that now, I would graduate and also find my beautiful wife. Life has been up and down at times throughout the 5 years both academically, personally and family wise, but in the end, I've become a stronger person. Thanks for everyone for helping me to get to this stage in my life.

Too bad my dad cannot be able to see my graduation as he passed away last year, but I know that he is proud of me and looking down on me from heaven. Dad, I'm following in your footsteps.

Apologies, I will not speak at the Social Networking Conference in LA in June but will speak in London http://ping.fm/0RawB

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers everywhere!

happy Mother's Day to all mothers everywhere! Going to church now to say the First Reading

Nokia comes out with the 6216 Classic cell phone that uses NFC technology http://ping.fm/Om2QM

Just installed Google Maps and Latitude on my phone, to test it out

Nokia Xpress Music 5800 is best selling MP3 player in UK, beating iPod! http://ping.fm/Wl7jU

earth day is today, save our planet!

saw a web site called www.mytwitterexperiment.com. The site shows how u can get 5000 followers at least.

great weekend now back to work week

going to church now after coming back to Beijing

at beijing world art museum

back home from wonderful and refreshing team building meeting and can't believe the weekend is here!