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Aun unfortunate announcement..

Unfortunately, Georgia Institute of Technology has dropped out of participation in this year's College Puzzle Challenge. The 7 schools that will still be participating are: Columbia University Cornell University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University

re: Back story for this year's College Puzzle Challenge

This is definately an interesting idea. I know this year, some puzzle enthusiasts (I think some of whom were associated with Microsoft) held an open-enrollment version of The Game (see http://www.gamecontrol.com/ , The Stanford Game, or The Microsoft

re: Back story for this year's College Puzzle Challenge

I love a good challenge, however I am not qualified to participate. Why are professionals excluded? Or to put it another way; I'd like to suggest Microsoft sponsored challenges fitting a broader audience. Regards, Shaded

Back story for this year's College Puzzle Challenge

Well, here it is, the back-story for this year's theme of Wonders of the World. The website at http://www.collegepuzzlechallenge.com/ has been updated with this information as well. Dr. Howard “Howie” Solvum, beloved professor from Puzzle U, has disappeared

re: College Puzzle Challenge 2005: Wonders of the World

We're hoping to continue growing it every year. I'd actually like to do it once a semester as well, but I'm not sure if recruiting will be up for that. In any event, going from three to eight is pretty good growth for one year... if we can at least double

Posters and prizes!

The College Puzzle Challenge website has been updated to include our our flyer (PDF, 1.08 MB, 8.5"x11") and poster (PDF, 855 KB, 11"x17") so stundents, faculty, and staff at schools can start promoting the event. And, since it's on the poster, we can

re: College Puzzle Challenge 2005: Wonders of the World

Hey, I ran those first two puzzle events! Those were some good times... I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed them, ended up going to Microsoft, and are now helping out with the effort. We envisioned that more schools would join in, and perhaps eventually,

College Puzzle Challenge 2005: Wonders of the World

Okay, so it looks like we’re now ready to unveil this to the world. As many people already know, Microsoft has a bit of a penchant for puzzles. We’re notorious for using puzzles as part of our interview process… so much so that entire books have been

Finally, an update...

Oops, I forgot to update this for a couple weeks. Actually, I’ve just been really busy, and I’m still trying to fit blogging correctly into my work/life balance, and think of things to put on this blog other than product reviews. Looking at what I planned,