#michael abbott

Michael Abbott, Apple’s top executive in charge of cloud initiatives is leaving the company in April, adding to a wave of recent departures. Mark Gurman for Bloomberg News: Abbott will be the second top lieutenant to services chief Eddy Cue to leave this year, joining a growing list of company vice presidents who have departed the iPhone maker in late 2022 and early 2023. As Apple’s vice…

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

By J. M. Smith, Michael Abbott, H. C. Van Hess, Michael M. Abbott, Hendrick C. Van Ness Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, 7/e, presents comprehensive coverage of the subject of thermodynamics from a chemical engineering viewpoint. The text provides a thorough exposition of the principles of thermodynamics and details their application to chemical processes.…

Brainy Gamer: The wreckage and the way out

Play Portal for Homework!

At Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, there is a mandatory class you have to take called "Enduring Questions" if you're a freshman. The syllabus includes Gilgamesh, Aristotle, Goffman, Donne, and Portal. The class is taught by Michael Abbott aka The Brainy Gamer.

Here's a little piece from Giant Bomb written by Patrick Klepek:

"When it came time to talk about the experience, there were surprising responses. Who didn't want to know the fate of Chell at the end of Portal, before we knew she was dragged away? As it turns out, a number of Abbott's students never managed to figure out they were playing as a defined character. They never discovered Chell, so when it came time to talk about their own feelings playing the game, it varied. Some identified as Chell, hoping to escape this bizarre, sadistic facility. Others figured they were escaping. The breakdown was roughly one-third identifying as Chell, the rest never bonding with the character."