I've been involved in the following organizations
- President, Persian Panthers @ Pitt, 2009-2010
- Vice-President, Doctoral Guild @ SIS @ Pitt, 2009-2010
- Webmaster, Persian Panthers @ Pitt, 2008-2009
- Business Manager, International Student Organization @ SIS @ Pitt, 2008-2009
Applications that make my life easier
- Firefox, and Chrome a little bit
- Google things: almost all incl. GMail, Reader, Scholar, Calendar, Talk, Voice, etc.
- Notepad++: general editor
- WinEdt: TeX editor, not free but there isn't any really good alternative
- JabRef/CiteULike: reference manager
- WordWeb: desktop dictionary
- VirtuaWin: simple yet powerful multi-desktop feature for Windows
- MediaMonkey: powerful music player/library
- Digsby: instant messaging/social network
