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<h1>Personal info for Jorge Arellano Cid</h1>
<p> Name: Jorge A. Arellano Cid</p>
<p> <b>Notes:</b>
<p> Here I'll write a bit about myself for those interested in
getting a more informative picture of me. It's not a thing I'm
very fond of doing, as I much prefer people to judge me from what
I do.
<p> I'll start by mentioning the things that are impossible to
guess, but if you're interested in the academic part here's my
<a href='resume1.html'>resume</a>.
<p> I like practicing sports and especially love to play tennis!
So much that I managed to continue training and practicing while
studying at the University, up to reach the pro level! As you may
figure I had never much time to participate in the local tour but
when on vacation things changed.
<p> It is interesting to remark that it was an extraordinarily
well suited complementary activity for my studies. Sometimes
after those brain-stressing study-devoted periods my brains were
so tired that nothing else could be done but rest. Instead of
that I picked up my racquets and went on playing hard. After a
couple of hours I was ready to start again, and with a renewed
mental clarity and forces.
<p> I'm also interested in metaphysics and psychology, and so I
have dedicated a lot of time to studying them both. I've
definitively dedicated more time to metaphysics but I don't want to
write about it here (please excuse me). Concerning psychology, I'm
much more fond of cognitive psychology than of the clinical
branch. I started reading and learning about it when I was
fourteen or so. At the time, my mother taught cognitive
psychology at the University (PUC) so go figure, I had all the
books and a private teacher at home!
<p> I specially like the work of J. Piaget, S. Freud and F. Perls.
Along the years, picking a bit of every one of them, plus some
doses of "Infusing thinking" I started to coordinate a tentative
theory about (in lack of a better expression): "suitable
cognitive sets".
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Nota: o "conjunto cognitivo generador" donde generador implica
adecuado.
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<p> I developed an educational computer game, in the form of a
text adventure (plus some written material), to teach how to
interact with and use computers, and tested some of the concepts
there. The results were amazing!
<p> People learned at their pace, with unexpected enthusiasm and
dedication. The concepts were quickly or slowly assimilated
depending on the player's interest and abilities.
<p> Everything went right until the player realized that the game
resembled their life (and they behaved as in the
"real world" in a similar way that the personality projects
itself over a chess board).
<p> In brief, those that had no troubles with their present
existence continued, solving the problems, practicing and
learning! Quite a success, but those that were feeling uneasy
with their life started to disengage from the game.
<p> I learned a lot of things from the experience, and applied
some of the concepts to Dillo's user interface. That's why I
rejoice when people state in their recognition emails that one of
the things they like most is the uncluttered or easy-to-use user
interface. And it can be much better because it's still not
finished nor polished!
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Oh, I've said a lot! Let's finish with the studies part...
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I graduated as an Informatics Civil Engineer, in Chile, at the
UTFSM (6 years study plan + thesis + practices). At that time,
late 1999, everybody expected me to continue with the PhD, and I
was offered some choices. At the same time I was considering the
idea of starting the Dillo project, and I knew it was impossible
to undertake both endeavours at the same time, so I faced a
decision.
<p> I considered that if I went for the academic degree, in a few
years I could have it done, and certainly benefit from it, but
that would also mean that the world would have never seen Dillo.
<p> I pondered both options and decided that the Dillo project
and its
<a href='../funding/objectives.html'>objectives</a>
were much more important, and so I started it (and that's why
you're here!).
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The hardest part of being dedicated full time to the Dillo project
has been to find a way to pay for my material existence. This is too
complex a project to undertake on a spare-time basis, so there's
no choice, it needs full-time dedication. Having made it this
far, almost four years, living out of some ocassional income,
restraining expenses to a minimum, has been an incredibly hard
path.
<p> The intangible rewards, though, largely exceed those of a
lifetime.
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