The Decluttering Bug
It never fails that I get the decluttering bug between the Fall and Winter semesters. You know, the sudden urge to wander around your house and get rid of the JUNK! I’m afraid that even with an 8-month...
View ArticleMathfaery: Elizabeth Hamman
Elizabeth Hamman was a great math educator who will be truly missed in the International math community. She passed away very suddenly last week, at the age of 39, after suddenly developing a problem...
View ArticleWhat is a Doctorate? Well, I am here..
To understand where, exactly, here is, you’ll just have to go see the rest: What Exactly is a Doctorate? I have planned 20 hours a week to work on my finishing the dissertation starting in September....
View ArticleYear in Review 2010
Clearly, the best of 2010 is yet to be published (happy to report that the last two chapters of my dissertation have been turned in to my advisor). Time seems to bend towards the end of the year in a...
View ArticlePowerless (aka Life Without Internet, Round 3)
On July 5, 2011, I walked in to a Sprint store to make absolutely sure I was locked in to an ironclad contract for unlimited data service off my mobile hotspot. The service representative (henceforth...
View ArticleSelf Evaluation: List of Fives
"Fives" by Leo Reynolds Whenever I hire a new assistant, I have a list of questions I ask to get a feel for how we can best work together. I want to make sure I take advantage of their strengths and...
View ArticleNew Chapter: Life Reboot
For the last year, I’ve felt this yearning to do something different. I’ve been a full-time faculty member for a decade now, teaching many of the same courses semester after semester after semester...
View ArticleMomentary Lapse of Memory
I feel like I’ve been in life free-fall all summer. I didn’t begin the summer intending to quit teaching, change jobs, and move 1000 miles away, but that’s what I did, and it still catches me...
View ArticleNPS and Gamification
Last weekend I visited Bryce Canyon National Park and Cedar Breaks National Monument for a 3-day digital detox. [Yes, believe it or not, I can put away the Interwebs for 3 whole days.] While hiking in...
View ArticleMy New Work Colleagues
Last month, I took a new position as Director of Learning and Innovation for Area9 - they build personalized learning software and learning simulations (e.g. LearnSmart, SmartBook, and SmartLabs). In...
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