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B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)
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I Didn’t Like GoDaddy Before It Was Cool
Companies have reputations. The majority of companies want to be seen as a leader in the marketplace and a global agent of change. Other companies are content—or strive—to be bottom of the barrel. Two extremely popular Internet services companies top the list of companies of the latter. HostGator and GoDaddy. I started out with HostGator…
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Occupy Austin
Last night, around 11 p.m., the Austin Police Department proceeded in an enforcement action of new policies established by the City of Austin concerning usage of the public areas of City Hall. In layterms, they evicted the protest. I’m torn on this issue. The first amendment freedom of assembly is extremely important. We, as citizenry, have…
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Order For A Moment
Sometimes we just have to create order out of the chaos, if it is minor and seemingly meaningless. If you know me personally, you know there is much physical chaos to my environments. I like the idea of organization, but I miss the boat when it is time to execute. Being married to Vanessa has helped with…
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And We’re Live!
This weekend, I migrated this site from Nexcess (on a reseller account that I own) to WP Engine. First, I still love Nexcess. They have served—and continue to serve—me extremely well. I’ve been with Nexcess since 2006 with zero problems, issues or complaints. I’m maintaining my account with them. They’re still hosting everything not at…
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Compromise and Conflict (New on ACNM)
Writing on Austin Catholic New Media today: My wife and I are fundamentally different. My idea of “on-time” is arriving 10 minutes before needing to be somewhere and being able to take my time to get into position, ready to go when I’m supposed to be there. In college, I was the guy that would…
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Sleep Training: Part 239
Trying to continue sleep train Olivia. We’ll letting her cry it out a bit… Olivia: Daddy! Come rock me! It’s my favorite! During a conversation concerning having both girls cry it out at night Vanessa: There will be yelling in the House of Kraft tonight. Sleep has been a constant struggle with Olivia. We were…