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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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Breaking The Silence
I have maintained a blogging silence over the past few weeks. On the morning of my last post, my mom went in for a medical test and two days later, she learned that she has breast cancer. As far as I know, we have had no history of cancer in our family and with much…
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10 years
Today, it has been ten years since my dad passed away. Perhaps because I’ve been so incredibly busy during the past few weeks, I haven’t really thought about it much. While in school, I would have too much time to think about it and would end up taking an academic dive this time of year.…
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my next killer app
A “killer app” is an application that becomes a must-have and literally changes the socio-technical landscape. Going very old school, writing, literacy and currency all were killer apps in their own time. More recently, e-mail is a killer app. Without it, you’re way behind and only get further and further behind. Facebook and/or MySpace are…
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allah the father?
A Dutch bishop suggested that Christians start referring to God as Allah to improve relations with our Muslim brothers and sisters. Theologically, I’m not sure if there are any big things in the way of this. God has given us many different names for him; Allah is one that we didn’t receive in our tradition,…
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these guys had too much time on their hands
but then again, I had time to watch their video. [Update 2025: this was an embed of an old flash file.]
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new desk
Today, I bought a new desk from IKEA. I had been a big fan of IKEA. I’ve never gone crazy, but my twin bookshelves are from their Houston and Round Rock stores. If a new person to Austin needs furniture, among others, I suggest IKEA. Today’s shopping experience left me disenchanted with IKEA. I’ll save…