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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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envisioning information: escaping the flatlands
Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte After the first thirty-five pages, I’m left with a desire to find a connection between design and information. Today, I met with a web site consultant for the University Catholic Center, my employer. If you visit the homepage of the UCC, it conveys a lot of information (we’ll ignore…
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social interaction
If you look at the social interaction styles of UT students today and ten years ago, they are vastly different. In today’s student environment, we head home after a long day and turn on our computers. Almost instantly, IM opens up connecting us to many of our friends who are online at the same time.…
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do i have time for this?
In PA 326, Intro to the Non-Profit Sector, we are supposed to find and work 35 hours over the semester in a non-profit. While 35 hours doesn’t seem like that much, the more I look at my calendar, the more I am unsure how I’ll be able to do that. I’m going to speak with…
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found: one bike seat
A few months ago, the seat from my bicycle was stolen from in front of my apartment complex. Just the seat. Today, my roommate calls me to tell me he found my bicycle seat in the laundry room of our complex. It doesn’t answer any questions but at least I can ride my bike again.
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deus caritas est: error?
As you may know, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, released his first Encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, that is, God Is Love. I haven’t read all of it so I’m refraining from comment but I do have a question. In Part 1, Section 11, the Holy Father refers to Adam and his way of finding…
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thursday is a dull day
For STS 321, we were asked to record a “media log” of how we interact with media over a course of a day. Here are my results: Thursday is not a good day for me to do a media log. I’m in class from 8 a.m until 12:15 p.m. with no break, except today I…