Winning Arguments

Winning Arguments

I remember when I was young, my mother had a dream that I was going to become a debater. My college years made me more of a debtor than debater, but college also taught me how to express my thoughts in convincing arguments. I might not always have the best arguments...
Autopilot

Autopilot

Have you ever been driving and find yourself going the wrong direction. It’s easy to get used to driving certain routes that when you have to go somewhere else with a similar route, you can forget where you are going for a brief moment and miss a turn. That...
The Internet, Open-Source, and Government

The Internet, Open-Source, and Government

With the barrage of political ads and arguments about who would be the best president to choose this year, a common theme that I’ve heard from many people is that they’d rather have another option than this year’s candidates. The perspective that...
What is Facebook For?

What is Facebook For?

Are you on Facebook? How long have you been a user? How many times a day do you use it? I sounds like I’m asking questions about a drug, or maybe as a part of an addiction support group. I wouldn’t consider myself to be addicted to Facebook, but I know of...
Work And Rest And Ministry And Sabbath

Work And Rest And Ministry And Sabbath

Friday is my day off. Sometimes I get Thursday off too, but Friday is the day that I do not work (as long as I am keeping my Sabbath holy). I was thinking last night about the concept of the Sabbath and how there are more than one approach to interpreting it. Some...
What’s The Point?

What’s The Point?

I tend to multitask… A Lot. It’s debatable whether my multitasking makes me more or less productive, but the fact remains that I have a tendency to at least try to more than one thing at a time. At this very moment, I am writing this blog post. duplicating...
Check Your Power Source

Check Your Power Source

One of the aspects of my job is troubleshooting the technical issues that arise with our production equipment across all of our campuses. Sometimes this means traveling to a campus to get my hands on the equipment, but more often I find myself fielding calls and text...
Where Should I Focus My Efforts?

Where Should I Focus My Efforts?

I’m the kind of guy that you just want to hate… Those seem like strong words when taken out of context, but that was said of me when a friend of mine was introducing my wife to someone. I believe his description of me was something along the lines of,...

Everything Is a Remix

Here’s an interesting perspective of the back and forth lawsuits surrounding the smartphone industry. I would take it step further and say that the competition that arises from the remixes of your own works is incentive to make things even better. If your...