Volunteering
Working for pay is necessary. Working for a cause you believe in is excellent. Time spent volunteering is so worthwhile!
Serving tech-savvy students
Last Friday I presented at the WaACRAO annual conference on a topic near and dear to my heart: technology. Specifically, how websites, social media web services can improve how technology-savvy college students interact with their schools' admissions and registrar's offices.
Read MoreMentoring, or creating an army of minions
Everyone should command an army of minions to do their evil bidding and I'm actively working on recruiting two for mine. I should probably mention at this point that my "army" consists of high school seniors and instead of having them carry out my "evil bidding," I'm really just mentoring their senior projects. But it sure sounds better that way, doesn't it? UPDATE: projects are complete! Graduation shall proceed!
Read MoreNALC Food Drive ’09
For the fifth year in a row, I served as a "Team Leader" for Food Lifeline during the National Association of Letter Carrier's annual food drive. As in years past, I had a lot of fun and enjoyed seeing so many people who turned out to volunteer, getting a lot of exercise moving bags of donated groceries, and being in the sun. Well, maybe I enjoyed that too much: I've got a nice sunburned forehead now!
Read MoreWorst auction item ever
The JEA/NSPA convention invariably has a silent auction during its post-judging evening reception. There’s usually a collection of art of various description from local artists, a signed foot-, base-, or basketball signed by a player from the city’s pro team, some gift baskets, software packages donated by vendors, etc.—that sort of thing. Friday evening’s auction in Phoenix...
Read MorePhoenix Journalism Convention – Day 4
Important: parents, please follow our Twitter feed for up-to-the-minute updates (at least as long as we’re not in the air) on our return to Seattle Sunday afternoon: MTHSHawkeye It may be a Saturday, but there’s not much rest on this, the final day (for us at least) of the convention. Sunday’s sole convention activity is the individual award ceremony, but unfortunately our...
Read MorePhoenix Journalism Convention – Day 3
Ah, adviser hospitality. That’s the name given to the room at these conventions where there’s free coffee, pastries and fruit on Friday and Saturday mornings. It’s good to be an adviser, er… chaperon. Mark and I started our very long day there. Fridays are always long at the convention; here’s a rundown: Sessions from 9 through noon A break for lunch Keynote...
Read MoreNow Reading
Planned books:
None
Current books:
The Player of Games (Culture) by Iain M. Banks
Recent books:
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
- House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds
- The Santaroga Barrier by Frank Herbert
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman