A little background. I always like to start with a little background; helps set the stage for my commentary. As of 2011 I was using a Motorola Razr flip-phone. Yes, I know; I can hear the stuttered question: “How can you work in technology and be using such a dated phone and not an iPhone…
Is GIS splitting? And if it is, should we care? Early in November 2014 I ran across a tweet asking “Is GIS Splitting?” Several thoughts collided in my brain when I saw this question, even more added to the crashing of light-bulbs in my head when I read the post. I had literally just left…
Pattern Recognition (2003), Spook Country (2007), Zero History (2010); by William Gibson. Penguin Books. Unless otherwise stated, my reviews are without compensation (no review copies, no fees, entirely from my own pocket.) I’m going to get right to the chase and talk about geography. Then, I’ll take a stab at reviewing these books, “Pattern Recognition,”…
This last week one of my faculty asked me to help her re-direct her tablet display to the dual-data projector system in one of our larger auditorium classrooms. At the end of the last academic year, our department had a little money left over. I recommended to one of our faculty she might invest in…
The greater portion of the following collection of musings came on the very first day of the Education Conference. My current position covers a diverse number of disciplines, roles, and responsibilities. My office is on the top floor of a 5-story building, on the perimeter of our office space. And I am a Team of…
The award ceremony validated over three decades of dedicated effort to serve and train students in the geospatial sciences. My institution was awarded one of the most, if not the most prestigious and coveted, awards in our discipline. The ESRI Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) award is presented to less than 1/10th of 1% of…
For as prescient as Gene Roddenberry was in Star Trek: The Original Series, the presence of robots was remarkably absent. Later, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, robots rarely appeared as regular every devices. Sure, there was Data, and his brother, Lore, and then later the Borg were introduced, but there were never robots swerving…
I’m writing my post from my “13-inch Late 2007 MacBook” while I follow updates regarding Tropical Storm Isaac on my iPad 2. I have my iPhone 3GS within arm’s reach as my iPhone is the only phone I own. While appreciate Apple’s devices, I am not an Apple fanboy. I cut my proverbial teeth on…
Why using a smartphone, netbook, or laptop in class can get you into real trouble. A few years ago, I was at in-service training for part-time lecturers at a local community college. Our facilitator was going over the process of syllabus creation, what to include, etc. She said, “you can even go so far as…
Constant Geography 
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