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Chunk it

May 3, 2025 • routine, workflow, Chunk it and add sugar

Ai likes to have its input busted into manageable chunks. I know how it feels. When I have too many competing agendas to juggle, I …

Why I Became Catholic: 3 Reasons

April 22, 2025 • Life

Why did I become Catholic? It wasn’t one big moment. If Jesus is who I say He is… then where else could I go? This …

Ai is the new TA

April 13, 2025 • Tech, AI, routine, TechTips, workflow

Leveraging AI for Efficient and Insightful Grading Teaching implies learning, and learning means gaining new abilities—be it answering a question, solving a problem, or performing …

I have a problem, in Excel.

April 2, 2025 • AI

Sure, here’s a tight excerpt: A little dash broke my spreadsheet—and my logic. I turned to the AI wizards: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Claude. Each …

Leadership Role

March 28, 2025 • Life, Uncategorized

After missing a deadline, a co-worker said, “I guess I’ll have to take more of a leadership role.” I understood what they meant, but I’m …

What percent of $100 paid to unauthorized worker is spent back into the US economy?

January 26, 2025 • Life, Uncategorized

Interesting study looking at the impact of 2008 to 2014 deportations: “for every 13 fewer unauthorized immigrants who are working in a local labor market, …

10 apps from Aug 4th, 2014

January 26, 2025 • Tech, routine, TechTips

10 apps I wish I had — from Aug 4th, 2014 1) instructions: my daily ritual. Wake up; hit the app and it tells me …

Canvas LMS Tip

January 23, 2025 • Tech, TechTips

I thought I'd save time and set SpeedGrader by Student Group, not a good idea for individual assignments. I found very hard to work through …

In the year 2050

January 13, 2025

I love thinking of a new year and new possibilities. Zoom in or out and notice your priorities changing. 1 Year Plan I tend to …

Turtle Days

January 7, 2025 • Life, Uncategorized

The tortoise showed up to run the same race it ran every time. The tortoise had a plan, slow and steady - don’t stop. Do …