There sure is a lot of noise out there about so-called “artificial intelligence.” (I won’t bother with the scare quotes through the whole post, but it’s worth noting: “AI” is a term that’s been in use, mostly for marketing, since the 1950s (here is the term’s original usage), and as…
Preface Before we start, I should point out: I am not a doctor. I have no medical training. I only have a couple years’ worth of herbal studies, so I consider myself a student of herbalism more than a practitioner. Nothing in this post should be read as medical advice…
A little action by a lot of people becomes a lot of action.
I entered 2024 on the brink of burnout. Maybe a bit past the brink. I didn’t feel secure in my job; I was still exhausted from a rushed move at the start of the year; I ignored the fact that I was already busy and tired and went for my…
How I, an immunocompromised person, am navigating life right now. With some frustrated opinions thrown in.
A post about my own burnout, with some resources for people who are, themselves, burned out or who are in a position to help prevent/mitigate others’ burnout. TLDR: It’s a lot more organizational than individual, and so are the solutions.
I started a new job last week. I’m excited about it! I also want to issue this reminder: as has always been the case, my posts here represent my own feelings and opinions and not those of any employer, past, present, or future.
This is only interesting in an historical sense; we’ve learned a lot since I wrote it.
I usually do a year-end post. That’s not happening in 2017. This year took so much from me, and from people I care about, that I refuse to write about it. But I’d like to write about 2018. Not “resolutions” so much as “plans and goals”—and maybe not even those…
I am teaching Introduction to Programming for Information Professionals, online, for the University of Maryland this semester. My colleague, Bill Kules, has taught this class (in person) several times and has included social justice/critical perspectives aspects in at least one prior semester (docx). We talked about including it in each…
