Droid Blogging
Nothing much to say in this update. Wordpress has a nice app out for Android and I decided to test it out. Let’s me do all my admin related stuff via my Droid phone.
If you haven’t figured it out, I am a slave to technology. I love being more and more mobile with apps. I have only had my Droid phone for a couple of weeks, but it far surpasses my old WinMo phone in speed and performance. Plus, the open source side means that apps are being developed all over the place and are easy to get to.
That’s all for now. Just used this bandwidth to try out another new toy.
The End of The World?
OK… so I blog about once a year, whether I need to or not.
My friend Eli wrote a blog entry to his kids a few months ago. With 2012 releasing to DVD yesterday, Eli’s post came to mind. I encourage you to read it. Here’s a paragraph excerpted from it:
“First, the most obvious: The Mayan world ended a lot sooner than they themselves thought it would. Look around. No more Mayans. They’ve been gone since the 1600s, so looking to them for a prediction of the end of all things is pretty pointless. Do not be afraid.”
Read it entirely at Eli’s blog, presentsense.
Thanks for the perspective Eli. Just serves to remind us that we need to stop worrying about when the world will end and focus on doing the things we’ve been called to do.
USAction Survey – Did you beat your wife yet?
So it’s that time of year again… political organizations begin taking advantage of the fact that they can slip under the “Do Not Call” list radar. Most of them, I just answer and hang up. Or if it’s a survey, I let them know my mind.
I get a call from a group calling themselves USAction who are doing a “survey” to get the pulse of “Americans”. First off… I consider surveys only to be legit if they are from truly non-partisan groups such as Gallup or Nielsen. Anyhow, I knew this one was a joke as soon as the “pollster” starts off with a statement along the lines of “Government continues to give tax breaks to big oil while the blah blah blah…” Then, after setting you up with a statement that demands you to be horrified and offended they ask the question something like, “Do you think we should send a message to Washington to stop this?” The clincher, you must answer “Yes” or “No”. Come on people… this is just like asking a husband “Did you beat your wife yet?” and only allowing a yes or no answer. Do I think we need to fix things in Washington? Sure. Will stopping tax breaks fix it? Probably not. At the very least, don’t expect a “yes” or “no” answer to the question. It takes a lot more defining than that.
What gave me a chuckle was when I gave the “wrong” answer to the pollster. I answered in the negative, and did it very firmly. He actually stopped his banter with an “uh, ok.” Then he got back on track with three or four other questions, all doing the same thing. Bash the current administration, ask if you think it needs fixed. And call it a “survey”. I always thought surveys were supposedly unbiased.
Anyone who has the legal expertise and would like to help me, I’m planning on starting a “grassroots effort” to get PAC’s and any other political organization to have to adhere to the same rules that commercial organizations have to do when it comes to the “Do Not Call” list. Last election season, I had some union organization calling me to vote for some candidate. I called them back and asked to be removed from their list. They kept calling back. These political groups have no respect for people’s time and it frustrates me to no end.
I’m DONE!!!!
Final residency was held on campus yesterday and today. My final presentations went well… was worried for nothing. All that’s left is graduation on Sunday.
I highly recommend Franklin’s program. It is an intense 18 months… but so worth it when it is finished. If you are considering getting your MBA, give Franklin a call.
It’s the Final Countdown…
Graduation is May 11!! My project is complete… I am just doing some rewrites before it has to be presented this Saturday. All that’s left is to present my final project (worth 500 points of the 1000 this semester!). I hope it goes well. Then we have an on-campus session right before graduation. During this session, we will be presented a case study and have to somehow demonstrate our MBA learnings with it. I’m interested in knowing what will happen.
The last seventeen months have flown by. Stay tuned for the final wrap up…
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