On Monday, September 22, I’ll be visiting Western Illinois University to talk about this essay I wrote for the Center for Innovation in College Media blog:
“Journalism school graduates: How to increase your chance of finding a job and decrease your chance of having to vent on AngryJournalist.com”
Throughout the day I’ll be meeting with [...]
For quite a while I’ve noticed that my attention has been continually focused on things that, while fun, aren’t very fulfilling on the Internet.
Keeping up with Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc. is very fun, but I can’t honestly say I’ve had an inspiring feeling about most of it. I think the quick and dirty nature [...]
Today the Rockford Register Star announced layoffs of 13 full- and part-time employees. This follows a previous round of 17 buyouts. Among those laid off today was a really great mentor and friend of mine: Aaron Chambers, the Springfield bureau chief.
I worked under Chambers as reporting intern while I was in the Public Affairs [...]
Once again, I won’t be following my childhood dreams of being an astronaut and going to Mars. Instead, I’m leaving the field of professional journalism and crossing over to join the Illinois Senate Republican communications staff, aka becoming an “elephant man.”
It goes without saying that I’m excited about this opportunity. It’ll be a refreshing [...]
My dad is on YouTube and posted this video:
For Christmas, I got my mom an iPod Nano and loaded up her CD collection on there for her. I talked with her the other day on the phone and asked her how it was working.
The main thing for her seemed to be the accessories related to [...]
Here’s a list of things I want to accomplish this year:
1.) Do some sort of blogging daily. Either here, at Nerdlusus, or on my Tumblr. Make it more of a habit, although lately I’ve been good about keeping my del.icio.us and Twitter frequently updated.
2.) Write an essay at least once a week on a topic [...]
I just bought this domain name.
From dictionary.com:
slurb –noun
a shabby, ill-planned suburban area.
[Origin: 1960–65; sl(um) + (sub)urb]
Look for it after Christmas. It’ll be part of my multi-pronged foray into video blogging. There’s some technical stuff to take care of first (hardware upgrades, software purchases and updates). Also, I’m moving to a new apartment. Plus, there’s the [...]
You’ve probably noticed that I don’t post with any sort of frequency at all here at Nerdlusus. While I really do enjoy using and learning about WordPress as a blog publishing platform, it’s a bit cumbersome to use for things that are much more brief in nature. For instance, if I come across a YouTube [...]
I am now the proud owner of a pet mouse. I’d prefer not to be, but you could say this particular rodent dropped in on me.
A few nights ago I was sitting at my computer desk, watching TV and saw something shoot across the floor along the wall. Then, a few minutes later, it [...]
Obviously, I haven’t been blogging here in quite some time, but for those who might stumble upon this and not know what I’m up to these days (i.e. those who I don’t talk to via AIM, GoogleTalk or Facebook) here’s a brief update.
I’m entering into the third week of my new job as a Web [...]
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