I just finished reading The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything and have to say that I really enjoyed it.
While the book spends a little too much time in the realm of ‘celebrity worship’ (i.e., there are LOT of celebrities that have found ‘the element’ apparently), the book is still a very good read.
The [...]
I’ve just submitted my last requirement for my last class in the Spring 2009 semester. Whew. I’m now 43% complete with the doctoral work…should be done with coursework around this time next year.
Current Status (May 2009)
39 hours complete
52 remaining (27 hours coursework, 25 hours dissertation)
43% complete.
Coursework completion ~ mid-2010
Dissertation completion ~2012.
I’m taking another six hours [...]
Mark your calendars!
The 3rd annual University of Texas at Dallas Project Management Symposium is taking place August 13 & 14. Call for papers is open until Feb 6 2009.
I just submitted a paper to be considered for this years symposium…keeping my fingers crossed that it gets accepted. I was luck to get a paper accepted [...]
For those that caught my review of Zinsser’s On Writing Well, you may have noticed that I mentioned picking up Zinsser’s “Writing to Learn“.
This book is an easy read and is worth picking up if you’re interested in writing. The book is less of a discussion of ‘how’ to ‘write to learn’ and more of [...]
I’m quoted in the local newspaper regarding a local City Councilman and ex-teacher who bought a ‘degree’ from a diploma mill.
http://wylienews.com/current_issue/headline_councilman_18.html
Just received a call from his wife asking why I’m trying to ‘deliberately destroy his family’. I’m sorry Ms Young…but I’m not. Your husband has done that all by himself.
The first year of my doctorate program is done!
Actually…I finished my last course about a month ago but with the Fall 2008 semester starting next week, I figured I should claim the First Year is complete.
During the first year I took five courses:
INFS 614 – Introduction to Research
INFS 720 – Systems Analysis and Design
INFS 724 [...]
One of my assignments in my Knowledge Management Class had me read and review am article using PowerPoint. I’ve just submitted the assignment and wanted to provide a link to my readers to take a look at the presentation and provide some feedback.
The article reviewed is:
Slaughter, S. A., & Kirsch, L. J. [...]
I’ve just completed my first semester of my doctoral program and I’m ready for a break.
I took 2 courses this semester worth 6 hours. The courses are:
Introduction to Research (INFS 614) - This course was a bear. I did more research and writing in this course than I’ve done in the last 5 years I [...]
Starting September 5, 2007, I will be a student in the Doctor of Science in Information Systems program at Dakota State.
The school is one of the very very few non-profit, regionally accredited universities in the country that offers a doctoral program in information systems via an external (or distance learning) program. The DSU D.Sc. [...]
Charles Green over at “Trust Matters Blog” has a pretty good post titled “Credentials, Elitism and Web 2.0” that discusses the ‘credential’ problem in the world today.
Take a read of Charles’ post…it has a very interesting discussion about some ‘library traditionalists’ vs Wikipedia that is good all by itself…but the best part of the post [...]
