Half Century Mark I soon turn 50 in April and I can definitely be proud of what I’ve accomplished so far. I have a wonderful family, I have health, an amazing job working with incredible […]
A Critical Gradebook
Background Back in 2015 I made a switch to a #ConnectedCourse via FeedWordPress. The plumbing of how to do this was all thanks to the genius of our good friend Alan Levine. Check out Alan’s multi-post […]
Israel, a truly inspirational professor
Context A few years ago I went through the process of an application to be recognized as one of the inspirational professors so I know what this process is about. I was not selected and recognize […]
Back to Smalltalk
Ancient History My history with Smalltalk stretches back to the 90s and I’m happy to say has come back on the scene in 2019. My first exposure was thanks to an elective that I took […]
IndieWebifying my Blog
Back to the Future Edit (Feb13, 2019): I setup a new self-hosted Known instance and am using that as my main social media hub. New posts will be over there. The “First Post” on this […]
Paint It (Facebook), Black
edit (February 7): I deleted my WhatsApp already. edit (February 8): I added links to the newer posts from Kashmir Hill in the text. edit (February 21): I reactivated my WhatsApp again. Some contacts depend […]
20 Years
Today I celebrate 20 years as a full-time professor here at the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Guadalajara. I actually arrived here on campus for the August 1995 semester as a sessional professor and taught for […]
Kicking off 2019
I only wrote three blog posts on this blog in 2018 and not much elsewhere. Last year was a good year but also stressful in many aspects of work and life. I keep telling my […]
Spring Cleaning
Hey, Wait Yes, the previous post declared that summer is here but I refuse to follow the crowd. End of the January-May semester signals summer but it also signals my spring cleaning of my office […]
Summer is Here
Summer Weather, Summer Plans Today I submitted the last manilla envelope with grading material. My teacher’s day present to myself as today is “Día del Maestro” here in México. I always have a full summer […]