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August 28, 2022

Upskilling in Video: Titles and Transitions

I’ve been dabbling with Camtasia, and I made this short clip in around 2 hours. I watched a few tutorials in an “advanced” LinkedIn Learning course, and that was helpful, but the tutorials don’t follow the narrative that the intro-level version did. That version was easier for me to follow along with, and included practice […]
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August 19, 2022

Never Stop Learning

I woke up hours late today and totally out of it. I’m not sick sick, but something was weighing on me heavily enough to convince myself: time for a mental health day. As soon as I made that decision, I felt lighter! I don’t have plans for today, apart from reading, walking Cheyenne, and maybe […]
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July 24, 2022

Last Summer

Last summer I was still working in higher education as an “eLearning Specialist,” doing zero eLearning and doing too much “teaching people how to Zoom for the 700th time.” I was very bored. Be careful what you wish for…because a few months later, I left that job, and I haven’t been bored since! But I […]
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June 23, 2022

“Remote Work” Trials and Tribulations

That title might give the impression that this blog post is going to be a “whole thing,” so let’s address that right now: It won’t be. I’m here because I remembered this blog exists. I’m avoiding “grading” right now (my least favorite part of teaching) and was poking around other areas of my online course […]
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June 3, 2022

Connections > Content

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, and I was finally inspired to take a break from doom-posting (intermixed with exuberant joy-posting, because that’s just my style) on Twitter to write a lil’ post about why we struggle with design vs. delivery. 🧵 embed below. If the Design is Good, Why Do We Miss in […]
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May 13, 2022

ID Highlights of the Week

My mom and sister visited last week and it was the best vacation and family time I could have hoped for. I napped a ton, we visited great places, my mom brought baby and childhood pictures that are now hanging in various places to remind myself that I didn’t always live in deep angst (that’s […]
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April 15, 2022

Birthday Eve Reflections

Not Another Pandemic Birthday Party My birthday is my second favorite holiday (after Halloween). I don’t think it’s because I’m self-centered (although you might disagree); I just enjoy being showered with good wishes, eating cake, and having a day to reflect on life. I didn’t want to reflect this year, because honestly, it’s been rough. […]
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April 9, 2022

Becoming a “designer”

Hi, it’s me again, blogging from the car while John fills the gas tank (and then continuing the next day, after a 7 mile hike!) I’ve been meaning to get around to a post about the title of this blog, so why not now? I changed my WP username at the start of my trial […]
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March 25, 2022

The Problem with Envelope Stuffers

Here’s a post I’ve drafted in my head for a while and spoken to a few friends and colleagues about. It’s about a math problem. My answer: need more information. We can’t assume that all workers are equally skilled at envelope stuffing, have the same mental and physical capabilities to do that task in exactly […]
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March 19, 2022

En route to Westcliffe

That was neat! I hope that captions (auto and ability to edit before publishing) are coming soon. #a11y Westcliffe is a dark sky community, with rules about light/screens at night. It’s a scenic, quaint mountain town. We found a pet friendly little motel, and a Cheyenne is being a good girl in the back seat. […]
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