Reflections on 2023
I’m all about setting goals. And as the new year loams, revisiting my goals are important. Equally important, however, is reflecting the past year’s accomplishments. It provides me with perspective of what I can...
Tagged: research
Update on research
With my application for promotion to Professor on the horizon, it is time to provide a research update, reviewing where I’m at and what I plan to accomplish in the coming year. This past...
Research 2.0
It occurred to me recently that academia has, in all of its traditional glory, failed to adopt the the Web 2.0 mindset in publication and research. We live in a publish or perish environment. ...
Catastrophizing Social Media
It’s easy today to hate on social media. News articles suggest social media causes anxiety, spreads misinformation, and become cesspools of me-to thinking. And not without basis. Various scientific articles have shared these concerns...
The written word
For someone that never excelled at English in high school, I’ve written far more in my career than I ever imagined I would.
Reflection
When I reflect on the past year, it really was a great year for me and my family – financially, socially, health-wise, and career-wise. My wife’s business is booming, my career is rocking, our marriage is loving, my kids are thriving, and we are all moving in the right direction.
Four unresolved issues in privacy
Recently a friend and colleague asked me about key areas of conflict in the field of privacy. After a bit of brainstorming, I came up with four such issues. Information privacy versus information disclosure....
Judgment errors in e-commerce
My colleague, Dr. Ravi Paul, and I need your help. In a our latest research project, we need a list the potential judgment errors that may infect e-commerce initiatives. These biases cause errors in...
Year in Review – The Best is Yet to Come
2015 has shaped up to be a stressful, yet fulfilling year. 2016 looks to be even more so. Sometimes it seems like life is standing still when viewed in the moment, but when taking...
Research in Universities – The Good and Bad
This is a re-post of an article I wrote over three years ago on another blog. It was relevant then and still is today. I’ve heard a number of folks condemn research at universities. ...