2022 - On to the Next Chapter

Updated: 26 Oct 2022

OK - it has been a while, but I am beginning to look at a new “chapter” in my life - I am looking to retire during the Summer of 2022, so Spring 2022 will be my last as a full time faculty member at Oklahoma State University.

I say this with some reluctance as any change of this type is always daunting, but I do believe the time is right for me to move on to something new. I have spent the past 26 years at OSU, and the past 38 years working for either OSU or The University of Tennessee - I believe I have done my duty so to speak. In May I turn 64 years old and after several health issues (now resolved) in the past decade as well as changes to the Higher Education landscape (both in a broader sense and at OSU in specific) I believe it is a good time to move on as I no longer really have the job I set out to get when I graduated from ETSU in December 1979.

While I have left OSU as a full time member of the faculty, I will continue to serve as an advisor for a long term project with the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office along with my friends and colleagues Michael Larson and Hongbo Yu in the Department of Geography. I will also still be serving on a small number of graduate committees over the next 1-2 years until those students complete their studies.

To that end, it is my hope to make this website a more active place for comments on technology and education, and I hope to be far more regular at making such posts. In the next few days I plan to post my thoughts on the newest Apple Laptops - the M1 MacBook Pro models, and how I believe they will lead a new era in personal computing over the next few years.

So, with that let me just say that I wish everyone a Happy 2022, and lets hope it turns out better than the last 2 years. Take care and Go Pokes!!