As the hour grew late last night, many people were truly shocked at the way the election was shaping up. It was against what all the pollsters had said. And more visibly, it was against what they saw in their respective news feeds. And therein lies part of the problem. Algorithms determine

At 6:00pm tonight, our say in the 2016 election will be complete. There will almost certainly be challenges to the result, so I don’t want to say this will all be over. But there will be nothing more we can do. This has been a nasty election year, more so than any

It’s a bit early to go through what I read this year, it is only November, but I’ve hit my reading challenge for the year so now seems as good a time as any! Over the course of the year I read 54 books, two of which I did not finish (God’s Eye

It has been a bit of a rough week for me. And a rough few months for all of us as we get towards the end of the 2016 election. I don’t know about you, but I could use a pick-me-up. Here are five feel good stories: The official Wonder Woman trailer

If you spend any time on Pinterest or Instagram, at some point you’ll come across bullet journals. These beautiful, elaborate, artsy journals that people have obviously spent a ton of time on. And while they were something I wished I could do, they never seemed like a thing for me. But the

Algorithms are everywhere in our lives. And while I can appreciate the way they can make life easier, they’ve also always made me somewhat uncomfortable. Not just in the “invasion of privacy” way either, although that is certainly a concern. In her book Weapons of Math Destruction, data scientist Cathy O’Neil (aka the

Ok, I’m not sure if November is actually national writing month. I know it’s National Novel Writing Month. And from that, BlogHer created National Blog Posting Month. It’s a time we’re all encouraged to focus on our writing. So really, it might as well be “national writing month.” It’s in that spirit that

After months of rumors Apple has officially released a phone without a 3.5mm (headphone) jack. Of course, everyone is upset about it. What about my wired headphones? An adapter? What if I want to charge my phone while I listen to music? This is ridiculous! I’m switching to Android! (Hate to break

Dark Matter is another book I requested for review thanks to Haley over at I Lay Reading. And much like Haley, I’m having trouble trying to write a review for this book without posting spoilers. So this review is a short one. Dark Matter opens with physics professor Jason Dessen being kidnapped, injected with something, and

I grew up an hour north of Indianapolis. Bachelors from Ball State (ChirpChirp!) and masters from Indiana University (Go Hoosiers!). I cheer on every major and minor sports team from my home state. I love our museums and our parks and being a tourist in my own back yard. I’ve lived and