Friday, May 29, 2015

Introduction

Hi, my name is Josh. I am finishing my degree in historical studies and will have 18 hours left after this summer. I started this many years ago but had to take time off because life happened along the way. I live in Allen with my wife, two children, and two dogs.

I like to watch a lot of sports on TV. I used to watch an embarrassing amount of baseball but over time have transitioned more into football. Outside of the games, I tend to watch too much sports media such as ESPN and the NFL Network. I have realized over the past year or so though that most news I see on TV is information that I have previously seen on twitter. It has got to the point where many of these news news shows actually cite twitter as a reference.

Most of the media that I routinely consume has been coming through twitter for the reasons that I mentioned above. I also seem to spend significant time on LinkedIn, which I use more for business purposes. I work for a national physician practice management organization as a physician recruiter and have done so for nearly 13 years now. It's a dynamic industry which also allows me to meet many interesting people from diverse backgrounds. I don't really watch  that much television and have transitioned into someone who tends to rely on twitter or even YouTube for media. When I do watch TV though, it tends to be something that has high entertainment and little social value such as Better Call Saul or even Orange is the New Black.



1 comment:

  1. Welcome to the class and congratulations on sticking with it! I wish I were 18 hours away from graduating myself. But to be honest, coming back to school as an adult has been amazing and I'm addicted to learning now. I agree with you — when I intentionally watch TV or go to a movie, it is for pure entertainment. In a movie, I want full-on IMAX RealD 3D with sound that rattles my seat and CGI to taunt my vision every second!

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