Money

I went to deposit this money at the ATM this morning and the sun shined on it. I hadn't noticed that they changed the look of the 100 dollar bill. I usually use a card, so this is one of the rare times that I will actually have cash on my, much less a 100 dollar bill. I am grateful that I at least have this much to deposit and that it looked good going into the ATM.

Big's

Each day, I stop at this store to buy a couple of sodas. These keep me going through the workday. Though we have sodas at the office, I like to stay at my desk as much as I can to get the maximum amount of work done. If it weren't for this store, I'd probably have to stop somewhere closer to work, which is a lot further than this store is to my commute.

Glasses

I am very grateful that I have these glasses. Without them, I wouldn't be able to do my job, I couldn't drive, or see everything around me. I used to wear contact lenses, but I find glasses to be easier to use. I may get some contacts again, but without my glasses, I couldn't relax without contact lenses.

Office Assistant

I am very grateful to have our office assistant working for us. She has a unique job. She is to be here when we need her. Since our corporate meeting is coming up in May, she'll be stopping in this week. This is much appreciated, since I will be making travel arrangements on my own rather than through the corporation. The last time I saw her was for our Christmas lunch last December. I passed her by and said Hi in the hallway as she was delivering a FedEx package.

Savannah

I am glad that my daughter has a great cousin who is artistic. My daughter looks up to her so much. My niece Savannah wanted to go to college station to be a veterinarian. She decided to attend Our Lady of the Lake University. My daughter loves animals and wants to go to OLLU when she goes to college. It is so important for kids her age to start thinking about college. I decided to go on a whim during my senior year.

Rodeo

I am grateful that we have such a great rodeo come to our hometown every year. We don't make it out to the rodeo every year, but this year we did. I am glad we were able to make out and that my daughter was able to ride a horse again. She loves animals and especially loves horses. She is both afraid of them and loves them. I'm happy that she was given another opportunity to get familiar with them, so that she can appreciate them more.

Time Machine

I am grateful that there are businesses that cater to the experience of a visit to their establishment. Having Cat Woman be our waitress was exciting to this little one. At the end of the day, she got her face painted. Places like The Magic Time Machine and Build-A-Bear Workshop make the trip to the place well worth it. I hope this teaches her that ordinary things like eating dinner or buying a bear can be exciting if you change it up a little with imagination, a valuable lesson in life.

IDEA

I'm so grateful that we were able to find a school that is right for my daughter at the moment. This school is new and tries to do things differently. I hope their methods work, but even if they don't, I'm glad that we are trying to give my daughter the best education. This school has great technology, and I and grateful that they have got at least that correct.

Rowdy Pride!

While I was on campus, I realized that there was something missing at TAMUSA that was readily available at UTSA. As I was walking, I noticed that there were students wearing UTSA shirts, had UTSA gear, and walking around helping each other. TAMUSA is such a new school that the sense of family has not yet been established. I am grateful that I have Rowdy Pride! I'm also grateful that my family is here at UTSA.

Teens vs Adults and Social Media

I came across this article from my Google Alerts. donah boyd explains how teens use social media differently than adults. They rarely use linking and speak to only a handful of friends through their accounts. It also mentions her new book that I am going to purchase.

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/240184/teenagers-dont-use-social-media-to-share-links-says-microsoft-researcher/

http://www.danah.org/itscomplicated/

Closed

Right now, I am really grateful for having had closed this ticket. This ticket was reopened three times. It is sometime frustrating to have a ticket that seems to be completed when there are little things that have not been attended to after extensive testing. In fact, I am grateful for having closed many other tickets. This is what my job is all about. But this ticket was a little frustrating since it was reopened so many times. I'm glad that I was able to finally get everything right with this issue. It wasn't that difficult, but I always try to close the ticket the first time. I am really grateful that I am able to move on to another issue.

The U.S.

On this day, President's Day, I have to be grateful that I live in the U.S. My father was a Marine in Vietnam, and he proudly flies this flag. I am grateful for everything that we take for granted in this country, and I'm grateful to the privilege of having been born in this country.

Modern Medicine

Today, I'm grateful for modern medicine. My daughter caught the flu, and we were able to catch it in time to administer the Tamiflu. She should feel a lot better within a couple of days. If it wasn't for modern medicine, this could have been disastrous or even fatal.

Marsala

I'm always learning new things in the kitchen. I'm glad that I came across a recipe that led me to learn that Marsala wine is from a certain area in Italy. I've tasted food with Marsala wine, but I've never tried cooking with it. It is delicious, bringing another level of cooking to my kitchen.

Dolce & Gabbana

It's nice to know that I have someone who knows what I like. I wasn't expecting anything this Valentine's Day, but it was a nice surprise to receive this cologne. I love the way it smells, and it is the same brand as the one I currently use. Instead of buying me something that I already have, I was given a different scent to add variety to my life. It was a very pleasant and thoughtful gift.

Emoticons

I think that it would more difficult than it already is to understand each other in messaging and text-based conversations without emoticons. Emoticons are a quick way to tell people how you feel, rather than using many words. I think from this picture you can see that we understand exactly what other is saying.

Cell Phones

I am grateful for cell phones. I was able to do so much today because I didn't have to be tied down to my desk. Furthermore, I did a lot from my desk because of my cell phone's capabilities. If I had to be on this dinosaur all day, I would get much less done. This thing doesn't even have the Internet. It's hard to believe the size difference.

Hyperlinks

Linking is one of the biggest parts of blogging. I figure that I would add a post on linking. Let's add an <a></a> HTML tag to your blog. The basic <a> tag is this: It includes an <a> open tag and an </a> closing tag. Here is some text: Visit our social media Google+ page. To make this a hyper-link, we need to use the <a></a> tag. The <a></a> tag consists of a reference, title, and (optional) a target.

Here's how it works:

Visit our social media media <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106263980696246227305" title="SOC 6903" target="_blank">Google+</a> page.

Visit our social media Google+ page

In this example, I added a hyperlink. Here is the basic syntax: <a href="" title="" target=""></a>
This has to be added in the HTML section of your blog. The href is the url to which you want to navigate; the title is what is shown when you hover over the link, SOC 6903 in the example above; and the target is optional and usually tells the link to open in the _parent window or a _blank tab or window.

This is very helpful when you want to keep the flow of the paragraph without interruptions from weird hyperlinks like https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106263980696246227305.
Alternatively, you can use the hyperlink tool "Link" in the toolbar. This is probably the best way to accomplish this, but if you ever get into trouble, I hope understanding the mechanics of this will help out. Google+. You'll notice that the same options are available for this tool except for the title option.

Social Penetration

I am very grateful for books. I would not have made it this far in life had it not been for learning so much from books of all kinds. They are easy to find and easy to get lost in. This is a book on Social Penetration Theory (The Onion Theory), a theory commonly found in many disciplines. I read it this last summer for a class in which we picked our own pace and books. We read one book per week for ten weeks. I enjoyed learning so much at such a fast rate.

Privacy

I am grateful that my employer respects us enough to realize that we work better when we are comfortable. For this reason, we have privacy panels all over the office. It is typical to go days without speaking to another employee. We give our best work in return.

RSS HOMEPAGE AND ALERTS Richard M. Cano: Protopage

http://www.protopage.com/socmultimedia

Protopage is an online RSS Reader that allows you to keep all of your RSS  feeds in one place. It is hosted on the cloud, so you can access all of these feeds from different mobile devices. The link above is an example of a Protopage Homepage; this is my homepage. In addition, I have created Google Alerts for similar interests as those in my Protopage Homepage.

Here is a list of those alerts:

Communication Social Media Research	Only the best results	Once a day
Media Design Tutorials	Only the best results	Once a week
Photoshop Photography Design Tutorials	Only the best results	Once a day
Social Media Boundary Management	Only the best results	Once a day
Web Design Tutorials	Only the best results	Once a week

 

Valentine's Day Bear

This is the Valentines Day Bear that I bought for my daughter. I put together a necklace that was on sale and a bear from Walgreens. I buy my daughter bears and necklaces all year long. To her, this will be great. The fact that it is for Valentine Day, makes it extra special. First, she is enthusiastic about what she will be getting. Second, she lost a necklace not too long ago. I am grateful that she will be getting a new necklace and that she is anticipating a gift for Valentines Day. I'm glad she is still easy for whom to shop.

Valentine's Day Shopping

I realized, while I was standing in line, that I'm very grateful and lucky to have to wonderful girls that make-up my family. Today, I'm going to treat them to some nice gifts, and Friday to a good dinner. I don't mind waiting in line. The line was small, especially on Sunday morning. I was pretty much in-and-out!

Cheerleaders

Nadiyah's other cousins from Eagle Pass came to San Antonio this weekend for a cheer-leading competition. Nadiyah used to be in tumbling a couple of years back and even competed one time in a national competition. Her cousins placed third overall. They were disappointed, but they did very well. I am grateful that her cousins came to see her this weekend and that they hold similar interests. They are more like friends than they are cousins.

"Narrate, Curate, Share"

http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2011/08/10/How-Blogging-Can-Catalyze-Learning.aspx?Page=2

I've actually heard these terms in conjunction before. "Narrate, Curate, Share" does a great job at depicting the true meaning of what blogging is all about. Aron Barlow wrote a book on this same subject, and the idea that you are a storyteller as a blogger resonates through his book; you are a storyteller in the new public sphere.

Barlow, A. (2008). Blogging America: The new public sphere. Westport, CT: Praeger.

As a curator, you begin to think about what your writings can do to the individuals who read them; you think, essentially, about how your writing and thought affect people and life. It is important to state that the connectedness is, in fact, the basic premise of social media, of which blogging shared a big part in by sharing.

Graupel

I am grateful for this crazy Texas weather. It's pretty challenging, but at the same time it seems to be a bit calming that the weather can change from day to day or moment to moment. I'm also grateful that I live in Texas; otherwise, it would probably be snowing so much so that we couldn't even walk outside, Texans I mean.

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING Richard M. Cano: Delicious

https://delicious.com/rmcutsa

Delicious is a social bookmarking website that allows you to save all the links that interest you in one place. You have a home page with all the links listed. You can search through your links or filter them by keywords that you assign to them. You can even discover links and create relationships with other people. You can use their links as your own or you can search their links.There is even a feature that allows you to connect to your other social media profiles and even share your links through them. Perhaps the most fascinating feature is that it is hosted on the cloud, meaning, you will always have access to them via all of you Internet enabled multimedia devices.

Technology in the Classroom

As I mentioned Monday, technology in the classroom makes life way easier. This is a picture of my classroom at TAMUSA in the College of Business located at Brooks Air Force Base. You can see that people have their laptops out, are surfing the Internet, have their cellphones out and texting, and are actively engaged in media. We do a lot of our assignments in class in case we need help so that the professor can help or another student that understands how to do the assignment can help. I took this picture so that the person viewing can feel the technology in the room.

Art

With all the digital media artwork on the Internet, and with all the Adobe and Adobe Photoshop design and artwork that I do, I do stop and appreciate actual artwork created without digital media, even though it might be replicated with such. There is a different sense of sensuality that is always present in artwork. You can almost sense the artist's feelings within the artwork. It is difficult to replicate this when your only interface with the artwork is a computer. When it is not, there are some sparks as the digital meets the traditional.

Rubik's Cube

I'm glad someone invented this cube. Especially on a Monday, this cube makes the day go by faster and smoother. It also helps in turning my mind on for and find creative ways of solving problems, and it's right on my desk.

Chicken Adobo

I'm grateful that my family loves eating, trying, and cooking new foods. This is a picture of Chicken Adobo, a Philippine enjoyed dish. It is very healthy and tasty. We make so many dishes that We sometimes do not make a dish again. I'll definitely have to incorporate this dish into our regular menu.

Starr

This is Starr, my daughter's cousin. She was born in Dallas, Texas. Her family lives in Louisiana. Her parents are separated and had trouble keeping her going to school, so Nadiyah's (my daughter) uncle took her in. Both of her parents live in Eagle Pass, Texas. I am grateful that Starr is going to school and that Nadiyah has someone to play with on the weekends, since she is an only child. I am very grateful that Starr and Nadiyah are cousins.