Reflections

This blog post is an essay response from a class I took at the Rochester Institute of Technology, WGST-357: Communication, Gender, and Media. This course was taught by Dr. Nickesia Gordon. The essay prompt encouraged us to reflect broadly on the role of media in society. I liked my response

In 2006, Bruce Byfield asked why open source was not on activist agendas. Have things changed in 2019? What did Byfield get right? What did he leave out?

Since June 2015, Fedora is working to ship modular versions of packages, known as Fedora Modularity. This article analyzes why Modularity failed in 2017.

I learned more about a man named Seth Vidal by chance. For Fedora Appreciation Week, I wanted to share a personal story surrounding his life and passing.

What parts of our culture make us proud and content or disappointed and shameful? I started to wonder about my identity and what it means to be an American.

Six months ago, I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts. Along the way, I learned a few lessons on creating a healthy diet of media and pop culture consumption in a world of constant connectivity and endless media reservoirs.

My independent study to work on ListenBrainz comes to a close. I talk about my work in the last month and reflect back on my original objectives.

The world of digital devices alters modern experience of reality. Time no longer asserts priority or influence over a moment because of a smart phone.

Originally published on 19 April 2017 at Medium.com.Republished on 25 October 2021 at jwfblog.wpengine.com. Many times, I’ve sat down to write this. The same number of times, I never finish and delete it all. Many times, I’ve wondered how to say the things I want to say. I’ve been doing