JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 36: Possible Ancient Astronaut, indeed Life changes inspired before the arrival of COVID-19, beginning with leaving Fitzgerald to apply for position that has been my life-long dream and far beyond the confines of CCSD. MP3 Version: Enjoy and please subscribe to my YouTube channel or subscribe to all of my blog posts (scroll […]

JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 35: What Have These Eyes Seen in the Past 61-Years After my 61st birthday and while immersed in Apollo 11 nostalgia I comment about events that I’ve experienced over the course of my 60-plus years life, things ranging from Space to Music to Religion, to Technology to Family. What events have […]

JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 34: Maybe I’m Not As Done As I Thought I thought I had a pretty good idea where I was going to want to focus my energies to get to the next level of my life’s journey. Then I talked to fellow-Full Sail University refugee, Mel, and I’m not so sure […]

JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 33: Zen as “F” Busy last weeks of the school year filled with events and conferences from Rockabilly, to tech training, to podcaster hangouts, to live music events, to writers conferences. It looks like I currently have a one-year path to figure out what I’m going to do in the next […]

JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 32: Three Odd Encounters with Contentment Five weeks left in the current school year and it’s been a real challenge. I’m left half-way contemplating the things I want to change, and what I really need to focus on to have more of a sustainable/constructive year versus what has felt much more […]

JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 31: Bad UI & How It’s Hurting Tech Usage in the Classroom Two examples of bad user-interface design that can easily derail tech usage in the classroom. You thinks it’s “meh,” now multiply the pain by 25 unhappy and vocal students on an hourly basis and let’s see how “meh” you […]

JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 30: Better Online/Better Face-to-Face – Successful Online Dating Stories with Jocelyn & David This interview was originally recorded Spring 2016. Orlando friends, Jocelyn and David talk about online dating and how it worked out for them. This interview is much longer than my normal five-minute monologue, but it’s worth the effort. […]

JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 29: An Unlikely Refuge in a Time of Madness New Year and remembering a previous way that I handled out of control love. MP3 Version:  Enjoy and please subscribe to my YouTube channel or subscribe to all of my blog posts (scroll to the bottom of this page, click the red FOLLOW button in […]

JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 28: Mr. Quinby’s Final Lesson: Perspective Four paragraphs, the passing of a family member and this fellow educator’s final lesson: perspective. MP3 Version:  Enjoy and please subscribe to my YouTube channel or subscribe to all of my blog posts (scroll to the bottom of this page, click the red FOLLOW button in the […]

JBB’s Final Thoughts Episode 27: Better Online/Better Face-to-Face – Career Networking with Craig Kirk This podcast explores the value and focus of creating or maintaining a career related social network with LinkedIn advocate, Craig Kirk. MP3 Version:  Enjoy and please subscribe to my YouTube channel or subscribe to all of my blog posts (scroll to the bottom […]