Intro Practice Entry

Welcome to my very first blog post that I have ever posted. My name is Wayne and I am currently a student taking classes at Glendale Community College in Arizona. I graduated from the University of Washington with majors in Geography and Economics many years ago. My primary focus within the Geography department was Geographic Information Systems, also known as GIS. Simply stated, I found this to be a fascinating discipline to study due to the rich and diverse interactions of data and time with geographical influences and constraints. The projects we were able to work on were challenging and fun usually. My favorite was a geographical analysis some of my classmates and I completed to identify the best location to build a spaceport in Seattle.

So why go back to school? I am so glad you asked that question. I had spent a significant amount of time attempting to find a way to learn more about technology in a more formal setting. The internet is full of information but there is usually a "paywall" involved in the higher ranking searches and when I am attempting to learn something new, that usually does not make me the most adept at searching for the information expeditiously. Glendale Community College offers many excellent classes in different technologies as well as more formal academic programs and degrees. In fact, after taking so many classes I decided I would complete a few Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degrees and a few Certificates of Completion (CCL).


Why Geospatial Oddities, you ask? Wow! Another great question. It's almost like we are on the same wavelength. My interests, hobbies and experiences are varied and quite numerous. Aside from computers, switches and routers, I have worked on trail crews which required living in the wilderness, learned about auto mechanics, traveled to a few locations in southeast Asia and fought a few forest fires during one fire season in Washington. I often try to look at the "big picture." That doesn't mean that I can always do something about it but the adage "Think Globally, Act Locally" has definitely come to influence my thinking on many levels. So hopefully this blog will allow me to share a bit of my travels through space and time, with a little bit of thought provocation sprinkled in here and there.