Category: Personal
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Small Victories
Things I have been getting better at over the last 6 months. Most of these things are small but it’s important to keep track of the small victories as they added up over time. What’s Next? I write about my small victories as reminder that I actually did something beyond just getting by. Yes, there’s…
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2021 – Looking back at 2020
What Have I learned? I know my posts are few and at random intervals. I was busier than ever in 2020 without the challenge of moving to working remotely. There’s a delicate balance between keeping people safe while also ensuring that the organization/business survives to continue doing the good work it does. Not sure I…
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Refurbishment Skill Building
Recently I have been to build my hardware testing skills using only a Linux/GNU live boot USB of popular distributions like Ubuntu or Linux Mint. While I know there are specialized tools I could purchase or download, I’m trying to see how much can be done without having to buy anything or have a huge…
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Markdown
The last time I spent a decent amount of time learning code was in a high school computer studies class. I learned HTML and it was the 90’s. In the twenty years since, I’ve basically learned enough to update a WordPress site but that’s about it. It didn’t seem like my professional career was going…
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Public Speaking
To get over my fear of public speaking, I joined my high school debate team. I wasn’t a great debater but joining that club allowed me to get comfortable speaking in front of crowds. Still not great at smaller social gathering (that’s a work in progress), in front of an audience I’m okay. 3 things…
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Refurbishing
I’ve recent had slight career switch, moving from instruction into social enterprise full-time. I’m now working with Free Geek Toronto, a non-profit social enterprise that recycles and refurbished computers with open source software and give employment opportunities to those facing barriers to entering the work force. There’s a large managerial component to this position, but…
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Analytics
So, if you found this by searching “Ryan Fukunaga” then simple SEO plug-in I’m using has worked! Now let’s see if I can do anything with this traffic…
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Realistic Goals
One of the most difficult things I find doing is balancing between everything I want to do and what I can realistically do. It’s easy to become overwhelmed. I know because it’s happened to me recently. So I’ve set out some guidelines for myself to keep the balance. Here’s the first Lists, lists, lists I’ve…
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Publishing Content
So here’s the current challenge I have with my work; I don’t have any examples of what I’m doing. In a digital storytelling workshop, I get people to tell their stories and show them the tools necessary to do. Often times, participants only want to share these stories with family and neighbours. The idea of…
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Next Steps
So a week into owning this space I’ve done a little bit of housekeeping but not much else. So while I’m writing a “real” bio I thought I’d take a moment to write a bit about myself. For the last four years, I’ve been working at a non-profit community organization that focuses on literacy and…