App Essentials: Posts (Blogging)

App Essentials: Posts (Blogging)

  Platform: iOS     Cost: Free In my work, it is essential that I keep up a running blog of what I am doing. Since I also happen to live abroad, I also see the value of keeping up my own personal and professional blogs to keep everyone informed of what is going...
CO Summer: mnts, burritos, beer, family, fun!

CO Summer: mnts, burritos, beer, family, fun!

Summer went by in a flash! We spent July in Colorado. We arrived from Ecuador, exhausted, on July 1 and spent the night in my parents’ new home near Denver. They were still driving the moving truck cross-country! We spent many days helping unpack, change...
Chuseok camping, hiking, friends

Chuseok camping, hiking, friends

Each fall (dates vary based on the Lunar calendar), Koreans celebrate the fact that their ancestors were great people who produced life and culture and history. It’s sort of like Thanksgiving, in that they get together with family, eat a big feast, and have an...
We’re still alive! – starting year 2

We’re still alive! – starting year 2

Wow. It’s been a VERY long time since I posted. Sorry! The start of our year in Korea has been nothing if not busy. And full of the unexpected. But we are both alive and well, and look to be heading into about 9 more months of Jeju life. I’ll give you a...
Working at KiS: Monday

Working at KiS: Monday

Over the past few months, I have had coworkers, family, and friends all ask what I do everyday. That is one of the hardest questions that I have to answer, because during my day, I do a wide range of things that run the spectrum from between technology, teaching, and...
Game of the Week: Assault Team

Game of the Week: Assault Team

This is quite an old app, or at least it is old when considering the age of most apps for iOS. A few weeks ago, my Game of the Week: Star Wars Assault Team was featured in a number of big App Websites and reviews. I downloaded it almost immediately, and started to...
Game of the Week: Respawnables

Game of the Week: Respawnables

Another week and another Game! This week is an exciting action packed game that came out several weeks ago. Respawnables is a First Person Shooter (FPS) with enough fun action to keep fans coming back for more. The app reminds me of Team Fortress, and is one of the...
Ecuador III: The Amazon

Ecuador III: The Amazon

After a week in the Galapagos, we spent one night in Quito near the airport – just relaxing and enjoying the mountain air. Then back on an early flight west to Coca, the hub for Amazon lodge trips. We were met at the TINY airport and brought to a boat dock. They...