Miscellaneous
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What Should I Write About?
They say you should write about what you know. While I’m no expert in any of the following, I do know a great deal about them. First, I spent many years working in the field of Behavioral Psychology (think B.F. Skinner). If you’d like to learn more about behavioral psychology or have a discussion about… Continue reading
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The Art of Storytelling
Truly good storytelling seems like a lost art. I’m an avid listener of the Tim Ferriss podcast and so far he has done two episodes where he interviews a man by the name of Cal Fussman. Now, you may already know who Cal Fussman is but I’ll take a minute to give a little information.… Continue reading
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The Secret Societies of Shared Experiences
I recently learned that a friend / acquaintance has been working to lose weight over the past year. Apparently, he’s lost almost 130 pounds which is eerily about the same amount of weight I’ve lost in the same amount of time. I don’t see him all that frequently, maybe just once a year or so… Continue reading
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It’s Lonely At WordPress.org
Recently, I started DiaryofaMadFatMan.com. I transitioned from my free wordpress.com blog to a self-hosted site, where you find yourself now if you are in fact reading this. I didn’t have an overwhelmingly large following at wordpress.com but my blog posts did generate a number of “likes” and the blog itself had over 100 followers. Those… Continue reading
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How Well Does Your Google News Feed Know You?
I guess you could as the same question of any number of our social networking feeds. Technology is no longer driven by conscious choices that we make but instead guided by a complex set of algorithms that learn from our behavior and our patterns of behavior. I’ve heard of these algorithms being used on social… Continue reading
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And So It Begins…
Welcome to Diary Of A Mad Fat Man. This is the first post on diaryofamadfatman.com but I have been posting on and off for years on my free blog http://diaryofamadderfatterman.wordpress.com. Over time I will migrate some of my favorite posts from that site to this one. For now, though, let fill you in on what… Continue reading
About Me
I’m a nurse practitioner, musician, wanna-be writer and podcaster. I have a history in pediatric primary care and behavioral psychology. I’m not only interested in writing to motivate people to take better care of themselves but also to share ideas and topics that I find interesting, such as technology, content creation and lifestyle design.