Kelly Boudreau

Title, Abstract & One Final Push (and some editing)

A (very) brief update today, but I’ve (finally) come up with a title and wrote the formal abstract for my dissertation. After hundreds of pages of writing, one would think that the abstract would not be as challenging as it was. If interested, you can find it here. I feel a very strange mix of prideContinue reading “Title, Abstract & One Final Push (and some editing)”

Titles

Coming up with a title for my dissertation seems to be harder than when I named my children. How wrong is that!? =)

A New Year: Endings & Beginnings

I started this blog during my undergrad. It started out as a place that I could ramble on about the stuff I was reading, mixed with random thoughts and sometimes incoherent babble. I have tried making this a group blog for a while, enabling friends (who blogged at the time) to blog here in anContinue reading “A New Year: Endings & Beginnings”

Still Here

But sprinting to the finish line of my dissertation (if you can call a March 1 deposit a sprint). The world and words have been muddy – life trudges on, bringing with it its trials and tribulations that attempt to derail you from your master plan. I hope to make it to the end (whichContinue reading “Still Here”

Speed of Technological Change: Rant v. 2.3

As mentioned in my last post (or two), I have been feeling quite overwhelmed with the speed that technology has been developing. Well. To be fair, I have no problems with the speed of development, just the speed of expected upgrading on behalf of the consumer. This goes for pretty all consumer products – notContinue reading “Speed of Technological Change: Rant v. 2.3”

Tech Confession

My name is Kelly and I’m a PC…. yes. I know … it seems that this is cause for shame in the world. I am surrounded by mac advocates, and they just can’t understand why I use a PC, constantly informing me of all its shortcomings and how much better my (tech) life would beContinue reading “Tech Confession”

What Did I Just Say?

I know age is relative, but lately I have been finding myself saying things that I never thought I would say… Every time I watch MuchMusic’s top 20 videos with my daughters, I inevitably say “back in my day” … never fail. I find myself telling them that “back when I was young” the videosContinue reading “What Did I Just Say?”

Making Creepy Cool

I guess it is inevitable considering our culture’s fascination with horror, zombies, and all things creepy that Mattel would come out with something like this. How far we’ve come since I was a kid when my choice of dolls was between Barbie or Jordache …

Bullying & The Entertainment Industry

While not my normal range of topic to blog about, last night I was watching television with my 15 year old daughter. (Confession time….) I usually enjoy the lighthearted shenanigans of iCarly and the Wizards of Waverly Place. Sure, you could deconstruct either of these shows and find ‘something’ questionable in regards to their use ofContinue reading “Bullying & The Entertainment Industry”

More Networks, Less Connection

Over the last decade and a half, my digital connections have been a big part of my life. From giving me a sense of community and family when I was young and away from home, to enabling me to fight dragons with people all across the world. I hate to sound nostalgic, but I cannotContinue reading “More Networks, Less Connection”