Mackenzie's ETEC Blog

In the beginning:  I created my Twitter account back in 2009 (when the logo still had legs) and last tweeted in 2011, almost 12 years ago (when the logo still had eyes)! It feels weird to be jumping back on this bandwagon so many years later. It was a blast from the past reading my old tweets -- I was traveling a lot for several engineering projects at the time, and mostly tweeted from airports when I got bored. While I followed a few engineering hashtags, I mostly used Twitter to see what businesses my friends were working in or promoting. It was a time of frequent job changes for many, especially somewhat recent grads who had just spread out across the country.  What's new: Looking at Twitter now, I'm excited to see that a few of my old friends are still tweeting, and I get a peek at what careers or projects they are working on now. I wasn't in education last time I was on Twitter, so that opens up a whole new area of interests to explore. I'm also following my class ...

Search 1: Thankfully, a search of my name in quotes "Mackenzie Miller" did not turn up anything about me for the first 12 pages.  Search 2: A search for "Mackenzie B Miller" found my TikTok page (@mackenzie.b.miller) which has a total of 1 post, 10 followers and 2 likes, representing a rather small digital footprint.  Search 3: Next, I started adding some descriptors. Both "Mackenzie Miller" with "engineer" and "Mackenzie Miller" with "teacher" brought up my LinkedIn profile, but not much else. My LinkedIn profile has 323 connections, mostly professional or work related, and shows a brief about me with my job history. While "Mackenzie Miller" with "circus" found my LinkedIn and also several images of me doing flying trapeze and a couple circus-related interviews I've done over the years.  Search 4: Next, I tried some proper nouns to go with my name. "Mackenzie Miller" with "Hockaday"...