Parks

Yesterday's post on the use of parks for Fourth of July celebrations got me thinking about different parks I visited in the U.S. I am not a frequent park user/visitor but I have visited a lot of small recreational parks over the years. I was a part of quite a few outings/events at parks, including church-related events and school-related events. I am yet to visit national parks such as Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon National Park.

I also recalled my experience at Bryant Park in NY years ago. It was a difficult situation, but some good came out of it. I got an idea for a project on cell phone privacy tradeoffs while at the park. It is included in the Summary section of my LinkedIn research profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahmeenaodetta.

There were likely lots of posts on social media from parks across the U.S. yesterday. Such posts are being used in research. I found an interesting journal article that used Twitter posts by individuals while at a park in NY. The research question is very interesting: "Will people’s sentiment towards a place be more positive when they are in New York City parks as compared to their sentiment when they are in other places?" The results are interesting too. Read the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204618305863.

Seeking Research Funding

I have been busy. I am now seeking employment. I am also seeking funding for my research.
I updated my LinkedIn profile to reflect this. I also purchased the domain LifeLessonsForAll.com (mostly to hold it for future development). Let's see what comes first.

My LinkedIn profile lists several projects for funding:

- Funding of a proposal for a Website Improvement Study prepared for the Research Design course at NCU. "Under the hood" blog for the course available at: http://moorefo1ncuresearchdesign.blogspot.com/.

- Funding of proposals prepared for Research Methods course at NCU. "Under the hood" blog for the course available at: https://fmooresignatureassignment3.blogspot.com/.

- Funding of proposal on deducing the ethical culture of companies and predicting business failure from social media posts prepared for a Statistics course at NCU.

- Funding of project to ascertain whether customers find it acceptable for businesses to use their cell phones to collect personal information covertly [to research how people feel about collection of data on their mobile devices which would not require regular questioning and interruptions (at a place such as Bryant Park in NY) vs. regular interruptions at the park to collect data on their preferences and so on face-to-face via surveys/questionnaires]. I came up with the idea for this research while enjoying Bryant Park during an ordeal in New York.

Three of the proposals are from papers prepared for a NCU PhD course. I am told that I cannot make these papers available online (independently). It makes no sense to me.

(Screenshot of my LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahmeenaodetta/)

Updated LinkedIn profile

I worked on my LinkedIn profile yesterday. I moved things around and added sections to come up with a profile that "sells" my research projects. I am seeking funding for several projects. I like what I came up with.

It is my birthday today. Happy birthday to me!!

From my LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahmeenaodetta/: