I am halfway to my first hurdle–two years–when two-thirds of information businesses are still in business. In between working on the Outreach by Religious Congregations survey and re-analysis of data collected the previous year on the 40+ population, I worked closely with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs to develop a research design for […]

If you are reading this, you are now on my new web host which is much faster than our previous one. I received an email from Mark a few weeks ago alerting us to a speed problem that I was in the midst of trying to fix with our previous host. That host […]

I took a few minutes today to update my website with two new pages: New Projects and Certifications. In my first six months as a research consultant, I have had four projects funded and have been certified as a woman owned enterprise by Hillsborough County (Tampa) where I’m also an established vendor.
Upon leaving the […]

Last summer as my family camped out in the front of our house while our garage was remodeled into two offices, we were flipping through the cable channels and found a speech by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who made the comment–some of the best innovations started in someone’s garage.
I realized that perhaps there was more to […]

Dr. Deborah Hedgecock is a recent graduate of the University of South Florida’s aging studies program. Debbie and I have worked together since 2000 when we had to gather a lot of data in a few months for a legislative Task Force on Availability and Affordability of Long-Term Care. Debbie pioneered data collection methods for […]

I am in transition between full-time faculty to part-time research consultant. I filed my fictitious name–Aging Research Group–with the State of Florida, purchased two website addresses (.com and .org), and I am working on a website that will be launched in August, after I leave my academic job.I am fascinated with blogs although I only […]