Introduction

I am a very private person hence a very great listener. This first post will only say enough about me to meet this class requirements but I will promptly move on to talk about one of my passions: photography. I am not worried about someone stealing my identity, sometimes I wish someone would. My privacy is more related to the fact that I don't want to be bothered. That's all.

My name is Jose. My family calls me Juni and at work they call Louie. I do have other names but they are voiced by my direct reports. I think we should leave that alone. I am a field manager for the Nielsen Company; we are mostly known for measuring television viewership, we do the so called TV Ratings. Every commercial you watch on TV is there for a reason: the time, the day, the product all come together because we know who is watching. It is very interesting stuff.

I am working towards the completion of a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with a concentration on, guess... Sales and Marketing. What I like the most about marketing is understanding why we, as consumers, behave the way we do. Have you ever thought of why you came back from the store with a magazine when all you went to get was milk? Have you noticed that pharmacies are always at the back of the store? Why? Do you usually bend down to grab a Coke or Pepsi from the grocery's refrigerator? No, they are always within easy reach. Marketing is a fascinating science.

I am originally from Puerto Rico and speak English with a slight Spanish accent which it's seen differently depending on what part of the country you are. New yorkers have grown indifferent to it, but I found out it is still sexy in the Midwest; being that this is a family oriented blog I'll just say that the ladies do love a man with an accent in the Midwest. And of course, we have places like Arizona where bad pronunciation can get you jailed.

I think that's enough about me. Tomorrow I'll start writing about some of my pictures and I'll try to take you back to when I took the photograph. I'll try to explain the circumstances or why I took the picture. All pictures in this blog are mine; some are good others not so much. I always have a camera handy and can take pictures or sunsets, birthday parties, garbage; and have a few of monkey poop. It is a hobby so I can snap to my heart's content.

The picture I a using today is of the J train crossing the Williamsburg Bridge towards Brooklyn.

Well, see you tomorrow.