Dear Hannah - I'm a #StandupStoryteller. I'm the "Brother From Another Planet". Strange people think I am strange. I think that what I experience is strange. And still I rise. We are all born. Then we "dash" to the "finish line". During the "dash" - we live, love, LEarn, handle our business, and tell our own stories. This is "us" ...

Dear Hannah - My name is Derrick. My name means "leader of my people". I am the brother from another planet. "My people" do not always know that they are "my people". I teach *students*, not *subjects*. This is my mission statement. I have realized that this is a "loaded" statement. See - I have a lot of students who do not know that they are "my students". I have a lot of students who live in what I call "Lie-Lie Land". They are not honest with themselves. Their "lie" is their "truth" ... Love, Daddy

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 1.13 "TRANSCRIPT": ... 52m46sec ... I learned about the online world by looking over shoulders in the computer lab ... I looked over Jerry Volcy's shoulders a lot ... he introduced me to Netscape ... how can you create a software tool to get onto the Internet from home? ... this is like watching the invention of the car or hammer ... 56m55sec ...

In June 2023, The Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA) published my oral history (https://bit.ly/CHMOH_DB_YT) for my contributions to the computing world as an Internet strategist for The Universal Black Pages (an Internet directory of African-related content), and as the founding director of KnowledgeBase’s Project CHIP (which refurbished and redistributed 1500+ computers to Georgia families and organizations). My oral history experience inspired a new project called #YourStory. #YourStory combines #StandupStorytelling with principles and best practices of oral history recording to document the thoughts and experiences of ordinary people who do extraordinary work. EPISODE 1.12 "TRANSCRIPT": 47m41sec ... I graduated from Clemson in December 1991 ... which means I enjoyed a 5th football season ... I took nonverbal communication ... I did not write much at Clemson, and should have stirred that gift ... gotcha (CMcI) ... PEER taught me to always listen for opportunity knocks ... became a GEM Fellow at MITRE ... "mitre" means "to fit together" ... I gained lots of knowledge and savvy as a GEM Fellow ... 51m15sec ... Marc Weber asks about me deejaying parties at Clemson ... I tell him that this happened at GT ... at Clemson, I was "about those books" ... 51m59sec ... I made a social choice for grad school ... 52m46sec ...

[Original Broadcast Date: 5-15-2017] Dear Hannah, Life is a series of opportunities. Here's how I approach life ... I listen, because I don't listen well. I am quiet, because I am not quiet. I observe, because I can't see. I know, because I know that I don't know. I speak like no one else is ever going to speak for me. I do like no one is ever going to do for me ...

[Original Broadcast Date: 5-22-2017] Dear Hannah, I know that I do not know. So, I need to LEarn and teach. I cannot LEarn while talking. I LEarn by listening. I teach by LEarning. I teach by listening and talking. I create change through power and influence. I create power through efficient work. I do efficient work by LEarning. I influence by reaching - then teaching. See, I am quiet - but not silent. Here's what I am LEarning ...

[Original Broadcast Date: 5-29-2017] Dear Hannah, education begins when you *finish* school. 'cause life gives you the test first ... - then you get the lesson ...

[Original Broadcast Date: 6-18-2017] (Buy poster at http://bit.ly/rtt_standyourgground) ... Dear Hannah, Sometimes things happen that upset us. We have to feel what we feel, take the time to heal, remember what is real, and keep moving forward ... Love, Daddy