Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸

Teaching Professor of Information Systems @ASU. 24 years, Completed Occam Rx, an offline AI clinical decision support for Peace Corps volunteers. 6 handicap.

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

@HerOwnLight_ @LinkedIn My own experience teaching in an auditorium that I felt was unsafe.

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

Check out my latest article: I WROTE A NOVEL. APPARENTLY, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO. https://t.co/UHEO5xWFOR via @LinkedIn

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

@multiplanet1 Sounds like working at a university.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Excited to announce that all super intelligence organizations have now jointly agreed to the ultimate in AI/SI safety:

Moving all testing to Delta Airlines flights, where accessing the Internet is utterly impossible!

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

@DougTammaro You need a humble professor to help out in London? (asking for a friend)

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

Happy Birthday Chamath, here's to the next 50!

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

I turn 50 today. This is a message to my kids but I offer it to you in case any of it rings useful.

I was born in Sri Lanka in 1976 in a country that, at the time, was about to enter a decades long civil war. My father was able to get stationed at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada for four years in the early 80s - when some of the fighting was most severe - and which from our vantage point in Canada gave us some respite from an otherwise omnipresent conflict.

He came as a diplomat but then my father filed for refugee status after four years when his life was threatened by militants. We stayed in Canada as refugees. My dad never really landed on his feet and we grew up on welfare.

My mom stepped up. She did an incredible thing and put our family on her back and kept marching forward. Sometimes the steps were very small but she always tried to keep moving forward.

I worked at Burger King starting at 14, giving my paycheck to my mom and dad to support our family in the role that I was assigned - earn enough to pay for our bus passes because we couldn’t afford a car.

I was a loser growing up. Some friends, some good memories but mostly forgettable and lonely. I wasn’t very studious but did get my act together in my final year and got into a great university.

I immigrated to the US soon after graduating and found an opportunity. Things clicked and I have been traveling a path to find myself ever since. Only in America is this possible…

I worked hard, followed the rules, paid my taxes and stayed in California out of loyalty for the opportunities it has given me despite its dysfunction.

I found my wife here. Had my kids here. Found my tribe here.

There have been some very hard times as well - deaths, divorce, financial pain, mistakes of omission and mistakes of commission. You can’t dwell on these things - they are weights that will pull you down if you’re not careful. Learn from them. Respect them. BUT MOVE ON.

To think 50 years ago I could have ever gotten a chance to meet the people I’ve met and have had the experiences I’ve had would have been mind boggling to my parents. It’s mind boggling to me now.

We forget often and try to convince others it’s not true but America truly is the best country in the world. Everything and anything is possible here. I can testify. Be grateful to be here.

This is the only place that gives EVERYONE a chance to live a great adventure. The first 50 years have been that for me - an incredible adventure.

Notice there is nothing here about accomplishments or money. Because it doesn’t matter and it won’t matter.

You will be dust in less than 100 years from now and the decision to be remembered won’t be yours so stop sweating it. It’s not in your control.

So what is in your control?

Be kind. Have fun. Work on something meaningful to you. Find your tribe. Try to find perspective. Find an incredible partner. Have a bunch of kids. Live an adventure. Forgive your parents - they were doing the best they could even if that wasn’t what you deserved.

I will do what I can to make my next 50 years a wild ride.

You should too.

I love you and thank you. ❤️

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

Check out my latest article: What if there was an app that made it nearly impossible to cheat, takes attendance, and turned every single class period into an assignment? https://t.co/jK9BhXsGl8 via @LinkedIn

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

@kylesockwell @RowdyGaines @cswimleague Congratulations!

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

@GrahamRossini Go Devils!!!

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

Check out my latest article: I Don't Need AI to Teach My Students. I Need It to Notice Them. https://t.co/cCIxEB2dfx via @LinkedIn

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Congratulations @PaolaBoivin !!! https://t.co/IRD8qVe4sk

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

Somewhere in administration, someone looked at me and thought, "Yeah... this guy should be everyone's first impression at the W. P. Carey School of Bidnez."

Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for 'em.

This August, I'll be the first professor thousands of W. P. Carey students meet. The gateway. The tip of the spear.

In all seriousness, though, I'm incredibly lucky to do what I do. After 24 years, I still get excited for the first day of class. I'm grateful to Arizona State University, W. P. Carey, and the tens of thousands of Sun Devils who have trusted me with the start of their college journey.
@WPCareySchool @ASU

#ASU #WPCarey #CIS105 #ArizonaState #SunDevils #ProfessorLife #CollegeLife #FreshmanYear #HigherEducation #Year24 #TipOfTheSpear #Grateful #UncommonProfessor

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

I Spent My Summer Arguing With Robots https://t.co/hTnS8To6c7 via @LinkedIn

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@JillianMichaels Watch me watch something awful while you watch me react to something awful. God you're talented Jillian. Thanks!

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

@asumoms WTF?

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

BIG WIN!

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

On September 14th I'm soft launching a free app I built — yeah, I built it myself — that tracks attendance in college classrooms.

If you're groaning about having to actually show up to class, maybe — just maybe — college isn't for you. I know that's a hard pill to swallow but somebody's gotta say it.

Here's the thing nobody wants to admit: the number one indicator of college success isn't how smart you are, it's whether you show up. That's it. That's the whole secret.

I've been teaching 400 students at a time for 24 years. You know what separates the kids who make it from the ones who don't?

They showed up.

The app is called AttendanceAF. Because the world is run by those who show up.

Oh, and that's my logo. Her name is Scout. 📷
#AttendanceAF #WPCarey #ASU #CollegeSuccess #ShowUp

[NASA @NASA]

Introducing your Artemis III crew: NASA astronauts @AstroKomrade, @Astro_AndreD, and Frank Rubio and @ESA astronaut @Astro_Luca.

[Matt McCarthy 🇺🇸 @ProfOnX]

For those who absolutely HATE taking attendance... but still have to. I built something for us. Request a FREE demo and see how it works.

📱 https://t.co/4XROL6tUXk

✅ Fast
✅ Simple
✅ No clipboards
✅ No spreadsheets
✅ No nonsense

Because life's too short to spend 15 minutes figuring out who's actually in class.

#AttendanceAF #HigherEd #EdTech #CollegeProfessor #FacultyLife #Teaching #HigherEducation #ProfLife