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# James-Strocel.com

Iterating towards greatness

## Sitemaps

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## Posts

- [On the sale of Twitter.com](https://james-strocel.com/on-the-sale-of-twitter-com/) - In the wake of Elon Musk's purchase, I just realized something about twitter and why a lot of my friends have been chased off it. I asked a cosplayer I follow how harassers find her and she said “when my tweets leave my circle, bad things happen.” And I realized, of course! The Twitter algorithm
- [How to find all the collections that your product belongs to on Shopify](https://james-strocel.com/how-to-find-all-the-collections-that-your-product-belongs-to-on-shopify/) - Shopify's REST API is a powerful tool for managing your store. It gives your apps direct access to product catalogues, customer records, and orders for just about any analysis you can imagine. However, the path to the data you need is not always obvious. For instance, it's easy to find a product inside of a
- [What I do in 2021](https://james-strocel.com/what-i-do-in-2021/) - As part of my 30x500 coursework, I'm supposed to be building clout with my audience by posting educational content. Since already kind of have an audience (Hello, you!) I thought it would be kind of jarring to just start posting random e-commerce advice. Kind of like when people go from posting about their kids to
- [How I'm doing Social Media right now](https://james-strocel.com/how-im-doing-social-media-right-now/) - Like most people, I have a complicated relationship with social media. On the one hand, posting is free labor for multi-billion, growth-at-all-cost megacorporations that have left us drowning in misinformation. On the other, to put it bluntly, it is where the people are. So if you're trying to build a reputation for a business or
- [I'm in 30x500!](https://james-strocel.com/im-in-30x500/) - In a world of sweeping societal change, deadly pandemics, and the creeping spectre of climate change, what can a man do to better himself, his loved ones, and civilization itself? Well, this man took a marketing course on the internet. Sure, there are worse things I could be doing. I could've been renovating and flipping
- [2020: The Year We Look for the Future](https://james-strocel.com/2020-the-year-we-look-for-the-future/) - The year isn't two days old and already we are dealing with climate change fires in Australia, half the city of Hong Kong is still protesting after 8 months, and the US is still practicing diplomacy via remote controlled contract killings. The world's democracies are electing strong men once again to somehow control a changing
- [The Unfairness of Expression](https://james-strocel.com/the-unfairness-of-expression/) - Hello, everyone. To anybody who doesn't know, my name is James Strocel. I'm speaking to you from the great COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. It's April 1st. I'm in my basement, and in the madness of isolation, and the desperation of impending doom, I've done the most selfish, unforgivable act. I've created a podcast. Vlog. Essay
- [May the 4th be with you!](https://james-strocel.com/may-the-4th-be-with-you/) - https://youtu.be/qA2BM4Qx074 Even though I'm known as the "Star Wars" guy in a lot of my social circles, "May the 4th Be With You" always sneaks up on me. Should I have put up decorations? Should I hold a dinner? Should I invite that one relative with the controversial prequel opinions? I never know what to
- [A True Struggle](https://james-strocel.com/a-true-struggle/) - If the past is a different country, we are all a long way from home. All of our vacations, concerts and conventions have been cancelled. Millions are out of work. Hundreds of thousands are dead. The United States has been in constant civil unrest since George Floyd was murdered by police on May 25th. For
- [Year One](https://james-strocel.com/year-one/) - So here it is, another 2020 year in review post. Sure, everyone's doing them, and for good reasons. When you see so many lies fall apart in one year, your only option is to speak your truth.I've got a lot to be thankful for. My family is healthy. My friends who got Covid recovered. I
- [The Day After, Once Again.](https://james-strocel.com/the-day-after-once-again/) - We're not getting any time to process this. The American government is still in place, but the damage is done, the insult complete. The assault on the Capitol building in Washington D.C. didn't even get the dignity of having barbarians at the gate. It was carried out by people cosplaying as barbarians. Now it's coming
- [Do it for the attention](https://james-strocel.com/do-it-for-the-attention/) - Sometimes when I'm writing, I ask myself, am I only doing this for attention? It's a scary thought. I want to entertain and inform, but maybe I'm just trying to fill some unmet emotional need. Writing does make me feel like I'm being listened to, but then why do I have to go post it

## Pages

- [About](https://james-strocel.com/about/) - James Strocel has been blogging since 2005. His favorite topics are writing, politics, science fiction and anime. He received a Bachelor degree in Computer Information Systems from UCFV in 2003 and an Advanced Diploma in Geographic Information Systems from BCIT in 2007. So far he has worked for companies such as Overwaitea Food Group, Cascade

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