User:Matthewfaulconer

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A little about me

I am married with 2 kids.
I work at Wells Fargo.
I recently changed positions. In my new job I manage a smattering of projects related to internal websites and transactional data. My old job was leading the wholesale customer analytics group.
I graduated with an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin in 2001
I graduated with a BA in Philosophy from BYU in 1997

There are several reasons that came together at once.

Wikipedia was an inspiration. When I first learned about Wikipedia I figured that a site where anyone can edit anything would lead to total chaos. But as I played around with Wikipedia I found rather orderly encyclopedic articles. I was amazed at what Wikipedia had to offer. But, I quickly realized that though I was enamored with the concept of a Wiki, I wasn't as interested in the content wikipedia provides--a bunch of encyclopedia articles.
I thought a lot about (and read some about) the difference between blogs and wikis. The only blogs I read were LDS blogs. I found them to be often very interesting but they didn't provide exactly what I was looking for. So, partly I created this wiki hoping to provide something that I felt I wanted but didn't find anywhere. Particurly I want this site to be:
- less focused on people's opinions
- more focused on the gospel
- less about day-to-day chit-chat
- more about creating something lasting
- less a tool to aid in analyzing the Church (e.g. leadership, members, beliefs, politics, habits.)
- more a tool to aid in understanding the scriptures
- less introspective
- less controversial
- less meta...(e.g. less of what this page is all about)
- more of something like: 1 Ne 11
I was heavily influenced by my father's thought questions he sent out as part of preparation for teaching his sunday school class. (See below.)

For helping me put some initial content on this site
For teaching me over the years to focus on what scripture says
For doing a mountain of preparation for his Sunday School lessons. The thought questions he sent out on a weekly basis were the basis for my thinking that something like this could work.