CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: DOCTORAL WORKSHOP Developing Best Practices for Using Digital Tools to Study Human Behavior in Online Environments webuse.org/workshop2013/ We invite doctoral students who study human behavior in digital environments, and who are at the beginning stages of … Continue reading →
Fashion designer Vera Wang is known world-wide for her bridal gowns, costing from thousands of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars. She opened her first store — in New York City — in 1990. In 2011, her gowns started appearing at the discount David’s Bridal, for as little as $600. Today she has a line at Kohl’s. Why would someone who can sell a $25,000 […]
‘Some Assembly Required’, my keynote at the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education is now available on youtube. (If you don’t see me, I’m the second person on the playlist). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K58DOSeQ0N4&feature=share&list=PLL1ugrJCNbcq8v_iIHqh8mCja6YFOuCEe
A Symposium, Art Exhibition, and Scholarly Volume Location: Pace University, Downtown Manhattan, NYC Date: Friday, October 4, 2013 Due Date: All submissions are due by Sunday, July 13, 2012. Pace Digital Gallery Web page: csis.pace.edu/digitalgallery/ Sponsors: Pace Digital Gallery, Seidenberg … Continue reading →
Cross-posted at BlogHer. I live in Los Angeles where saying that you don’t like movies is tantamount to claiming atheism in a church. But I don’t like movies, generally speaking. In contrast, I quite like TV. Does this seem weird? The Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media offers a clue as to why I might lean towards television. The Institute did a conte […]
“those joys were so small that they passed unnoticed, like gold in sand, and at bad moments she could see nothing but the pain, nothing but sand; but there were good moments too when she saw nothing but the joy, nothing but gold.” - anna karenina - leo tolstoy (via scribble-scribbles)
“It has occurred to me that this picture-taking might in some ways be an excuse to touch and pet and hold the iPhone itself, which has a weirdly calming effect on people, as though it were an amulet or maybe a small living animal. I am guilty of all the smartphone sins—in essence, staring at the phone when you should be staring at life. It’s possible that th […]
richiedcruz: Cool stuff: A flint knapped colorless bottle base I found. Hey, cool. I wrote a paper about expedient knapped glass tools used by lepers in Hawaii.
John Conway's Log: Palaeontological Illustration, a Tell-All Confession: nyctopterus: I got an email a couple of months ago, asking my advice on how to study, and get into palaeontological illustration as a career. My first impulse was to try to seem like a pro, and make up some bullshit. But I reconsidered, and answered honestly. Palaeontological illus […]