My blog Rikomatic.com turns eleven years old tomorrow! The site has gone through lots of changes and revisions over the years. It actually started out as an experiment using the Plone web development platform and has morphed over the years into the stunning site you see today. For the first few years, rikomatic.com was where I mostly wrote…
Category: Weblogs
Sexist Makers of Anti-math Socks for Women Mess with the Wrong Math Teacher
My friend and veteran math teacher Cindy posted to her blog "100 Handwritten Notes" this brilliant, face-palming interchange between her and a clothing business called BlueQ. TLDR: Cindy writes ranty, but erudite email to company for selling a females-only sock with a message about hating math. Company owner replies dismissively, and accidently includes internal email…
Watch the live broadcast of a dance competition I’m producing this weekend in DC!
I wanted you alls to know that this weekend I will be producing and co-hosting a live video broadcast of the "International Lindy Hop Championships" in Washington DC. Starting on Friday night and finishing on Sunday night, my broadcast team will be streaming live to the internet this global dance competition for the world to see. I'm…
Rikomatic.com’s Supa Fresh Refresh
This website, rikomatic.com, was long due for a refresh. So last night, I swapped out the cover image of a globe at the Queens Worlds Fair for a pic from a photo shoot I did on the Manhattan Bridge in 2010. And I changed the background colors accordingly. What do you think?
Blogging Less, Falling More
Yesterday I formally shut-down my other website Betterverse.org. Betterverse has been a labor of love for the past three years, so I'm of mixed emotions about wrapping it up. On the one hand, it's been wonderful having an outlet for spotlighting all the amazing work that nonprofits, charities, companies and governments have been doing using…
Typepad Adds Image Editing: Let the LOLwhatevers Begin
Just realized that Typepad, my blogging platform, recently added a photo editing feature, including adding text to images and little graphics. Let the caption contests begin…
Compilation: Women Leading, Men Following in Lindy Hop
Check out this sweet compilation of videos of men following and women leading in lindy hop, put together by Sarah Carney. Lots of familiar faces and great great dancing there! Sarah asks if anyone has any links to videos of a woman leading a man, either socially or in a performance? I can't think of…
I’m Syndicated on RabbitsandToasters.com
The nice folks at RabbitsandToasters.com informed me that they are syndicating my site, along with several other lindy hop-related blogs. Here's what the the sponsors of the site say about it: RabbitsAndToasters.com is a website dedicated to providing an easy way to find anything swing from the blogosphere. It has been out experience that trying…
Educator Workshop on Youth Media Creation Next Wednesday March 17 at Global Kids
I along with my colleague Amira will be facilitating a professional development training on "Transforming Youth From Social Media Consumers to Creators" on Wednesday, March 17. Here's the full description: Global Kids has been a leader integrating social media tools within educational programs to develop 21st Century skills since 2000. With the emergence of online…
Christina on the sex appeal of librarians
I don't think I've mentioned my smart, lovely friend Christina's awesome new blog "Stacked." She is chronicling her adventures as she works toward her goal of reading 100 books in a year. She has a recent entry on the nerdy sexiness of librarians that's a great read: Nothing like the conservative nerd-girl to get a…