I spent this weekend doing a lot of biking in San Francisco, which is a great way to get to know the city and to get around. I've been told that SF is one of the great biking cities in the United States. But it's famous hills and narrow, windy streets were wee bit intimidating….
Category: Travel
LookBack Maps: Bringing the Past to the Present with Augmented Reality
I have been playing around with augmented reality apps lately, seeing how they might be used for education and civic engagement. The field is still in its beginning stages, but we are already starting to see some interesting applications of AR. Of course, augmented reality applications have been around since the early 1990s. But it…
Glorious Timelapse of Milky Way from El Teide, Spain (video)
The most amazing time-lapse video ever. Photographer Terje Sorgjerd shot these amazing time-lapse images from El Teide, the highest peak in Spain earlier this month. I wish I had a better word than "awesome," but this simply inspires awe. Watch it in HD, turn up the speakers. Thanks for tweeting this out, Swifty!
Frankie Fund Offering Scholarships to Attend 2011 Herrang Dance Camp
I'm pleased to announce that the Frankie Manning Legacy Fund is offering scholarships for worthwhile candidates to attend the 2011 Herrang International Dance Camp in Herrang, Sweden this summer. The purpose of the Lindy Hop Ambassador Scholarship is "to empower exceptional students of Lindy Hop who come from communities that have little or no exposure…
Boston Tea Party 2011 Advanced Lindy Jack and Jill (video)
I just got back from the awesome Boston Tea Party dance weekend in Massachusetts. It was a really fun time watching the competitions, seeing lots of friends, and dancing to all hours to west coast swing,lindy hop, and soul music. One highlight was the advanced Jack and Jill lindy hop competition, which several of…
Killer Promo Video for 2011 Herrang Dance Camp (video)
I love this new promotional video for the 2011 Herrang Dance Camp. Herrang of course is the annual mecca for lindy hoppers from around the world, a five week smorgasborg of dance workshops, live music, shows, talks, and endless hours of amazing social dancing with hundreds and hundreds of the best dancers in the…
The Museum of Jurassic Technology: The Finest Fake Science Museum in the World
After hearing rave reviews from several friends of mine, I finally got to check out the Museum of Jurassic Technology yesterday in Los Angeles. What a strange and wonderful place. Essentially a large art installation, the Museum of Jurassic Technology uses the artifice of a natural history museum to showcase a seemingly random collection of…
Connecting Digital Learning Theory and Practice at MacArthur DML Conference
I'm currently in Long Beach, California for the MacArthur Foundation-sponsored Digital Media and Learning Conference. The DML is a three day gathering of about 500 academics, educators, nonprofits, techies, and funders focused on "fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialog and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice." I.e. the event is intended to get folks who…
Pics from My Trip to Bali
In retrospect, I should have taken my digital SLR for my first tript to Bali. Doh. But overall I'm pretty happy with how my pictures came out taken just with my iPhone4. Of course, it's a gorgeous tropical island, so it's easy to take a good shot. Just shoot a lot and edit later. But…
Living the Good Life in Bali
I just got home from a really lovely and restful holiday in Bali, a long-due vacation. I met up there with my friends David and Kim, who were in the last week of their yearlong round-the-world trip that I have been enviously following online. We were joined by Dave and Kim's other friends Karen, Orley…