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Why We Broadcast ILHC in One Picture

Posted on August 27, 2013 by

Q: What did you do this weekend?   A: We produced over three days a 15-hour live broadcast production, bringing an international dance competition to hundreds and hundreds of lindy hoppers around the world, from Tel Aviv to Minsk. More details here. More pictures here.

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Watch the Season Finale of “SwingNation”! (video)

Posted on July 11, 2013 by

  Check out the final of Season Two of "SwingNation," the world's only live streamed talk show on swing dance and lindy hop.  I can't believe my production team of Manu, Nicole, Frank, Jim and I have slammed out nearly 30 of these shows!?!   We get a little giddy in this last show of…

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Just 2 Weeks to Support a Live Broadcast from ILHC!

Posted on July 8, 2013 by

Thanks so much for the many contributions we've received over the past weeks to our fundraiser to support a live broadcast from the International Lindy Hop Championships. We are grateful for every donation, from $5 to $500! The unfortunate news is that we are still far from our goal of $5,800, with a little under…

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“Hangout” with Cal Academy Scientists Tomorrow June 6, 4-5pm on Google+

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

Come "hangout" with three scientists from the California Academy of Sciences tomorrow, Thursday June 6 from 4-5pm. This is the Cal Academy's first Google+ Hangout, held in conjunction with the Google Science Fair 2013.  You will get to see a live video stream of three of our researchers talking about their work and discoveries.  And you…

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They Set Us Up the Bomb: Police Repression, Bomb Threats, & Digital Democracy in Ukraine

Posted on May 16, 2013April 30, 2021 by

Today was so strange I don’t even know where to start. I’m in Ivano-Frankivsk, a small city in Western Ukraine, where I was brought by the US Embassy to lead some trainings in digital media for local NGOs.  I’ve done a few of these technology trainings for civil society organizations around the world, and had…

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“Making” as a Learning Methodology: Flow States and Risk

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

I'm participating in a MOOC (Massively Open Online Course) put on by Mozilla called "Teach the Web" for the next couple of months.  It seems like a good way to get exposed to new tools and new approaches to teaching digital literacies to our youth at the Academy and beyond. This week's assignment is to…

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Cal Academy Teens Launch Environmental Social Media Campaign: “Put A Cap on Plastic Use”

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

I'm happy to share the news that yesterday a group of teens, as a result of their participation in a California Academy of Sciences program, launched a social media campaign to educate the public about plastic waste. Called "Put a Cap on Plastic Use," their campaign focuses on three social media tools: An Instagram Photo Challenge…

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These iPhone Emoji are SO GAY

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

I don't know if this was worth updating my iPhone to the latest OS, but these gay emoji are super cute. Kawaii!

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Make Your Own Pulp Magazine Cover!

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

How much do I love the "Pulp-o-Matic" pulp magazine cover creator?  So so much! Thank you, "Professor Cornelius Zappencackler in the Experimental Research District of Retropolis" — aka Bradley W. Schenck, artist and web developer!  You are part of what makes the internet so damn awesome. Make your own here!

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I Am an Antenna: My Silhouette and Signal at the SF MOMA

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

I loved the techno-political installation at the SF MOMA called "Frequency and Volume" by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.   A fantastic antenna juts out of the 5th floor of the museum, beaming in radio signals to a 4th floor gallery.  In that darkened room, you pass before three projectors casting huge silhouettes onto one wall….

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