I've known — at least conceptually — about the Internet Archive for years and years and years. You have too, if you have ever used the WayBackMachine to check out what the internet used to look like in the 90s. ("Friendster," "Ask Jeeves," hahaha.) And I recently discovered while wandering around the Richmond District of…
Category: Web/Tech
Interactive Video of Basement Jaxx’s “What a Difference Your Love Makes” (video)
I used Mozilla Popcorn Maker to create this enhanced video to supplement Basement Jaxx's excellent music video "What a Difference Your Love Makes." Mozilla Popcorn Maker is an open source system for combining video with text, web links, maps, photos, and more. Really fun and easy to play with. Click this link to see the…
My First Makey Makey Project: a Play-doh Drum Pad
I made this silly drum pad using a Makey Makey controller, some wires, and play-doh. It took two minutes. So much fun making different kinds of controllers and buttons from play-doh, coins, fruit, hands, even pencil lines! I predict that Makey Makey is going to be an awesome tool to use with our youth…
Why We Broadcast ILHC in One Picture
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.
Watch the Season Finale of “SwingNation”! (video)
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…
Just 2 Weeks to Support a Live Broadcast from ILHC!
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…
“Hangout” with Cal Academy Scientists Tomorrow June 6, 4-5pm on Google+
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…
They Set Us Up the Bomb: Police Repression, Bomb Threats, & Digital Democracy in Ukraine
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…
“Making” as a Learning Methodology: Flow States and Risk
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…
Cal Academy Teens Launch Environmental Social Media Campaign: “Put A Cap on Plastic Use”
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…