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The Best Seat in the House: Building a Virtual Audience for a Swing Dance Competition

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

A few months ago my team at Yehoodi.com began an audacious plan to broadcast live on the internet the International Lindy Hop Championships in DC, the most prestigious dance competition in the lindy hop world. This was a big first for the swing dance community.  While other lindy dance contests have been live streamed before (notably…

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“SwingNation” #2 featuring Valerie Salstrom on Getting Kids into Swing (video)

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

  Here's episode number two of the "SwingNation" live web talk show, featuring my buddies Spuds, Zuckerpunch and myself, talking about all the happenings in the world of swing. While not without its rocky patches, I think overall the show went well.  The highlight for me was the chance to get to talk to Ms….

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Going to DC to Host a Live Broadcast of the International Lindy Hop Championships!

Posted on August 11, 2012 by

I'm excited to report that from August 24-26 I will be in Washington DC to host a live internet broadcast of the International Lindy Hop Championships, along with my awesome co-hosts Nicole Zuckerman and Manu Smith.  This is the first time an international swing competition of this kind has been live broadcast in this way….

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Watch Spuds, Nicole and I in Episode #1 of “SwingNation” Lindy Talk Show (video)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

  Here is the first episode of the "SwingNation" lindy talk show, hosted by Manu "Spuds" Smith, Nicole "Zuckerpunch" Zuckerman, and myself. On the plus side: Hurray! We got through our first episode, after months of planning! We managed to cram into our one hour show some important news from the lindy scene ( Frankie100…

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Live streaming lindy hop talk show “SwingNation” debuts this Sunday night!

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

I'm super excited to announce that my co-hosts Manu "Spuds" Smith, Nicole "Zuckerpunch" Zuckerman and myself will be foisting upon the internet the first live streaming video talk show on lindy hop that we call "SwingNation."  Combining important news from the swing community, awesome dance clips, silly banter and special features, "SwingNation" will be a…

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Lindy Hoppers Create “EverSmart” iPhone App, Need Your Votes!

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

I got this appeal from the nice folks at LindyGroove, one of the largest lindy hop weekly dance in the country. Apparently a bunch of LindyGroove dancers have put their noggins together to create an iPhone app called "EverSmart", built on top of the popular "Evernote" note-taking tool. I use Evernote literally every day, for…

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My First Maker Faire: Geeking Out at the Mecca of Makers and Hackers

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of experiencing my first Maker Faire , an annual gathering of 10,000+ DIY enthusiasts, hackers, crafters, artists, cosplayers, and citizen scientists at a huge fairground pavilion in San Mateo. Described as a "festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement," Maker Faire is a…

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Social Media versus Social Dancing: You Can’t Tweet a Tango

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

During my commute this week, I watched this thought-provoking TED talk by psychologist Sherry Turkle called "Connected, But Alone?".  It's worth the few minutes of your time to view, particularly if you are as immersed in social media as I am.   Sherry Turkle examines what in her view are the dangers of the online…

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Google’s Project Glass and Spiritual Augmented Reality

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

  Today at Quaker Meeting for Worship I gave this message: I've been thinking about this new project that people at Google are working on.  It's called "Project Glass." Essentially it's a pair of glasses you wear that present different information on a display in front of your face.  They call it "augmented reality."  So…

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OKCupid, You Just Creeped Me Out

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

I'm a longtime fan of the online dating site OKCupid, which I think does a lot of things right in terms of user interface, social engineering, and data aggregation.  So I recently downloaded their iPhone app just to check it out.   The OKCupid iPhone app at first glance seems like basically another way of…

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