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…
Category: Web/Tech
My First Maker Faire: Geeking Out at the Mecca of Makers and Hackers
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…
Social Media versus Social Dancing: You Can’t Tweet a Tango
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…
Google’s Project Glass and Spiritual Augmented Reality
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…
OKCupid, You Just Creeped Me Out
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…
Infographic: Who I Am on Twitter (according to Visual.ly)
Here's an infographic on me and my tweeting profile based on my Twitter data , provided to the infographic service visual.ly. I'm not sure I agree with the topics listing at the end — what, no "food porn"? And I could hardly be called a "shopper." But otherwise, kind of interesting. You can generate your…
My New Gig at…. wait for it… the California Academy of Sciences!
So I've been waiting to tell people this news because frankly I'm not sure I believe it's actually happened. I'm now working at the California Academy of Sciences as a program assistant in their new Digital Learning Program. It's kind of a dream come true for a geek like me. I will share more details as…
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…
Yehoodi Talk Show #15: Swing Memes, “Strokin,” and Swingin Skeletons
Yes, it's that time again — it's Yehoodi Video Talk Show time! This time around, Spuds, Letta and Rik show off their favorite swing-relted videos and pics from the past months. Yet again, we filmed live at the 920 Special dance in San Francisco. Thanks to the 920 folks for letting us use their space…
My Latest Pinboard : Robot Chic
I created a new pinboard on Pinterest on "Robot Chic." Just cause.