I’m in Los Angeles for a virtual world symposium being sponsored by the Network Culture Project at USC. I arrived early enough to have a snack with my buddy In Kenzo and Tori from USC. Here’s In Kenzo showing off her sweet bike that she uses in her daily commute around Los Angeles. (She tells…
Virgin America’s Red entertainment system rawks
I’ve posted before how much I dig Virgin America. I think it’s worth at least an extra $50-100 to fly Virgin over another crappy airline. (I’m looking at you, Southwest and Delta.) One of the sweetest things about Virgin is their "Red" entertainment system. They have various flavors of video content from broadcast TV…
A peek into the Old Boy’s Club: the University Club of New York
For awhile a friend has been inviting me to hang out with him at the University Club of New York. Tonight he finally got me to come out with him, although I was annoyed about the requirement that I wear a suit and tie to the place. "Dress like you are going to a wedding…
Global Kids social issue machinima “Race to Equality” now available
Global Kid’s Virtual Video Project has just released the full version of their social issue machinima called "Race to Equality." The completely youth-created short film deals with the impacts of racism on access to education in the United States, Tibet and Brazil. The video includes footage from the premiere event at Sony Wonderlab in Manhattan. …
Pictures from the I Dig Tanzania Chicago Trip
I just finished uploading selected pictures from the couple of hundred photos I took in Chicago during the "I Dig Tanzania" trip. I’ll add more details and descriptions later. Enjoy! Now I’m off to sleep for about 12 hours.
Our fifth (and last?) day in Chicago
Here’s one of our teens Sabina enjoying the simple wonder of fireflies in Chicago. Yesterday, we headed over to Taste of Lincoln Avenue, which was pretty cool but a bit intense for the teens. Lots of adults milling about drinking beer, very loud rock music, and no real place to just chill out. So we…
Me breaking at Taste of Lincoln Avenue in Chicago
Our teens have been bugging me about dancing the entire time in Chicago. So I finally did a little breaking last night while we were walking around Taste of Lincoln Avenue. Good times.
Stuck in Chicago!
Apparently there is some serious storm rolling through New York making it impossible for my Global Kids group of seven teens and three adults to return to JFK today. So we are stuck in Chicago an extra day, with an afternoon flight getting us into La Guardia at 6pm tomorrow. Our teens have been incredible…
Teens check out flesh eating beetles at Field Museum
Here’s some of the teen participants in I Dig Tanzania getting to experience the wonders of the dermestid flesh eating beetle up close at the Field Museum yesterday. Some experiences just can’t be translated into the virtual very well. [More about dermestid beetles.]
Why it’s hard to explain what “I Dig Tanzania” is
Alicia, one of the Chicago teens participating in the "I Dig Tanzania" summer camp, explained perfectly why the project is both innovative and hard-to-explain to outsiders. We need to hire this kid!