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Amazing Stories of Openness (ETUG Spring Workshop, June 2011)
Amazing Stories of Openness (ETUG Spring Workshop, June 2011)
(June 2, 2011, Nelson BC) While the Open Education movement focuses on institutional issues, a large ocean exists of powerful individual accomplishments simply from tapping into content that is open for sharing and re-use. As colorful as old covers of “Amazing Stories” magazine, this presentation shares moving, personal stories that would not have been previously possible, enabled by open licensed materials and personal networks.
#storytelling#presentation#2011#CogDog#Best#of#Show
·cogdogblog.com·
Amazing Stories of Openness (ETUG Spring Workshop, June 2011)
The Canucks Fan Who Drove 1,000 Miles For A Game, Partied With The Owner, Drank With Beautiful Women, Nearly Died, And Got Comped For Game 5 - Deadspin
The Canucks Fan Who Drove 1,000 Miles For A Game, Partied With The Owner, Drank With Beautiful Women, Nearly Died, And Got Comped For Game 5 - Deadspin
This is the totally true* story of Danny, a 24-year-old Canucks fan who on the spur of the moment decided to drive from Vancouver to San Jose for Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, and ended up wandering the streets in a hospital gown with no memory of the preceding nine hours. *Events have been reconstructed to the best of our abilities through the help of Danny's friends, other fans present, the Canucks, and a day-after collection of cell phone photos.
#storytelling#fun
·m.deadspin.com·
The Canucks Fan Who Drove 1,000 Miles For A Game, Partied With The Owner, Drank With Beautiful Women, Nearly Died, And Got Comped For Game 5 - Deadspin
Historical Tweets
Historical Tweets
Most people think Twitter was “created” in 2006.  These are same people who think Richard Gere created Buddhism in the 1990′s.  Just before Madonna created yoga.  Folks, like the sun, moon, and stars, Twitter has always been.  This site proves it beyond a shadow of a doubt. Books have been ruining history. So many unnecessary words.  Now, with Historical Tweets, history��s most amazing men and women can be fully understood, a mere 140 characters at a time.
#twitter
·historicaltweets.com·
Historical Tweets
Toward the Glass Bead Game - a rhetorical invention
Toward the Glass Bead Game - a rhetorical invention
A realization of Hesse's Glass Bead Game is presented. By associating small images ("beads" and "tiles") with ideas described in ordinary prose, a new vocabulary of glyphs is developed; these glyphs are later assembled in special ways, such that their spatial arrangement asserts symbolic relationships between the corresponding ideas. In particular, arrangements take the form bead-tile-bead, signifying subject-predicate-object assertions. Arranging and connecting multiple bead phrases on a two-dimensional grid allows large groups of related assertions to be made in a compact and appealing visual space, and the communication of rich symbolic connectivity less lengthy and cumbersome than it would be with prose. The entire structure, including narrative, bead phrases, and imagery is represented in the technical forms of the Semantic Web; all beads and tiles are labeled with URIs, and bead phrases become reified RDF.
#semanticweb#storytelling#ds106
·joshuafost.com·
Toward the Glass Bead Game - a rhetorical invention
20 Creative Gadgets for Photography Lovers | Bored Panda
20 Creative Gadgets for Photography Lovers | Bored Panda
Today, when almost everyone has a DSLR, and “[put a name]photography.com” website, you probably can’t go wrong with a gift related to photography, especially if it’s a new $2000 worth of DSLR from Nikon or Canon. However, most of us probably want to spend a little bit less than that – that’s why we want to show you this list of 20 really cool gadgets for photography lovers. The items vary from useful to fun, but we hope you’ll find what you’re looking for! You can actually buy almost every single gadget from this list except a few which are in concept stage – just follow the links below each picture.
#photography#thruthelens
·boredpanda.com·
20 Creative Gadgets for Photography Lovers | Bored Panda
WordPress › TPC! Memory Usage « WordPress Plugins
WordPress › TPC! Memory Usage « WordPress Plugins
TPC! Memory Usage allows WordPress administrators to view the current and peak memory usage of the application. This is extremely helpful when testing new plugins, or if there are a lot of modifications, plugins, or large language files. As of version 0.4, administrators now have the ability to view detailed system information about their web server, MySQL, PHP, and WordPress software. (Requires PHP5)
#wordpress#plugin
·wordpress.org·
WordPress › TPC! Memory Usage « WordPress Plugins
Looking Through the Lens (Northern Voice 2011)
Looking Through the Lens (Northern Voice 2011)
a presentation for Northern Voice 2011, May 14, 2011, Vancouver, B.C. The mechanics and art of photography unveil an intriguing metaphor for thinking about learning and our world view. For a photographer, the operation of cameras-- exploiting apertures, shutter speeds, optics, -- coexist with the artistic skills of pre-visualization, framing, composition. It is no longer a field dominated by pros with expensive gear, we can all make photographic art, damnit. Taking the metaphor farther, creating an engaging learning experience is much more than point and shoot or flipping the settings into automatic mode. Photography is a beautiful example of how you can get better at doing something just by regularly doing (and sharing) your craft. Regular acts of photography, such as the Daily Shoot, are a model of informal learning that works.
#presentation#2011#CogDog#Best#of#Show
·cogdogblog.com·
Looking Through the Lens (Northern Voice 2011)
Marshall McLuhan Walking Tour | Spark | CBC Radio
Marshall McLuhan Walking Tour | Spark | CBC Radio
Welcome to the Marshall McLuhan Walking Tour, with Nora Young as your guide. Together you and Nora will be exploring McLuhan’s Toronto and hearing interviews with those closest to one of Canada’s greatest thinkers. There are six stops on the tour, and you can explore them by clicking the links on the left. Click on the photo of McLuhan to return to this main page. If you’re not in the city, you can still join us on our sonic adventure. We’ve got an online map and photo galleries to accompany the MP3s of the tour, and you can follow along digitally. Gee, it’s almost like we’re a global village or something!
#ideas
·cbc.ca·
Marshall McLuhan Walking Tour | Spark | CBC Radio
The Story Matters
The Story Matters
The specific example I used this last festival was last year’s motorcycle trip to New York.  If you remember, I did this massive 5,500 mile trip to New York and back.  The primary reason to head out there was my 30th high school reunion.  Since it was such an epic trip, I brought my primary photography gear which includes a Nikon D3.  It’s a lot of stuff.  Interestingly enough, not a single compelling image from that trip was shot with that camera.  In fact, 100% of my keepers were shot with my phone, my iPhone.  And, all the images were processed with apps in my phone. The convenience of the phone perched right on my dash board far out-weighed the far superior sensor of my full-framed camera.  In fact, I captured images that simply would’ve been lost if I didn’t have immediate access to a camera.  So, what’s so important about having such an immediate use camera?  It’s great for collecting imagery that will be used in a story about the trip.
#photography#ideas#thruthelens
·tom-hill.biz·
The Story Matters
The Importance of Personal Projects
The Importance of Personal Projects
What changed my outlook and made my passion for photography stronger than ever? I challenged myself to work on special projects such as a 52 week project, I gave myself some self assignments on weekends such as doing more street photography, limiting myself to one lens, trying new techniques, challenging myself to experimenting in genres that were outside my comfort zone, etc.
#photography#thruthelens
·digital-photography-school.com·
The Importance of Personal Projects
5 Reasons Why Shooting With a Rangefinder Will Make You a Better Street Photographer
5 Reasons Why Shooting With a Rangefinder Will Make You a Better Street Photographer
Recently I have been shooting quite a bit with my rangefinder, and it has truly helped my street photography from both a technical and artistic point of view. Although rangefinders can be expensive, I believe that they can be a great investment. There are many strengths that rangefinders have over many other traditional types of cameras when it comes to street photography. In this blog post I will best outline my thoughts on how shooting with a rangefinder will make you a better street photographer.
#photography#thruthelens
·digital-photography-school.com·
5 Reasons Why Shooting With a Rangefinder Will Make You a Better Street Photographer
Your Camera Wants You To Be Average
Your Camera Wants You To Be Average
I’m going to let you in on a secret but first I need you to put your camera away. You see, cameras are becoming smarter and smarter every year as the ability to pack more and more information and programming into their circuits becomes available thanks to the march of progress. I don’t want your camera catching whiff of this conversation. That’s because the honest truth is your camera wants you to be average. More precisely, your camera wants your pictures to be average. Let me explain with a bit of backstory.
#photography#thruthelens
·digital-photography-school.com·
Your Camera Wants You To Be Average
Don’t be an Idiot | Guy Tal Photography Web Journal
Don’t be an Idiot | Guy Tal Photography Web Journal
Almost since the first photographic image was made, artists choosing to work in the medium of photography faced an uphill battle for recognition of the legitimacy of their work and its acceptance as a fine art. Photography had been derided as being the product of machines and chemicals rather than the expressive minds of artists, and for offering no more than simple representations of reality, rather than having the freedom to convey nuanced and abstract concepts. I will spare you the history lesson and evolution of the art through Pictorialism, Group f/64, etc. Just look up the terms for more evidence of the ongoing struggle. Perhaps the strongest articulation of the disconnect can be found in Gore Vidal’s words: “For half a century photography has been the ‘art form’ of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than others, but where is credit due? To the designer of the camera? To the finger on the button? To the law of averages?”
#photography#thruthelens
·guytal.com·
Don’t be an Idiot | Guy Tal Photography Web Journal
photographing strangers
photographing strangers
Some time ago, I received the following message from a friend: "Okay, this may be way off-base, but what is the etiquette of photographing interesting-looking strangers while traveling?  Do you ask permission first?  What if you don't speak the language? Do you take stealth photos?  Only shoot strangers from behind?" All very valid questions, and unfortunately, as with most questions you ask a lawyer, the answer is "it depends."  And since I've been traveling quite a bit lately (and many more trips are to come in the relatively near future), for this Occasionally Technical Tuesday I thought we'd talk about some issues to take into consideration when taking photographs of total strangers (however, when it comes to taking photographs of your own uncooperative companions, you're on your own).
#photography#thruthelens
·chookooloonks.com·
photographing strangers
20+ Brilliant and Advanced jQuery Effects
20+ Brilliant and Advanced jQuery Effects
Every new technology has its own comparisons with its competitors as jQuery is closely compared with Flash. Flash was the technology used by many web designers a while ago, but now its the turn of jQuery to add the special effects or interactivity to a website. jQuery makes it easier to create sophisticated custom effects and animations compared to Flash and also jQuery takes a lead when it comes to SEO. Some of the stunning effects which jQuery can produce are sliding in different directions, adding ease to animations, effects like flip-in, sorting, zoom-in effects in photos, panning, creating a Photo shoot effect, slider effects and many more.So we present you some of the links that shows you the demos of various brilliant and advanced effects and it gives you a clear picture in itself without the help of any tutor.
#code#jquery#programming
·1stwebdesigner.com·
20+ Brilliant and Advanced jQuery Effects
IPhone Apps to Take You Beyond Snapshots - State of the Art - NYTimes.com
IPhone Apps to Take You Beyond Snapshots - State of the Art - NYTimes.com
To save you the four years (and thousands of dollars) it would take you to try out all 6,500 apps, here’s a handy cheat sheet. These are the coolest, best and most useful photo apps for the iPhone, as recommended by my colleagues, my photographer friends and my Twitter followers. These apps are, to use the technical term, wicked cool.
#iphone#photography#app
·nytimes.com·
IPhone Apps to Take You Beyond Snapshots - State of the Art - NYTimes.com
10 Useful WordPress Security Tweaks - Smashing Magazine
10 Useful WordPress Security Tweaks - Smashing Magazine
Security has always been a hot topic. Offline, people buy wired homes, car alarms and gadgets to bring their security to the max. Online, security is important, too, especially for people who make a living from websites and blogs. In this article, we’ll show you some useful tweaks to protect your WordPress-powered blog.
#wordpress
·smashingmagazine.com·
10 Useful WordPress Security Tweaks - Smashing Magazine
The Future of Mobile Computing | EDUCAUSE (Apr 2011)
The Future of Mobile Computing | EDUCAUSE (Apr 2011)
(April 25, 2011)- copresenter or instigator for the opening session of EDUCAUSE's online webinar series, the entire week of their Mobile Sprint. Audience was over 350. From staying one step ahead of emerging and evolving platforms to determining the best apps for learning, few concepts dominate the conversation in higher education today like mobility. Why has the mobile revolution transfixed our students, our IT departments, and our conversations around the boardroom table? And how can we, as a community, forge ahead? In this informal and interactive conversation, Joanne Kossuth, vice president for Operations and Chief Information Officer at the Olin College of Engineering, and educational technology blogger Alan Levine, former Vice President Community & CTO for the NMC, will kick off a week of dialogue around mobile computing on campus, trying to break down why mobility has become a burning issue on campus and what key challenges lie ahead.
#presentation#2011#mobiles#CogDog#Best#of#Show
·educause.edu·
The Future of Mobile Computing | EDUCAUSE (Apr 2011)
Civil War Alternate Reality Game in May! | The History Teacher's Attic
Civil War Alternate Reality Game in May! | The History Teacher's Attic
For teachers and students throughout the world: There will be an educational Civil War “alternate reality” game beginning May 15th, 2011, hosted by the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA. The game, titled “The Jewel of the Valleys,” is being run in support of the fundraiser “In Their Footsteps: On the March in Pennsylvania,” which benefits the education department of the Museum.
#history#arg#augmentedreality
·historyteachersattic.com·
Civil War Alternate Reality Game in May! | The History Teacher's Attic
Hacking Education: A Contest for Developers and Data Crunchers
Hacking Education: A Contest for Developers and Data Crunchers
Ten years ago, a teacher in the Bronx launched DonorsChoose.org. Since then, more than 165,000 teachers at 43,000 public schools have posted over 300,000 classroom project requests, inspiring $80,000,000 in giving from 400,000 donors who performed over a million search queries and made more than a million donations. We've opened up that data, and invite you to make discoveries and build apps that improve education in America. Help to shape your school system's budget by revealing what teachers really need. Build the first mobile app for hyper-local education philanthropy. We've got a list of suggestions to help get you thinking. We hope to build a community of developers and data crunchers, so we're launching a contest! The Big Winner will be chosen from from the top finishers in each category:
#education#data#visualization
·donorschoose.org·
Hacking Education: A Contest for Developers and Data Crunchers
Home - The School of Life
Home - The School of Life
Based in a small shop in Central London, The School of Life is a ground-breaking social enterprise which supports intelligent ways of thinking about everyday life. We run evening classes, weekends, conversation meals, secular sermons and one-to-one services including bibliotherapy and psychotherapy. Drawing on fields as diverse as philosophy, literature, the visual arts, neuroscience and psychology we explore the big issues in life like work, love, politics, self, play and family.
#education#ideas#learning
·theschooloflife.com·
Home - The School of Life
Welcome to Nomad Editions | Nomad Editions
Welcome to Nomad Editions | Nomad Editions
Nomad Editions represents a new business model for digital media. We believe that readers will pay a fair price for high-quality, original and exclusive content, delivered in a superior format, to mobile devices.Nomad Editions also wants the creators of that content — writers, photographers, illustrators, and editors — to be well rewarded for success. Nomad Editions shares a substantial percentage of our revenue with the contributors and editors, so that everyone who's part of Nomad Editions has a direct and substantial stake in the success of the business.
#ipad#magazine#publishing#ebooks
·nomadeditions.com·
Welcome to Nomad Editions | Nomad Editions