Archie has talked in his sleep since he could talk. The first time I remember was “Gib it back MINE TURN.” I quickly learned that if I just agree with him, he’ll stop. I usually say something like, “Okay, here you go, buddy. Your turn,” and he rolls over.
Last night was fairly hellacious as far [...]
Dreamy Candy
Holiday Thanks But No Thanks
Some aspects of the Ph.D. program at the School of Informatics are starting to feel like Cousin Ned, the awkward relative with stinky feet and a variable definition of personal space. At family gatherings, everyone else forgets to tell poor Ned when the meal has started, leaving him a choice between fingered cheese cubes and [...]
SL tour
errcheck Hicks gave my SL avatar, Old, a brief tour of a couple spots in world. I teleported to Sony’s Media Island and then the Sun Microsytems area. Both have some nice-looking theatres for viewing video. Sony’s island had a working tram and a bunch of billboard-style video screens where music videos get played. The [...]
Iterative Design
Robin Adams, assistant professor of Engineering Education from Purdue University, showed up on campus today to talk about Iterative Design. Robin, a former colleague of Josh at the University of Washington, is interested in such things as design thinking and learning, strategies for connecting research on learning and teaching practice, and interdisciplinarity. In 2003, Robin [...]
Will you remember me tomorrow?
Carter’s lunch riddle today amused me greatly, but perhaps was lost on the first grade crowd:
Will you remember me tomorrow?
(assumed answer of yes)
Will you remember me in a week?
(yes)
Will you remember me in a month?
(yes)
Will you remember me in a year?
(yes)
Knock, Knock
(who’s there?)
Did you forget me already?
Well, I thought it was funny.
On the way home [...]
The Gong Show Never Jumped
There is an expression (and a website) called jumping the shark. It is a reference to an episode of Happy Days in which the Fonz, keeping his trademark leather jacket on while water skiing, jumped over a shark. It was considered evidence that the popular show had turned a downward corner. The term is credited [...]
How to Be Creative
From the Drafts list of unfinished posts comes a look at Hugh MacLeod’s contemplations on creativity. Hugh is the guy behind GapingVoid.com, which I wrote about earlier this fall. He provides a lot of commentary on each of his 31 flavors of how to be creative, but I’ve cut them all up into groups [...]