- ARCHIVE / BlogSchmog
- Future Education
An interactive map, commissioned by the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, itemizing the factors that are likely to influence public education in the next decade. It is divided into five elements—a two-dimensional space listing Drivers and Impact Areas, and the factors classified as trends, hot spots and dilemmas.
- Blip
IU School of Informatics grad Erik Pukinskis tweeted something interesting just now—a link to the “Twitter for music,” a new music sharing service called Blip. If I can let the channel play in the background and hear the music others feed me, this could change the way I listen to music.
- Supermomma
Like all good broke technologists, the boys and I used the resources at our disposal to plot, shoot and edit a Happy Mother’s Day video for all of the mothers in our life (in particular, the one supermomma taking care of our home and hearth).
- The Naked Generation
We write about everything. We capture it in photos and on video, and we share the links with online acquaintances known only by their login handle. It is too early in the social networking phenomenon to declare whether this practice is beneficial or not. What is undeniable, however, is that we live in a transparent age right now.
- The long walk to the polls
I have lived in Bloomington for a decade now. My family relishes the ritual of voting on Election Day. We bring our boys into the booth and talk about the great thing we are doing by participating in a vote. Until Tuesday, the only place I have ever voted is in the elementary school across the street.
- Closing the open tabs
One of the major casualties for me as I finished my classes was the dearth of blogging. Having been in a daily groove for the Fall semester, it is a bit disheartening to see all the unclaimed days in our BlogSchmog calendar. That sad fact is one of many things inspiring some change this summer. Here’s a few things that have been slowing down Firefox for me, waiting to become blog posts.
- The Obama Stream
I compiled snapshots of the tweets Wednesday night from locals covering the Barack Obama campaign stop in Bloomington, Indiana. They included the pledges of allegiance and child bearing, as well as a fainting man (who is likely this guy from Comedy Central, so watch Thursday’s show). I’ll save commentary (except my own below, in tweet form) for a later date.