July 2011
Program or be Programmed: The GeekDad Interview... →
Jamie XX, Quayola Collaborate on Software Language... →
“All forms of knowledge achieved stability and permanence, not because paper was...”
– Gleick, James. The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood. London: Fourth Estate, 2011. (via carvalhais)
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Open Source Programmer’s Text Editor using Canvas and WebGL
Javascript and HTML5 are becoming mature enough to support a full featured text editor entirely in the browser. This would provide a solution to the lack of editor on Chrome OS as well as create an ultra-portable cross-platform method to edit text. Not only is the technology now sufficient, but it can also be used to create an...
The UX of Learning →
teachingliteracy:
Learning is a complex process with distinct stages, each with corresponding tasks and emotions. Understanding how users learn can help us design experiences that support the user throughout the entire process. So let’s learn a thing or two about learning itself.
“I have to admit, I’m a little dialed out of the blog world right now,...”
– Seen and Said
A sentiment shared.
(via lanipauli)
“The Surveillance Camera Players (SCP) is a small, informal group of people who...”
– Surveillance Camera Players
“The overculture will always try to devalue anything truly threatening. If you...”
– Program or be Programmed: The GeekDad Interview With Douglas Rushkoff | GeekDad | Wired.com (via ario)
Generative Boids →
“Prison systems are fond of tests, all kinds, psychological, I.Q., aptitude....”
– Huey P. Newton, Revolutionary Suicide. I feel reminded of three things: Nell Irvin Painter’s discussion, in The History of White People, of the birth of intelligence testing. The tests got their first major use at Ellis Island and in World War I recruiting. Their racist slant was immediately...
Top 10 Sites for Creating a Video Chat
gjmueller:
Skype in the Classroom
FaceFlow
Caffein
Google+
iMeet
BoostCam
Wetoku
Tinychat
ooVoo
iVideoChat
Read more about why to choose one service over another for your classroom…
O’Reilly publishes unfinished book, plans to raise... →
infoneer-pulse:
O’Reilly Media is experimenting with a new publishing model for Todd Sattersten’s book “Every Book Is a Startup,” releasing it now as an ebook even though it’s not complete. Right now the book is $5 for the first two chapters, with all future chapters promised as free updates, and as the book grows in length the price will go up. When finished, it will also be released in print...
Guest Spotlight: His Artwork has been Featured on...
keneerike:
Guest Spotlight: Jeaux Janovsky
This guy is living the artist’s dream.
I came across Jeaux’s illustration of late night host Conan O’ Brien and thought it was fantastic.
Apparently, Conan O’ Brien’s staff thought so, too.
I’ve invited Jeaux to tell us a bit about himself and his experience as an illustrator and cartoonist.
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good friend from my time at CalArts. Keep...
“If we were REALLY serious about educational technology, we would do things like…...”
– My opening remarks at the Iowa Education Summit | Dangerously Irrelevant | Big Think (via infoneer-pulse)
“I asked him if he would come up with a few options. And he said, ‘No, I will...”
– Steve Jobs on iconic designer Paul Rand (via curiositycounts)
Haecceity
brysonian:
Haecceity refers to aspects of a thing which make it a particular thing, not the universal qualities of a thing. Haecceity is the “thisness” of a thing, the discrete qualities, properties or characteristics of a thing which make it a particular thing.
“A corporate hairball is an entangled pattern of behavior or a mess of...”
– Orbiting the Giant Hairball (via hoodablah)
“Absorb what is useful. Reject what is useless. Add what is specifically your...”
– Bruce Lee
(thanks, voodooplex)
Bruce Sterling : Generator Everything →
