Posted in 3366, 3365, 3364, 3363, 3367, 3368, 3372, 3371, 3370, 3369, 3362, 3361, lives, the, post, article, today, and, a, 2757, an, General on Feb 24th, 2008 Comments Off
Today’s Washington Post features an unusually fine article from Joel Garreau (registration required) concerning the ways in which cellphones have changed, and continue to transform, our lives as a species on this planet. Twenty-five years of cellphone technology have brought us to the point that Google CEO Eric Schmidt can say, “Eventually there will be […]
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Posted in 3109, 3108, 3107, 3106, 3110, 3111, 3115, 3114, 3113, 3112, 3105, 3104, book, lives, the, learning, and, 2976, 3045, 2986, 2985, General on Feb 2nd, 2008 Comments Off
At last I’ve got the aggregation (or “dashboard”) site up: view it at http://rocksoulprogs08.umwblogs.org. Illness and travel slowed me down, but not most of the students, who are already busily exploring their musical lives, what they’re learning from each other, and what they’re learning from James Miller’s Flowers in the Dustbin, our first book. We […]
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Posted in 3035, 3036, 3034, 3033, 3032, 3037, 3038, 3042, 3041, 3040, 3039, 3031, 3030, , 2940, lives, the, Education, 2828, 3025, 3029, 3028, 3027, 3026, General on Jan 23rd, 2008 Comments Off
Have I said yet how glad I am that Gene Roche (”Techfoot”) is blogging again? I really should pony up some tuition dollars–reading his stuff is like being in a great seminar….
Gene’s latest post comments on a very thoughtful and timely article by a former colleague. I’ll direct you to Gene’s post for all the […]
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Posted in greater, lesser, burtis, personally, periods, activity, director, martha, day, months, conversation, lives, Blogs, blogging, General, transformative, professionally, centered, started, bloggers, DTLT on Sep 24th, 2007 Comments Off
It’s easy to forget how foundational and transformative blogging has been for me. I’ve grown a little embattled (some folks at my school still say”blogging is silly”), a little weary, and truth to tell a little wary as well. As times get complicated, and events and emotions get tangled, it gets harder to push through […]
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