LA Times reporter Mark Milian covered the iPad lines in LA. Not nearly the craziness of the previous iPhone launches, but if you’ve had the occasion these are more social events than anything else, with most people in line just out for the geek-fest instead of getting the free delivery of the device. Mashable’s Brenna [...]
Leo Laporte Crowd Surfs @Diggnation SXSW Rock Show
March 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Leo Laporte has said time and time again that New Media is about the community and not trumped-up rockstars. He proved it Saturday night at the Diggnation show during the SXSW Interactive-media conference by trusting the 3,200 gathered to carry his body aloft from the stage toward the back of the gathered throng. Translation: the [...]
In Bad Faith, part 8: The Case for God – Not What You Think
March 11, 2010 By 2 Comments
I just finished read/listening to Karen Armstrong’s The Case for God, and like waking with memories of a vivid dream, I want to get my thoughts down before they get pushed aside by the concerns of the day. In Bad Faith, part 8: The Case for God – Not What You Think I think that [...]
TWiT Reflection into the New Decade
January 19, 2010 By 2 Comments
Change/Follows/Learning
October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Emdt student Kevin Hayes created this video with the catch phrase: “If what you learn doesn’t change what you do, then why you learnin’ it?” Kevin is a very committed believer and has shared the connection he feels between his beliefs and his actions. There’s something amazingly simple and powerful in this. And in his [...]
BAD09: CNN Says “Bloggers unite on climate change”
October 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Follow-up note on Thursday’s “Blog Action Day 09,” CNN.com reported, “The scale of involvement in the day has been impressive. So far, over 8,000 blogs have registered in 144 countries and organizers predict that there will be around 15 million readers.” BAD ’09 organizer, Robin Beck, stated in a follow-up email, “We hit 31,000 total [...]
BAD09: Is It Getting Hot In Here?
October 15, 2009 By 1 Comment
I recently heard that a government representative in DC wanted to call together the whole scientific community in order to determine once and for all whether human activity had any bearing on climate change. That the man feels the need to do this would indicate that he feels that there is some question as to [...]
Macworld expo, gnomedex or SxSW 2010 – What’s a Media Educator To Do?
August 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Over the past three years my attendance at Macworld Expo has been completely automatic but with Apple pulling out of the conference and then having the conference moved to February I’m not sure that attending the 2010 conference will be the best use of my increasingly diminished conference funds. I recognize that the Macworld isn’t [...]
Consultancy: Bringing a Beautiful Voice into Internet View
July 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Over a year ago I wrote about my friend Neva: I wasn’t living in Long Beach when Melissa Etheridge made her breakthrough playing locally at a club called Que Sera on 7th Street (funny that her wikipedia article doesn’t mention Que Sera), but every time I come out and watch Neva I think I’m seeing [...]
Why Should We Let You Into Our Doctorate Club?
July 24, 2009 By 4 Comments
Last time I talked to Dr. Sparks (“Sparky”) we were enjoying a late night dinner at the Old Ebbitt Grill following a week roaming the streets of DC and the halls of power with my Pepperdine cadremates. He wasn’t completely satisfied with my consultancy project and charged me with the assignment to get a better [...]
