What happens when a classroom exercise (using online video services like Seesmic, Viddler, Vimeo, YouTube to convey a message…) becomes interesting to the students. If they are studying about a technology they will get a much richer understanding and appreciation for it if they actually USE it. I asked my students to use a service [...]
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The Why Signing up for a new service or social networking site can have its own set of rules. It can sometimes be difficult for people to join in and feel part of the community. There are new terms to use, and etiquette to be familiar with. I have discussed Twitter with my students, and [...]
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The Jump Well, I decided to jump in at the deep end after reading a tweet sent from @loic (see below the video for a full write up) I’m not going to make excuses about the poor sound quality, or the colour balance on the video, just I wanted to give it a try and [...]
Continue Reading →EVENT: January 12 – 16 2009 Taken from his site (news section at Sam Belinfante) he is presenting an very impressive line up for this forthcoming event. The link for information goes to his site where you can download a PDF of the programme artists and performers. Invited performers include Mikhail Karikis, Lore Lixembourg and [...]
Continue Reading →My sister came to visit us. She got a photo of my fav & only tee shirt! It says digital angel on the front, and has these great wings on the back. Anyway its from Think Geek, which is a great website for geeks like me. Thought I’d include an actual picture of us together [...]
Continue Reading →The visit to Winnipeg was really great. The weather was unusually hot and we were even able to sun tan! This image is of a typical street near where I grew up. Really long straight roads with lots of trees and bungalow homes. For any north Americans this will seem an odd image to choose, [...]
Continue Reading →“I want everything we do to be beautiful. I don’t give a damn whether the client understands that that’s worth anything, or that the client thinks it’s worth anything, or whether it is worth anything. It’s worth it to me. It’s the way I want to live my life. I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares.” - Saul Bass