The news is in this morning. Miss Angola Leila Lopes is now Miss Universe. For those of you from the United States, which means we have trouble finding the United
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Chicago, Moving, and the Process of Reinventing WritingChicago, Moving, and the Process of Reinventing Writing
Not much going on, so I thought I would do another recap of what might actually be going on. So, here goes: 1. Took a trip to Chicago this weekend.
Fired Yahoo Boss Needs to Put Firing into PerspectiveFired Yahoo Boss Needs to Put Firing into Perspective
I’m always amazed at the outrage people can purport to feel over very minor things. Years ago, I was working for a major hotel chain, owned by a name that
Making Instructional Design Projects Requires Adopting New IdeasMaking Instructional Design Projects Requires Adopting New Ideas
As an e-learning designer, I spend a lot of time looking at what other people are doing to see what works and what doesn’t, and quite surprisingly, I would argue
America Needs a Social MessiahAmerica Needs a Social Messiah
Most people feel it but don’t really know how to put it into words. Something’s wrong with our country, everyone seems to know it, but no one really knows what
The Problems with Facebook & Google No One Talks About: CensorshipThe Problems with Facebook & Google No One Talks About: Censorship
Some years ago, when the Internet was very young, I was one of the early adopters of the new technology and started building web sites for companies, organizations and individuals
Classic Literature is not a Punchline of KnowledgeClassic Literature is not a Punchline of Knowledge
I was having a conversation with someone about a mundane topic, specifically about butterflies, when it reminded me of Kobo Abe’s Woman in the Dunes, a story of butterfly hunter
I is a teacherI is a teacher
A new semester is finally about to begin. Again, I will be teaching college political science and interpersonal communication, two separate disciplines, but two fields I am qualified to teach).
Creating Apps, Programming and Just Plain Ole’ CreativityCreating Apps, Programming and Just Plain Ole’ Creativity
Recently, I mentioned that I had decided to start making apps. Originally, my thought was to program in Android, mainly because I wasn’t a fan of Apple’s nefarious walled garden.
XXX: The Domain That No One WantsXXX: The Domain That No One Wants
An interesting thing has happened to the Internet. It’s adding porn. Yes, in case you didn’t know it, porn has not existed on the Internet until someone decided there was