You’ve heard the declarations. Blogs are dead. 94% of them have not published in the last 120 days. I did not have time today to visit all 133 million blogs Technorati has been tracking since 2002. cc licensed flickr photo by john_curley But I have often marveled at the gems I find by random link […]
It is too late for Jim Groom and Tom Woodard who cinematicly presented warnings about zombies for the NMC Rock the Academy Symposium, but I missed a key resource for the zombie intrigued. How remiss to have not shared the Common Craft cult classic- Zombies in Plain English: There was so much there I did […]
Sometimes it can take months to answer a question; Robert, a colleague I met in Shanghai who teaches at Fudan University asked if I knew of any tools that would make it easy for his journalism students to generate their own mashups of data and maps. I did not have an answer then; I talked […]
Listen to the World Play Ocarina by cogdogblog posted 16 Nov ’08, 3.04pm MST PST on flickr I’ve already raved about Ocarina, the iPhone magic flute — a real instrument you can turn your phone into. But there’s more- activate the bottom menu bar, and click the world icon (2nd from left) and you can […]
Twitter Timeout by cogdogblog posted 16 Nov ’08, 10.02am MST PST on flickr and stop reloading, damnit! You are hurtin’ the tubes!
You know much little grades really mean to what we know/can do, but long-time colleague Liz tweeted me my TwitterGrade and then followed up with data of overwhelming stomping of Guy Kawaski: So we can put a lot of faith into a mystery metric, but what the heck? I’ll roll with it. Take that @guykawasaki […]
Perhaps it is a fine line, but as a very sparsely populated, expansive– and moving into winter– dark place, Iceland can offer you plenty of time, space for reflective alone time… or toss you into an abyss of isolation. My measure seems to fluctuate with the ins and outs of my internet connection. This month […]
iPhone iFlute! by cogdogblog posted 16 Nov ’08, 4.22am MST PST on flickr Yet another day passes and its another utterly amazing iPhone app. Ocarina is a musical instrument, and you play by holding it horizontal and blowing into the microphone (indicated by yellow arrow) You then place your finders on the dots, and the […]
Here is Proof! I Created YouTube by cogdogblog posted 14 Nov ’08, 8.13am MST PST on flickr The heck with the flimsy claim of Herbert Elwood Gilliland III who says he was the fourth You Tube inventor — I have videotape proof of me sketching out the concept in 1979 (it is the second part […]
Getting a PhDDD! by cogdogblog posted 14 Nov ’08, 8.35am MST PST on flickr And they say spam is a problem! I am so excited! I like the sounds of this program: No Exams/Books/Tests/Interview/classes 100% No Pre-School qualifÃcation requìred! And best of all, I "can even becomêe a doctor and receÃve All the benefìts That […]
