Photo thanks to Bern@t’s Flickr stream.
Cole Camplese recently had a provocative post about open design that has me thinking about a few things that might frame some of the ideas that I think are key to imagining a loosely joined, open, and mashable community for teaching and learning.
I am thinking more about how openness should [...]
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The Design of Openness
Published by June 7th, 2008 in Uncategorized, insructional technology, wordpress multi-user and wpmu. 2 CommentsAn Impressionistic History of Skateboarding, Part 1
Published by October 29th, 2007 in YouTube, film, skateboarding, skating and video. 6 CommentsAs the nostalgia kicks in full force, I am transported back to Long Island during the 80s. My brother and I (16 and 13 respectively) built a half-pipe in our backyard while my Mom was enduring an extended stay in the hospital. Needless to say, she had a bit of surprise in store upon her [...]
Brian Dettmer’s Book Autopsies featured on the Centripetal Notion blog is well worth a look if you haven’t seen it already.
Found via Carole Garmon’s UMW Blogs post for her Video Art class here. Go UMW Blogs go!
Wal-Mart, Iraq, and an Inexcusable Silence
Published by October 10th, 2007 in art, museums and politics. 0 CommentsLee Rosenbaum’s article in today’s Wall Street Journal adds another layer to the post I wrote about Randolph College selling off its art collection (inspired by Rosenbaum’s original post here). According to the article, one of the major forces behind struggling institutions auctioning off prized artwork could have something to do with the current market [...]
You may have already heard that the Board of Trustees of Randolph College (a small, private women’s liberal arts college in Lynchburg, Virginia) made the controversial decision to sell off parts of its celebrated art collection to stay financially viable. The story has already been covered by the NYT, The Washington Post, and even [...]
Introducing the fake bavatuesdays, is it any less authentic than the real thing?
The fact that you can copy themes in WPMu to specific user directories and edit them (or hack them!) freely really makes the possibilities of a stand alone WordPress install and WordPress Multi-User comparable in terms of customization. Gee whiz, did I [...]
A timely work of art, no? More found street art here.
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I had a few “moments” with Facebook over the past couple of months. I was digging all the new tools they were brining in with the open API, they even created one for WordPress.com posts. But when folks start to talk about Facebook as an LMS, I find it hard to keep myself [...]
From their site:
UbuWeb: The YouTube of the Avant-Garde: UbuWeb has converted all of its rare and out-of-print film & video holdings to on-demand streaming formats à la YouTube, which means that you can view everything right in your browser without platform-specific software or insanely huge downloads. We offer over 300 films & videos from artists [...]
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