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February 10, 2010
12:39
A new life.
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Brother becomes father. Changing roles, shifting tides. Daughter, cousin, niece; a new life, a new rhythm. Evermore we dance ’round this carousel, her at the center. Following her cue, forever until we part. Gaining momentum as we go. Hello, darling. ...
February 08, 2010
9:08
Writer’s bloc.
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Shit....
January 25, 2010
8:31
Good ol’ William Jason Maxwell Borthwick
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My friend Sean with the help of a couple of his friends hashed out this great idea to create a collaborative blog called Desktop Objective. The DO has one simple goal: to create a web of creatively engaged individuals. And ...
January 14, 2010
8:51
Just a glimpse.
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Finally got a hold of a camera. I’ve been eager to document my life through the lens for a while. It’s a form of expression and way of extending myself that I’ve yet to explore for any reasonable amount of ...
January 09, 2010
3:42
Fuck. That. Shit.
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(H/T Greta) Japandroids – Young Hearts Spark Fire // We finished our old lives Like we finished off the wine Now we’re used to staying up all night Two hearts beating You can keep tomorrow After tonight, we’re not gonna ...
January 08, 2010
5:09
I’ve wasted
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so much time – I realize this now. But it took reading a recent article in The Chronicle for it to really dawn on me. In it, the author discusses the shortcomings of a humanities education, namely that it trains ...
January 02, 2010
23:40
And for the new year:
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More experimentation. More creativity. More simplicity. More confidence. Less stupidity. Seems easy enough, but in the words of a friend, “Accountability has big fists.” Oh, and maybe this year I can finally stop biting my finger nails. Probably not....
December 27, 2009
11:08
One-Dimensional Us
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“A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.” Video created by Andrew ...
December 26, 2009
7:17
An exercise in reflexivity (and the most boring vlog ever)
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Got a package in the mail the other day with the very serious mandate “DO NOT open until Christmas” scrawled across the front. So, like the good boy I am (not), I resisted the urge to violate the seams of ...
December 23, 2009
10:37
This ain’t really your life
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ain’t really your life, ain’t really ain’t nothing but a movie. Repeat. Ad infinitum. Was reminded today, after reading a superb review of Thomas de Zengotita’s book Mediated, of how much my life resembles a B movie. A really, really ...
December 15, 2009
9:38
Trying
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in earnest to finish up my final statement of purpose. And. I’m. Distracted. (Again.) Minus my distractable mood, I suppose I miss this. Alone, late night, good music, blinking cursor. It’s been a while. But it’s good to be back ...
December 14, 2009
23:30
The question of anthro + war
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Another article glossing over the significance of soft power for the easier-to-comprehend (and market) horrors (fascination?) of physical violence. For those unfamiliar with HTS Since 2007, the Pentagon’s Human Terrain System (HTS) has been placing social scientists in every Army ...
December 06, 2009
22:00
I have
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great friends that I don’t deserve. I say this because despite how aggressively I might want to seek and create authentic connections in my life, I’m terrible at actually doing it. That ultimately means I’m terrible at cultivating friendships and ...
December 04, 2009
5:53
Remembering
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the good moments in my life when this song was playing in the background. It specifically reminds me of sitting with my friend Kevin, in his chilly house directly across the street from Burger King, sipping hot tea (of which ...
December 03, 2009
7:57
There’s this trail by my house
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called the San Luis Ray River Trail. It runs parallel to a minor highway that connects to the 101 about 2.5 miles away. Having not put any miles on my feet in quite some time, I thought I’d break it ...
December 02, 2009
5:41
Promise to myself: write every day
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So, last night I submitted my application to USC Annenberg. After reading and re-reading my statement of purpose (and re-re-reading) I paid the steep app fee ($85!), swallowed my pride, and clicked the “submit” button. Now, once again, the dreadful ...
November 28, 2009
21:29
Testing blog + stream
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Hopefully this shows up in my stream… hopefully....
October 23, 2009
2:50
#TWTRCON DC 09 notes
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If anyone’s interested, here are my notes from TWTRCON DC 09. I make no guarantees on their quality or thoroughness – I’m not particularly good at keeping meeting minutes, so I apologize in advance for their incoherence. But they’re there ...
October 21, 2009
17:27
Levi-Strauss and wife in the field, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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This photo helps anchor Tristes Tropiques in reality for me. Hard to believe he’s nearing his 101st birthday. Thanks @kerim for this. This beast of an intellectual is one of the few scholars who are responsible for blowing my mind ...
1:58
The Mysterious Toynbee Tiles
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Some fantastic strangeness that made my day more interesting… Toynbee Tiles. In 1992, a chap in Philadelphia by the name of Bill O’Neill starting noticing strange tiles randomly embedded in local roads. They were generally about the size of a ...
October 12, 2009
19:37
Let the reconceptualizing begin
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From a new Ad Age white paper, with projections on the 2010 Census: “The concept of an ‘average American’ is gone, probably forever,” demographics expert Peter Francese writes in 2010 America, a new Ad Age white paper. “The average American ...
October 04, 2009
0:34
Weekly Twitter Smatterings for 2009-10-03
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Listening to Radio Moscow – Frustrating Sound: [bit.ly] #fb # Augmented reality FTW! (again.) Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone [bit.ly] #fb # Teen’s DIY Energy Hacking Gives African Village New Hope [bit.ly] #fb # ...
September 26, 2009
22:34
Weekly Twitter Smatterings for 2009-09-26
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G20 2009 Police Attack Students at University of Pittsburgh [bit.ly] # RT @intrepidteacher: Some Work By Banksy The You May Not Have Seen Before [bit.ly] # The Latest Insanity, Ctd. – White privilege [bit.ly] (via @dailydish) #fb ...
September 19, 2009
22:34
Weekly Twitter Smatterings for 2009-09-19
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sorting out the most relevant points is always the toughest part =( need to find inspiration.. #fb # Spending the day thinking about the best way to create a social media workshop for K-12 educators. NE1 have any ideas? #fb ...
September 12, 2009
22:34
Weekly Twitter Smatterings for 2009-09-12
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Yup, they’re developing a telepathy chip all right [bit.ly] (via @techcrunch) # "If there’s one thing we learn from the technology industry, it’s that every big winner has been a platform company" [bit.ly] # RT @Eclectopedic: RT @vasusrini ...
September 09, 2009
19:54
“If you’re sure about everything, then you’re dangerous.”
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Came across this nice podcast questioning our priorities in education here in the US. Mark Slouka, an English professor at the University of Chicago, talks about why he thinks our education has been “dehumanized” and why this is potentially destructive. ...
September 05, 2009
22:34
Weekly Twitter Smatterings for 2009-09-05
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Nice list here RT @mparent77772: 36 New Wordpress Tips, Tricks, Tutorials & Hacks [bit.ly] #Wordpress #wp # @Comcastdete my connection drops while browsing. multiple refreshes needed to load a lot of pages. Also experiencing slow load times.. # @intrepidteacher ...
September 02, 2009
18:28
“It’s the speed of mind that counts.”
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Great discussion on the (un)reality of multitasking and how our uses of new media might be affecting our ability to concentrate even when we aren’t plugged in. Rebecca Roberts speaks with Lee Rainie, Founding Director of Pew Internet & American ...
September 01, 2009
21:33
Social stratification in civic engagement reproduced online
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“A new report by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that the internet is not changing the fundamental socio-economic character of civic engagement in America. When it comes to online activities such as contributing money, contacting ...
20:09
No, the internet is not making us dumber
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In my relatively short time in the consulting world, I’ve unfortunately already encountered the stalwart of entrenched, outmoded school policy that effectively undermines attempts by teachers, however well-intentioned, to pursue a pedagogy centered on increasing media literacy. Far from being ...
August 29, 2009
22:34
Weekly Twitter Smatterings for 2009-08-29
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Back from Vegas. Exhausted. Brother now married. w00t! # RT @jayrosen_nyu: Health care on the back on a napkin [tr.im] # RT @mparent77772: Videos of US homeless beatings spike online [bit.ly] # Gov't transparency tool: money given 2 ...
August 22, 2009
22:34
Weekly Twitter Smatterings for 2009-08-22
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Im pretty sure shopping at ginormous outlet malls lowers my quality of life… # Kid Uses Apple Store To Shoot Audition Reels [tinyurl.com] # check out @kevinchampion 's awesome reference catalog for KSU libraries. [ping.fm] Excellent work man! ...
August 15, 2009
22:34
Weekly Twitter Smatterings for 2009-08-15
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Enjoying La Boheme at Wolf Trap # are url shorteners bad for the web? [bit.ly] # Interactive graph showing how Americans spent their days in 2008 [tinyurl.com] # @AmericanAnthro thanks for the RT! in reply to AmericanAnthro # ...
August 13, 2009
22:37
The impact of tech on politics (and politics on tech)
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Via SmartMobs and blip.tv – Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, on how tech has changed Politics. Many great points here and it leaves me wondering not only about the future relationship between tech and politics, but how participatory ...
August 12, 2009
22:23
Cross-cultural differences in happiness: East and West
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Came across an interesting report via MindHacks on the different conceptions of happiness between East Asians and European-Americans. I’m always happy to see research that closely and thoughtfully considers the impact of culture on pretty much any behavior or concept ...
August 08, 2009
22:34
Weekly Smatterings for 2009-08-08
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enjoying my first day @LivingSocial # UN and Google – Global emissions map mashup [bit.ly] # @DanicaR yup, can see you! # Big business America. US Small-biz sector employs less ppl compared to rest of the world's rich countries ...
August 06, 2009
21:26
Wells Fargo and reverse redlining
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After reading an enlightening and shocking piece on Racism Review about alleged predatory lending by Wells Fargo that specifically targeted blacks in the Baltimore area, I thought I’d blog about it if not only to spread the word, but also ...
August 04, 2009
21:24
United States: The land of big business, not small
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A recent report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research using data from the OECD measures the share of employment in small businesses in 22 rich democracies (list found on page 4). From the summary: An important part of ...
August 01, 2009
22:34
Weekly Smatterings for 2009-08-01
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I’m just testing this out. Thought it might be convenient for anyone interested in harvesting the links from my tweets. Karen Ho: Culture of Wall Street (VIDEO) [bit.ly] http://bit.ly/ERGn2 # Buena Vista Social Club + warm, sunny day = ...
July 31, 2009
18:04
On school reform and seeing students as artists
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Henry Jenkins of MIT’s Comparative Media Lab discusses how many of our students today are being de-skilled as they enter schools where the digital tools they are using outside of the school environment are invalidated. Not only are many critical ...
July 28, 2009
22:15
How to date a French girl
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1. First of all, know what fois gras is. 2. Take a class on etiquette. And romance. 3. When she asks if she’s fat, say no. Tell her she’s beautiful and that, in fact, she should eat more because she ...

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