This past Thursday I participated in the Town Hall Meeting on film industry in southern NM. It was really good to meet many people I had only spoken with or emailed. Thant was my suggestion when my group was asked about ways to bring North and South together… more F2F meetings. Another thing I thought [...]
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Film Town Hall Meeting
Posted in Education, Las Cruces, Technology on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chair
Posted in Education, Education & Technology, Technology, Uncategorized on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I have been offered and accepted and begun. I am honored to be given the chance to make a contribution. Thanks to everyone for their encouragement and support. You know who you are. I’m just beginning to get a sense of the job.
Copyright
Posted in Technology on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Been reading an interesting article on copyright from Lawrence Lessig. It is related to the new copyright Czar signed into law by Bush.
How is it that sensible people, people no doubt educated at some of the best universities and law schools in the country, would come to think it a sane use of corporate resources [...]
Beyond Fun: Serious Games and Media
Posted in Design, Games & Education, Grad School, Technology on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Introduction | ETC-Press (Beta):
Here is a series of articles on serious gaming from some top academics.
What is Cloud Computing Anyway?
Posted in Design, Grad School, Technology on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a good list of 20 definitions of what cloud computing is. The fact that there are 20 definitions here sums the whole thing up… that it is not quite a defined thing. Regardless, IT are touting “clouding” as the next big development.
Irving Wladawsky Berger sez: In other words, something big and profound seems [...]
1913 Ford Speedster
Posted in Technology on July 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I arrived home yesterday afternoon to see this in my neighbor’s driveway. Needless to say, I jumped out of my truck and ran over there like a little kid. I fell in love right away. Something like this just sums up the art of manufacture and design. I want one!
Distributed Cognition
Posted in Design, Games & Education, Grad School, Technology on May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the pursuit of my path through grad school, I have been given the term Distributed Cognition. Thanks, Pamela.
people think in conjunction and partnership with others and with the help of culturally provided tools and implements(Salomon).
What is it? Proponents argue that cognition is not to be found within the head only; rather cognition is distributed [...]
G4C – Games 4 Change
Posted in Design, Games & Education, Technology on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Found this on BoingBoing! Looks great. They also have a free workshop which is a total soup-to-nuts on game design and deployment.
My iMac
Posted in Technology on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just fixed my iMac. Of course, it had to die one day after getting back! It started the first eve we got home and we were able to check email and do a few other things. However, next morning it did not start. I pressed the start button and all it would do is make [...]
