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March 10, 2005

if this makes sense to you

Sometimes the best way to find your peers is to start speaking loudly in your native tongue and see who talks back. So here's a diagram I drew after laughing at this post. I've drawn this sort of thing a...

March 9, 2005

snow, boston, flickr

This is just too easy. I type in http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/boston and there lies the photo I seek. (photo on right taken by) I tried shooting some clips tonight of the snow and the lightning and the thunder and the wind....

February 16, 2005

the new england media technology scene is thumpin'

Went to a Boston Cyberarts event over at Orange tonight. I was overwhelmed with the talent and effort I encountered. Lots of people working on lots of great stuff. Art is now play. Fun. Here's the summary: "The Boston Cyberarts...



almost as good as flickr

A Google image search for 'chapmanlogic' is an excellent starting point for browsing the photos from this blog. There's a lot that Google could do here. For example, it would be nice if date/time metadata was used so that photos...

May 25, 2004

StreamSage's Campaign Search

StreamSage has rolled out CampaignSearch- an audio/video search engine for content from political sources like C-Span, PBS, WhiteHouse, Washington Post, BBC, NPR, AP, Bush and Kerry's respective campaign websites, etc... The search functionality is excellent. And it's easy to link...

October 15, 2003

Games, Education, and Entertainment

From The Daedalus Project: When I was attending Haverford College, a Quaker School (middle school) in the neighborhood used what is called a “Story Path Curriculum”. The curriculum of a typical semester is embedded in an ongoing story-line set in...

June 24, 2003

The Importance of Story-Centered Education

When teaching video editing and camerawork, I have found that students learn faster when they are creating a story. If the student has both a short-term moment-by-moment goal, as well a longer-term goal, they hyperfocus on capturing and sharing the...

March 27, 2003

class on news.google.com

Looks like they're studying news.google.com at Berkeley. From: http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/academics/courses/is214/s03/google.html Description of the project Google News is a beta offering from Google. It "offers a news service compiled solely by computer algorithms without human intervention". As a result in addition to...



My two cents regarding Google buying Pyra Labs (blogger)

Google wants to know what's in our brains, where we're coming from, and what we want. Google wants to know context, so it can personalize its search results. Blogger is a tool that keeps track of a user's decisions and...