billy bragg tonight
tonight i’m heading downtown with my lovely wife in order to do something that i’ve never done which is to see a live music show by billy bragg. I’ve been to live music in the burg, but didn’t get out to any in nyc or chicago yet, and well i’ve never really done one like […]
Read MoreTeach the Controversy – Intelligently designed t-shirts urging you to show both sides of every story
[From Teach the Controversy – Intelligently designed t-shirts urging you to show both sides of every story ] ——- great t-shirts.
Read MoreWalk of Ideas – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walk of Ideas [From Walk of Ideas – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] —– this is a brilliant idea.
Read MoreDirectory of over 2,300 E-Learning Tools – Free and Commercial
DIRECTORY OF LEARNING TOOLS [From Directory of over 2,300 E-Learning Tools – Free and Commercial] This is a great resource with many interesting tools. Some CMS and Library tools are included too.
Read MoreFellowship and Conference
Since Tuesday I have been in Milwaukee visiting SOIS and CIPR as part of my Information Ethics fellowship. I attended a discussion about a possible future conference on translating intercultural information ethics across the situated understandings that term implies across a plurality of contexts. That seems like a great project, I’m happy to help out […]
Read MoreEconomic Mobility Project Literature Reviews
Researchers across a variety of disciplines including economics, sociology and psychology have been studying economic mobility for some time. Led by a team of researchers from The Urban Institute, the project has summarized the best-available existing research on various factors that might influence individual and family economic mobility, both within and across generations. [From Economic […]
Read MoreWelcome to » Old Book Illustrations: pictures scanned from old books
This site is designed to provide you with a wide range of illustrations scanned from old books. Most of these pictures are wood engravings or woodcuts, fewer are etchings or copper engravings; Visitors looking for nineteenth century or victorian clipart might just find it here. [From Welcome to » Old Book Illustrations: pictures scanned from […]
Read MoreIt’s company policy gone ape
office politics and policy [From It’s company policy gone ape ] —- this is supposed to be a joke, but somehow i think people find it a bit too revelatory.
Read MoreA Sporting Gesture Touches ’Em All – New York Times
Something remarkable happened in a college softball game last Saturday in Ellensburg, Wash. [From A Sporting Gesture Touches ’Em All – New York Times] ——- sportsmanship, it means doing the right thing. These players knew what to do, and should be celebrated.
Read MoreMcSweeney’s Internet Tendency: An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook.com, From a New Yorker Magazine Fact Checker.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MARK ZUCKERBERG, FOUNDER AND CEO OF FACEBOOK.COM, FROM A NEW YORKER MAGAZINE FACT CHECKER. [From McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook.com, From a New Yorker Magazine Fact Checker.] —— hehhehehheheheheheh
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