http://www.adambohannon.org Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:15:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.adambohannon.org/twtrcon-dc-09-notes/ http://www.adambohannon.org/twtrcon-dc-09-notes/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:50:49 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=466 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 if you weren’t able to attend and want to check them out.]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/twtrcon-dc-09-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/levistrauss-wife-fieldwork-mato-grosso-brazil/ http://www.adambohannon.org/levistrauss-wife-fieldwork-mato-grosso-brazil/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:27:55 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=458 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 all over the place with their theories of humanity.  I still use his ideas on [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/levistrauss-wife-fieldwork-mato-grosso-brazil/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/damn-interesting-mysterious-toynbee-tiles/ http://www.adambohannon.org/damn-interesting-mysterious-toynbee-tiles/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:58:56 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=449 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 license plate, and each had some variation of the same strange message: “TOYNBEE IDEA IN [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/damn-interesting-mysterious-toynbee-tiles/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/let-the-reconceptualizing-begin/ http://www.adambohannon.org/let-the-reconceptualizing-begin/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:37:49 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=435 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 “The average American has been replaced by a complex, multidimensional society that defies simplistic labeling.” The message to [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/let-the-reconceptualizing-begin/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-10-03/ http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-10-03/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:34:00 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-10-03/ Listening to Radio Moscow – Frustrating Sound: http://bit.ly/25O9i #fb # Augmented reality FTW! (again.) Augmented Wikipedia Reality Has Arrived on the iPhone http://bit.ly/MLvZt #fb # Teen’s DIY Energy Hacking Gives African Village New Hope http://bit.ly/4fFz98 #fb # wish I could easily hide columns on @tweetdeck # Twenty-six Lies About H.R. 3200 http://bit.ly/wzJYS # How to [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-10-03/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-26/ http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-26/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:34:00 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-26/ G20 2009 Police Attack Students at University of Pittsburgh http://bit.ly/1wktFL # RT @intrepidteacher: Some Work By Banksy The You May Not Have Seen Before http://bit.ly/21B2hp # The Latest Insanity, Ctd. – White privilege http://bit.ly/hzJh7 (via @dailydish) #fb # Glenn Beck refuses to define "white culture" (VIDEO) http://bit.ly/IzTDu # Police Crackdown on G20 Protests: Democracy Now! [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-26/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-12/ http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-12/#comments Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:34:00 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-12/ Yup, they’re developing a telepathy chip all right http://bit.ly/1ZbRfZ (via @techcrunch) # "If there’s one thing we learn from the technology industry, it’s that every big winner has been a platform company" http://bit.ly/YEfm1 # RT @Eclectopedic: RT @vasusrini RT @SandyGautam Cognitive Biases that Increase with Education http://ff.im/-7L0te || Excellent post! # Samsung creates digital ad [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-12/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/dangerous-2/ http://www.adambohannon.org/dangerous-2/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:54:23 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=414 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.  Right now, in a recession, everyone understands that in order to survive universities must allocate [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/dangerous-2/feed/ 3 http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-05/ http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-05/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:34:00 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-05/ Nice list here RT @mparent77772: 36 New WordPress Tips, Tricks, Tutorials & Hacks http://bit.ly/27j7DG #Wordpress #wp # @Comcastdete my connection drops while browsing. multiple refreshes needed to load a lot of pages. Also experiencing slow load times.. # @intrepidteacher @panda0 breaking the txt down and revealing contradictions. Showing the text can be interpreted multiple ways. [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/weekly-twitter-smatterings-for-2009-09-05/feed/ 0 http://www.adambohannon.org/speed-mind-counts/ http://www.adambohannon.org/speed-mind-counts/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:28:08 +0000 Adam http://www.adambohannon.org/blog/?p=406 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 Life Project, and Clifford Nass, Stanford Professor and Founder and Director of the Communication between [...]]]> http://www.adambohannon.org/speed-mind-counts/feed/ 0