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Introducing Leo Crescencio Nishida

April 15, 2008 – 11:44 am

Hi everyone,
As you may have guessed, I have been experiencing some growing pains with the birth of our little one, Leo Crescencio. I’m not sure how to describe any of it. I feel like I am living at the intersection of so many conflicting emotions that I can’t even begin to express where my head […]

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User-Generated Content, upside-down and inside-out.

December 7, 2007 – 12:07 am

TED Talks delivers another gem, this time articulated by the crafty and capable Larry Lessig:

About this Talk
Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, following this elegant presentation of three stories and an argument. The Net’s most adored lawyer brings together John Philip Sousa, celestial copyrights, and the “ASCAP cartel” to build a […]

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Who’s yo daddy?

December 6, 2007 – 11:48 pm

Gettin’ funky with a 3kg rubber doll.

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What monkeys have got to do with you.

November 6, 2007 – 2:52 am

Looks like this one has been around for a while, but I just saw it for the first time and found it provocative.

Unfortunately, I think there’s a fair bit of preaching to the choir going on here…
Steve
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Totally Ridiculous? or Totally Cool? #3

October 21, 2007 – 6:11 pm

Time to revive this category. Talking with some friends who have kindly followed Reality on a Stick from the beginning, I’ve realized that I need to strike a balance between the fun, light-hearted posts and the deep, (hopefully) provocative ones. Recently, Reality on a Stick has been a bit on the heavy side–probably a reflection […]

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Did You Know 2.0? (by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod)

October 21, 2007 – 2:39 pm

Here’s another thought-provoking video which touches on some of the same themes as my last post and the video contained therein.
Actually Did You Know 2.0 is an official update to the video entitled Shift Happens by Karl Fisch (author of The Fischbowl) and Scott McLeod (author of Dangerously Irrelevant). These guys are always hard at […]

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A Vision of Students Today: Michael Wesch, KSU (and 200 of his students)

October 19, 2007 – 2:50 am

Here is a thought-provoking video I came across over at think:lab:
From the creator, Michael Wesch:
a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today - how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in […]

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Defining Anti-Nationalism and Welcoming Americans to the World: Arundhati Roy’s “Come September” (2002)

October 15, 2007 – 5:51 am

I don’t want you to think like me….I just want you to think.
I almost didn’t post this, because it’s more politically charged than my usual fare, and might be perceived as slightly off topic. After lengthy consideration, however, I realized that I needed to clarify where all that anti-nationalism talk was coming from […]

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Reality on a TV ad, finally.

October 10, 2007 – 1:46 am

I’ll let this vid speak for itself….Dove: Onslaught

And this one really got me….True Colors

Bravo to the folks who had the courage and creativity to launch this campaign. Very happy to see that there are a few human beings driving ad production these days.
Here’s another one…Dove […]

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This American Life (with Ira Glass): Unconditional Love

September 27, 2007 – 8:02 am

I have listened to this episode of This American Life 3 times now, and it chokes me up every time. There is something about the mechanics of infant bonding and the psychological stumbling blocks we all possess that fascinates me to no end. Again, surely this is a function of my impending parenthood:-)
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