I am curious to see how it turns out as National Public Radio launches their year long exploration next year of the 50 greatest voices in recorded history. Their voting site is really slick as you pick your top five, give your reasons why and join in the fun. Crowdsourcing..its the way of the future….
Category: fun
Worldwide Photowalk – 30,000 folks taking pictures all over the place
Just back from the downtown event that was part of the Worldwide Photowalk. Over 900 cities hosted their own event where photo-oriented folks gathered together to walk around and take pictures of what they saw. Reminded me of my Project365 days. So, about 25 of so of us tromped around the Old City, downtown, Market…
A fifth of the new words included in the Merriam-Webster dictionary are technology related
Looking over the 100 new works that have been added to the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary this week, I found it interesting that about 20 or so are related to some kind of technology. So, you can now peruse the dictionary and find the official definitions of such words are (with my short definitions after): Vlog:…
Creative Commons For the Win!!!
One of my CC licensed photos in Flickr was used in local blog posting. Feels mighty good to see all that good old social media mojo working. Knoxify – The insider’s take on what makes Knoxville great
From ICHC
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Keep Calm and Carry On…
What a great story! A poster from 1939 created by a British civil worker charged with creating propaganda to comfort the most certainly stressed UK as they faced the Nazis. There were three and this particular phrase was the one seen because it was designed for the even of a Nazi invasion. The poster was…
Who I follow on Twitter
Yes, it took me a year to figure out the use of Twitter but I use it almost everyday for work and personal learning, news, entertainment, and more. Kinda cool to see everybody all together. Get your twitter mosaic here.
Interesting Personality Test: What Sex is your Brain?
Do you think like a man or a woman? Turns out I think like a woman:attention to subtle changes in details and a good visual memory but not so good with how things rotate in 3D space (shudder- some of the questions brought back memories of the aptitude tests from high school!) BBC – Science…
Typing…a thing of the past?
An alternative to the P365 option
So, instead of a photo a day, you could just do a time lapse video of the same spot: