Author Archives: Jared
This is my brain while blogging …
I know I’m behind on this little meme, but I’ve been behind what with my trip to the Everglades and working on my design final. Am I a practical thinker? The analysis dialogue changed on the Typealyzer classify me as an “INTP — The Thinkers.” The logical and analytical type. They are espescially attuned to [...]
Education 2.0 | The Internet makes us the computer wearing tennis shoes
I’ve got a confession. I love the ’95 remake of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, the one with Kirk Cameron —not Kurt Russell. Having access to all that information just seemed really cool. For those unfamiliar, here’s a quick summary: This average guy, Dexter Reilly, zaps himself working on a state-of-the-art computer and suddenly he’s [...]
Thanksgiving Everglades Extravaganza!
I’m taking a trip to Walter Hamilton Place between November 25th and November 30th. I’ll be heading down to south Florida to get some experience — practical and life experience — with my dad. It’s a great opportunity to see some great habitat, increase my birding life list, and have an extraordinary break. Photographs, notes, [...]
Spot.us goes live, journalism may yet be saved
Today, like last week, is another historic day. Not as historic mind you, but pretty good nonetheless. That’s right, Spot.us is live. The brainchild of Dave Cohn seeks to connect the community with journalism on a whole new level — the pocketbook. Spot.us lets people pitch and gather funds so a reporter can write the [...]
Learning from “The Rocky Mountain News”