MediaBuzz

default thumbnail

Where Did the Idealism Fail?

August 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

I’ve been watching the Olympics over the past week and I’ve been “feeling the love,” global style. Funny thing is when the NBC AM news shows do their profiles from China they tend to talk about China as if they’ve just discovered something new. Anyway, all of this positive vibe made me think about global good vibes from previous generations (stumbling across teddyhoughton’s blog also helped a lot, thanks). After watching the following video I was left to wonder, where did all of this 60s/70s... [Read the full story]

ModernLife

default thumbnail

FayWatch Day 3 - Enough Already

August 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

It’s been raining NONSTOP since before 5pm yesterday. The rain isn’t coming down in buckets, but combined with how long it’s been raining and the wind… this storm can move on now… jbb  Read More →

TechNation

default thumbnail

Looking a Little “Boxee” These Days

August 18, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

I love my FrontRow app. FrontRow is an application that comes free with every Mac that uses the simple Apple remote and dead simple interface to view ones TV shows, movies, view photos and listen to music or podcasts. I’ve long lamented that the ones who might most benefit from such a simple and powerful interface (like my folks) probably never will. Well, not being one to rest on previous working discoveries, I heard that someone had ported the X-Box media center to run on Macs, PCs and Linux called XBMC. I’ve... [Read the full story]

Sex and the Single Brain Cell

default thumbnail

Design by God - God by Design

August 7, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

One of the greatest benefits of living in this age is the possibility of going directly to the first sources when one wants to read or listen to the thoughts of any particular speaker or thinker. Back in my Fuller days in the early 80s one of my favorite professors, Colin Brown, commented that then popular Christian writer, Francis Schaeffer, got Kierkegaard all wrong, adding that Schaeffer probably never really read Kierkegaard. Without leaving my computer I can look up the works of any of these folks and directly interact... [Read the full story]

Confessions of a FSCD

default thumbnail

A Writer’s Fear as I Approach Publishing Date

August 25, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

I’ve working on my FS course materials for weeks and as I approach the “go live” date one thing that really terrifies me is being too hasty with the “publish” button and ending up with an embarrassing array of misspellings and missing words. I mean, I can re-edit my materials after they’ve been uploaded to the server, but this is without the benefit of seeing the materials the way the students will see them. And then once the materials are “live” I can’t pull them down... [Read the full story]

JBB's Recent Flickr Photos

08-21 FayWatch Day3 Fay Stalling Over FS?07-21 FS GPS trainingFayWatch Day 3 - Front DoorFayWatch Day 3 - Bedroom WindowFayWatch Day 3 - Outside My WindowFayWatch Day 3 - The Guest That Wouldn't Leave

JBB's Twitter Micro-Blog Musings

pcguy01

    Give a Bro a Break & Click a Link Below

    JBB's Desktop: Staring at the Gap Between Ed Tech's Promises & Realities

    A Writer’s Fear as I Approach Publishing Date

    A Writer’s Fear as I Approach Publishing Date

    I’ve working on my FS course materials for weeks and as I approach the “go live” date one thing that really terrifies me is being too hasty with the “publish”... [Read more]

    Experimenting with Second Life in Education

    Experimenting with Second Life in Education

    Just “went” to a “screening” in Second Life of video projects created by Full Sail students. I’m intrigued by the idea of hanging around and chatting... [Read more]

    One Final Message from Randy Pausch

    One Final Message from Randy Pausch

    Diane Sawyer announced this morning on Good Morning America that CMU professor, Randy Pausch passed away last night. I heard about Professor Pausch last April when I heard about... [Read more]

    Final Cut Studio Unbox

    Final Cut Studio Unbox

    .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 07-19... [Read more]

    Dissidents

    Dissidents

    When I read about the techniques Chinese bloggers were using to get the word out, I was reminded of my middle school students dying to listen to their music or get to their myspace... [Read more]


    More JBB's Desktop Posts