My job is often to help students understand things that they aren’t good at doing yet. If a student arrives in my classroom with a solid ability to construct clear sentences and summarize difficult readings, using an AI tool that helps them spot grammar mistakes with less effort and capture the gist of a reading…
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Touched up and created an infographic for a web page that I first posted in Nov 2000. Similar:Lighting makes a difference. The officers' pub from the interplanetary cruiser #steampunk … AestheticsWork-Life Balance, from 11(!) Years AgoI think I’m managing work-life balance p…AcademiaWriting Effective Dialogue (Punctuation and Actions in Creative Writing)“Punctuating dialogue properly is import…HumanitiesThe Skin…
A healthy respect for the free press and the institution of journalism is absolutely crucial for a healthy democracy. Media literacy matters, while a jaded “I don’t trust journalists, I do my own research” DIY attitude is easily co-opted. A false claim that Vice President Kamala Harris was involved in a June 2011 hit-and-run incident…
What is this? I do not like this change, @duolingo (For some reason I can’t practice to recover from an error.) Similar:Television is Now the Second Screen for Kids with TabletsOf course, not all kids have tablets, an…CultureFacebook's Mike Hudack rants about the media: Why won't anybody do something about these s…When a Facebook executive…
About 30 years after I first saw John Speed’s 1676 map of York, today I was working on a region labeled “Z.” Or is that a “2“? There’s both an X and a 3 nearby… confusing context! A glance at the legend shows how brilliantly Speed handled the ambiguity. #usability #ux #ui #design #medieval #cartography…
Added an overhead minimap to my #medievalyork #unity3d simulation. #mysteryplay Similar:The third Google hit for " #steampunk control panel" is a #blender3d image I cre…PersonalSo happy to work with @crissycp and benefit from her kindness and baking talents.PersonalLook how the box leads your eye down to the car, then the two signs lead your eye…
Talkback session after the matinee and my brother and faculty colleagues after the evening performance. Audiences were gasping, laughing nervously, exclaiming sotto voce about “fingerprints!” and “the key!“ and “Was that *supposed* to happen?” and “This is *good*!” @thepublicpgh #dialm #understudy (We knew well in advance Carolyn would be performing yesterday.) My daughter informed me…
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She’s on her way to the @thepublicpgh for two shows today as Margot in Dial M for Murder. Similar:An open letter to Trump from the US press corpsThis is the message I’ve been waiting fo…CultureShow, Don't (Just) Tell (another update)AcademiaBabylon 5 redefined TV science fiction, so why isn’t it better known?The article doesn’t actually answer…
My simulated city has 1000 capsule inhabitants that are just smart enough to gather around markers and wait. In May, I had nothing. I‘m learning. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:The Six Things That Make Stories Go Viral Will Amaze, and Maybe Infuriate, YouOverblown Headline of New Yorker Article…CybercultureBroken on Purpose: Why Getting It Wrong Pays More…
I’ve had a lot of fun in this new ensemble audio storytelling series. Did I do a good job convincing my friends I really saw a time-traveling elephant? Similar:Royalty: For the Irish, it’s like having a neighbour who’s really into clowns and, also, y…When I lived in Canada, I had friends wh…AmusingMathematics and What It Means…
That’s water under the bridge! Crowds of NPCs charge across, sweeping the player along. Gotta work on that! #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Economics in Early Computer Games(First published 27 May 2020, when I fou…BusinessOverheard: "This is the best show I've ever seen at the Geyer" and "Who IS that girl playi…Gasps from the audience, shouts of…
How exactly do bridges bridge? How do rivers rive? How much detail does my model of #medievalyork need? My first try will be my worst try. #mysteryplay #blender3d Similar:Vibing to a park saxophonist as I code for an upcoming conference presentation, and wait t…Vibing to a park saxophonist as I code f…PersonalCrochet octopus for the…
My project starts to get clunky while managing 1000 NPCs but I think if I split them up into groups of about 10, and only give instructions to the group leader, that will help. Not bad for my first weekend simulating crowds. #unity3d #medievalyork #mysteryplay Similar:Lighten Up (an illustrator explores the racial politics of skin…
My virtual army of grey capsules is just barely smart enough to follow my avatar around. #unity3d Similar:In April, 2001 I was blogging about interactive fiction, Roget's Thesaurus, John Lennon, H… A student newspaper article about in…BooksHappy ice cream turkey cake day. AestheticsIf Wishes Were Horses (#StarTrek #DS9 Rewatch, Season 1, Episode 16) Hallucinations become…Rewatching…
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First steps towards reconstructing a 30-year-old simulation. Marking the locations of the traditional performance stations for the York Corpus Christi pageant. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #unity3d Similar:Misleading to suggest that because I have nothing left to mark that I have nothing to do, …PersonalDid you share Russian fake news? Facebook, apparently unable to insert items directly in…
Thank you, 1993 Dennis, for documenting this low-resolution (the background image was 640×480 pixels with 16 colors) simulation so thoroughly. I hope to bring it back to life and upgrade it to 3D soon. Similar:A Fistful of Datas (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 6, Episode 8) Worf Trapped in Western S…Rewatching ST:TNG Silly Gagh-Western …AmusingRt Covid-19…
Support the arts in your community! #augustwilson #radiogolf Similar:Delightfully geeky news story about a legal kerfuffle over typefacesI’m very amused at this nerdy news story…AestheticsOn set. #indiefilm #historicaldrama #creativity #enjoylifePersonalLiteracy Debate: Online, R U Really Reading?A good feature from the New York Times: …BooksWhispers of the Past-Herb Morrison and the HindenburgIn this short documentary, I…