http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog bloggish things Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:08:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-11-08/ http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-11-08/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:45:00 +0000 John Martin http://www.regardingjohn.com/blog/2009/11/08/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2009-11-08/

#VoteNoOn1 Maine, Maine, Maine — wtf? #

Dogsitting is pretty entertaining. #

YAY-ERA! Now I have another paper to rewrite. #

RT @MadisonSantacon: Santacon is coming back to Madison! #

MacHeist nanoBundle for free: http://www.hurl.ws/7zfh #

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Love this bike counter! http://www.hurl.ws/7pq6 #

I liked this Sagan AutoTune (http://www.hurl.ws/7o84) but am not sure of the trend (http://www.hurl.ws/7rba) #

Finished bunny suit. Bring on Xmas! #

How did I miss Google Maps Navigation? http://www.hurl.ws/7p2a — Sweet! #

Design Literacy Retreat at Philip Johnson Glass House should be fun! #

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Yay! first follower of @bendevane — lookout world #

There's a video game here somewhere: http://www.hurl.ws/60qh #

I need this (http://visitsteve.com/work/selfcontrol/) so I don't waste time downloading things like it. #

RT @wave_invites 24hr Google Wave invite give away! 1000 invites! Follow @wave_invites & RT to get yours! #googlewave #wave #

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rain, dogs. #

Apple why not use miniUSB vs proprietary iPhone plug? Fewer variations = smaller carbon-footprint #

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Just Coffee's "Bike Fuel" is whomping me! (Good Stuff!) http://www.hurl.ws/521k #

Okay, what to do? submission is 2x longer than allowed and has name included. Auto-reject? #

_Omnivore's Dilemma_ and the Industrialization of Education. Parallels galore. #

"Campus Wireless Down" — glad I didn't go in: http://www.hurl.ws/56bb #

Game Jam! #

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Crimeny! SUV whams biker: http://www.hurl.ws/4wpb #

Yay! Flash-ction Script Class! #

#ironman09 people everywhere! Fit women and men inspire and delight me. #

wishes he were wealthy enough to volunteer to save the world. #

finally trying iTunes genius; very pleased! #

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Conference reviews today — which coffeeshop shall I support? #

Ugh. Hate malls. #

Thinking about semi-permanent tarps and sun shelters. Ideas? Suggestions? #

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Back in Madison and things are different. #

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First weekend with campers at http://flyingmooselodge.com and all is well. #

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Okay, who’s got a good post-doc proposal format to follow? #

Trying not to follow wwdc keynote—toomuchtodo #

Planted 3 trees for Arbor Hour today. Do I get a 3Gs for being good? #

On the market for a sweet job with solid benefits that fits me well. Inquire within… #

South Park St. Madison in blackout. Very cool to drive through. Hope peeps are all ok. #

Setting up for #GLS (Games, Learning and Society conference. #

RT @schutzsmith: A notes button in visual voicemail to take down the callers info — Smart! #

Done with #GLS conference stuff for night. White wine and London Handheld conference proposal in works right now… #

#GLS attendees in Madison early? What to do? http://www.hurl.ws/31wh #

#GLS on-site registration starts in 2 hours! Shakin’ it! #

follw bcgame #

#GLS Robison/Clifton: Composing *is* designing – YES! Create design experience where learning can take place vs. “teach” #

#GLS Cosmos Chaos! for Nintendo DS (http://www.hurl.ws/32l8). Candy bar ID: Hawaiian Host MacNut Crunch http://www.hurl.ws/32l9 #

#GLS Mission America: Historical empathy – do kids get a feeling for the characters/time? and how is it applicable to current issues? (g … #

#GLS Loving Macklin’s RE: Activism place-based urban game (http://www.hurl.ws/31yv). Connect to place and culture! #

#GLS Macklin: Photopolis – Place and pics! (http://www.hurl.ws/32lc) #

#GLS Big Games. Udayasankar. RE: Activism. • “By playing I learned: This place meant something to somebody” #

#GLS Big Games. Udayasankar. Frequency 1550 http://freq1550.waag.org/ (Historical Place-based game about
Amsterdam) #

#GLS. Too much amazing delicious food!!! #

Gee: Sims is now a game. Cool stuff on margins. (Is place-based next?) #gls09 #GLS #

SIms’ money genie not in real life for poor (or are we just not telling?) #Gls #gls09 #

Gee: Soft modding. Sims Challenges: self-regulation, making own rules and challenges — (now connect to gaming own life?) #

Want more on real life games – eg Waydowntown movie (2000) – More than *connections* to real life? #GLS #gls09 #

Gee: (once again) motivate by creating need, and people step up and learn. #GLS #gls09 #

Gee: 10000 hours of grit for expertise. (but not in isolation – peer groups, resources, etc). #

Cool session by Possible Worlds folks http://www.hurl.ws/34yj #gls #gls09 #

RT @cstubbs: Halverson: People who play games are those who succeed at them. Schools can’t fail #gls #gls09 — Ditto games of life. #

RT scd:Very shiny! http://www.hurl.ws/34yl #

Constances: bringing it back to culture and citizenship. Yay! #gls #gls09 #

Filament Games: Our Courts. Bandit Attack. Instead of making it real, focus on feeling? #

Filament: Our Courts. World tools—”where Link has a boomerang, you have constitutional laws and amendments” #gls #

Following other sessions. Wish at >1. Where will videos be posted? #GLS #GLS09 #

clearly some words aren’t counted in #backchatter (a,is,the,in…). Time for new strategy. #GLS #GLS09 #

RT @alicejrobison Torres: no one single game; It’s about building ecologies. #gls #gls09 (Me: and active citizens/communities in them!) #

RT @alicerobison help kids start design process? @colleenmacklin: give them prompts/constraints. #gls #gls09 (Motivate by need/desire!) #

Sheldon, Coulter, Klopfer: OutdoorAR. The tools used to create these Local Games: http://www.hurl.ws/34z1 #GLS #GLS09 #

RT @ljloeffler: failure is OK -we learn from failure #GLS #GLS09 (Me: but don’t teach in school & “protect” kids from it – no learning) #

Wearing out Rufus with ball at park. Yesterday=destroyed house. #GLS #gks09 #

Game design session. Great ideas tossed around! Wow! #GLS #gls09 #

Needed @therealcaro for our cryptography game #GLS #

cranberry-redbull cocktail, pb&j. #startthedayright #

I rly love the IPass/EZPass tolling convenience, tho not as much as trains that allow dogs #

Wanna make game to learn Esperanto #

And math #

NY service areas need more parking shade. #

Can you judge the suckiness of a Starbucks by the lack of a penny jar?or is that just corporate dumbness? #

I’m in ME, and ME’s in me. Yay! #

Did I just see a Chevy version of the PT Cruiser? Really? #oyDetroit! #

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