A school bus comes by our house every morning around 8 a.m.
A school bus comes by our house every morning around 8 a.m.
Crunch of snow on an early winter morning walk
Crunch of snow on an early winter morning walk
An Infinite Ignorance
One particular problem looms large when I think about doing or learning anything new: There is so much out there, where shall I begin?
Today, I received/synthesized some understanding why this happens (to me). I overheard a comment of a participant on The Current (daily radio show on CBC) to the effect that learning happens on the edges of what we know.
I reflected back on ready of a couple decades past (Gleick, Chaos Theory) which revealed (invented?) the notion that coastlines are of infinite length because of the existence of fractals where the water meets the land: The more you zoom in on the intersection, the more detailed (and longer) the revealed coast is.
I think this is relevant to my awareness of how ignorant I am (and how infinite the starting points for any (learning) project). Sigh…
Brand new bag
Hello, YouShow15 Colleagues! I’m Sheila and I’m in the process of trying to get my YouShow15 blog up and running. This is my second attempt. I’m also in the process of trying to learn all things techie, and am so…
Minimum/Maximum Curation Theater
Who am I kidding? I’ll never get around to the ones I want to read in the video embedded above. The plenty of the Internet is appalling. Consider the Diigo outline of pages/posts/sites that I have vacuumed up this week that all DEMAND to be properly attended to, to get the maximum curation they deserve. … Continue reading Minimum/Maximum Curation Theater →
considering the process
I’m going a little meta on this post… My wife and I were somewhat lazily enjoying this Saturday morning over coffee and a smoothie, chatting about the YouShow and such. She mentioned that she always feels like the stuff that… Continue Reading →
Thesis, unravelled
So I had this vision of the overall SHAPE of my thesis, formed in part by books on grad school and by mandatory 100-level grad classes on Methodology and various theories, all helpful and well-intentioned. Roaring out the gate after coursework, my starting point was, ideally, something like this: After a year plus of compiling, branching out, […]
Open Online Seminar being offered January-March 2015
I have just joined which is an 8 week open, online, self-paced seminar hosted at Thompson Rivers University. The seminar is about digital storytelling, guided by Alan Levine and Brian Lamb. The invitation to participate was posted on the MIE Expert Facebook group. The challenge is to do things I haven’t done before. Also I hope to acquire skills […]
Back in the saddle, a new year
Well HELLO 2015 and a new year! It’s been a while since I’ve added anything to this blog. It’s not that my reading and research have been on hiatus, it’s more that things have become rather messy as the notes and papers have compiled and I was daunted at getting that heap of words and theories and the growing, increasingly tangled […]
Petty Joys: A Series
There is always a story. Yes. The gallery below is part of a story that began when peanut butter was really cheap and young boys and girls ate a lot of it. We got peanut butter in gallon tubs. As I recall it cost less than $2 for the five pound tub of store brand … Continue reading Petty Joys: A Series →