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What if you did it from scratch?

When I say did it I mean built something, anything, the stuff we live with. I remember my Dad building an Apple lle way back when on a piece of plywood. I wonder if the problem we are confronted with is the simple fact that we really make little of what we interact with. What [...]

Back to the Factory?

Today I had the opportunity to sit in on a meeting with the people from du here in Dubai. The meeting itself was about Zayed University and du working toward some common goals. The conversation was fascinating and could lead to a very innovative teaching environment. But as the conversation progressed I became aware of [...]

Thoughts on Technology from 1982

Thanks to Guy Kawasaki, via twitter, for passing on this little piece of vintage video. Bill Murray at his best. And Bill Murray does have a point about technology! Who is thinking this stuff up?  And for who? Give FastCompany a read to know what I am talking about. I would love to see this [...]

The New Face of Assignments?

One of the issues i am confronting students with today is to make their reports, assignments, work product useful to the larger community. I am not just talking in terms of content but also in terms of delivery. This is a huge challenge that I think we as academics get a well deserved F! The [...]

Get off your Butt, or not!

Great ideas come form all sorts of places. I know you are going to say I am biased, but I really do think that TED and the TEDx idea has created an idea pool that is just waiting for people like you and me to jump into. Of course the idea is that some of [...]

LEGO to the hight tech rescue.

This is a fantastic video. 1. it reminds us that there are tools at hand today, toys in fact, that can have a very real purpose beyond fun 2. the video is a lesson to all students that maybe there is more to be done when creating, think education! 3. WOW is important in all [...]

Content Curator New Job Title

I don’t know how often you read Robin Good but there is no question if you are into tech applications and dare I say New Media, even convergence/divergence, this is a must read blog. Yes we need more local coverage of ideas and issues, maybe that means we need more journalists. But I dare say [...]

Welcome to the time of de-sensitization!

On Nightline we are now getting the response of people in the UAE to the nagging questions of the moment. Last night I asked the UAE how they felt about the growing global phenomenon to use video surveillance,  whether it works or not, in public and private environments. The response was very interesting. While all were in agreement [...]

The New Face of Media-thinking.

TEDxDubai did many things and one of the most important things was give the UAE permission to push its media bar in a totally different direction. Leo Laporte made a wonderful daring presentation to TEDxDubai. The media is changing but are we ready? Do we believe the media environment is really changing? Call our media [...]

Designing a Convergent Media Space

If you could dream big and design the ultimate learning/lab space to transform the way we think and do communication today what would it look like? The problem, and there is a problem, is that the space needs to function as a classroom, lecture hall, studio, think tank, recording facility, technology incubator, and new convergent [...]

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