by Whitney | Jun 6, 2007 | learning, new media
I wrote yesterday about Ambient Intimacy, and then I spent part of the evening listening to some MIT Open Courseware lectures on psychology- great stuff. One of the things Prof. Jeremy Wolfe talks about is how babies look at novel things in their environment, then get...
by Whitney | Jun 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
Chris Brogan, acting as one of my favorite curators, pointed people towards a great post on Ambient Intimacy by Leisa Reichelt on the Disambiguity blog. This idea implies that tools like twitter create an atmosphere we have have seemingly in depth relationships with a...
by Whitney | Jun 4, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’m one of the Lead Organizers of PodCamp Philly, being held at Drexel University, September 7th, 8th, and 9th. And I am learning how important it is to be up on your virtual knowledge, but how difficult it can be as well. In the age of blogs, we assume...
by Whitney | Jun 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
I opened up my email this morning, and my daily New York Times update was there. There is a big article in the Magazine about when a child might really be ready for kindergarten, and how the “rules” are different all over the country. Why kids who are...
by Whitney | Jun 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
My friend Chris Brogan is blogging about confidence. I started to comment on his post, and realized what I was saying needed a full post of its own. Confidence means many things- it can be “real” or merely a mask we put on, until we feel the strength we...