Connecting Curious Dots
On the intersection of technology, culture, and everyday life: My semi-updated space to collect and link my thoughts about interesting things I spot.
IF(!you)…
After months pause from blogging, this IF yes THEN what? tumblr offers a series of sweet sentiments as a return. While moving a turtle can be enticing, teaching core principles of coding … Continue reading
Touring Space From Earth
Not sure when it will be that I can take a trip into space. In the meantime, I’ve been loving the series of “home videos” from the international space station. … Continue reading
People on the Internet remembering someone
Awoke Saturday morning to friends’ FB posts and the beginnings of people, both close and distant to him, navigating how to respond to the sadness of Aaron Swartz‘s passing. For … Continue reading
A World of Creators and Backers
Love the design of Kickstarters’ Best of 2012 Site which first slowly takes you through impressive statistics about the extent people are funding each others as creators and then moves to … Continue reading
The Most Touching Places On The Internet?
As the new year comes, wanted to highlight some smile and happiness sparking spots on the internet. Everyone deserves a hug. Visit The Nicest Place On The Internet to give or … Continue reading
Eyewire Game and Exquisite Forest
Citizen scientists and game designers might have had a moment of pride today. A round of surprised applause for the fact that a neuroscientist game, Eyewire, could temporarily be downed from … Continue reading
Designing Visual Lingo
A belated link pack with short ruminations: As the saying goes, a picture can convey a thousand words. Static photos can communicate unexpected concepts like these genetic portraits. I’ve been drawn … Continue reading
Moving Blogs
In the midst of attempting to port over all my historical posts since 2005 from connectingthedots.typepad.com to here. Hopefully the move will be a success. If so, there should be posts … Continue reading
“Occupy” Wall Street
As with most recent scaled protests, Occupy Wall Street has a virtual presence. The simple wearethe99percent tumblr highlights and aggregates stories of individuals in the movement. Moving beyond story sharing, some … Continue reading
