Tag: MCDM

  • Here’s why we’re re-imagining higher education (a good excuse for a party too, so join us)!

    We’ve been “Hacking Edu” aggressively so far this month, with our successful Happy Hour last week, and tonight’s student-propelled Advisory Roundtable dinner.   It’s our attempt to boldly re-imagine higher education, moving away from an industrialized, hierarchical model to a more nimble, collaborative one.  How do we need to learn?  What are we willing to pay…

  • Shabbat Shalom — why I’m unplugging at sundown Friday

    [UPDATE: You can now listen to the audio from my radio interview with KUOW’s Ross Reynolds on The Conversation about the National Day of Unplugging — just before I unplugged.] I lived in Israel for nearly four years as a journalist with NBC News.  I never got quite accustomed to how the country would shutdown…

  • Hacking Edu: My 7 “Whoa’s!” at SXSW Edu

    A different kind of geek parade now descends upon Austin as SXSW Edu wraps up and SXSW Interactive revs up.  I’m overlapping between the two events to welcome our MCDM Flip The Media SXSW team (check out our blog redesign!), connect with some friends at a Starbucks Speed Pitch session, and to attend an O’Reilly…

  • How content inspires participation: Four Peaks TV episode

    A new episode of Four Peaks, and particularly specific to the premise of Storyteller Uprising (as I conclude in my commentary). Gaming. Music. Movies. The Pacific Northwest has become a hotbed for compelling entertainment. But this content is so much more than just play: some of our region’s creative leaders have identified its ability to…