“You just need to tell the world about what you’re doing, why it fascinates you and illuminate the process of finding things out” – Professor David Kipping, Columbia University Imagine sitting in bed watching the Science Channel with your daughter and you hear a great quote from the astronomy expert  – exomoonologist, to be exact- being interviewed. It intrigues you so much you sketch it (as you tend to do with clever soundbites), and decide to share it on Twitter. Because yo

It’s been a while since I was part of one of the major things that changed my life (besides my daughter and breast cancer)…the History for Music Lovers project on YouTube! I miss working with Herb Mahelona, my creative partner, and of course writing, recording, and performing. You can hear more about the background of our project here: March is Women’s History Month, and I thought why not spotlight some of the videos we did about famous, influential women in World History? Ra

omne trium perfectum original image by Gwenivere Burvall You’ve probably always heard there is magic in the number 3. The fairy tales that shaped our childhoods are filled with this: Three fairies, Three wishes, Three Little Bears… This literary device, also known as a “tricolon”, seems to be a simple but universal and powerful structure that, I think, is wonderfully applied to the task of… REFLECTION I’m going to begin by giving a shout out to my friend and sometimes colleag

First watch this: This was indeed life not too long ago. Until, perhaps, the “YOU” was inserted as a prefix to “TUBE”, among other advances. In the ’80s, I recall watching Videodrome, primarily because my New Wave idol Deborah Harry of Blondie was starring. Someone has uploaded the entire film here , but here’s a gist: “Television is reality, and reality is less than television” Talk about “participatory”! That scene is clearly dystopian, but I think offers a bit of insight i