Very pleased to be designing a few online learning experiences in collaboration with the great folks at Academic Tribe. head to the LX Design site The first is perfect for anyone wanting to explore their personal creativity, or test out ways to use photography and the smartphone with other learners. You need a mobile device with a camera, though I have a list of recommended apps you can play with for added effect. This is a 3 week course based around these themes: Wonder: the

Just over a week ago I had the utmost privilege to fly over two oceans and be part of the inaugural cohort of Sea Salt Learning’s “Social Age Safari” in Bristol, U.K. It was only my second time in England and first time meeting some of the lovely thinkers I’d been engaging with on Twitter for so long – in particular, the “Captain” of the event and fellow Paper by Fifty-Three user, Julian Stodd. my virgin “passport” awaiting stamps There is truly so much on which to reflect, b

Last night I serendipitously came across this great documentary on the great “advertising creatives” of the last 60 years. “Art and Copy”, directed by Doug Pray, weaves together interviews from the people whose work became, as Shakespeare once said, “familiar as household names” but whose own names remain obscure to the average citizen. from http://www.theinspiration.com/ These are the people who developed iconic marketing campaigns such as “Think Different”, “Got Milk?”, “Wh

“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

Wow. My dear friend Alan Levine (@cogdog) asked me to once again share some stories of connectedness and I kind of went berserk.  First off I have to say Alan has been eternally gracious in the past and has made me a bevy of videos at my request- even before he’d met me in person. I enjoyed this challenge, even though the animation (using Paper by 53 and Reflector app with iMovie and my iPhone voice capture) was a time consuming process…but all cool things are right? Here is