Last time, I wrote at great length about the behind-the-scenes work that goes into bringing a multi-building project to fruition. Now that we’re officially after the fact, I can speak a bit to what exactly that project was. Late last school year, Marc Uys, Executive Director of the Princeton Symphony…
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Nodes in the Network
So a funny thing happened on the way to my inbox… I received an email early last month through the “Contact” page on my website with the subject line, “Do you know a child named Kiera who would use a winter hat?” This caught my attention because, as luck would…
I’m Damian Bariexca, and This Is How I Internet
I can’t pinpoint exactly why, but five years after joining Facebook, I’m starting to sour on the service. In my experience, it’s good for a few things like keeping up with people from my past or sharing jokes and kid pictures with friends and colleagues, but beyond that, it just…
Considering Comments
One thing I love about the Internet is the potential for falling down several rabbit holes as you poke around in the hypertext – maybe not so great when you have a finite task to accomplish, but as a leisure activity it beats channel surfing for me any day of…
Introducing Edcamp Leadership
Most of you who read blogs by educators are at least passingly familiar with Edcamp, the participant-driven “unconference” for educators based on the BarCamp model. Edcamps typically do not have keynote speakers or even pre-determined workshop schedules; rather, attendees come together first thing in the morning to offer sessions based…