Travel, stress, and contextually specific depression
Michael GallagherI suppose I know when I am exhibiting a certain amount of wanderlust/travel anxiety when I begin to stare endlessly at apartment rental sites (in Paris) in far off places. This…
My Life Clock
Apparently, I will be living to roughly age 79, which means I have slightly more days ahead of me than behind me. I am alright with that as it has…
Plant videos and >500,000 views: personal>ephemeral
Why do I consider this to be one of my greatest professional achievements? This page of videos from various botanical organizations throughout the world taken on inexpensive (and now obsolete)…
Plant videos and 500,000 views: personal>ephemeral
Why do I consider this to be one of my greatest professional achievements? This page of videos from various botanical organizations throughout the world taken on inexpensive (and now obsolete)…
MOOCs and higher education; MOOCs as distributed networks for learning
Having had recently participated in a MOOC (MobiMOOC, to be exact) and ramping up for another in the fall (alas, I will be unable to participate in the upcoming MOOC…
A moral philosophy of mobility
Reader beware: rambling post ahead. Hence the music below (Cathart) in case you want to listen to something to spell the time. Listen on Posterous I manage a blog for…
Plants as Persons: The Moral Standing of Plants (via )
I like these efforts to instill a moral philosophy in aspects of the natural world that have traditionally been neglected, or at the very least to understand that these are…