Tokyo and elevated trains: the role of perspective and engagement/detachment in learning
This is not a fully formed thought here, but a recent visit to Tokyo (as in returning last night) had me thinking a bit about urban cityscapes, perspective, and learning. Particularly, learning of the spatial sensemaking variety. The trip was great fun, seeing some old friends, enjoying good food, long walks, and great Tokyo backdrops […]
Orientation Seoul: mobile augments and disaggregates space; doesn’t negate it
Being a bit of a nomad, I have always ascribed to the belief that location matters less and less with each passing technologicial development, with each communication technology, with each apartment I find myself in. However, while certainly disaggregating the locus of activity (removing the physical location of activity in a group setting via technology) […]
Do you really know Korea? Aka, what it means to be an expat
If this video doesn’t capture everything I love about Korea, I don’t what will. It was referred to me by a former colleague in Korea who mentioned that this is better than anything the Korean National Tourism Office could put out and I am inclined to agree. That isn’t a knock against them; this video […]
Last night in Princeton; reaching deep for Gatsby quotes
“The Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe”-F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby That is how I view the Midwest as well, my first home. Holds some allure, but the allure of Cantonese, surgery, or imagist poetry; the allure of something you will never fully understand or master. This is perhaps […]
My wife, Skype, love, and acclimating ahead of time (and just a bit of #mlearning)
Up until only recently, I had never thought of Skype as being social media. Now that I think about it, that seems absurd. It is perhaps the most social of social media in that it allows for fluid and easy exchanges between individuals, perhaps with a less widely construed net than Twitter (shouting into the […]
Seoul alleyways
Like I said in the previous post, some serious jetlagged induced insomnia here (posting this at 3:00 AM), but in anticipation of my move to Seoul next month, a return to my home of eight years, I am posting a Flickr slideshow which captures a bit of what I love about the place. Some of […]
Tanzania, Melbourne, Edinburgh, London,botany, Seoul, music: a cabinet of curiosities of a post
I originally had the following songs at the end of the post and realized that was just plain rude. Here are the songs I was listening to as I was writing this post, so they are yours as well. Enjoy. Unsatisfied: The Replacements (MP3) Wishes and Stars-Harper Simon (MP3) I am in the process of […]