tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63775565572253189512024-02-20T19:10:29.015-08:00Serendipity & SynchronicityJudy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-4475367044386992912016-11-29T04:48:00.001-08:002016-11-29T04:48:38.119-08:00You'll know when you get there<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I chose a place on the map that looked like a likely spot to have a nice hike, a falls somewhat off the beaten track. I put the name of the falls in my map program and pressed start. As it turned out I didn't really need the map program because helpful brown nature signs were posted along the road at intersections. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">I parked the car off the road and headed down the trail. Soon I could hear water running. Louder and louder. I could just glimpse water through the bushes and was headed that way when out of the depths of my pocket came a muffled electronic voice, "you have arrived."</span></div>
Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-1982517589211897972016-11-29T04:42:00.001-08:002016-11-29T04:44:11.105-08:00At the Hostel<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The almost middle aged, middle-eastern looking man with the scruffy beard seemed to be the only other person besides me who used the hostel's common room-kitchen. He fixed himself dinner the first night. The next night he waited until a couple finished cooking their dinner and then asked me, "you cook?" "No thanks, I'm just having tea." </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He puttered in the kitchen as I read in an easy chair. At length he came over and asked "you soap?" As he waved the bowl I understood. My gratefullness flowed out in a wave. "I'd love some," I said with a wide smile.</span></span>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-79867367908877779842016-11-12T14:33:00.004-08:002016-11-12T14:33:59.211-08:00At the Post Office<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">"What kind stamps would you like?" asked the post mistress. "We have birds and flags and the new Christmas stamps. The madonnas are nice."</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3f5yI4VarAPy5nGi3bZbh2KjekKH-0rzXRfADehZJuBtk_QO5MUVCTRx8fyTlxr7BeIDZodWxBxOJqFhBR9Qw61G2-apGUD4WkWCxDsOutFF8egVsLUF-1PBbquqjMqy8rILWf3dP9Mg/s1600/IMG_2700.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3f5yI4VarAPy5nGi3bZbh2KjekKH-0rzXRfADehZJuBtk_QO5MUVCTRx8fyTlxr7BeIDZodWxBxOJqFhBR9Qw61G2-apGUD4WkWCxDsOutFF8egVsLUF-1PBbquqjMqy8rILWf3dP9Mg/s200/IMG_2700.JPG" width="153" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The madonnas <b>were</b> nice. Rich reds and glowing golds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">As I inspected the Christmas stamps, mulling over my choices she added encouragingly, "And none of the parts that shouldn't be showing showing", </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">"What parts would that be?" I inquired, thinking of many madonnas with a tennis ball of a breast exposed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">"Oh, in last year's stamp the baby's little thing was dangling. See how in this year they don't show that lower half of the baby."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sure enough, Jesus was cropped at the navel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">"I'll take the madonnas," I said.</span></div>
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Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-18840597127089132512016-08-01T14:05:00.003-07:002016-08-02T07:22:27.605-07:00The University of Texas Sniper and My Journalism Career<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fifty years ago today a man climbed to the top of a tower on
the campus of the University of Texas and ended, not only the lives of 14
people, but also my journalism career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was working as a copy girl at the Albany Times Union during the summer of my sophomore year in college. My
job in the afternoons before the deadline for the evening paper was to carry
the copy from the bank of very loud teletype machines to the copy editor. I
tore stories off as they were typed and made sure the editor had the latest
news stories from the wire services with which to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the story broke the wire services were updating the death
count every few minutes. As the deadline for press drew near, the editor told
me to just stand in the teletype room and shout the latest number out: ten…. eleven….. twelve.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don’t know if we went to press with the final number or
not. I do know that my enthusiasm for pursuing a career in journalism died that
afternoon as well. This was one of the first mass shootings, surely my
first. It was necessary to put all
feelings aside and just report, yell, the numbers. That evening I decided journalism as a career
demanded more than I was willing to give.</span></div>
Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-82148584463483157172013-11-20T11:53:00.000-08:002013-11-20T11:54:15.655-08:00Machine Scored Discussion Boards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This started out as a joke but the more I think about it the
more I like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What every learning management system needs is an auto-scored discussion board, a
discussion where the computer scores student entries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This would be useful to instructors who:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">- who want the posts to have a point value,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">- but who don’t want to spend time scoring
responses. <br /><br /> (and trust me, there is a lot
of navigating work to get posts into a format that you can see what you need to
see to grade them.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So why not have the Learning
Management System automatically score x points for posting and x points for
replying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This would make it possible to have a low stakes assignment
that does not take up excessive time grading. The instructor could still read the posts and
comment as they feel is appropriate. They can spend time reading students’
thoughts and engaging them in conversation, not grading. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-58426452638603512962013-08-29T09:52:00.002-07:002013-08-29T10:27:23.887-07:00Where Was I?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m glad the 50th anniversary celebration of the March on Washington is winding down. Frankly, it was making me ashamed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ashamed of myself. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I should have a personal memory of that time. Of that event. And I don’t. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In August 1963 I was about to enter my senior year in high school. I was old enough to be civically engaged. I would weather the death of President Kennedy 3 months later. I have vivid memories of that. Why don’t I remember the March? It just didn’t make it on to my radar. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Four years later in 1967, as an exchange student to traditionally black Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia, I witnessed a spontaneous re-enactment of the “I Have a Dream Speech” by Clark College students on the steps of the dining hall.
But in 1963, I, like so many others I’d guess, didn’t notice it.
</span>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-65481632355546521532013-04-26T12:27:00.000-07:002013-04-26T12:27:30.350-07:0082nd and Fifth<b id="docs-internal-guid-11ae96b7-47cd-4394-fe1a-3f189f48329d" style="font-weight: normal;"></b><br />
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-11ae96b7-47cd-4394-fe1a-3f189f48329d" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Metropolitan Museum of Art is publishing a <a href="http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/" target="_blank">video series</a> throughout this year in which their curators talk for two minutes about one of their favorite objects from the collection. It is a stunning work in progress. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b></div>
<b id="docs-internal-guid-11ae96b7-47cd-4394-fe1a-3f189f48329d" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></b>
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<b id="docs-internal-guid-11ae96b7-47cd-4394-fe1a-3f189f48329d" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All images of the objects are still photographs They are revealing in a way that a video would not be. Seeing them glide by while the curator talks is a contemplative experience. There is often a series of views approaching the object. You see the object in its museum setting. And you hear the curator explain why this object is special, special to her or him.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Curators' describe their personal experience that led to their selection. Curator George Goldner says of El Greco's View of Toledo "The first time I saw it I was 10 years old, I think... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I always thought of paintings as being.... they reproduce reality, and that's what they were all about. Seeing this painting... it was the first picture which attracted me to art. “</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most objects are not so famous as the El Greco and they are not paintings. Tapestry, sculpture, clothing, crossbows, guitars, a spoon, a Mesopotamian cylinder seal and the official signature of a sultan are all focused on with loving care and, of course, considerable knowledge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to the video each object can be viewed in a program that allows you to zoom in on it and turn it around. One of the most effective is <a href="http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/rembrandt-rembrandt-van-rijn-dutch-the-last-supper-after-leonardo-da-vinci-1975.1.794" target="_blank">Rembrandt’s drawing of Leonardo DiVinci’s Last supper</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You can move a slider to view Leonardo’s fresco behind Rembrandt’s drawing. You can even display the black and white engraving of the fresco that Rembrandt may have worked from. He never saw DaVinci's original.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A couple videos are published a week and you can subscribe to the series.</span></div>
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</b>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-16465322339076861872013-03-14T07:44:00.001-07:002013-03-14T09:31:38.422-07:00The Learning Adventure<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I bumped into a listing of <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/06/7-tools-students-can-use-to-create.html#.UUHfwNac4lo" target="_blank">7 new tools for creating music online</a> recently. I am no musician and don’t teach or create music, but the
tools tempted me. What fun it would be to try out some of those tools and see
what I could create. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why don’t we do more exploring into areas that we don’t
know?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a technology facilitator to faculty I have noticed that most
people, teachers <b>and</b> student, (and I
include myself here) want to go only where they have gone before, perfect
something rather than try something entirely new. When was the last time you tried something
entirely new?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can hear the arguments in my own head</span></div>
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adventure and the joy of figuring out a puzzle with only our wits, and the
combined wisdom of the group to help us. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I might not learn to create a passable piece of music using
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Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-5384999894790032432013-03-05T17:50:00.002-08:002013-03-14T09:33:31.232-07:00WoofIn Florida I admired the variety and beauty of the bark.<br />(All from Florida except the birch which was in Quebec.)<br />
<b><a href="http://edcvs.co/XfXYvt">See the Edcanvas project here</a>.</b><br />
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<br />Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-12609617371501364502013-02-11T06:13:00.005-08:002013-02-11T06:22:57.619-08:0036 Hours<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I dislike the 36 Hours in.... series in the New York Times travel section for many reasons.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. They are not often a place I want to go. They are usually cities and not the countryside</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />2. If I really wanted to go to a place, I would plan to spend more than 36 hours there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />3. The emphasis is on running from one thing to another as fast as you can. Savoring, bumbling around or "doinking" isn't an option.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Charles Isherwood addresses that issue in the opening lines of a <a href="http://nyti.ms/WZK3J8" target="_blank">recent post</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />So I guess the trick is to choose a "less worthy" site to "do" in 36 hours.. or stay home.</span></div>
Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-76613392307548420612013-02-05T05:33:00.004-08:002013-02-05T05:36:26.565-08:00How to Stay Warm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't it funny how when you feel cold, you </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">can't ever remember being warm and then when </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">you're warm you can't remember being cold?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some things that you can do to stay </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">warm when it's 15 degrees outside for a week </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and it's 55 in the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- wash some dishes in hot sudsy water</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- work with your laptop in your lap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- go to the library and read a book</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- do something creative that takes your mind </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">off the cold like editing a picture (not </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">needlework cause your hands are too cold for </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">that)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- cook something, better yet, bake something</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- go shopping</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- clean a room really well</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- try very hard, when you are tucking your </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">long underwear tops into your long underwear </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bottoms not to touch your back with your very </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cold hands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- wear thick wooly socks and thick soled shoes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- drink hot tea. Hold hot tea</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- find some place to go in the car (visit a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">far away friend, preferably one who lives </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">further south)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- do some yoga stretches</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- eat some hot oatmeal for breakfast and hot </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">soup for lunch</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- hug your dog</span><br />
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Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21227023@N08/2570305687/">MarsuMic</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com/">Compfight</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-72918993609498454332013-01-08T06:23:00.002-08:002013-01-08T06:35:02.635-08:00The Joys of Non-Social Media<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I used it during a 10 day vacation recently and it worked well for me. I was able to add stray notes and observations as well as a short list of activities for that day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After using it and exploring it for a bit I realized that what felt truly different about it was that it was not social. I wasn't sharing my observations with anyone but myself. In fact, you can tweet an entry or put it on Facebook, but there is no easy way to share the whole thing with someone else or download, export or print in any meaningful way. <br /><br />And you know what? that's just fine. I like it here in my private space. I like the creativity of posting a picture for my day, sometimes just a picture. Sometimes just a phrase.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It did cost $4.99, a rather steep price for a simple app, but sometimes, even usually, less is more. It was awarded the Mac App Store 2012 Mac App of the year. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/day-one-journal/id421706526?mt=8">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/day-one-journal/id421706526?mt=8</a></span></div>
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How many things do I do online that I don’t NEED to do online? </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Things, that if I didn’t do online would give me, at a minimum, more human contact or</span><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">more exercise.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And it's not only with computers and the internet. A friend told me he wanted a Super Remote for Christmas. It replaces all your remotes; you need never go looking for the “right remote” again. So now, you not only don't have to get up to change the TV channel, but you don't even have to get up to look for the right remote. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mobile devices can surely make you more efficient. But aren’t there times when being efficient is not and should not be the primary goal? </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes, of course. Which means that we each have to think about and set boundaries on what should be done with electronics and what is better done by moving an object through space and time.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I’ve been trying to be aware of what I am doing when I open the computer. What is the task that I went here for? what type of task is it? Fact finding, communicating, time wasting? I just name it. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I ask, is this the best way to complete this task? Is there a way to do this that would connect me with people more? Give me more exercise? Make me more focused? It’s not much but it’s a start.</span></b></div>
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.9336105450056493" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">November brings me a lesson each year. And each year I have to re-learn it. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s that there is a world behind the leafy-green boundary that suddenly disappears when the leaves fall. Ponds appear. Distant hills jump closer. Houses tucked back in the woods stand up. The effect is magnified by the sideways light, throwing a spotlight through the trees. It is a startling and humbling experience.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The November view and the July view are of the same landscape, yet completely different. Can I remember this when talking with someone with whom I don’t agree? That we may very well be looking at the same landscape and seeing different things?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></b>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-47395911397766796832012-11-12T14:08:00.002-08:002012-11-13T07:22:31.524-08:00How Beautiful Are the Feet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Statue of Statue of Peace Leader Sri Chinmoy </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">along Burke-Gilman Trail, Fremont, WA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things. Isiah 52:7</b></span></div>
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exclusively in relation to computer-based media, there is the danger that we
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently they resurrected a BollyWood extravaganza song from a 1965 movie, <i>Jaan Pehechaan Ho</i>. While not an unknown quantity (the YouTube video has more than 1,700,000 view) it was probably new to most Heineken </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">imbibers and to many other Western audiences as well.</span></span><br />
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did lead to me buying this album :) So it's not
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film by Temujin Doran via Brain Pickings <a href="http://bit.ly/Hec8XR">http://bit.ly/Hec8XR</a>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-44128204645770183022012-05-03T07:02:00.001-07:002012-05-03T07:06:46.525-07:00The Joy of Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Definitely watch this in full screen mode.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Bookstore owner's notes:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After organizing our bookshelf almost a year ago (<a href="http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA">http://youtu.be/zhRT-PM7vpA</a>), my wife and I (Sean Ohlenkamp) decided to take it to the next level. We spent many sleepless nights moving, stacking, and animating books at Type bookstore in Toronto (883 Queen Street West, (416) 366-8973). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everything you see here can be purchased at Type Books.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grayson Matthews (<a href="http://www.graysonmatthews.com/">http://www.graysonmatthews.com/</a>) generously composed the beautiful, custom music. You can download it here: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/album/awakenings-single/id496796623">http://itunes.apple.com/album/awakenings-single/id496796623</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But none of it could have been done without all the volunteer hands who shelved and reshelved books all night, every night.</span>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-23385338743045086182012-05-01T13:38:00.001-07:002012-05-02T07:54:14.030-07:00Underground NY Public Library<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59130745@N05/galleries/72157629943164429/">Underground NY Public Library</a>, a gallery on Flickr.<br />
The Photographer SheSaidUnPrintableThings takes these wonderful pictures of readers on the subway. And because it matters she carefully notes what book each person is reading. Her blog is at <a href="http://undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com/">http://undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com/</a><br />
A wonderful read on Reading is at <a href="http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16479" target="_blank">Someone Reading A Book is a Sign of Order in the World</a> I believe that.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you love book covers, here is a Pinterest board that will delight you. </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/bookishhq/covetous-covers/">http://pinterest.com/bookishhq/covetous-covers/</a></div>
<br />Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-38185259180684045682012-03-25T07:42:00.003-07:002012-03-25T10:25:04.562-07:00My Digital Free Day<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was Friday night when I saw the tweet: Join the Digital Free Day tomorrow. I decided to take up the challenge. How hard could this be? No, seriously. I wanted an answer. How hard would it be to have no internet access for a whole day? Here's my answer:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQMY0GYeOHQ5Ua6GV87Q9YDobbj9ZeiZHu968sQ-cKhyMYjXFIEcF0RxQu6nma1OHmpJqFP-J6gcvwd4fg84baufQkUQOK7rZmTEUhNVsZf2_PPiPeElBCdIeW_ba8pXXrQZYO0a6iZw/s1600/earrings4.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Earring holder" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQMY0GYeOHQ5Ua6GV87Q9YDobbj9ZeiZHu968sQ-cKhyMYjXFIEcF0RxQu6nma1OHmpJqFP-J6gcvwd4fg84baufQkUQOK7rZmTEUhNVsZf2_PPiPeElBCdIeW_ba8pXXrQZYO0a6iZw/s320/earrings4.png" title="Product of a Digital Free Day" width="206" /></a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><b>7am</b> – Early rise. What’s the weather going to be today? Can’t look it up and don’t want to listen the radio so I’ll have to take a guess and just change my clothes if they aren’t right. Hm-m-m. Right off things don’t seem to be under my control as they “usually” are.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What to read with my coffee instead of email and tweets? Nothing. I take the coffee outside and listen to the (real) birds.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Planning my day: Can’t work on the church newsletter that I edit. All the pieces are online. I could do some writing for my blog I’ve been meaning to do, except the quotes that are integral to the article are online.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Did Indiana U win the game last night? Don’t know. Can’t find out.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>8am</b> - Hungry for breakfast now and the phantom thought in the back of my mind is “I can’t eat. I’m on a diet.” Strange. I CAN eat. I’m not on a nutritional diet, only a digital one but the feeling of being denied something lingers. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There’s some personal research I’ve been meaning to do on a health issue… have to wait.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">9am- I start a written list of things I am going to send or tell people when my Digital Free day is up.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Taking the compost out I notice my spring flowers blooming and think about getting my Ipad and taking a picture to share with family. Nope. Can’t. I could use my digital camera (can I use a digital camera on a digital free day?) but that would involve finding a cable and downloading the picture (tomorrow).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpdAJPyd0nUGnKgffocemK20D-EvK0dZJ_ds-tlXv8PyRHvvb9aVsUXZIZscX3p2lZFCvIjTorpttRaeyMgSJV_zoNQ4hvUceQwZRqvN_wgBSBasF1xLJU0cgcqsVhUn8VPE6TY95y-Q/s1600/myrecipebox.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpdAJPyd0nUGnKgffocemK20D-EvK0dZJ_ds-tlXv8PyRHvvb9aVsUXZIZscX3p2lZFCvIjTorpttRaeyMgSJV_zoNQ4hvUceQwZRqvN_wgBSBasF1xLJU0cgcqsVhUn8VPE6TY95y-Q/s320/myrecipebox.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>Noon</b>: I need to create some menus for next week, but I can’t go online to check for recipes. Pull out the old recipe box.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Are the Sox on TV today? Don’t know and I don’t have a printed schedule yet.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I need to pay some bills. Woops. Can’t. Well, I could write a check and find a stamp, but I think I’ll just wait till tomorrow and do it in 30 seconds.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I need to check my work schedule online and update the family wall calendar. The paper – digital chasm yawns.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We are thinking about buying a new kayak rack for the car. OMG! Shopping. I never do store to store shopping. I find exactly what I want online and either order it online or find a local store that carries it.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>3pm</b> -Time for a break. How about a round of scrabble with friends and family? Not available. Luckily my current book is paper so I can read.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I need to plan a trip to Indianapolis in July but avoid the weekend of a big race there. Where would I find what that date is without the internet? And I can’t make flight reservations without the internet anyway. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So what <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">can</b> I do? </div><ul><li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Projects using my own hands (I actually follow through on an idea I had to make an earring holder from a cookie rack-pictured above)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Yard work, gardening</li>
<li style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Walks, hikes, outdoor activities</li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This list makes me think that a smart phone is NOT a way for me to go.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>8pm</b> – My husband downloads a new app for his Ipad and wants some advice. I tell him I can help him tomorrow and realize that troubleshooting computers is one of the ways we connect.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So what did I learn from this short experiment? </div><ul><li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Many of the quick reference things that I use the internet for I could get other ways, if I stocked reference materials in the house the way I used to—schedules, magazines with recipes, newspapers with weather etc. But those ways often involve more “work”, more looking, more finding and more calling.</span></li>
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<ul style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>I definitely feel less connected with my extended family when I can’t send them an email at the drop of a hat. <br />
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<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>My real world is so integrated with the digital that it’s hard to know where one stops and the other begins. I hardly know when I think of something I want to do whether it will lead to the internet or not.<br />
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<li><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>The good news: My secret fear that I waste hours surfing the net is unrealized. I do turn to the internet for lots of functions, but I don’t just surf. That said, I make a note to myself: Stay conscious of exactly what job I am doing and when done, stop. Close the lid. </li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This was an experiment worth doing. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to check my email.</div>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-2280610201878682362012-02-24T13:03:00.008-08:002012-02-24T13:19:10.776-08:00Things You Shouldn’t Do with an IPad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFvgMnEwUBVrl7jNal_FJKui4-flmIhNRo_jlpE4BwQKa-y05Rh9fJMtT_cRzumJtxMo5JseMqR-A-tz7CZQE1huX6DHFOFvubshlaIQlDg433325I5tgQtQoLb-ZMxMZDkQStqxIL8M/s1600/ipad3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFvgMnEwUBVrl7jNal_FJKui4-flmIhNRo_jlpE4BwQKa-y05Rh9fJMtT_cRzumJtxMo5JseMqR-A-tz7CZQE1huX6DHFOFvubshlaIQlDg433325I5tgQtQoLb-ZMxMZDkQStqxIL8M/s400/ipad3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are many things you can do with an ipad. There are also many things that you <b>shouldn’t do</b> with an Ipad. </span><br />
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An IPad is not a full service computer. Trying to make it one will be a frustrating, labor intensive waste of time. It will probably also make it an immobile mobile device.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here’s a few things you should <b>not </b>do with your IPad.</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don’t try to fully format a document up to and including footnotes. (Even if you have an app that will do that, getting it out of the IPad will probably destroy part of the formatting.)</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don’t try to do track changes in a word document. (If you need this much of the functionality of Word, use a laptop or desktop computer.)<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don’t lug a keyboard twice the size and weight of the Ipad unless you know you will be <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br />
a) typing a lotb) in a space where you’ll have a table to set up on. (It’s supposed to be mobile device.)</span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don’t expect to find one app that will handle all your writing requirements - ability to take both stylus and typing input, lots of formatting ability, multiple options for importing and exporting documents. Different apps excel at different parts of the writing process. No app does it all.<br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Don’t try to use Numbers to create Excel spreadsheets. Don’t go from one spreadsheet to another. Pick one and stay with it.</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The right tool for the right job, I always say. An IPad is not a computer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Previous rant on the same topic is <a href="http://sites.keene.edu/at/2011/11/14/reining-in-ipad-mania/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-63793132566110799102012-02-09T12:32:00.001-08:002012-02-09T13:02:57.089-08:00Motel Cabins<div style="margin: 0; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; width: 500px;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KThYcL4Uz7kKsIF622Wenz8mXCfwGw7jPttoa_5ZBeYlzHNGjtYvTtZvx-IbvHGvpE_XxjbOw_NXJ1f40YNKncGthNmjG3PyvnlvsP-2YHLgxc83tL8gAlHOK4e2qTs7aduWd6bMNmE/s1600/4867600786_0b53196cb1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0KThYcL4Uz7kKsIF622Wenz8mXCfwGw7jPttoa_5ZBeYlzHNGjtYvTtZvx-IbvHGvpE_XxjbOw_NXJ1f40YNKncGthNmjG3PyvnlvsP-2YHLgxc83tL8gAlHOK4e2qTs7aduWd6bMNmE/s400/4867600786_0b53196cb1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pag2525/4867600786/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Abandoned Motel and Cabins"><img alt="Abandoned Motel and Cabins" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4114/4867600786_0b53196cb1_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimsawthat/6082938920/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Wagon Wheel Lodge (3 of 4)"><img alt="Wagon Wheel Lodge (3 of 4)" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6187/6082938920_767b2c6f6e_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimsawthat/6082938932/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Wagon Wheel Lodge (4 of 4)"><img alt="Wagon Wheel Lodge (4 of 4)" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6192/6082938932_9baee5c5fb_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldgliderguy/5250087597/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Sunset Court motel cabins"><img alt="Sunset Court motel cabins" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5246/5250087597_1844ab0396_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/neatocoolville/86926642/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="John's Modern Cabins Rt. 66"><img alt="John's Modern Cabins Rt. 66" src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/41/86926642_e3575df16a_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimsawthat/5909870466/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Tip Top Motel (cabins) (2 of 2)"><img alt="Tip Top Motel (cabins) (2 of 2)" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5116/5909870466_856d1be039_s.jpg" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 75px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: 75px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8289136@N04/6010182532/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Row of abandoned motel cabins"><img alt="Row of abandoned motel cabins" src="http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6132/6010182532_8957853856_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/83385870@N00/381932143/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="little pink cabins"><img alt="little pink cabins" src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/125/381932143_de9aecf6ba_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/scalino/6435346793/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Day Inns Cabins"><img alt="Day Inns Cabins" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7035/6435346793_f80601f8d1_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/santaprk/5554799094/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Nine Mile Motel Cabins"><img alt="Nine Mile Motel Cabins" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5142/5554799094_3dc225c6d4_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9394028@N06/2322169951/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="DCP_1029"><img alt="DCP_1029" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2218/2322169951_f1d4074f1d_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seacoast_photos/2129624245/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="tiny beach cabins"><img alt="tiny beach cabins" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2234/2129624245_90579ee349_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimsawthat/5559927739/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Town n' Country Motel (#2 in a series)"><img alt="Town n' Country Motel (#2 in a series)" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5012/5559927739_894295fa34_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimsawthat/4982734328/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Outpost cabins"><img alt="Outpost cabins" src="http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4154/4982734328_820d8e5b6b_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29276830@N02/5422381099/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Troy's Cabin Camp aka Troy's Motor Court, New Hill, NC"><img alt="Troy's Cabin Camp aka Troy's Motor Court, New Hill, NC" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5134/5422381099_2c197a7dab_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/37257689@N00/2463889711/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Seattle WA: Motor Inn cabins, Aurora Avenue, 1993"><img alt="Seattle WA: Motor Inn cabins, Aurora Avenue, 1993" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3268/2463889711_3e53dd5cc2_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/darthjenni/5331752994/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="Independence, CA, Mt. Williamson Motel"><img alt="Independence, CA, Mt. Williamson Motel" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5006/5331752994_36d48e9f7b_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/falconn67/4148227141/in/gallery-59130745@N05-72157629220041529/" style="display: block; float: left; height: 75px; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px;" title="New Hampshire_20091126_081"><img alt="New Hampshire_20091126_081" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2541/4148227141_ca25973684_s.jpg" style="border: none; height: 75px; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px;" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 5px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59130745@N05/galleries/72157629220041529/">Motel Cabins</a>, a gallery on Flickr.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was while working for the Census a number of years ago that I began to realize that many of the old motor courts and roadside cabins were in fact residences. Homes. That people actually lived in these re-purposed dwellings. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was trying to deliver census forms to places that might be used as living quarters, mostly to people who did not particularly want to be found. I discovered living in my midst were people in this substandard housing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Were they glad to have this roof over their head or were they ashamed?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel profoundly conflicted about these places. Part of me says, “No one should have to live in these places.” But part of me knows that if I were penniless, I’d prefer to live in this kind of place than in a city tenement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The gallery of images above was chosen from Flickr to illustrate this type of living situation, though I have no information about whether these units have been re-purposed for full time living. Thank you to all the Flickr photographers that allowed me to include their images here.</span></div></div>Judy Brophyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08211378179631648395noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377556557225318951.post-20922057951301395672012-01-19T11:36:00.000-08:002012-01-19T12:37:32.151-08:00Experiencing Art and Architecture Close UpIn what has become an ongoing series with me, here is another amazing animation of a building or art work, Frank Lloyd Wright's house Fallingwater.<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="225" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/802540?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="400"></iframe><br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/802540">Fallingwater</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/eterea">Cristóbal Vila</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Thanks again to that amazing blog Open Culture.<br />
<a class="ot-anchor" href="http://www.openculture.com/2012/01/fallingwater-one-of-frank-lloyd-wrights-finest-creations-animated.html" style="background-color: white; color: #3366cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.openculture.com/2012/01/fallingwater-one-of-frank-lloyd-wrights-finest-creations-animated.html</a> <br />
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