Blurts

I do not get it, but Twitter seems especially popular among educators. Unless pointing readers to additional information, 140 characters just do not seem to be enough to convey information – great for keeping in touch and developing a sense of community, but not sufficient as a content source.

Augmented reality sounds like science fiction, but it may be on your phone soon if you use Google Now. I have been frustrated much of my professional career by the notion that technology distances you from the world. Consider the possibilities in the opportunity to actually have some way be in a place and to understand what it is you are looking at.

Given all of the things I write about, I feel required to bring the latest effort by scientists to encourage our serious response to climate change. Reality is often convenient to ignore, but the long view requires that we take collective action.

I read the analyses provided by Tom Friedman (Hot, flat & crowded) who is not a scientist, but has a great way of integrating the important factors shaping our future. The notion any of us has that we are doing the right thing by focusing on our own personal causes will simply not work. There are some things we all need to address.