Here’s a take on a recent appearance of Ericatronic (aka, naijela) in Orlando, Fl…TweenageJesus. Totally love the characterizations of Ericatronic’s vibe.
Barack Obamah said something he regrets this week. He compared himself and his poor bowling to the level of the “special Olympics”. That’s a comment in poor taste. This kind of thing can happen to any of us, has happened to a lot of us — just not on national television.
In this case, grace is the word.
Two things stand out to me, though.
The first is that –unless the laughter was canned — the audience
got a good chuckle out of Obamah’s comments. What does that say about us the audience?
The second has to do with the fact that I think we should extend “grace” to Obamah. He does not strike me as a bully or as the type of guy who made fun of others as a kid. But what is amazing is how full of grace the media has become since January 20. If George Bush had made this gaff, imagine the outcry in the news. Imagine Olberman!
But, in this new era, grace is the word.
Amen.
Happy Birthday, Niza.
Love ya,
Alex
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I’m listening to Jason Sharp performing at House Blend Cafe.
This performance is part of Voxtropolis that is taking place
in Orlando, Florida this week.
Register to win an “iPod Touch”
Here’s How.
ONE. Chill out to cool music at
VOXTROPOLIS ORLANDO
January 27, 2008
Push Play Cafe
TWO. Register to win the ‘iPod Touch” while there.
THREE. Be present at the drawing.
VOXTROPOLIS
February 8, 2008
7 PM - 10 PM
Downtown Orlando
While there, you’ll experience a very cool and informal ambience, chilling music by local and visiting artists, and get a feel for a new musical and artistic vibe in Central Florida.
*For those of you who will join us at VOXTROPOLIS — the world music jam on February 8-9 — you may register that evening. ** You must be present to win.
Register to win an “iPod Touch”
Here’s How.
ONE. Chill out to cool music at
VOXTROPOLIS ORLANDO
January 27, 2008
Push Play Cafe
TWO. Register to win the ‘iPod Touch” while there.
THREE. Be present at the drawing.
VOXTROPOLIS
February 8, 2008
7 PM - 10 PM
Downtown Orlando
While there, you’ll experience a very cool and informal ambience, chilling music by local and visiting artists, and get a feel for a new musical and artistic vibe in Central Florida.
*For those of you who will join us at VOXTROPOLIS — the world music jam on February 8-9 — you may register that evening. ** You must be present to win.
According Debra Williamson, an analyst at eMarketer, 20 million children will be members of some sort of virtual world by 2011. Today there are 8.2 million.
In a recent New York Times article, Web Playgrounds for the Very Young, Club Penguin attracts 7 times more traffic than Second Life, a virtual world for adults. [Even those of us who’ve not memorized the times tables through 99 can see that’s a huge difference. See my post, Future Watch: Education, for back story on this].
The New York Times quotes, Steve Wadsworth, president of the Walt Disney Group: “There is a massive opportunity here.” In other words, watch out. The big corporations (Movies, toys, etc) are coming after your kids.
What do you think?
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Do you have your multiplication tables memorized through 99?
How about your children?
This morning’s New York Times had an interesting article about
the Japanese looking to India for educational models. Japan has
dominated their region of the world for the last century or so.
Of course, by now almost everyone is aware of the ascendancy
India and China as economic global giants.
But it is India with it’s powerful surge into the world of software
development, internet businesses and the knowledge economy that
has captured Japan’s attention. The Times reports that Japanese papers
carry stories of Indian Children “memorizing multiplication tables
up to 99 times 99, compared with Japan’s relatively lax elementary-
school requirement of knowing 9 times 9.”
Future economic prosperity lies in the sciences and technology and it
is these areas in which Japan –while still excelling — has fallen
comparatively speaking in the last few years.
The result? Get this- the success of Indian style education in Japan.
[This is in and of itself worthy of a post — the fact that Japan would
look to an Asian country reverses generations of prejudice]. The
philosophy is to teach children more facts at a younger age,
memorization and cramming of info.
For many Americans this will seem slavish. But that’s because we
live in the center of the world where everything is easier. In some ways
this makes us weaker. We push less because we’re the pinnacle. In the
meantime the developing world, like little turtles born on the shore, race
for the seas of math, science, discipline and achievement as if their lives
depended on it.
Here’s a future scenario. The USA replaces China as the mass producer
of cheap imitations and souvenirs (just visit Sunset and Hollywood Blvds
in Los Angeles or International Dr in Orlando to see what this would look like),
India becomes the world leader in Education and the Japanese learn to speak
English and write code from Indians.
God I love this planet.
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Register Now for HUMANA 2.08. For more info see the Website at http://fight4humanity.com
Get ready for some excellent changes here at Voxtropolis in 2008.
- The main page will change.
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The blog feed will soon appear in the Taboo Lounge where it is illegal to
post on religion and politics. So you can count on the fact that the graffiti
will be all over those walls.
- prepare for some guests bloggers of note
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this site will also become the main site for VOXTROPOLIS the experience
- here comes Culture Pub Central –get in the network
Happy New Years from
Voxtropolis Headquarters
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