Blog Like It’s the End of the World
It’s a podcast! I threatened to make a podcast when I moved this blog to my own host and updated the design, and now here it is. These are the show notes (so official), and I hope to get the podcast on iTunes shortly. I’ve also changed the name of this blog/website to reflect the podcast title because (1) it’s a pretty bitchin’ title, (2) I made a zombie romcom Summer 2010 with my good friend @NJFilm2011 called Falling to Pieces, and (3) iTunes likes that. So without further ado…. The song Blog Like It’s the End of the World by Tom Smith and Vegan Cheesecake by Slog can be found on Music Alley. The podcasts I mention can be found at the links below: Fluffy Fibers iMake Electric Sheep APlayfulDay CaithnessCraft Frayed...
Podcasts (interim)
I know I promised a second list of podcasters from across the pond, but over the past weekend, I discovered a podcast right in my back yard. Subway Knits not only podcasts from Astoria, Queens, but she’s a first year 8th grade teacher. Years and years ago when I got my initial certification, I taught 8th grade, and while kindergarten teachers are a breed way beyond my understanding, I know exactly what’s going on in a middle school classroom. Maria, the Subway Knits podcaster, has my sympathies! (How she finds time to knit and podcast during her first year of teaching is beyond me!) I’m slowly working my way through her archive while knitting a version of the “Sarah Scarf” for myself out of some gorgeously autumn colored Lion...
Podcasts
When I was very young, I had a yellow radio that just got AM and perhaps 3 channels, one of which was public radio. I listened to a number of serial radio shows – ongoing stories, mostly mild horror and Twilight Zone-esque alien adventures – under the covers when my parents thought I was asleep. I’m sure this lead to my love of Stephen King’s novels, but it’s also the precursor to my great love of podcasts. In this blog post, I’d like to share a few podcasts from the US that I listen to regularly in the hope of inspiring my readers to go out and discover a few of their own. Recommendations are greatly appreciated in the comments section! Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me: This is the granddaddy of all podcasts. I started...
Bullies Revisited.
Recently, the State of New Jersey initiated a new Anti-Bullying policy primarily in response to a suicide at Rutgers approximately one year ago. Bullying tactics have changed drastically since the schoolyard bullies of my childhood, and the approach taken by educators must adapt to include new venues and tactics used by one child to intimidate another. The failure of previous initiatives is obvious; we wouldn’t need a new one if prior methods of dealing with bullying succeeded. New Jersey’s program ends when an individual leaves the public education system. Once in the workplace there are no initiatives, yet bullies still exist (another point for the failure of previous approaches). In my experience, they’re women but I’m certain...
I planned to write a post for this Monday about Google+. I’ve grown fond of this new entry in the social media mix and wanted to share how I’ve found it useful since it’s introduction. Then there was the earthquake. Now, I lived in San Diego for 5 years and happened to be in Napa for the 2000 quake, so I know a quake when I’m in one. Yet Tuesday’s quake snuck up on me and my friend Bonnie as we ate lunch at Brunswick Square mall. First, we thought someone moved the row of booths. Oh, wait, we were the only people in that row of booths! Then Bonnie noticed the lamps swaying. We looked at each other and asked, “Earthquake?” because we get a lot of interesting experiences in New Jersey but earthquakes aren’t...
Locked.
My Twitter account is now locked. I did not make this decision carelessly or without forethought. Some readers will be surprised, others understanding, a few will tweet passive aggressive messages that condemn but don’ t mention me by name, and most people won’t care. So why did I make my account private? Back in the summer of 2008 when I signed up for Twitter, there weren’t many people I knew using the service, and the only way to really build a Twitter community was with a public account. When I organized the AsburyPop event, I created an additional account to spread the word and build the brand, a goal that’s success depended upon an account being public. At the time, I engaged online only on Twitter and didn’t open a...
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