• There are times that I love having a real Italian espresso machine at home. When it needs cleaning is not one of those times. #
• Skied on Friday, biked on Saturday, I guess that leaves running for today… #
• Where should we go skiing in January? My pass is for Vail resorts, but considering Steamboat, Telluride, or Crested Butte. #
• Time for a quick 5k run before my next meeting! #
• Great run in the Colorado sun. Cranking Black Crowes to relive the show, but some moments are a bit hazy. #

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A basic tenet of photography is that the best camera is the one you have on hand when you need it. For many people these days, that means an iPhone.

via Apps to Make iPhone Shutterbugs Smile – NYTimes.com.

Why American Consumers Will Spend Lavishly Again – Conversation Starter – HarvardBusiness.org.

Why we buy stuff and why we will return to buying too much stuff.

• Everything looks better in black and white… http://bit.ly/2coET8 #
• I cannot believe that I am sick again. #
• 2010 planning, employee and self-evaluations due, holidays, and a product launch. Yikes… #
• So this is the crazy coughing thing that people have been talking about. Worse the the H1N1 cough right now… #

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• Enjoying Amaro Gayo sun-dried espresso beans from a single source in the Amaro region of Ethiopia. http://bit.ly/2QrB3T #
• Nice photo essay on Steve Jobs, Fortune's CEO of the decade. http://bit.ly/4wlSGx #

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Career Advice: Those Humanities Ph.D.’s – Inside Higher Ed.

I wish I could read the full study linked to in this article (I can, but I don’t want to buy it). As an ABD, I can relate to the pressures that prevent candidates from finishing  Ph.D.s. The author of the article takes issue with this excerpt from the study:

17 percent of those who departed programs reported that they were in managerial positions, 13 percent reported that they were either judges or lawyers, and a majority of the rest found careers in education, mostly at colleges and universities.

This statement doesn’t match her experience, but it does match mine, in a way. I can say that I am in management, because I am. However, I don’t really define myself that way. Instead, I say that I am in educational technology because that is where my passion is. The fact that I am in a “managerial position” speaks to my success in the field.

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With Facebook as Alibi, Brooklyn Robbery Charge Is Dropped – NYTimes.com.

Alternate entry: “I’m going to rob a bank. Don’t tell anyone.”

Seriously though. This guy is probably innocent, but how long before people set scripts to post to facebook as an alibi? This is a new age of corroboration.

I first visited Berlin in 2006 and found it to be a wonderful city, one whose history was still clearly punctuated by segments of the wall now protected from souvenir hunters by fences. I am sure that I was not the first to contemplate the irony of protecting the wall with fences, but I can see the need. The desire to take a piece home with you is irresistible, “oh this, it is just a stone in my pocket….” I was able to get a piece from an area where there was really nothing but foundation left and it was about to be built over, so I don’t feel so guilty.
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News: Fans and Fears of ‘Lecture Capture’ – Inside Higher Ed.

When discussing lecture capture, the first concern should be capturing the attention of learners. A compelling lecture will be compelling in its recorded form and a boring lecture will be ignored in recorded form. I wish we had lecture capture available when I was in school. It is a key technology in extending the efficacy of in-class learning.

Blog U.: Ideas for EDUCAUSE 2010 – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed.

Some excellent suggestions for EDUCAUSE 2010. I enjoyed the conference this year, especially because it was in my home town and I got to sleep in my own bed every night. That said, it felt a little old. Sure, it was my eleventh time, but I would like to see better use of social media and remote technologies. I look forward to participating in a conference that takes advantage of these suggestions.