TEDx Atlanta never seems to fall short of their performers at the two events so far. Last time I wrote about how my socks were blown away by Eric Lewis and thought there was no way the guys at Unboundary could come up with someone to rival him. However, I was proved wrong. For the second installment of TEDx Atlanta, Re:Purpose, I was blown away yet again by the powerful and seductive cello of Zoe Keating.

Zoe has an amazing background story, which involves her being a classically trained cellist at the age of 8 before entering a ‘phase’ of her life where she becomes a software engineer and information architect during the dot-com boom.

As all …

So I already told you about how much I <3 Jonathan Kozol, and how much fun HOK was having at SCUP, but I didn’t get a chance to tell you about the closing plenary presentation: Mediated Culture and the Future of the University.

I was ready to start my vacation a few hours early, but the description was intriguing enough for me to hang in for one last session (well, the idea of brunch helped, too!).  I was thrilled that I did stay because this was another fascinating and inspirational presentation.

Michael Wesch is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University.  He’s a young guy (definitely …

I have to be honest about something. My head has grown from this whole Blog thing. Well not really grown in size, but you get the idea. I was so pumped to be a part of HOKLife that I’ve made quite a few changes to go along with my newfound ‘popularity.’

Now I’m not going to lie to you. I’ve had a fair share read my content, just like everyone else on this Blog. But I’ve even obtained a bit of attention on this whole Internet thing. It’s almost as if I’m starting a new trend of everyone wanting to Blog. It’s kind of scary being an innovator. (Did you know that …