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Let's get deep this week.
I want to talk about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his thoughts on technology.
In 1964 Dr. King delivered a lecture the day after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in which he told his audience at the University of Oslo that "material advancement was meaningless without an accompanying moral structure." In other words, the growing abundance of technology is undermining the human spirit. My favorite quote from the article is: "The richer we have become materially, the poorer we become morally and spiritually," he said. "We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers."
This week I'm asking you to think, REALLY THINK about Dr. King's words. I want his words to work on you a little bit.
He is telling us that technology advancement needs to go hand in hand with spiritual advancement, or it's all for nothing. THINK. Do you agree or disagree with Dr. King? WHY? You will answer both of those questions to receive credit this week.
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http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/12/dayintech_1211
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Blog 17 1/10/11
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In preparation for switching topics, please hit Yanko today.
Go ahead and blog today, as Tuesday is ELA day and Thursday we will be on Midterm schedule.
http://www.yankodesign.com/
Follow these instructions:
1. Go to Yanko.
2. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the link after the page numbers that says "Inspire Me." Ask your neighbor to help you find it if you can't.
3. Tell me which page you landed on. You may not use the first five pages.
4. Pick a product and tell me WHY you like it or how you think it could change our lives.
Failure to follow these directions will result in a zero for this week's blog grade.
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In preparation for switching topics, please hit Yanko today.
Go ahead and blog today, as Tuesday is ELA day and Thursday we will be on Midterm schedule.
http://www.yankodesign.com/
Follow these instructions:
1. Go to Yanko.
2. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the link after the page numbers that says "Inspire Me." Ask your neighbor to help you find it if you can't.
3. Tell me which page you landed on. You may not use the first five pages.
4. Pick a product and tell me WHY you like it or how you think it could change our lives.
Failure to follow these directions will result in a zero for this week's blog grade.
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Monday, January 3, 2011
Blog 16 1/3/11
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Lets finish up kitchen discussion this week.
For this last week in the kitchen, let's go look at some cool kitchen gadgetry.
I have a few sites for this:
http://www.uncommongoods.com/dining-entertaining/kitchen-tools?displayedproducts=12&grid=1&i=1&p=1&sale=0&sort=none&t0=dining%2Bentertaining&t1=kitchen%2Btools&u1=t0&view=all
http://www.housebeautiful.com/shopping/best/modern-kitchen-gadgets
http://www.trendhunter.com/cool-hunting/category/kitchen-gadgets
http://www.pocket-lint.com/kitchen+gadgets
Please don't stop on the first page / website. Pick a gadget, tell me which site it came from, tell me why you like it or how you'd use it. Do all three of those things for your grade this week.
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Lets finish up kitchen discussion this week.
For this last week in the kitchen, let's go look at some cool kitchen gadgetry.
I have a few sites for this:
http://www.uncommongoods.com/dining-entertaining/kitchen-tools?displayedproducts=12&grid=1&i=1&p=1&sale=0&sort=none&t0=dining%2Bentertaining&t1=kitchen%2Btools&u1=t0&view=all
http://www.housebeautiful.com/shopping/best/modern-kitchen-gadgets
http://www.trendhunter.com/cool-hunting/category/kitchen-gadgets
http://www.pocket-lint.com/kitchen+gadgets
Please don't stop on the first page / website. Pick a gadget, tell me which site it came from, tell me why you like it or how you'd use it. Do all three of those things for your grade this week.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Blog 15 12/20/10
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We will continue the kitchen talk when we get back. For this week, I want to do one of my favorite things.
Just in case you've been living under a rock, it's almost Christmas time. In fact, here's the exact time left until Christmas:
Copyright allthingschristmas.com
For this weeks blog, pretend I'm giving you $300 with which to buy TECHNOLOGY gifts. They can be for you or for someone else.
Here are the rules:
1. It must be TECHNOLOGY.
2. You must spend all $300, or as close to it as possible.
3. You must post links to your stuff so we can all go look.
You may blog on Tuesday like we do for Yanko. Please try not to suck the fun out of this for me.
Have a wonderful, RELAXING holiday season! See yall rested and ready to go in January.
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We will continue the kitchen talk when we get back. For this week, I want to do one of my favorite things.
Just in case you've been living under a rock, it's almost Christmas time. In fact, here's the exact time left until Christmas:
Copyright allthingschristmas.com
For this weeks blog, pretend I'm giving you $300 with which to buy TECHNOLOGY gifts. They can be for you or for someone else.
Here are the rules:
1. It must be TECHNOLOGY.
2. You must spend all $300, or as close to it as possible.
3. You must post links to your stuff so we can all go look.
You may blog on Tuesday like we do for Yanko. Please try not to suck the fun out of this for me.
Have a wonderful, RELAXING holiday season! See yall rested and ready to go in January.
Talk to me . . .
Monday, December 6, 2010
Blog 14 - 12/6/10
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Before we get started, allow me to just say . . . COME ON CHRISTMAS BREAK!!! I know you guys are as tired as I am.
Continuing our discussion of kitchen innovation, this week I have two videos. The first one is made like the lady is from the 50's, but she's really not. It's from a company called Lutron, and everything you see in that video is in existence right now. Also? Most of it can now be done from applications for your phone, which we will talk more about in the future. The funny thing to me about this video is that even though she's showcasing all this kitchen control stuff, if you pay close attention you'll see that see's using a real retro hand mixer like your great-grandmother used to use. That cracked me up.
The second video is called Living Tomorrow and it's about data integration in our future kitchens. To my knowledge this stuff is not in production, but will be very soon. The kitchen that's showcased in this video is a smart kitchen. It know how much water we're using, how much electricity we're using, etc. The guy also talks about embedded RFID chips in our food packaging that lets the oven know how long to cook the product.
Essentially, what these videos tell us is that the kitchens of the very near future will have lots of video screens. These kitchen designers have obviously never seen me cook. I end up with stuff everywhere . . . heck this weekend I ended up with salsa verde on my toe. All I'm saying is I hope those screens clean easily.
So my questions this week are:
1) How much data integration does your kitchen have now? Does the cook in your house have their recipes stored electronically? Or are you guys still old school written stuff?
2) Does the cook in your house ever watch video of somebody cooking something and cook along with them at the same time?
3) Do you think they WOULD do that if it were easier to access the video . . . say . . . like the monitor was built into the counter?
Answer all three questions to receive credit this week.
AS ALWAYS, UNLESS WE ARE LOOKING AT YANKO YOU WILL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THURSDAY TO BLOG!
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Before we get started, allow me to just say . . . COME ON CHRISTMAS BREAK!!! I know you guys are as tired as I am.
Continuing our discussion of kitchen innovation, this week I have two videos. The first one is made like the lady is from the 50's, but she's really not. It's from a company called Lutron, and everything you see in that video is in existence right now. Also? Most of it can now be done from applications for your phone, which we will talk more about in the future. The funny thing to me about this video is that even though she's showcasing all this kitchen control stuff, if you pay close attention you'll see that see's using a real retro hand mixer like your great-grandmother used to use. That cracked me up.
The second video is called Living Tomorrow and it's about data integration in our future kitchens. To my knowledge this stuff is not in production, but will be very soon. The kitchen that's showcased in this video is a smart kitchen. It know how much water we're using, how much electricity we're using, etc. The guy also talks about embedded RFID chips in our food packaging that lets the oven know how long to cook the product.
Essentially, what these videos tell us is that the kitchens of the very near future will have lots of video screens. These kitchen designers have obviously never seen me cook. I end up with stuff everywhere . . . heck this weekend I ended up with salsa verde on my toe. All I'm saying is I hope those screens clean easily.
So my questions this week are:
1) How much data integration does your kitchen have now? Does the cook in your house have their recipes stored electronically? Or are you guys still old school written stuff?
2) Does the cook in your house ever watch video of somebody cooking something and cook along with them at the same time?
3) Do you think they WOULD do that if it were easier to access the video . . . say . . . like the monitor was built into the counter?
Answer all three questions to receive credit this week.
AS ALWAYS, UNLESS WE ARE LOOKING AT YANKO YOU WILL NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THURSDAY TO BLOG!
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Blog 13 - 11/29/10
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I want to explore emerging cooking and kitchen technology for a few weeks.
Back in the 1950's, Frigidaire (an appliance company) made a short film detailing how they expected the kitchen of the future to look. They had ovens that would somehow miraculously bake and frost the cake and out it would come complete with lit candles. They had a slot where you stick in a recipe card and out pops the recipe you chose, already made up and ready to eat.
To which I say . . . (!)
I don't know about YOUR kitchen, but mine's not doing any of that cool stuff.
So on Thursday we will watch the Frigidaire film and one more old film about how folks thought kitchens of "tomorrow" would work. We will be making fun of those folks, I can guarantee.
In the meantime, be thinking about what YOU would like in the kitchen of the future. On Thursday after we watch the films we will post our own vision for future kitchens.
Talk to me . . .
I want to explore emerging cooking and kitchen technology for a few weeks.
Back in the 1950's, Frigidaire (an appliance company) made a short film detailing how they expected the kitchen of the future to look. They had ovens that would somehow miraculously bake and frost the cake and out it would come complete with lit candles. They had a slot where you stick in a recipe card and out pops the recipe you chose, already made up and ready to eat.
To which I say . . . (!)
I don't know about YOUR kitchen, but mine's not doing any of that cool stuff.
So on Thursday we will watch the Frigidaire film and one more old film about how folks thought kitchens of "tomorrow" would work. We will be making fun of those folks, I can guarantee.
In the meantime, be thinking about what YOU would like in the kitchen of the future. On Thursday after we watch the films we will post our own vision for future kitchens.
Talk to me . . .
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Blog 12 - 11/22/10
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3. Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving.
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