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phiLOLZophy: 50 Things Real Adults Do That I Don't Do

philolzophy:

1. Make their bed
2. Own a pet or a child
3. Have a stress-free conversation with the mechanic
4. Have more than one set of sheets
5. sAvInGs aCcOuNt
6. Wear jewelry
7. Decorate their homes for holidays
8. Remember birthdays
9. Know what they are going to eat for a meal more than 5 minutes out

Hey a magic just happened one book flied into my room wow

Hey a magic just happened one book flied into my room wow

Converging

Converging

fastcompany:

“People know more about their iPhone than they do their own health,” points out Travis Bogard, Jawbone’s VP of product development. “So how do we make them consumers of their own wellness?” Today Jawbone is finally unwrapping their attempt to solve the problem: The UP, a $100 wristband, smartphone app, and web app trio that work together to monitor your exercise habits, sleep cycles, and eating decisions.

do we really need this? how long have ur friends slept for? what kinds of food they ate? what’s their activity level? what, do you really want to be monitored ? another big brother? Can we take a breath?  peopel will find out they embrace too much tech…

fastcompany:

“People know more about their iPhone than they do their own health,” points out Travis Bogard, Jawbone’s VP of product development. “So how do we make them consumers of their own wellness?” Today Jawbone is finally unwrapping their attempt to solve the problem: The UP, a $100 wristband, smartphone app, and web app trio that work together to monitor your exercise habits, sleep cycles, and eating decisions.

do we really need this? how long have ur friends slept for? what kinds of food they ate? what’s their activity level? what, do you really want to be monitored ? another big brother? Can we take a breath?  peopel will find out they embrace too much tech…

(via emergentfutures)

Foreign-Language Instruction, Digitally Speaking

yes, online language learning sucks…should have conversation with real people

infoneer-pulse:

Yet, despite this flowering of technology, there’s one thing that language learners don’t often do: earn college credit for a fully online language class.

A late-2010 report from Eduventures, a consulting company, identified only one fully online bachelor’s degree in a foreign language: at National University, based in California. Even at the course level, online language classes are not prevalent, says Fernando Rubio, an expert on tech-based Spanish teaching who co-chairs the language department at the University of Utah.

“You can learn other disciplines by interacting with the material itself,” he says. “But in a language, you need to interact with human beings.”

Can you recreate that interaction online?

» via The Chronicle of Higher Education (Subscription may be required for some content)

jglnews:

rustypolished:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt sings an acoustic cover of R. Kelly’s Ignition. No, really.

HitRECord OSU, November 7