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Last night, I went to hear  Håkon Wium Lie speak at a meetup sponsored by Huge . It was fun hearing the father of CSS talk not only about his own career but about new page turning capabilities that could potentially be native in browsers in the future. Opera is testing it out. It was a great time and [...]

It has now been over a month since I returned from the transformative 12-day design intensive called Hostos Design Lab 2011. Amazing and unbelievable only begin to describe our project at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA this summer. Professor Sarah Sandman and I already had the opportunity to present about our experience for fellow [...]

Yesterday was the first time I had been in an interview room since my own interview at Hostos nearly two years ago. It is quite an awesome responsibility to be selecting a new professor for the Hostos Digital Programs – very heavy stuff, to be sure. It got me thinking about one of the most [...]

I was looking through my iPhone pictures just now and reliving the past year or so.  One very expansive section of photos I came to was that taken on the roof at the Met at Big Bambu.  This installation by brothers Doug + Mike Starn was an ever-growing and changing structure made of bamboo.  The artists had [...]

This is the first year ever for the Hostos Design Lab.  Professor Sarah Sandman and I are taking fourteen Hostos students and alums to MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA for a 12-day design intensive.  Thrilled for the upcoming experience — both our experience and that of the students, the countdown has truly begun.  Currently [...]

I was invited over the winter break to present my past and planned interactions with e-Portfolios.  In the Spring of 2010, I planned a portfolio review for all of our Digital Design & Animation (DD&A) majors using Digication’s e-Portfolio platform.  Although used primarily as a tool for on-line presentation rather than a tool to deepen learning,…[Read more]

As a part of the EPIC Committee (e-Portfolio Implementation Committee) here at Hostos Community College, I recently took up the challenge of using e-Portfolios in the Digital Design & Animation classes I teach.  My Digital Illustration students are the chosen pilot group (lucky for them!). Understanding how e-Portfolios could be used in my…[Read more]