Just wanted to give a big Thank You to the whole Media Lab team. That was the most energizing and thought-provoking conference I have ever attended. It was wonderful meeting all of you and the members of the Scratch Community. You all did a fantastic job making it happen! Scratch On!
Now I'm off on a kayaking trip for a few days and I will have to leave my beloved Scratch behind (Scratch Cat does not like water). See you soon!
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Opps! Posted that from the wrong account! Well, it was from me (Paddle2See) - as you probably already know. And Lanie - thanks for the good wishes! I'm not leaving until tomorrow so I'l be around for the rest of today.
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See ya Paddle2See! You came all the way from Maine during the Summer? Which is like the only time you can go outisde in Maine? Lol jk
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It sure was a great conference! Thank you Scratch Team! ^^
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newareagle wrote:
See ya Paddle2See! You came all the way from Maine during the Summer? Which is like the only time you can go outisde in Maine? Lol jk
Hey, it's not THAT cold here! I bet all the real high latitude Scratchers (Canada, Russia, Chile, Alaska, etc. ) think of Maine as a warm place!
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Paddle2See wrote:
newareagle wrote:
See ya Paddle2See! You came all the way from Maine during the Summer? Which is like the only time you can go outisde in Maine? Lol jk
Hey, it's not THAT cold here! I bet all the real high latitude Scratchers (Canada, Russia, Chile, Alaska, etc. ) think of Maine as a warm place!
Have fun kayaking!
It kind of depends on what part of Maine- Caribou being in northern Maine is probably colder than southern Maine. But Maine is cold... -at least colder than here in Massachusetts.
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I have to agree with Paddle2See; It was an amazing conference, and an amazing place. If you ever needed motivation for studying hard and getting good SAT scores while at the same time embracing the Liberal Arts, drop into the Media Lab and take a tour. Unlike where I went to school, where grad students cluster in dark corners of a brick building tabulating heat transfer coefficients, the Media Lab is a hive of talented people working in lego-lined regions separated only by transparent partitions, and where you may be called upon at any moment to demo your idea.
I also learned about a place called RISD, which also looks cool, and which apparently emphasizes making purple dinosaurs out of legos while reciting zen koans about simplicity and Swiss Army knives. I may have misunderstood that last part, however...
Last edited by chalkmarrow (2008-07-27 19:35:56)
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Hey, I live in Seattle, and I was in 130˙ degree weather in Leavenworth, it's NOT cold up here (despite the beliefs of a certain person living in California)!!!!!!!!!! Well, that was random, good luck on the kayaking trip!!!
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Where is it?
chalkmarrow wrote:
I have to agree with Paddle2See; It was an amazing conference, and an amazing place. If you ever needed motivation for studying hard and getting good SAT scores while at the same time embracing the Liberal Arts, drop into the Media Lab and take a tour. Unlike where I went to school, where grad students cluster in dark corners of a brick building tabulating heat transfer coefficients, the Media Lab is populated by a hive of talented people working in lego-lined regions separated only by transparent partitions, and where you may be called upon at any moment to demo your idea.
I also learned about a place called RISD, which also looks cool, and which apparently emphasizes making purple dinosaurs out of legos while reciting zen koans about simplicity and Swiss Army knives. I may have misunderstood that last part, however...
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maki wrote:
Where is it?
chalkmarrow wrote:
I have to agree with Paddle2See; It was an amazing conference, and an amazing place. If you ever needed motivation for studying hard and getting good SAT scores while at the same time embracing the Liberal Arts, drop into the Media Lab and take a tour. Unlike where I went to school, where grad students cluster in dark corners of a brick building tabulating heat transfer coefficients, the Media Lab is populated by a hive of talented people working in lego-lined regions separated only by transparent partitions, and where you may be called upon at any moment to demo your idea.
I also learned about a place called RISD, which also looks cool, and which apparently emphasizes making purple dinosaurs out of legos while reciting zen koans about simplicity and Swiss Army knives. I may have misunderstood that last part, however...
RISD? Rhode Island. You can check out their cool gallery at:
http://www.risd.edu/gallery.cfm
btw: i like your lolcats sig, but it's ginormous. you may want to make it smaller.
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chalkmarrow wrote:
I have to agree with Paddle2See; It was an amazing conference, and an amazing place. If you ever needed motivation for studying hard and getting good SAT scores while at the same time embracing the Liberal Arts, drop into the Media Lab and take a tour. Unlike where I went to school, where grad students cluster in dark corners of a brick building tabulating heat transfer coefficients, the Media Lab is a hive of talented people working in lego-lined regions separated only by transparent partitions, and where you may be called upon at any moment to demo your idea.
I also learned about a place called RISD, which also looks cool, and which apparently emphasizes making purple dinosaurs out of legos while reciting zen koans about simplicity and Swiss Army knives. I may have misunderstood that last part, however...
NOOOO! I didn't see you! I wanted to see you so badly!
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It was the best conference I've ever been to! And well...the only one. I mean, nearly hundreds of photo shots, get to test the...oh, nevermind, 4 INTERVIEWS and meeting everyone. JSO, his brother and parents, MyRedNeptune and her dad and me and my dad went to a restaruant and was very...scary (MRN knows what I mean...lol).
It was great and I miss some of you already , but now I have Gmail so I can talk with MRN and MasterOfMac so far...but that dosen't matter because I can talk heeeeeeeeeeeeere!
Thank you MIT! Thank you for the best conference ever! ^^
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The conference was really nice - thank you Scratch Team
If some young user would think "everyone was able to go to the conference, and I was not", please note that there where like 300 participants, and maybe 10 kids
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JSO wrote:
The conference was really nice - thank you Scratch Team
If some young user would think "everyone was able to go to the conference, and I was not", please note that there where like 300 participants, and maybe 10 kids
True But maybe a bit more than 10 kids...perhaps... 15?!
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It was great meeting all of you at the conference. It definitely made us feel that all the work we put into Scratch is worth it.
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Oh by the way, if you have any pictures of the conference don't forget to add them to the FlickR group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/scratchmit
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SonicPops wrote:
chalkmarrow wrote:
I have to agree with Paddle2See; It was an amazing conference, and an amazing place. If you ever needed motivation for studying hard and getting good SAT scores while at the same time embracing the Liberal Arts, drop into the Media Lab and take a tour. Unlike where I went to school, where grad students cluster in dark corners of a brick building tabulating heat transfer coefficients, the Media Lab is a hive of talented people working in lego-lined regions separated only by transparent partitions, and where you may be called upon at any moment to demo your idea.
I also learned about a place called RISD, which also looks cool, and which apparently emphasizes making purple dinosaurs out of legos while reciting zen koans about simplicity and Swiss Army knives. I may have misunderstood that last part, however...NOOOO! I didn't see you! I wanted to see you so badly!
lol. yeah you did. i was the one that showed you and myredneptune the scratchboard program where the moths on the screen moved to where the light sensor was held...
i guess next year we should have the option of putting our user names on the name tags as well as our RL names.
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chalkmarrow wrote:
SonicPops wrote:
chalkmarrow wrote:
I have to agree with Paddle2See; It was an amazing conference, and an amazing place. If you ever needed motivation for studying hard and getting good SAT scores while at the same time embracing the Liberal Arts, drop into the Media Lab and take a tour. Unlike where I went to school, where grad students cluster in dark corners of a brick building tabulating heat transfer coefficients, the Media Lab is a hive of talented people working in lego-lined regions separated only by transparent partitions, and where you may be called upon at any moment to demo your idea.
I also learned about a place called RISD, which also looks cool, and which apparently emphasizes making purple dinosaurs out of legos while reciting zen koans about simplicity and Swiss Army knives. I may have misunderstood that last part, however...NOOOO! I didn't see you! I wanted to see you so badly!
lol. yeah you did. i was the one that showed you and myredneptune the scratchboard program where the moths on the screen moved to where the light sensor was held...
i guess next year we should have the option of putting our user names on the name tags as well as our RL names.
I have the memory of a goldfish...I remember, but I don't remeber what you look like...lol
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chalkmarrow wrote:
SonicPops wrote:
chalkmarrow wrote:
I have to agree with Paddle2See; It was an amazing conference, and an amazing place. If you ever needed motivation for studying hard and getting good SAT scores while at the same time embracing the Liberal Arts, drop into the Media Lab and take a tour. Unlike where I went to school, where grad students cluster in dark corners of a brick building tabulating heat transfer coefficients, the Media Lab is a hive of talented people working in lego-lined regions separated only by transparent partitions, and where you may be called upon at any moment to demo your idea.
I also learned about a place called RISD, which also looks cool, and which apparently emphasizes making purple dinosaurs out of legos while reciting zen koans about simplicity and Swiss Army knives. I may have misunderstood that last part, however...NOOOO! I didn't see you! I wanted to see you so badly!
lol. yeah you did. i was the one that showed you and myredneptune the scratchboard program where the moths on the screen moved to where the light sensor was held...
i guess next year we should have the option of putting our user names on the name tags as well as our RL names.
Woah. How could Sonicpops not remember that? I would love to see that, but I didn't go…
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Bluestribute wrote:
chalkmarrow wrote:
SonicPops wrote:
NOOOO! I didn't see you! I wanted to see you so badly!lol. yeah you did. i was the one that showed you and myredneptune the scratchboard program where the moths on the screen moved to where the light sensor was held...
i guess next year we should have the option of putting our user names on the name tags as well as our RL names.Woah. How could Sonicpops not remember that? I would love to see that, but I didn't go…
Read, Bluestribute, READ! I never knew it was chalkmarrow because I only saw his nametag!
AAAH! I don't even remember his/her gender! >
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