On the sliding scale of time that gradiently builds and ebbs and recedes I am perpetually being re-context-ed and being iteratively re-inserted into particular frames of reference and spheres of existence. I am simultaneously (at… Read More
In a broad sense of the term, any particular ontology serves as a framework against which we interpret information; think of it like an organized perspective that we use as a lens to… Read More
This is part of the continuing series about Strategic Planning and outlines the process I am using with a particular organization. I wanted to briefly explain something that I think is a viable… Read More
In my childhood I think it was the fable about Stone Soup that made me start to think about innovation. As I learned to cook and came further into the world of soup-lore… Read More
Continuing on the posts about strategic planning, today I want to share how I encourage people to develop policy. The organization that I am helping had a baseline report drafted by a committee… Read More
Part of my portfolio includes this project called Weaving Narratives: Possessions = Autobiographies, it is an exploration into how any ad hoc grouping of objects has some kind of inherent narrative, albeit a… Read More
Since I am posting a lot about Soulwax this month, I thought I should include this clarifying snippet about the differences between the various acts which the Dewaele brothers lead. In “Part of the… Read More
Cut & Paste is not just a keyboard function. In fact, R.G. Collingwood coined the term in the mid 1940′s in his book The Idea of History, but being a more formal speaker… Read More
I recently created a short interview about my art project “Weaving Narratives” where I describe the process of reading objects that people own. I hope you check it out and let me know… Read More
[NB: I have told this story before, but this time I have a better understanding that I think is worth sharing.] I had an experience a few years ago, a woman stood in… Read More
While many of us like neuroscience as a discipline, many other people do not. Accordingly, I try to give session to both sides of the neuroscience fan club. Here is a link that… Read More
Daft Punk’s film “Electroma” Daft Punk’s album “Human After All” Gilles Fauconnier’s & Mark Turner’s “The Way We Think: Conceptual Blending and the Mind’s Hidden Complexities” Stephen C. Levinson’s “Space in Language and… Read More
Una dia el pollito va a la casa blanca y toca la puerta hay una persona abre la puerta y dice: “¿que queirres?” y el pollito respondon, “necesito hablar con el presidente por… Read More
If Aristotle had spoken Chinese or Dakota, his logic and his categories would have been different. – Fritz Mauthner
I was recently sucked into playing OSMOS on my iPad. I never play video games (usually I am too busy: wife, art, school, work) but I did happen to spend four hours straight… Read More
I admit it, the “Sport” in “SportLinguist” might lead you to believe that I write about sports. Well, I don’t…but this automated software does write about sports. In fact, all you have to… Read More
I started getting interested in botany during my undergraduate years when I wanted to complement the technical linguistics training with a tempered understanding of some practical skills. I have always planned on doing… Read More
My wife and I were at an extended family party last night and as the night wore on we found ourselves sitting at a table and she was holding my cousin’s newborn girl.… Read More
I have been laughing to myself each time that I go into the dashboard for this blog because I am noticing some fantastic trends. Over this past week the viewing patterns for particular… Read More
I wanted to share this recipe that I got from my great-grandmother (from Zagreb, Republic of Croatia)…I grew up eating this deliciousness and consequently I have become a smart scientist. http://ryandewey.org/unfold_8.html Do you… Read More
I am going through the planning process for blog posts for 2011 and as a foreshadowing to a couple of guest posts (one on astrosociology and another on the singularity) I thought I… Read More
I wanted to let you know about an online ejournal about Post-Colonial Literature and Culture, here it is: Post-Colonial Studies in Literature & Culture eJournal Having formerly worked in two former colonies (one… Read More
In line with this post (My Jungle Medical Kit) I wanted to pass this link regarding establishing expedient medical clinics in remote locations. These resources come from the Hesperian Foundation, a non-profit organization… Read More
So there was a time, not too long ago, that I couldn’t stand reading .pdfs on a monitor. It didn’t matter if it was on a desktop or a laptop; I hated reading… Read More
ugh. This makes my heart hurt because I wish I could have been there. This is a fine French thing to do… seeing Thomas Mars perform reminds me of the French Fauvist painter… Read More
A reasonable summary of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in its tractable form is that different cultures interpret the same world differently and this has an impact on how they both think and construct meaning… Read More
While I don’t necessarily agree with Jackendoff’s use of the semantic primitives, and while I recognize that this comes from a book that is from the early 80′s, I still want to present… Read More
Ronald Langacker is considered one of the founding fathers of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise, his seminal work in Cognitive Grammar has influenced pretty much everyone who does anything at all in Cognitive Linguistics.… Read More
