NewGeography.com: Word is Spreading about This Thing Called ‘Geography’ [NewGeography.com] is “a site devoted to analyzing and discussing the places where we live and work.” Check out this great new resource for learning about how places in the have been created, both naturally and socially. The blog concentrates mainly on issues concerning urban and economic geography, such as the way Chicago continues to thrive despite … Continue reading Five for Friday
Have you seen this video? One of the most popular on the web, it’s earned over 9,000,000 views since first posted last year (even topping Super Bowl commercials aired the same week)! In the five minute clip Michael Wesch, a professor of anthropology at Kansas State University, shows how digital text has redefined the medium of text as a whole, and its connection to underlying … Continue reading Web 2.0: The Machine is Us/ing Us
About a week ago I joined a MWW staffer on a trip to the Busch Gardens theme park with CritterCam, part of National Geographic’s remote imaging division. “Critter Cams” are tiny video cameras that are deployed on animals to help uncover scientific “mysteries.” CritterCam was at Busch Gardens as part of “Wild Days,” a special event promoting awareness and conservation of animals from around the … Continue reading One “Wild” and Worthwhile Weekend
1.“Fizzy” Geography It may look, smell, and taste the same no matter where you are in the U.S., but even something as generic as soft drinks have been unable to escape the influence of geography. Did you know that the way you talk about the fizzy liquid may be completely different than how someone in another part of the state does? Whether it’s “soda,”“coke,” “pop,” … Continue reading Five for Friday
Hello My Wonderful Worlders, My name is Jeremy, and I am the new My Wonderful World intern here at National Geographic this summer. I thought that posting a blog entry would be a perfect way to introduce myself and give a little background about what brings me here to Washington, D.C. Before my arrival in this sauna of a city, I was busy finishing up … Continue reading The New Guy
