Further interpretation on this can be considered in relation to a previous post by Clifford called, “Encounters.”

We are are all capable of having that space, with which the child’s mind is as close as to the blank slate. Would have seemed to be a common idealization, with the introduction of the glass room?

Like I told MOshe, in Vancouver park, a glass dome, the blackboard, can become the visionary example as we share perspective, and lead into, each other’s brain points for further dialogue. The glass room is the meeting point of somebodies larger brain?

Throwing glass of cold water over face! Where am I?

JoAnne,

I think this is an excellent photo and it would be great to see it a bit bigger

In addition to using larger pictures (”text & picture blog”), using videos (”video blog”) can help enhance the “delivery of the message”. With 42 million iPods, there is a real opportunity to “connect to the Masses”, by using the new technology of the iPod/iTunes VoD (”Video on Demand”) medium.

[ CVJ had the post where USC profs got together to discuss “how to use the new blogging technology”. Stanford Univ is already releasing lectures as publicly-accessible iTunes podcasts, other universities like Duke, Univ of Washington, Univ of Michigan are also using podcast ]

A video-podcast over iPod/iTUnes is a *syndication* of a video-blog. That’s what I’m doing for the niche-market I’m working in:

“Our little wonder in the Desert”
[ this is a good description of Science: “Our Little Wonder”, that has a perception problem by the general public. It affects recruitment of talent, & taxpayer-based funding ]

..it lacks any mainstream TV/Print-Media coverage, so I’m turning to “Alternative Models” for more Media-Exposure/Public-Education. The frustration of Scientists having to go thru an “Intermediary” (science-challenged mainstream journalists) can be no more: with video-blogging, you can be your own science-journalist. Portable video-cameras, video-editors on laptops means anyone can do their own video-production. Apple has a nice economical solution, with iMovie on their Powerbooks (what I use).

Cosmic Variance can be setup with a special RSS feed (Feedburner.com), to create “enclosures” for audio/video that are iPod/iTunes compatible. I’ve been delivering a video-blog “multimedia experience” (audio & video) for a niche market. It gives a user a feeling of what “Our Little Wonder” is like. This would be the next step, to video-blog a “Think Tank” session..to give the public a feeling of “what it’s like”. No more mis-perceptions of pajamas, late night sessions, females confused as males, etc.

There is even a LIVE twist to video-blogging (which I’ve been playing with). Some of these camera cellphones (& even portable digital cameras) do good quality videos, & you can send it to a blog over Wireless. CVJ & Mark have posted images to CV from their cellphones (non-Live). Imagine doing a science experiment, delivering a lecture, hiking up Mt. Wilson, attending a conference..& video-blogging it LIVE to an audience.

Sort of like a birds-eye “live” view of “A Day in the Life of a Scientist”, using blogging-technology. There is an obviously an opportunity for the FIRST scientist to do this. It would probably attract a LOT of media-attention (& spur others to do it).

“It’s all about IMPRESSION ( appearance, form )”

[ unfortunately, this is how the world operates. It explains how “C students” get elected to the Highest Office (& set new records for Incompetence/Idiocy/Lunacy, mimicing “The Three Stooges”), why Scientists are always at odds with Journalists constantly screw up the “Reporting of Science”, why Science (”Seeking Truth”) gets the short-end-of-the-stick compared to Religion, Pseudo-Science (”Why People Believe Strange Things”/Michael Shermer/Skeptics Society) ]

My take:
It wasn’t obvious that the 2 persons on the right were female, so the “all-female scientist thing” wasn’t conveyed.

“Impressions” (emotional/fuzzy VS truth) combined with “Stereotypes” can lead to mis-interpretation by the general-public. See below.

Recommendations to Attract More Women and Minorities into Science, Engineering, and Technology

http://www.house.gov/science/mckellar_071300.htm

“Students, and in particular female students, must be able to “see”
themselves as scientists, mathematicians, etc. The media still
propagates stereotypes of scientists as being geeky white males. This
can be an unsavory image for boys, but this stereotype certainly acts
as a deterrent for girls who have the talent for SET careers. In
fact, 75% of all scientists depicted on prime time television are
white males, and a survey conducted by the US Department of Commerce
revealed that “the more people watch television , the more they think
scientists are odd and peculiar” [5]

Kids in middle school are also just beginning to worry about their own
self-image and reputation. They want to be “cool,” and will tend to
reject what they believe is awkward or “uncool” in any way!
We can see the effects of this stereotyping particularly in girls,
since girls are taught to be more concerned about their appearance
than boys.

Even more telling, was an experience I had in the 9th grade.

After our first test, my science teacher pulled me aside and expressed
surprise at my high score, exclaiming how unexpected it was that I
would be a good student in science. “You just seem so outgoing and you
wear such brightly colored earrings… I just didn’t think you would be
very smart.” All based on appearances, the teacher was judging me
according to the stereotypes that are so deeply ingrained in our
society: the socially inept, nerdy looking guy who doesn’t care about
fashion. Here’s the most interesting part.

The teacher was a woman.
…
· Public service announcement campaign aimed at young women
· These could target the idea that technical jobs can be among
the easiest to maintain while being a full time mother. Today, more
and more computer jobs can be carried out from a laptop computer at
home.
· Have real life scientists and professors (preferably female
minorities) visit schools as part of a campaign to teach students
about how research and academia works at the University level. The
earlier students understand their options, the better.

In conclusion, I’d like to offer my services as a personality,
actress, and mathematician to help any programs aimed at encouraging
young girls to pursue math and science. In addition to writing my
math website at www.danicamckellar.com and being the national
spokesperson for “Figure This,” I am always interested in being
involved in new programs to build the strength of the SET community.”

The Think Tank is a brilliant idea, and well executed! (I suppose it was either going to be that name or the “Interaction Room”… one or the other)

Anyway, well done!

-cvj

This resolves some of the limited space you have for larger viewing and you can close it without closing article.

Hopefully that made sense

I think this is an excellent photo and it would be great to see it a bit bigger….a lot of people like to see physicists at work, and all the equations and such….you can post something quite a bit bigger than that and not get scolded by Sean. …And it’s not like it’s pictures of irrelevant stuff like noodles, mountains, flowers, etc….. er…. I’d better stop there.

-cvj

As to the picture size - Sean always scolds me for posting pictures that are too big, so now I only post postage stamps.

Aaron, is is not unusual at all for me to be kneeling or sitting on the floor when writing at the bottom of the board - but I am usually wearing jeans instead of pajamas! I knelt spontaneously during the photo shoot and then the photographer flipped and wouldn’t let me move. So, I kneeled and pointed at the board for about 45 minutes and ended up with huge bruises on my knees that lasted for 4 weeks!

Uncle Al, that’s most definitely a Feynman diagram! It’s a vacuum polarization graph, which describes the effects of quantum fluctuations.