Seth’s World View

I posted this on Facebook today, “So, looking at taking some online courses for credit. They generally require one book. That book is rarely available in digital format. If you’re going to offer an online course, might you, well, license the book content and adapt it into your course delivery? Or would you rather limit [...]

It’s amazing to me that we can converse across a sea. Wires of metal and glass transmit voices of data to be interpreted on the other side. It was crazy enough to talk for 5 cents a minute when it was over a landline. Now, it’s pure data over wires that carry 1s and 0s [...]

When I lived in New Zealand, most places I wanted to go were within a 5-20 minute walk. When I lived in downtown Fort Collins, many places I wanted to go were within a 5-15 minute walk. During my time in Bangkok and HCMC, there were some noteable places within a 5-15 minute walk. I [...]

So, it’s fantasy football season. And I just learned that as of last year, Fantasy Football has an official beer. I’m in two leagues. One with people I’ve met in person, and one with people I’ve met via email. The latter is a dynasty league. Last weekend, I watched stats after the games on NFL.com. [...]

Many a day I’ll leave my abode and start traversing the street by foot. A moment after I hear words like, “tuk tuk,” “moto,” “hey,” and variations thereof. I’m a Westerner, which means I likely have some money to spend, and I’m really unsure if they think we actually like to walk. The more I [...]

Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam are 13 hours ahead of Colorado and 11 hours ahead of Pennsylvania. Thus, I live in the future:) I can talk to people in the morning here, which is evening there. Or I can talk late evening here, which is early morning there. It can be a challenge to connect at [...]