Amazingly, my Reader only has a couple of things in it. I sat down yesterday to find some blogging inspiration, and accidentally found myself with nearly nothing in the Reader.
I realize this is a good sign. It keeps me on top of things, minimizes the chances my cursor will slip over a devastating button (It likes to jump around of its own free will, despite my giving the touchpad less and less sensitivity.) and marking things as read that I wanted to go over some more.
As I was going through everything yesterday afternoon, I added two new blogs to my collection (I think I now read nearly 200 blogs. Pruning will be happening shortly.) and realized that my reading is starting to sway heavily toward educational media/games, social media, general games, and writing. I’m still reading some web and general design blogs, and I’m still reading some career-oriented blogs. For the most part, though, if I add a blog, it fits into one of the four categories above.
Of the two posts still in Reader, one fits with those four. Wired had an interesting article on the attempt to market technology to women by making it pink. While pink has its place (little girls, confident men, roses, and cotton candy), I’m apparently not the only woman who believes it doesn’t have to be incorporated into my DS Lite, my cell phone, or my future portable media player. Just give me a well-designed, somewhat attractive toy, please. And you might as well make it black. I tend to gravitate toward technology wrapped in black. I’d think I’d settle for a dark gray, though.
The other piece may or may not have any bearing on my life. The new director found out I have dance in my background, and suggested I apply to teach a preschool movement and music class. (It led to a very interesting revelation on her part, which made another director very unhappy. Oops.) I created and taught a movement and music class for elementary school students during my teacher prep days. It really focused on movement and conveying a story through movement. The kids had the best time with it. When the director handed me the job description, my mind immediately started working to translate my original program to something more munchkin-appropriate. My first thought was to have them try to tell a familiar story entirely through movement (maybe a page or section per class after doing some other activities). Little ones are so good at creating and pretending; it would probably be a lot of fun. Lo and behold, the next day, I read this article on how preschoolers can actually put themselves in storybook characters’ shoes.
Sadly, my schedule isn’t flexible enough to allow me to apply for the class. I’d have loved it!
For now, though, I get to go work on this process handbook for work, and then I have to figure out what Dead Bunny wants to share this week. I think this may be the week I shift to writing issues for a bit. I don’t have too many missing pages for the math book, and most of those missing pages require me to be able to wrangle one of the graphics programs without being forced to remember I need to acquire an art department at my earliest convenience.
