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≡ Category: Music | ≅ Leave a Comment
Rewind the videotape to 1961. John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, Reggie Workman, and Elvin Jones hit the stage in Baden Baden, Germany and give you a very smooth version of “My Favorite Things.” A jazz classic, no doubt. And certainly a brilliant bit of archival footage. Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/openculture
≡ Category: Comedy | ≅ Leave a Comment
David Sedaris fans, this is a quick one for you.  Here, Sedaris reads from his newish book, When You are Engulfed in Flames. The story is called “Of Mice and Men” (his story, not Steinbeck’s), and you can listen to it here or via iTunes. And just for good measure, I’m throwing in a pretty good [...]
≡ Category: Science | ≅ 2 Comments
Just watch, and maybe turn down the sound a little…
≡ Category: Most Popular, Online Courses, Random | ≅ 31 Comments
I was asked by a newspaper reporter today how people, like you, are using open university courses (such as those found in our collection of Free Courses). And the truth is, I’m not always sure. So I figured, why not put the question out there and ask you. Here it goes: How are you using these [...]
≡ Category: Physics | ≅ 24 Comments
There’s something compelling about physics. Almost every major open courseware collection features a well-crafted physics course, and these courses consistently rank high on iTunesU and YouTube Edu. Let’s give a quick overview of the favorites. At Stanford, we’re putting together a six course sequence called Modern Physics: The Theoretical Minimum. Taught by Leonard Susskind, one of [...]
≡ Category: Random | ≅ 1 Comment
Here’s a quick announcement, and please take note. Starting today, you can find Open Culture at www.openculture.com. Our old domain (oculture.com) will still work, as will old links. But they’ll forward (hopefully) seamlessly to the new domain. Why the change? Because it seemed time to have the url actually match the site’s name. If you [...]
≡ Category: Audio Books | ≅ 1 Comment
Seth Harwood is bringing crime writing into the new world of Web 2.0. Since 2006, Harwood has been podcasting his own crime fiction, including a book called Jack Wakes Up, which you can download (for free) via iTunes, RSS Feed, or MP3. (Random House will be releasing Jack Wakes Up in print next month for [...]
≡ Category: Books | ≅ Leave a Comment
Not long ago, I flagged a piece by Leon Wieseltier called “The Tolstoy Bailout,” and it makes a great case for why great books matter, especially in these hard times. As he put it, “In tough times, of all times, the worth of the humanities needs no justifying. The reason is that it will take many kinds of [...]
This week, ArtBabble, a new video website for the museum & art world, opened its virtual doors. Created by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, ArtBabble brings together videos from various arts institutions (MoMA, SFMOMA, PBS, the New Public Library, etc) and presents them to users in a clean, organized way. The footage, often produced in high definition, features interviews [...]
≡ Category: Uncategorized | ≅ Leave a Comment
From The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Wired Campus” Blog: “Cole W. Camplese, director of education-technology services at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, prefers to teach in classrooms with two screens — one to project his slides, and another to project a Twitter stream of notes from students. He knows he is inviting distraction — [...]
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