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Time is a luxury we no longer possess

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Space Tourism Chronicles The Slingshot Saga Time is a luxury we no longer possess Our battered Subi spacecraft, a relic in the night Flickering erratic, its core a dying light On Primary Trade Lane Delta-Nine, a river of light so grand But cycles bled away, draining across the land BK slumped, pale and strained, JB with eyes closed in despair Time a luxury we no longer possessed, consumed by cosmic air. Transcript from the Slingshot Saga - Time is a luxury we no longer possess Our goddamn battered Subi spacecraft, a damn relic lost in the endless black void! Flickering like a dying firefly on the edge of extinction, its core barely clinging to life like some stubborn, flickering candle about to blow out. We’re stuck on Primary Trade Lane Delta-Nine, that blazing river of cosmic light stretching for eons, yet every damn cycle just bleeds away, sucking the lifeblood right out of this forsaken stretch of space. BK is slumped over, looking paler than a ghost at a midnight séance, and J...

eduTECH 2013 Government and Corporate Congress reflection 1

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eduTECH 2013:  Blog 1 reflection Disclosure This reflection is based on my personal opinions and learnings gained from attending a variety of keynotes and presentations at EduTECH 2013 Brisbane Australia. Key Notes and Presentations 3 - 4 June 2013 The conference contained an exceptional array of presentations and I was only able to attend  a fraction of what was offered. The array of presentations I was able to attend was titled   Corporate Government Learning Congress . I attended the following presentations; Drive: What the science of motivation can teach us about high performance - Daniel Pink Rethinking Education - Salman Khan Working and learning smarter with the 70:20:10 model - Charles Jennings It's in the "APP"lication: Technology + learning = capability - Peter Ferreira Shaping Australian Curriculum - Barry McGaw The creative technology revolution you cannot ignore -  Gary Stager Design thinking to create The Living Organisati...