http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis Philadelphia Representing the Industrial Metropolis Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:14:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I read somewhere, and it is true, that sometimes in life, there is this one thing you desire so much that you are willing to wait for however long it takes in order to/ until you can get it_ a little like a lion in waiting. So let’s say there ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/07/11/wait-a-minute/ Just got back from Michele Jackson's home - it was a long day! Today, Adeniyi and I met with a cartoonist whom we hope to have illustrate a cartoon for our piece on Ryan and Michele. This afternoon I hung out with the Jacksons at home taking pictures. ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/07/09/ryan-and-michele/ I wanted to see Philly. They say the best way to see any city is to walk it. I guess there is something about going through a metropolis on foot that’s radically different from going through the same place in a car. So I asked a friend of mine to ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/07/08/walking-is-seeing/ Hi, Philadelphia. Adeniyi and I have been back in town for about a week, and we've been searching for that one final story that will complete our time in Philadelphia. So far, we've had plenty of leads but are still working hard to make it happen. Coming back to ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/07/07/2nd-time-around/ The following is a letter from an imagined retired Philadelphia high school teacher to Technology. Dear Technology: We have not formally met, yet I feel I know you well enough to call you a friend. I see you everywhere: cell phones and laptops and texting and video games and Facebook and Youtube ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/06/01/123/ "But it’s not about technology." Marcy Hull just threw me a curve ball. Tuesday, Sabina and I visited Hull an educator at Science Leadership Academy, to discuss “Youth & Technology.” When we met with her on the second floor of SLA, inside the school’s library, the school had just cleared out for ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/05/28/day-re-education/ "I held the pencil for a while. I didn’t want to use it; since they aren’t making them anymore, you have to conserve Thoreau’s pencils." --From Robert Sullivan’s new book “The Thoreau You Don’t Know” ((New York Times Book Review) "I miss paper and pencil. That was the best." Shamece Cross ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/05/25/pencils-are-endangered-species/ IT'S HOT. Afternoons in Philadelphia have been pretty much brutally hot since we got here, but today, was downright perverse.  Anyway... We met Michele Jackson and her son Ryan, who is a student at Science Leadership Academy, one of the two charter schools Sabina and I are working with. Ryan, came to ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/05/24/day-5-everythings-cool/ Another day in Philadelphia, and Adeniyi and I are thoroughly smitten with this city. For me, it's coming home--but seeing Philly with new eyes. I'm reminded each and every day why there's NO place like home! Even Adeniyi, a Frenchman and (perhaps more accurately) a Parisian at heart, has ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/05/22/day-5-falling-in-love-with-the-city-of-brotherly-love/ "Just imagine waking up every single day with flu-like symptoms, and your entire body aching." Miriam suffers from fibromyalgia, an obscur and chronic disorder of widespread muscle pain, fatigue and multiple tender points. She is almost 20 years old. Sabina and I first met Miriam nearby the City Hall Tower. It was ... http://youngandthewireless.com/industrial-metropolis/2009/05/22/fibromyalgia-technology-can-help/