Christopher Long

Living Technology The Long Road

Prosthetic Gods

In Civilization and Its Discontents, Freud writes: With every tool man is perfecting his own organs, whether motor or sensory, or is removing the limits to their functioning (43). The passage touches on something I…

Christopher LongJuly 27, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 38: Cooperative Education

Cole Camplese is the Director of Education Technology Services, Allan Gyorke, Assistant Director of Education Technology Services, and Sam Richards, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Crime, Law and Justice and co-director of World in Conversation…

Christopher LongJuly 27, 2010

Living The Long Road

Light in Motion

Four Running 2 Originally uploaded by cplong11 My father taught me to appreciate the subtle joys of photography back before everything went digital. In our basement darkroom, we used to develop the black and white…

Christopher LongJuly 22, 2010

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

Reflections on the Hacking Pedagogy Presentation

LDSC37 Originally uploaded by docZox My friend and colleague, Cole Camplese, and I gave a joint presentation on a collaborative project we have developed called "Hacking Pedagogy." The idea is to open a digital space…

Christopher LongJuly 21, 2010

Digital Research Education Technology The Long Road

Mendeley on the iPhone

Mendeley on the iPhone Originally uploaded by cplong11 I am happy to report that Mendeley has developed an iPhone app that brings us a step closer to the digital research model I hope to implement…

Christopher LongJuly 20, 2010

Academic Education The Long Road

From Engagement to Cooperation

It is widely recognized among educators that student engagement is a key to academic success. Disengaged students erode the social dynamics in the classroom, have a negative impact on their peers and drop out at…

Christopher LongJuly 8, 2010

Academic Education Technology The Long Road

Hacking Pedagogy

Cole Camplese and I were invited to be part of this year's Learning Design Summer Camp at Penn State. The presentation topic that was proposed to us was strong in and of itself, but when…

Christopher LongJuly 2, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 36: Plutarch and Socrates

Mark Shifmann joins me to discuss Plutarch's understanding of the practice of Socratic philosophy as animated by erotic wisdom. Plutarch himself focused more on Socratic practice than on attempting to articulate a systematic account of…

Christopher LongJune 29, 2010

Living LwCH The Long Road Travel

Playing in the Waves with My Daughter

MYRTLE BEACH, SC - She is uncertain, but brave and increasingly confident. The waves are not huge, but to her six-year-old self, they must be daunting. Even so, we venture out, her to test her…

Christopher LongJune 16, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 35: Socratic Strangeness

Sean Kirkland joins me for Digital Dialogue episode 35 to joins me today to talk about a book project he is completing entitled Ontology and Self-Knowledge in Plato's Early Dialogues. Our discussion focuses on the…

Christopher LongJune 15, 2010

Academic Digital Research Technology The Long Road

Integrating Mendeley into the Research Circle

It seems that my quest to close the digital research circle has been joined by a few fellow researchers. The idea is compelling and would not only save both time and paper, but would offer new…

Christopher LongJune 3, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 34: Heidegger on Aristotle

Rob Metcalf, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Denver and graduate of the Pennsylvania State University's Department of Philosophy, joins me for episode 34 of the Digital Dialogue. Rob's work focuses…

Christopher LongJune 1, 2010

Recognition and Responses Vita

Why I Teach with Blogs

Last fall, Teaching and Learning with Technology shot some footage of me in the classroom as I was teaching my Philosophy 200 course on Socratic Politics. In that course, I made extensive use of blogs…

Christopher LongMay 24, 2010

Academic Digital Research Technology The Long Road

Zotero, the iPad and Summer Research

Last month in a post about closing the digital research circle, I wrote about using the iPad to read, take notes on pdf files and integrate those files into a bibliography program. We are still…

Christopher LongMay 21, 2010

Civic Life The Long Road

The Specter of Arlen

Despite the fact that I have never voted for Arlen Specter, I have come to respect some of the values he stood for over his long career in the Senate. As a Republican, he remained…

Christopher LongMay 18, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 33: APS 2010

Jill Gordon, Dana Professor of Philosophy at Colby College, and Sara Brill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University, join me for episode 33 of the Digital Dialogue to discuss Catherine Zuckert's keynote address at…

Christopher LongMay 18, 2010

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

Teaching the Ethics of Dialogue

Last Fall I gave a presentation to faculty in the Rock Ethics Institute entitled The Ethics of Blogging Ethics in which I outline some of the main pedagogical benefits of adopting an open blog as…

Christopher LongMay 18, 2010

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

World Campus 2010 Commencement Address: Milestones

We gather here today to celebrate a milestone in the lives of each of our graduates. To arrive at a milestone, however, is a rather peculiar thing. For a milestone is less a destination, than…

Christopher LongMay 15, 2010

LwCH The Long Road

Now She is Six

Today is ArtGirl's birthday and I am feeling the need to mark the moment with a few reflections about some of the things I admire about my daughter.She questions with assiduous tenacity and refuses to…

Christopher LongMay 11, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 32: Crisis of Community

Episode 32 of the Digital Dialogue is a recording of my paper on Plato's Protagoras entitled, "Crisis of Community: The Topology of Socratic Politics," delivered at the 10th Annual Independent meeting of the Ancient Philosophy…

Christopher LongMay 3, 2010

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

Crisis of Community Paper at the 2010 APS

EAST LANSING, MI It was particularly poignant for me to give a paper on the nature of Socratic political community at the tenth annual meeting of the Ancient Philosophy Society. The APS has been for…

Christopher LongApril 25, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 31: Shame and Justice

Ryan Drake, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University and graduate of Penn State's Philosophy Department, joins me for Digital Dialogue 31 which focused on the paper I will deliver at the 2010 Ancient Philosophy…

Christopher LongApril 20, 2010

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

Relinquish Control, Empower Engagement

In this presentation to the Teaching Forum of the Department of Sociology and Crime, Law, and Justice, I emphasize how relinquishing control of assignment topics in a course can open a space for students to…

Christopher LongApril 15, 2010

Academic Digital Research Technology The Long Road

Closing the Digital Research Circle

I have been looking for a way to close the circle of my digital academic research. The idea is to do rigorous philosophical research without paper, taking full advantage of cloud computing, the syncing of…

Christopher LongApril 15, 2010

Education Technology The Long Road The Undergraduate Experience

Some Initial Thoughts on the iPad

It is already clear to me that the iPad does not replicate the experience of the iPhone even though many of the apps serve the same functionality. The iPad is much less intrusive in collaborative…

Christopher LongApril 8, 2010

Chris Long on the left in a white shirt and tie and Rick Lee on the right with an orange sweater. Both smiling.

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 30: The Logic of Force

My good friend and fellow New School graduate, Rick Lee, joins me for episode 30 of the Digital Dialogue. We discuss his work on Hobbes and the dangers of a politics that acts on behalf…

Christopher LongApril 6, 2010

LwCH The Long Road Travel

Living the Contradictions of Disney

ORLANDO, FL - My first visit to Disney World surprised me. Before I had two girls, I never thought I would be interested in visiting a place that stood, in my mind, for all that…

Christopher LongApril 3, 2010

Academic Education Technology The Long Road

Academic Transformation

Over the past few days I have been thinking more intensely about the meaning and nature of academic transformation. In the wake of the TLT Symposium at Penn State last weekend, I traveled to Orlando…

Christopher LongMarch 30, 2010

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

TLT Symposium 2010: Teaching and Learning in Digital Dialogue

Today students from my Fall 2009 Philosophy 20, Ancient Greek Philosophy, course present a short video that seeks to express something of the learning community that grew when we did all our writing in the…

Christopher LongMarch 26, 2010

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

Brief Reflection on the Essence of Technology

Consider the following two passages, written in the wake of the enormous technological advances of the early 20th century: "Technology is ... no mere means. Technology is a way of revealing. If we give heed…

Christopher LongMarch 26, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 29: The Unruly

Falguni Sheth, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory at Hampshire College joins me for episode 29 of the Digital Dialogue to talk about her book Toward a Political Philosophy of Race. We discuss the…

Christopher LongMarch 16, 2010

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

PRC Talk on Oedipus

In the wake of a paper on Oedipus and his relationship with his daughters in Oedipus at Colonus I gave at the Philosophy Research Colloquium, I have put together some thoughts for how I will…

Christopher LongMarch 6, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 28: Friends of Passage

Leonard Lawlor, Edwin Earl Sparks Professor of Philosophy and Co-director of the Society for Phenomenology and Existentialist Philosophy, joins me for episode 28 of the Digital Dialogue in which we discuss his recent work on…

Christopher LongMarch 2, 2010

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

Teaching and Learning in Digital Dialogue

This presentation was developed for a panel entitled "Engaging with New Technologies" at the 2010 Central Division of the American Philosophical Association.Shortened URL: http://tinyurl.com/LongBlogAPA

Christopher LongFebruary 17, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 27: Philosophical Exchanges

Kathryn Gines, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and founding co-Director of the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers (CBWP) joins me for episode 27 of the Digital Dialogue. In this episode we discuss the CBWP, the initiatives…

Christopher LongFebruary 16, 2010

Academic Education Technology The Long Road

A Note on the 2010 Horizon Report

Upon reading the 2010 Horizon Report from the New Media Consortium, I was struck by how the key trends in technology they identify might help us meet challenges they articulate. Let me mention a two…

Christopher LongFebruary 6, 2010

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

Invitation to Participation

As I begin as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State, I have been thinking about how to articulate the power of social media to those who…

Christopher LongJanuary 31, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 25: Uncivil Speech

Jeremy Engels, Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences here at Penn State University, joins me for Digital Dialogue, episode 25. Jeremy's work focuses on the rhetorical foundations of democratic practices. His first book, Enemyship,…

Christopher LongJanuary 19, 2010

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 24: Feminine Symptom

Emanuela Bianchi, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte joins me for episode 24 of the Digital Dialogue to discuss her book manuscript with the working title The Feminine Symptom: Aleatory…

Christopher LongJanuary 5, 2010

Academic The Long Road

A Note in Memory of John Edwin Smith

It is impossible to put the rich complexity of a unique human life into words, but sometimes, the articulation of a single idea can capture something of a life that might otherwise escape notice.

Christopher LongDecember 23, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 23: Bernasconi on Race

Robert Bernasconi, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, joins me for episode 23 of the Digital Dialogue to discuss his inaugural lecture at Penn State entitled "Nature, Culture, Race: A Phenomenological Perspective on Critical Philosophy…

Christopher LongDecember 22, 2009

Education The Long Road

Penn State's Energy Future Considered

The Rock Ethics Institute has taken a lead in cultivating a real dialogue about the Penn State's energy future. On November 18, 2009, Nancy Tuana, the Director of the Rock Ethics Institute, moderated a roundtable…

Christopher LongDecember 15, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 22: Transformative Dialogue

A group of students from my Philosophy 200, Ancient Greek Philosophy, course join me for episode 22 of the Digital Dialogue. Drew Bullard, Jordan Sanford, Cody Yashinsky, Anthony Zirpoli, Tony Arnold, Pam Doran and Joni…

Christopher LongDecember 15, 2009

Academic Education LwCH Technology The Long Road

Embracing Different Voices

After talking to trusted people, thinking things over and otherwise working through the transition I am making to Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the College of the Liberal Arts, I have decided to embrace…

Christopher LongDecember 13, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 21: Rhetoric and Philosophy

Axelle Karera, graduate student in Philosophy at Penn State, and Nicolas Parra, who is a visiting student at Penn State as he completes his M.A. degree from Universidad de los Andes in Bogata, Columbia, join…

Christopher LongDecember 8, 2009

Academic Living The Long Road

On Hearing Oneself Through Others

One of the more important of the many unexpected benefits of producing the Digital Dialogue is the feedback I have received from friends who listen. In a strange way, the podcast offers me some distance…

Christopher LongDecember 2, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 20: Sophocles in Utah

Michael Shaw, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Honors Program at Utah Valley University, and Marina McCoy, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College join me for episode 20 of the Digital Dialogue.…

Christopher LongDecember 1, 2009

Living The Long Road

Listening: Barb and Jan on Phil and Soph

This Thanksgiving we decided to participate in the spirit of the National Day of Listening. My cousin, Marjorie, and I sat down with our mothers, Janet Filing and Barbara Almstead, to ask them about their…

Christopher LongNovember 27, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 19: Politics After Rights

Adriel Trott, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas, Pan American joins me for episode 19 of the Digital Dialogue. Adriel received her PhD in Philosophy from Villanova University in 2008 with a…

Christopher LongNovember 24, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 18: Political Unconscious

Noëlle McAfee, Research Professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University, joins me for episode 18 of the Digital Dialogue which is another special SPEP edition. Noëlle has numerous publications…

Christopher LongNovember 17, 2009

Presentation: Other Presentations Vita

Engaged Learning with Technology

OREM, UT - I was asked to address a group of faculty at the Utah Valley University, where there is a strong commitment to engaged learning. In the presentation that follows, I offer a model…

Christopher LongNovember 17, 2009

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

Sophocles in Utah

SUNDANCE, UT - Today I participated on a panel for the honors program at the Utah Valley University, whose director, Michael Shaw, invited Marina McCoy and me to present papers for a panel dedicated to…

Christopher LongNovember 16, 2009

LwCH The Long Road

For Hannah on her Fourth

Dear Hannah: Today is the day we have been talking about since the summer - finally, it's your birthday! Today we celebrate you and the way you have celebrated us everyday since you arrived four…

Christopher LongNovember 11, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 17: Parmenides

Rose Cherubin, Associate Professor of Philosophy at George Mason University, joins me and a special panel of colleagues from the Ancient Philosophy Society for a special SPEP edition of the Digital Dialogue. We gathered together…

Christopher LongNovember 10, 2009

Morning light on Old Main at Penn State University

Presentation: Other Presentations The Graduate Experience The Long Road

Time Management for Graduate Students

One of the most difficult things for new Graduate Students to manage effectively is their time. This is in large part because graduate study has built into it large segments of unstructured time that can…

Christopher LongNovember 9, 2009

Education Living The Long Road

When the Berlin Wall Fell

Twenty years ago today, I can remember the buzz that spread among my American student colleagues at the Institute for European Studies in Vienna when we learned that the Berlin Wall had fallen.Just two weeks…

Christopher LongNovember 9, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 16: Emerson and Self-Culture

John Lysaker, Professor of Philosophy at Emory University, joins me for the first of three special SPEP 2009 editions of the Digital Dialogue recorded in Arlington, VA at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Society…

Christopher LongNovember 3, 2009

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

IT Faculty Advisory Committee Presentation

Two weeks ago, I was asked to present my model for Integrating Teaching and Research with Technology. Although today I return to that material in my presentation to the University Information Technology Faculty Advisory Committee,…

Christopher LongNovember 2, 2009

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

The Philosophy Job Market in Today's Economy

ARLINGTON, VA - The search for a job in any field in the midst of an economic downturn can be harrowing; for those seeking jobs in a field like Philosophy where even in good economic…

Christopher LongOctober 30, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 15: Plato’s Analogical Thinking

Holly Moore, who defended her dissertation, entitled "Plato's Analogical Thought" at DePaul University on October 12th, 2009, joins me for episode 15 of the Digital Dialogue. Dr. Moore is a graduate of Penn State's Undergraduate…

Christopher LongOctober 26, 2009

Articles Publication: Journal Vita

The Voice of Singularity

The Voice of Singularity traces what Reiner Schürmann calls the "double comprehension of being" in Kant in which the sense of being as pure givenness is said to be recognized but denied by Kant as…

Christopher LongOctober 23, 2009

Living LwCH The Long Road

LwCH 1A: First Snow 2009

We woke this morning in a cold, dark house as our power had gone out early in the morning. As we made our way downstairs, we began to realize that the power outage was only…

Christopher LongOctober 16, 2009

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

Integrating Teaching and Research with Technology

This presentation is based on two insights that have grown over time but came into sharp focus over the summer of 2009 during which time I was a faculty fellow at Teaching and Learning with…

Christopher LongOctober 13, 2009

Books Vita

Cambridge University Press to Publish "The Saying of Things"

On October 9th, 2009, I received official word that my manuscript, The Saying of Things: The Nature of Truth and the Truth of Nature, was accepted for publication at the Cambridge University Press under the…

Christopher LongOctober 9, 2009

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

On Saying the Beautiful in Light of the Good

ALTOONA, PA - Today I gave the keynote address at the West Virginia Philosophical Society being held at Penn State Altoona. This presentation is drawn from the penultimate chapter of the manuscript for my book,…

Christopher LongOctober 9, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 13: Psychology and Politics

Sara Brill, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University, joins me for episode 13 of the Digital Dialogue. Sara graduated from the Philosophy Department here at Penn State in 2004, where she wrote her dissertation…

Christopher LongSeptember 29, 2009

Academic Education Technology The Long Road

Re-designing the Long Road

One of the great privileges of my summer faculty fellowship has been the opportunity to work with creative and thoughtful educators and designers who were able to help me think more holistically about my identity…

Christopher LongSeptember 25, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 12: Eros and Democracy

Digital Dialogue 12 is with Mark Munn who is Professor of Ancient Greek History, Greek Archaeology, and Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies here at Penn State. We focus on the relationship between eros and democracy…

Christopher LongSeptember 19, 2009

Recognition and Responses Vita

TLT Faculty Fellowship Coverage

One of the most rewarding aspects of my Teaching and Learning with Technology Faculty Fellowship has been the recognition my efforts in this area are beginning to gain.Last week, my work over the summer was…

Christopher LongSeptember 11, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 11: Sophists and Philosophers

In episode 11 of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Christopher Johnstone who is Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences here at Penn State. His research and teaching focuses on the history of…

Christopher LongSeptember 9, 2009

Education Living The Long Road

For Chloe on Her First Day of Kindergarten

Dear Chloe:Today you begin a great and wondrous journey. Today, you begin Kindergarten and with it, the formal education that will open you to a world of ideas and experiences that will shape the person…

Christopher LongSeptember 3, 2009

Civic Life The Long Road

Freedom and Healthcare

In the wake of the Specter town hall I blogged about here, I have been thinking about the underlying political ideology of those who are so angry about health insurance reform. I would characterize those…

Christopher LongAugust 23, 2009

Vita

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies

Last week I was offered and accepted the position of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the College of the Liberal Arts at The Pennsylvania State University. In this position, which officially begins January 1,…

Christopher LongAugust 22, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 09: Erotic Politics

In episode 9 of the Digital Dialgoue, I am joined by Jill Gordon, who is currently Professor of Philosophy at Colby College, but in just a few days, on September 1st, she will be the Charles A.…

Christopher LongAugust 20, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 08: Public Sphere

In episode 8 of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Shannon Sullivan, Professor of Philosophy, Women's Studies and African and African American Studies here at Penn State. Shannon is also the Head of the…

Christopher LongAugust 13, 2009

Civic Life The Long Road

On God and Government

I recorded the following video at today's town hall meeting with Senator Specter in State College at the Penn Stater hotel. It captures something of the anger and passion of the event. It illustrates too an…

Christopher LongAugust 12, 2009

Civic Life The Long Road

Live Blogging Specter at Penn Stater

10:03: As this comes to a close, I am feeling at once hopeful and depressed. A life of anger and hate is difficult. It is painful to see it and to have it seep into…

Christopher LongAugust 12, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 07: Humanism

In episode seven of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Leigh Johnson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Rhodes College in Memphis. She is working on scholarship related to human rights and what she calls…

Christopher LongAugust 10, 2009

Living The Long Road

Exhilaration

I begin with this picture because it captures something of the exhilaration we experienced in two very different ways over the past two days.On Saturday we visited three local farms as part of the 2009…

Christopher LongAugust 10, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue 06: Attentive Listening

In episode six of the Digital Dialogue, I am joined by Marina McCoy, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and longstanding member of the Ancient Philosophy Society. Marina has written extensively on Plato, focusing…

Christopher LongJuly 28, 2009

LwCH The Long Road

LwCH 15: Summer in PA '09

I just completed Life with Chloe and Hannah episode 15, which focuses on the first half of our summer in and around State College, excluding the 2009 Stone Harbor experience, which was captured in LwCH…

Christopher LongJuly 25, 2009

Civic Life The Long Road

No Recess without a Bill

Today WPSU.org published a blog post of mine in which I advocate for the passage of a strong, comprehensive healthcare reform bill prior to the August recess.I outline three basic goals the bill should achieve:…

Christopher LongJuly 23, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue Podcast 05: Identity

In episode five of the Digital Dialogue podcast, I am joined by Joshua Miller, Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy and blogger under the pseudonym anotherpanacea. We focus on the question of identity and anonymity. Because Josh…

Christopher LongJuly 23, 2009

Presentation: Academic Presentations Vita

Learning Design Summer Camp Panel

STATE COLLEGE, PA - As one of the Teaching and Learning with Technology summer faculty fellows, I am on a panel at the 2009 Learning Design Summer Camp that focuses on new forms of digital…

Christopher LongJuly 21, 2009

Living The Long Road

1969

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. The event itself seems, from this distance, to have marked the end of an era of tumultuous creativity and violence in American culture and politics.

Christopher LongJuly 20, 2009

Living The Long Road

A Spiritual Voice in New Media

The social web is frequently moving, often inane and continuously ongoing. Its voices reflect the beautiful diversity of the human experience. This week another voice was added to the discussion; it is the voice of…

Christopher LongJuly 15, 2009

Living The Long Road

Local Eating, the Finnish Tart and the Fourth of July

Over the weekend we celebrated the Fourth of July in local style here in State College. The day began with a wonderful children's parade of bikes through town to the local Central Parklet, where we ate…

Christopher LongJuly 7, 2009

Living LwCH The Long Road

LwCH 14: Stone Harbor 2009

I have finally processed the footage from this year's vacation in Stone Harbor and produced a video available here:http://gallery.me.com/longc2#100144In the video you will see much splashing in the pool, reminiscences of last year on the…

Christopher LongJuly 6, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue Podcast 03: Sincerity

In episode 03 of the Digital Dialogue Podcast, Ryan, Matt, Allan and I consider the question of sincerity as it relates to dialogue and politics. In the course of the discussion, we consider how the…

Christopher LongJuly 3, 2009

Civic Life The Long Road

Thompson's Misguided Views on Healthcare

Read my latest blog post on the WPSU.org website in which I respond to a letter I received from Representative Thompson. He wrote me a letter after I called his office to encourage him to…

Christopher LongJune 30, 2009

Living The Long Road

Front Page Coverage

Yesterday we were all at the State College Summer Music Festival doing some listening and dancing. The Centre Daily Times was there to cover it. Front page, above the fold, pretty impressive:

Christopher LongJune 28, 2009

Living The Long Road

Time Wastes Too Fast

As his wife, Martha, lay dying at the age of 34, Thomas Jefferson and she took turns copying out by hand this passage from the Laurence Sterne novel, The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy,…

Christopher LongJune 28, 2009

Digital Dialogue Podcast

Digital Dialogue Podcast 02: Openness

Here is episode 02 of the Digital Dialogue podcast. In it I talk with Allan Gyorke, Ryan Wetzel and Matt Meyer about openness and how it is related to dialogue, digital technologies and pedagogy. Digital…

Christopher LongJune 26, 2009

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