Mr. Hamada’s Universe

Over the summer I did some work creating video math lessons that can be watched on a subscription basis. It’s called Brightstorm and I think it is pretty cool. Not only is it video content, but it is also trying to build a community of users who can connect. It’s initially marketed towards the US college bound market but I hope that it’ll go global in its audience soon!

The process was pretty amazing: professional camera crews, amazing office staff, great interns, and a fabulous setting. I am really excited about this concept: delivering high quality online video content to students who want it.

In the Small World Department: The production assistant in my studio said to me: “Are you the Mr. Hamada who used to teach at Rowland?” Yup, that’s right: after 8 years out of the country and almost 10 years since I taught him, Gilbert ended up going from my Geometry class as my student to my Brightstorm studio as my production assistant. Crazy…

If you’re interested in a beta account, go to the Brightstorm web site. Be sure to let them know you saw it here!

[[Disclosure: As you might have guessed, I am under contract with Brightstorm.]]

Photo credit: Teshub

I just watched the first debate between Obama and McCain via a file I downloaded P2P. (Note: It was interesting to see how many people were seeding that particular file: either a lot of people missed it or there are people all over the world who are interested.)

I thought I would Wordle the responses. I’ve only taken the larger portions of text from the CNN transcript so this represents only about 93% of their actual words:

Obama’s Wordle

McCain’s Wordle

I have no idea what it means, but you might…