I actually learned new things that helped my personal online content as well as professionally related.
Learned about janux from Adam Croom and took the massive online open course Chemistry of Beer because his 2013 #confluencecon appearance let me know what OU was offering (for free!) How else do you think I got that pretty beer badge to the right of this screen?
Met Marissa Mohi for the first time and made a new shenanigan friend. I was already a reader of the Lost Ogle, but glad to meet someone in person behind the content. She is totally awesome AND A REAL-LIFE hero in a half-shell, with twitter power. I became a fan of hers last year and am excited she is serving up a twitter roast to lighten the mood and maybe unwind some of those tight-asses I saw last year.....#youarenotsafe
Learned how to properly use pinterest thanks to Daniel Maloney, the CEO and co-founder of Tailwind (yes, pinterest's only analytics firm at the time, based/located in OKC). This is why pinterest no longer annoys me.
If Royce Young doesn't break down twitter to you facebook banger types and having you turning new tricks, then you can GTFO of OKC....
My 2014 Demand List
No bitchassness or resting bitch faces allowed in or near building.
I think number 1 can be fixed by those working the conference---to not only attain their attention to OPUBCO affiliated peeps. We are here to meet new people, not exclude them.
Oh yes, I would be VERY interested to know the diversity and gender statistics about today's attendee's.
I hope I meet people who are connected to science, science education or any sci-tech communication. Holla at me. I do science and love it.
I also expect others to at least be somewhat football fans. I felt like a freak last year checking college scores. Help me and I will help you.
I aim to find out if Social Jobworkingcan help me get a job. Tell me what I am doing wrong because I am social but that job search ain't working.
Chemistry brings forth the most fundamental science, a subject dealing with intricate and most complex states of matter. All states of matter extend to the natural world including ourselves, making chemistry a science of personal interest. The extent of our knowledge depends on man's relationship and function towards its chaotic criteria. Relationships in theory, method and practice negotiate how all scientific concerns will be addressed.
Much like particles relying heavily on physics to exist, our natural world selves rely upon human connections to ensure our own existence. Our natural curiosity compels us to understand the world and the people in it.
Back in October 2013, I attended ConfluenceCon for its first year in Oklahoma. Confluence is basically a curation of actual people whose digital content and influence play a contributing role to the online community as well as offline.
It was my goal to add science communication to that list.
Meeting twitter people in the flesh is weird but it was worth meeting Marissa Mohi and David Cameron. Also, it is the first place I learned of OU Janux because Adam Croom presented a talk titled How To Become An Authority On Anything.
This is how I learned about Janux and Croom's vision for digital learning that did not include the traditional student. The ironic thing is I heard about Janux's Chemistry of Beer through twitter and the hashtag #ChemBeerOUa few months later.
It was a chemistry class unlike any other. Mostly because it was on a platform unlike any other. It was built for digital content, but content that can be pieced apart, edited, corrected, analyzed, discussed, shared as well as elaborated and expanded upon. I think the interaction was so intense and diverse among the 9,000 students enrolled--was traditional classmates transformed into commercial brew-masters, home-brewers, undergrad chemists, graduate degree chemists, PhD chemists and any intermediate learner with regard to beer artistry. Let me show you.
