that.dork.jordan » Videos

Dream On

Jordan — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:33:27 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-juuIldyZ0

You can hear a song, listen to all the words, perceive all the intonations in the vocals, and still come back to it after hundreds of plays over the span of years and have that â€œahaâ€ moment where the soul of every hand that touched its creation infects and overwhelms you.

Dream on.

La Roux, Robyn, Whitney and Taylor Swift Mashed up

Jordan — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 20:02:46 +0000

The DJ calls it “IÂ Wanna Bulletproof Dancer.” I call it magic!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptuGJsoGQ3Y

From TED: Halla Tomasdottir on helping Iceland’s financial system

Jordan — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:10:19 +0000

“I am fed up with this tyranny of either or choices in life. Either it’s men or it’s women. We need to start embracing the beauty of balance. So let’s move away from thinking about business here and philanthropy there and let’s start thinking about doing good business. That’s how we change the world. That’s the only sustainable future.” – Halla Tomasdottir

Changing the way we teach math

Jordan — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:46:26 +0000

Conrad Wolfram thinks math education needs a major refresh. He asserts that the way we teach math to children today in no way matches the ways it needs to be practically applied once you’ve moved into the job sphere. To change that, he suggests that we start teaching math by way of programming.

I am happily biased on this topic and I agree wholeheartedly. My interest in math wasn’t sparked until I discovered the programming features of my TI-83 calculator. I haven’t reflected on my math education in many years, but I am now angry at the disservice my educators did for me. Once they learned that I knew how to write these tiny programs, they wouldn’t allow me to use the calculator during class or during tests. Every other student sat there with the same TI-83, the same access to utility, and I was forced to use a 10-key calculator and show all of my work on paper. The sad truth is, because I wrote the program, I knew more about the actual mathematic problem at hand than anyone else in the room.

I’m happy to say that I wasn’t discouraged. I still followed my fascination with being able to make real world problems more simple not only for me, but for everyone. I followed that path right into my current position, where making software is my full time job, and I love it.

We should be teaching children how to solve real world problems as much as possible.

Call your senator, repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Jordan — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:33:00 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWC3aOH13Y

Lady Gaga asked for our video responses. Here is mine. Call your senator, ask them to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson covers Alejandro

Jordan — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:43:32 +0000

No, he’s not literally covering up a man named Alejandro, he’s singing Lady Gaga’s song Alenjandro. This is easily one of the best Lady Gaga covers that I’ve seen. I know it’s meant as comedy, but I really do enjoy the more theatrical, broadway-esque form that the song takes on.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWvggPT46Xg

[via omg blog]

What’s the point of livin’ if you don’t wanna dance?

Jordan — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:00:24 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMUkaonrPoc

NOM NOM NOM NOM!

Jordan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:09:18 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMWi7CLoZ2Q

Very BRIGHT Junior Boys music video

Jordan — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:16:02 +0000

I love the neon, and the dancing, and the song.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK_0Lx0wHEQ

Knock Knock who’s there? It’s me. Wonderin’ why you’re not nakedâ€¦

Jordan — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:46:39 +0000