Author Archives: Greg Boone

About Greg Boone

Greg is interested in questions about the influence of new technologies and new media on travel. New media make it harder to leave home behind when moving to a new place, but they also have the potential to create citizen diplomats? But are they also blinding us from more authentic experiences abroad? Greg also likes to bike around the Washington, DC area and brews his own beer. Normally these remain separate activities.

The Soft Power of Online Diplomacy

Abstract The age of the state is not over. Though some have written about the power of web 2.0 to topple regimes and destroy state sovereignty, the picture is a little more complicated. The Republic of Korea in the last … Continue reading

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Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs was a great man who invented some amazing devices that have changed the way we interact with technology. Today we’ve changed our look, (inspired by boingboing.net) to a retro mac theme in his memory. I never knew Jobs, … Continue reading

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Mount Vernon: An Ode to Dedicated Trails

A couple weeks ago Danielle and I joined a couple of my new classmates on a ride out to Mount Vernon. The beautiful trail winds its way along the Potomac from the Washington estate past Alexandria, where it is briefly … Continue reading

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New Blog, Without a Design Refresh, Yet

We added a new blog this week, this one will be mostly me, but Danielle might weigh in occasionally. I’m sure she’ll have her own blog that I’ll probably not contribute much to in good time. For now, we give … Continue reading

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Bring on the Good Beers

Andre Francisco at Just a Rough Draft (and recently at POGO as well) and I could drone on for hours lamenting a common and serious problem with fine dining establishments: the beer list. Continue reading

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Hacking as Protest?

I posted this question to my Google+ contacts earlier this morning, but decided it was worth blogging about too. The recent protests against SanFrancisco’s BART system is raising all kinds of eyebrows over a government authority’s silencing of mobile networks … Continue reading

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Why I’m (still) Excited about Google+

It wasn’t until the Facebook/Skype marriage that I remembered Google were tackling a new social service. Eventually I got into the system to give it a spin and I have to say I’m impressed. I’m not quite ready to ditch Facebook, … Continue reading

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Wherein a Northfield Game Inspired a Lesson Plan

People who came of age in the State of Minnesota sometime in the last decade likely have heard of Tricadecathlonomania, particularly those of us who know someone Northfield. For anyone who hasn’t heard of it,  Trica, as it’s commonly known, … Continue reading

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Classroom 2.0: The Wiki Experiment

Wherein Greg endeavors to teach high schoolers to wiki responsibly. Continue reading

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