Mike Bement

Some of you encouraged me to write a book. Understanding School District Technology Leadership is now available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle editions. amazon.com/gp/product/B0C…

@SandyBoynton Bought and gave two of these that year 😁

This card of mine, for Recycled Paper Products, is from 1975. Oddly, I remember the place (our tiny apartment in Oakland, California) and process ("Is this too obscure? Oh well.") of drawing it. #HippoBirdieTwoEwes

😏 apple.news/AeFOM1DJJQPGmx…

Perfection

Three years ago I asked an AI tool to generate a photo of Abraham Lincoln throwing a Frisbee. I included it in my book. Yesterday I asked a Grok trial for a video: …11391d4bc246cd92c96da9b6c00a60.r2.dev/1357/video-175…

Some encouraging ideas, here: apple.news/AJZp8b7fgRCGyD…

Who can name one....

I laughed at this line from Ty Burr’s WAPO review of “Wicked” part 1: “Theater kids of all ages will think they’ve died and gone to ‘Hamilton.’”

wapo.st/40V1KR5 Farewell to a co-creator of the BASIC computer programming language.

Hello friends! You may now also find me on Bluesky. @MikeBement.bsky.social Sometimes, it's worth the effort to overcome X.inertia

NEWS: “Rey’s Theme” is officially the first piece of music to be played on a violin… in space! Violist & astronaut Sarah Gillis collaborated with composer John Williams to perform the theme while onboard a SpaceX capsule in orbit with assistance from musicians back on earth!

@CKscullycat @DrewUnga Try the old TV theme to Room 222 for a better possibility

@DrewUnga I still haven’t figured out the Twin Peaks theme connection 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️

From Ron Charles’ WP review of Eruption, a noteworthy pun: “… even with a plot that’s more igneous than ingenious, you won’t know what’s coming.”

Note changed student behaviors after locking away cell phones (like improving friendships). Of course, Chromebooks can also distract, but they’re less convenient for disengaging. wapo.st/3UJfT0A

@emilykmay My Hopping Bunny by Robert Bright

i need everyone to tell me books that you read your three year olds at bedtime that don't make you want to launch yourself into the sun

@ThatEricAlper That explains everything!

We've all been there.

From DC 11/9/2023. The first shot is the National Gallery, while exiting American History. This led us to the second shot, that makes me feel strangely hopeful. Apologies to any drivers I annoyed while I lingered in the crosswalk.

A wonderful cartoon is hidden behind this link newyorker.com/cartoon/a26535

@wiersma …or “temporarily known as “X”

Sometimes I wish reporters would say “Twitter, currently known as X” instead of “X, formerly known as Twitter”