Let's Make Some Art, Dammit

December 1, 2019. Arrived in Sao Paulo early in the morning, had breakfast, stayed at the 'Fast Sleep' in the airport, sleeping most of the day, then caught my flight to Toronto in the evening. I had thought about taking my 13 hour layover and visiting the city, but decided to play it safe. This the the view from a short walk I took outside the airport. https://flic.kr/p/2hU7Q1Q

November 29, 2019. Today was the big day. I was working on the slides right up to the final moment, did a really nice presentation (IMHO) and then (of course) we went out for another longish dinner to talk about it all. These were flowers outside the restaurant; it was the only good photos I was able to take for the day. https://flic.kr/p/2hU6MrZ

November 28, 2019. I have to say, any lead singer that comes out in pink tights shreds has my support right off the bat. I did my panel session and general conference attending in the morning, then worked on slides in the afternoon. There was also a lengthy lunch, dinner, and evening show. https://flic.kr/p/2hU6v2V

October 12, 2014. Time for one more short walk in the forests around the hotel, taking photos and saying good-bye to the iguanas. This one flicked its tongue at me. That shows me it cares. Now to spend the next 24 hours traveling home. from Flickr http://ift.tt/1tSY7B2

October 9, 2014. Though ill with food poisoning I managed to drag myself to the Botanical Gardens in Curitiba and went for a short 0.93km walk in the sunshine. It wasn't really the right season for flowers but it was a beautiful day and I took the opportunity to just sit and watch people go by while nursing a single Coke Zero. Not so bad, all in all. from Flickr http://ift.tt/1ygKIcP

October 8, 2014. Again I had a couple hours in late afternoon to explore Curitiba. One place I found was an exhibit honouring the city's history, and this large figure was the centrepiece. from Flickr http://ift.tt/1uDIdhS

October 6, 2010. This palm tree is at the side of the conference centre here in Curitiba. As I explained to people here, I wanted to go photograph some trees in order to relax before my two-hour Q&A on connectivism this afternoon. The session, which was completely unscripted, went really well, I thought. I went "full jazz" on theory - that is, felt free to dive deep without holding back because it might be too difficult (the term "full jazz", which I coin here as used this way, is an homage to the hotel where I'm staring, the Slaviero Full Jazz hotel - yes, it's a fully themed concept hotel. Love it). from Flickr http://ift.tt/1vQXmKR

October 7, 2014. I gave my keynote this morning in Curitiba and then took the afternoon to catch up on some work and then take a walk around the city. I wandered through the downtown core (I missed a lot) and took this photo of the characteristic pine trees that dot the landscape here, the Araucaria tree (after which the city is named) from Flickr http://ift.tt/1qdefLt

October 5, 2014. Flew all night and all morning and now I'm in Curitiba , Brazil. I'm here for the ABED conference to talk about MOOCs and learning networks. This is a photo taken from the car on the way into the city. from Flickr http://ift.tt/10C5mWY