>**How would you teach something about the web using a game?** This was the [design brief](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Events/London_Learning_Jam/Design_Brief) we gave a talented group of educators, designers, and developers last week at the [Mozilla London Learning Jam](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Events/London_Learning_Jam). Our thesis is: * **Use game-like mechanics** to encourage learning and…
> Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen. — Wittgenstein
There’s a **long road ahead to bring Europe’s “start-up darling” Berlin up to par with learning & and the web.** Digital literacy and simple computational competencies are often lacking; and there’s no indication yet that Berlin schools will step to fill the gap.* There’s an…
A recap from [republica](http://re-publica.de/12/): ## Open Video ## I hosted a **workshop on Open Video and Popcorn.js** together with [Henrik Mitsch](https://twitter.com/#!/hmitsch) and [Cole Gillespie](https://twitter.com/#!/theCole). I gave a 15min intro to Popcorn, showed some demos, and then we broke into groups to discuss opportunities with open…
>”Smart garbage”: objects self-disclose how to fix, disassemble and recycle them. — Mike Kuniavsky, [Smart Things: Ubiquitous Computing User Experience Design](http://books.google.de/books?id=-WLyUCBBUVAC&lpg=PA82&ots=HA1-u1xpox&dq=Mike%20Kuniavsky%2C%20smart%20garbage&hl=de&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false). Inspired by a Bruce Sterling lecture in 1999: > Smart garbage doesn’t fester in darkness, ignorance and denial. It becomes a resource.