Moblog
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Jul 10
Wayfinding in VT, NY, NH & Mass
We went on a little weekend trip to do some data collection on campus wayfinding. We hit up Mount Holyoke, Skidmore College and Middlebury. We had a great time seeing some cute little college towns. Also, neither of us had been to Saratoga Springs before and we loved the atmosphere there. We saw some Shakespeare in the park and took some time to walk the main streets after documenting Skidmore. We got ourselves in a bit of a bind finding a place to stay because of the Beer Festival going on in VT, but it all worked out and we ended up in Montpelier for the night. We enjoyed good local brews, but no open breweries (darn festival) this trip.
For Raina:
Yum!
Closed 🙁
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Jun 10
Blogging From Africa? Not So Much
Due to unforeseen issues with a newly refurbished Sprint Blackberry, we were unable to “moblog” like we did from our China trip. We thought we also had a suitable backup in place with a FIFA-endorsed SIM card, but that turned out to be a struggle as well. We quickly decided to just buy a cheap South African cell phone with prepaid minutes our first morning there. This worked well for connecting with others in South Africa, but not so well for emailing posts to the blog.
Now, we think it might be fun to do the posts in a retrospective fashion. This way, we can actually post the photos at the same time as we post our activities. We’ll try to do it regularly, but we’ll see how real life interplays with this plan.
Originally posted July 7, 2010. On September 26, 2010 this post, along with all subsequent posts regarding our South Africa Adventure 2010, were postdated to reflect the days they covered.
17
Jun 10
And we’re off!
We’re sitting in the Harpoon Brewery Taproom at Logan airport, just waiting until time to board. We are super excited! White UFOs for Team USA and the Celtics!
16
Jun 10
Blogging from Africa
We will be emailing posts from Josh’s blackberry like we did from China. If this intrigues you, please check back often. Pictures will be added to the posts when we return.