Archive for April 23rd, 2009

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Daddybird on the Radio

April 23, 2009

http://jamescast.podomatic.com/entry/2009-04-22T19_42_54-07_00

Here is a podcast of Daddybird on the radio last night. He’s only in the second hour, so you may have to fast forward to the middle part.

Kristina, Daddybird, Sanjive on Nightline, Dubai Eye radio

Kristina, Daddybird, Sanjive on Nightline, Dubai Eye radio

How did he come to be on the radio, you ask? Just another unexpected event in our Dubai lives. A few weeks ago, at the “tweet up” with the shisha, Melanie mentioned “barcamp” and suggested we do one here in Dubai. Kedar took it to heart and started the process of planning one. Daddybird volunteered to help. Masarat, the producer of this radio show, is also a Twitterer and read about this event which inspired her to suggest the planners be interviewed on the radio. This is how he ended up on the radio being interviewed with Kedar, Kristina, and Sanjive, the other bar camp planners.

What is a tweet up? A casual meeting of people who know each other through Twitter and communicate arrangements for the meet up via Twitter.

What is Twitter? It usually sounds dumb when described, so just go to http://search.twitter.com/search?q=kangayayaroo and read what I’ve been tweeting to get an idea. It’s just short communications which sometimes turn into conversations.

What is barcamp? Basically, it is an impromptu “unconference” where people just show up and talk about what they are interested in a fairly unstructured setting.

Sanjive (left) and Kedar (right)

Sanjive (left) and Kedar (right)

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Crafty birds, part two

April 23, 2009
bird nest between two palm fronds

bird nest between two palm fronds

Here is another bird’s nest. I discovered it because the mother bird was sitting in the entrance and singing as I was walking by. She and her mate have woven two palm branches together with their nest as the center of the sandwich.

momma bird

momma bird

She flew out and right behind her came daddy bird (not THE Daddybird, the daddy bird)

daddy bird

daddy bird

According to my bird book and my best guess, these are house sparrows. Kind of a boring name for someone so crafty.