FOMO to JOMO: How Math Conferences Became An Unbearable Popularity Contest of Selling OurselvesTo be honest, the impetus/momentum to write this article is coming off my experience of attending my first music festival in 20 years this…5d ago15d ago1
Mathematics Conferences Have Traded Mathematical Substance For Pedagogical StyleMath education has been hijacked by fame-seeking folks. The plane is going down, carrying uninspiring cargo…Oct 53Oct 53
50 Songs Longer Than Six Minutes — That You’ve Never Heard OfToday I saw this post on my Twitter(X), and I almost wished I was drinking coffee — so I could say I spit it out!Sep 28Sep 28
A Trauma Surgeon and a Mathematician Validate Each Other’s True Love — Heavy Underground Music.The story I am about to tell you is true, but I wouldn’t blame you if you thought I was making it up.Sep 281Sep 281
A New Podcast Series Coming Soon That’s Going To Be Hated By Mathematics EducationOver 20 years ago, I was told by my friend and mentor, Peter Harrison, that mathematics was dead. That it should go the way of Latin…Sep 53Sep 53
Why I Spent The Last Three Years Of My Life Writing a Rock Music BookThis blog is intended as a crossover blog to the musical community — that this book is heavily dedicated to — and not so much for math…Sep 3Sep 3
I Now Might Be The First Author of Historical Books On Mathematics and Rock and RollMy latest book, Sonic Seducer: Lust For Life With Our Heaviest Moments, Memories, and Magic of Rock and Roll is a strange fourth book to…Aug 26Aug 26
Rock Is Far From Dead, But Mainstream Knowledge/Curiosity About it Died In The 20th CenturyCalling out Eddie Trunk in 2024 is like shooting fish in a barrel. He’s still talking about Winger. No, seriously, he is. And, if someone…Aug 22Aug 22
I am 60. I Finally Get To Teach Mathematics Without Institutional CompromiseEver since my business venture, The Right Angle, burned down in 2013, a certain math book has always occupied the top shelf of my…Aug 224Aug 224
Mathematics Is A Story With Great Characters and Mystery — So Why Aren’t We Teaching It That Way?I restarted watch LOST with my teenage kids last week — watching one episode every day. They are already hooked. They are already hooked…Aug 121Aug 121
