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A few people have asked me for Jonny Goldstein updates, so here’s the scoop: I just graduated from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University. I am now working a seven week gig in Winston Salem, North Carolina, at a place called the Governor’s School. The Governor’s School is a residential summer program, provided free of cost, to outstanding high school students. The students focus in particular areas in the arts or academics and then work interdisciplinarily with students who are working in other subjects. The focus is on contemporary thinking and issues, the more recent the better. The Governor’s School is fairly mind bending for many of these kids who have gone through the test-heavy, rote learning oriented NC public schools until now.

My roles are multiple: I am the audiovisual coordinator, teach a class about self, community, and morality, lead optional seminars, and give performances.

Seminar topics I am considering include “juggling for non jugglers,” “artificial intelligence,” “situated software,” “memory techniques,” and “thought mapping.”

In the coming year, I will be back in New York City performing, developing a longer one man show, teaching art and animation, consulting with individuals and organizations on project development, and helping found a New York City Wearable Computing Interest Group.