I am a very lucky man! In October and November 2019, I was very fortunate to attend many great events. I am publishing seven blog posts today because I really want to thank the organizers of these events. With so much happening, I have not been able to publish my blog posts on a timely basis, but still wanted to recognize and recommend these organizations.
I have already published the following three blog posts about October events:
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Blog Date: November 10, 2019 - From Waterfalls to Wilderness Workshops
My October 9-15, 2019, Weekend Journey: New York & Massachusetts Parks, and Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (ALDHA) Gathering -
Blog Date: November 19, 2019 - Celebrating 10 Years of Cleveland Growing Toward Becoming a Sustainable City!
This was the first year I was able to attend the Annual Sustainable Cleveland Summit which took place on October 16, 2019. -
Blog Date: November 26, 2019 - Third Annual Better World Day - Blockchain for a Better World
I am grateful that Marc Majers knew of my interest in technology solutions for nonprofits, and thus invited me to this year's Better World Day educational event that took place on October 17, 2019, at the Cuyahoga County Public Library Parma Branch.
Here is a list of the seven new blog posts which will include tweets that tell the story of ten great events and the organizations sponsoring them. In the interest of time, these are not my usual full blog posts, so I encourage you to click on the links and watch the videos in the tweets to learn more:
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Cleveland Museum of Art "Michelangelo: Mind of the Master" - MIX: Anatomy & Pop-up Drawing Lounge
MIX: Anatomy - Cleveland Museum of Art on October 4, 2019.
Pop-up Drawing Lounge on October 23, 2019.
I have written several blog posts about Cleveland Museum of Art MIX events -- they are always a great time! -
NASA Hackathon! Space Apps Challenge Cleveland 2019!
October 18 - 20, 2019.
I want to thank the Space Apps Cleveland leaders (Tom Kunsman, Herb Schilling, and Sarah Dutkiewicz) for inviting me to attend. I highly recommend you learn more about the winners on these special Space Apps Cleveland web pages:
Global Nominee: Dust Bunnies
Global Nominee: Hackranauts
Local People's Choice Winner: Escapees from 318 V2 -
Akron Art Museum "Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art," Summit Artspace "Poe's Garden," and CVNP New Visitor Center
October 26, 2019.
I want to make a point to thank Curator of Exhibitions, Theresa Bembnister, for the excellent tour. Her depth of knowledge added great value to my son's and my visit to the exhibition at the Akron Art Museum. -
Cleveland Rising Summit
October 29-31, 2019.
I look forward to the years ahead when we will all see how the grand Cleveland Rising vision is carried out! -
Cleveland Maker Faire 2019 and Cleveland Public Theatre "Día de Muertos"
November 2, 2019.
I enjoy writing about the Cleveland Maker Faire every year. Thank you, also, to @CPTCLE for the personal invitation via Twitter to Día de Muertos. -
30th Anniversary of the NASA Glenn Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS)
November 7, 2019.
A special thank-you to NASA Glenn Research Center Computer Scientist Herb Schilling for this invitation-only event. Thank you, Tom Kunsman, for arranging an additional private tour of the NASA Glenn Library.
See this blog post below. -
Akron MakerSpace Grand Opening
November 16, 2019.
Thank you to Akron MakerSpace Founder and President Devin Wolfe for inviting me to celebrate the opening of Akron MakerSpace's impressive new space!
I am truly grateful to all those who made these great events possible.
The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS) - November 7, 2019
Thank you, @hschilling, for the invitation to the “The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS)†@NASA_GVIS celebration at @NASAglenn. I am always fascinated by the work the @NASA_GVIS lab does for @NASA! https://t.co/nbyEKkE7LY pic.twitter.com/4rDcIyI9sL
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) October 25, 2019
@hschilling, I appreciate the work you, @sadukie, @tkunsman @adrianncharde, @minkus89, and the other organizers did for @spaceappsCLE during @SpaceApps weekend! Thanks for all you do to share @NASA info!https://t.co/TdA5v6ZLDKhttps://t.co/6cvgcstNjthttps://t.co/uUvCEwQTRa pic.twitter.com/VRbM276iHn
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) October 25, 2019
Arrival
Excited to be at @NASAglenn for “30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS).â€
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
Great we have this @NASA resource in #Cleveland!
Thank you to @hschilling for inviting me.
I am always fascinated by the work the @NASA_GVIS does for #NASA! https://t.co/nbyEKkE7LY pic.twitter.com/yARscPFUS7
From @SpaceApps @spaceappsCLE #SpaceApps Challenge: https://t.co/6cvgcstNjt
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
to @GLScienceCtr for @Cleveland_PL’s @CLEMakerFaire: https://t.co/tECA4rLPXi
We fortunate in #Cleveland to have interesting #NASA events! https://t.co/nbyEKkE7LY
Today I’m at @NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS! pic.twitter.com/frRVLMKv5p
Welcome by @NASAglenn’s Herb Schilling @hschilling at The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS) @NASA_GVIS.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
Jay Horowitz the @NASA_GVIS founder tells us the history. https://t.co/1gBrq1UHKw https://t.co/NomCLCpNrb pic.twitter.com/Vx315QGTQX
History of the @NASA_GVIS lab @NASAglenn pic.twitter.com/RMA9BCyZVd
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
Never knew that @NASA_GVIS has a lab wide channel @NASAglenn pic.twitter.com/sEQIELcQYi
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
Thank you @NASA_GVIS for the invite to the 30th anniversary presentation @NASAglenn #nasaglenn pic.twitter.com/yrwzXQJdM2
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
Jay Horowitz, @NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS founder, tells us the history of the @NASA_GVIS.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
https://t.co/1gBrq1UHKw https://t.co/NomCLCpNrb pic.twitter.com/pyMWnEENlb
More history of the @NASA_GVIS lab @NASAglenn pic.twitter.com/NDBxhZLsNN
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
DARTFire video.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
Jay Horowitz, @NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS founder, tells us the history of the @NASA_GVIS.
https://t.co/1gBrq1UHKw https://t.co/NomCLCpNrb pic.twitter.com/XAvTuWsDjq
1997 was introduction of #VR to the @NASA_GVIS lab @NASAglenn pic.twitter.com/4tib1QeSM3
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
#Aeronautics - #VirtualReality - Educational work with Wright Brothers plane simulation on display at @CleStartsHere: https://t.co/IS84jt7K1v
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
Jay Horowitz, @NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS founder, tells the history of the @NASA_GVIS.
https://t.co/1gBrq1UHKw https://t.co/NomCLCpNrb pic.twitter.com/HuCVsv2y56
Biggest use of the #VR displays was getting #NASA programs exposure to the public @NASA_GVIS @NASAglenn
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
“Doodasâ€
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
Educational work done by @NASA_GVIS at @IngenuityCLE, @CleInstituteArt, @GLScienceCtr.
Jay Horowitz, @NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS founder, tells us the history of the @NASA_GVIS.
https://t.co/1gBrq1UHKw https://t.co/NomCLCpNrb pic.twitter.com/tjYJ9rLSfy
Herb Schilling @hschilling of @NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS talks about the future of the lab’s work for #NASA and visualization treads. pic.twitter.com/LpixtyAhn0
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
Herb Schilling @hschilling of @NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS talks about the future of the lab’s work with #HoloLens. pic.twitter.com/9NTa3AzxeK
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
Cake for The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS) @NASA_GVIS celebration!!🎂 pic.twitter.com/6Hxw5Yhvfs
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS) @NASA_GVIS pic.twitter.com/MvXNMALIbE
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
#3D view!
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
On @NASA_GVIS tour during The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS) celebration at @NASAglenn pic.twitter.com/ipDgQr9gLB
#3D view!
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
On @NASA_GVIS tour during The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS) celebration at @NASAglenn pic.twitter.com/FBecMuLQJl
Great to learn that this #3D view was created by a @NASAglenn intern.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
You need to get to @NASA_GVIS to see this!
(FYI, 2 photos I could not show you due to security.)
On @NASA_GVIS tour during The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS) celebration. pic.twitter.com/cJSQfRJd14
Good to see @RTZCLE Reynaldo Zabala, Chapter President of @vrara_cle and @CLEVRcomm leader, at The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS) @NASA_GVIS celebration at @NASAglenn.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
Follow @RTZCLE to learn about #VirtualReality development projects in #Cleveland. pic.twitter.com/YlRSs4vbWY
Love the graphic arts? Here's an out-of-this-world event! Thanks for sharing, @sos_jr! https://t.co/rSVt0JZhGV
� Summit Artspace (@AkronAreaArts) November 7, 2019
Good to see Bob Sopko from @CWRU’s @CWRUthinkbox at the 30th Anniversary of the @NASA_GVIS celebration at @NASAglenn today!
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
So many creative #Cleveland people here for this event!
Sears think[box] ecosystem of innovation https://t.co/NStjnLMAXIhttps://t.co/IVhLLlLMoV pic.twitter.com/t8PoTxloWv
.@glennlibrary celebrating the 30th anniversary of the @NASA_GVIS lab @NASAglenn pic.twitter.com/7DMCFcjIzq
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
Tour NASA Glenn Library
Thank you, @tkunsman, for inviting me to meet @GlennLibrary’s #Library History & Records Supervisor Robin Pertz.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
I enjoyed having a tour of @NASAglenn’s Library while at the @NASA_GVIS celebration! https://t.co/enLVke4bik pic.twitter.com/MVR2H5bMRK
Very cool!@tkunsman donated his “Women of #NASA†#Lego set to the @GlennLibrary.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
It is on display at the @NASAglenn #library. pic.twitter.com/AnrdruJkhS
Happy to finally meet you @sos_jr! Glad you got to finally see our space and celebrate our @NASA_GVIS friends!!
� GSEL (@glennlibrary) November 7, 2019
The actual #NASA specification for the #nasaworm logo does in fact show the “N†does dip slightly lower than the other letters. pic.twitter.com/8bdnBb340B
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
want to see it with your own eyes!? Check it out friends! https://t.co/6YnTI9c0VL
� GSEL (@glennlibrary) November 7, 2019
Playing with Tech
The @CleInstituteArt graduate that I met at both the @spaceappsCLE’s #SpaceApps #hackathon and at @GLScienceCtr for @Cleveland_PL’s @CLEMakerFaire https://t.co/DZJEZsTT2E created more #3Dgraphics for @NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS!
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
I invited her to a future @CDPUG mtg at @CuyahogaLib. pic.twitter.com/87S8YFlClE
A current college student who is interning at @NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS created this.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
With the correct #3Dglasses, the view is a true #3D interactive experience. pic.twitter.com/JfUjpit4Ja
@NASAglenn’s @NASA_GVIS. https://t.co/NomCLCpNrb
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
The 30th Anniversary of the Graphics & Visualization Lab (GVIS) pic.twitter.com/AgcWUZhQ7T
Thanks again
Thank you again, @hschilling, for inviting me to the @NASA_GVIS celebration at @NASAglenn.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
It was great to meet some of your team at the celebration. I emailed an intern info to help her.
I am always fascinated by the work done at @NASAglenn for #NASA!🚀 https://t.co/nbyEKkE7LY pic.twitter.com/FWKEtMIvak
After-Event Conversations
Thank you for introducing me to @RTZCLE - I hope he can join @spaceappsCLE next year #SpaceAppsCLE @NASAglenn
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
Always a popular stop for the Saturday facility tour program. Hopefully they will return as a destination in 2020
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 7, 2019
You are most welcome, @AkronAreaArts!https://t.co/edEKEmpb8a
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
FYI, I met a @CleInstituteArt graduate who interns at @NASA_GVIS: https://t.co/XOdaqnoo6f
I just emailed her about:
* @CDPUG
* Poe’s Garden https://t.co/RPckbykJc9
* @AkronArtMuseum game art https://t.co/M9rvE46wKK
Perfect timing @AkronArtMuseum!
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
I just received your Open World Arcade invite https://t.co/BEZS0LPEpC as I was sending an email to a @CleInstituteArt graduate recommending your Open World: #VideoGames & Contemporary #Art https://t.co/YHHgWO6dL7
I will forward your email to her pic.twitter.com/70tDwj77vq
.@AkronArtMuseum, I also forwarded your email about "Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art" December 7th event so that it will be shared with @CDPUG members: https://t.co/YHHgWO6dL7 pic.twitter.com/qLHaxje0bZ
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
Thank you, @GlennLibrary, for the interesting tour.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 7, 2019
I am very grateful that @tkunsman recommended I learn about your @NASAglenn #Library. https://t.co/enLVke4bik pic.twitter.com/UdX4XCfiG3
Hey, @CLEGhostbusters, I think @tkunsman and I saw your car at @NASAglenn today!@CLEGhostbusters, it was great talking to you and seeing your #Ghostbusters display at @IngenuityCLE’s #IngenuityFest 2019: Dreamscapes!! https://t.co/bOY1GEl3xZhttps://t.co/Y0fli9Re67 pic.twitter.com/umnTy3NeM3
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 8, 2019
Hey, @CWRU, I saw a display at @NASAglenn of old #NASA #tech.
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 8, 2019
Look closely at the #IBM Punch Cards you will see “CWRU†printed on them.
The display can be found in the same @NASAglenn building as the @GlennLibrary and the @NASA_GVIS Lab.
Very cool to see tech evolution! pic.twitter.com/mbhQBoIpWs
Online conversation with GVIS founder, Jay G. Horowitz
Jay G. Horowitz @xxjgh, here is a photo of you that I took at the @NASA_GVIS ceremony today at @NASAglenn .
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 8, 2019
I also found this 2012 @NASAglenn News article about you being honored: https://t.co/TShkqFsSmQ https://t.co/QBtUd2eSJB
Great. Thanks. Hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did digging it all up.
� Jay G. Horowitz (@xxjgh) November 8, 2019
Thank you, @xxjgh. I found @NASA_GVIS history very interesting!
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 8, 2019
I see you are interested in #3Dphotography
I mentioned to @NASA_GVIS staff that my friend @WCKiraly told me about the National Stereoscopic Association & shows his #3D #photos at @CDPUG mtgs https://t.co/0whs08YAs5 pic.twitter.com/6w30jb7YoG
More
@hschilling @NASA_GVIS https://t.co/05dd3QKbwY
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 8, 2019
VR and AR in it's early days was being developed in organizations like NASA where visualization technology was being experimented with before it became popular or commercialized tech. pic.twitter.com/V5C54tQRqw
� Neil (@bizg33k) November 8, 2019
You got it!
� Reynaldo Zabala (@RTZCLE) November 8, 2019
@WomenintheAir, I know how much @tkunsman supports your work featuring women in #NASA in your “International #Women’s Air & #Space #Museum,†so I thought you would enjoy seeing what @tkunsman gave the @GlennLibrary located at @NASAglenn. https://t.co/5w8pPHqg8y https://t.co/MKqKbuI0Yv
� Stuart O. Smith, Jr. - sosAssociates.com (@sos_jr) November 8, 2019
I almost did donate a set to the @WomenintheAir but they got a donation from someone else, I think #Lego but don't remember now
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 8, 2019
Thank you!
� Akron Art Museum (@AkronArtMuseum) November 8, 2019
The #LEGO store at @BeachwoodPlace was kind enough to donate two sets for our collection when it came out!
� IWASM (@WomenintheAir) November 8, 2019
It’s one of our most treasured conversation pieces!
� GSEL (@glennlibrary) November 9, 2019
I’m so glad to hear that!
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 9, 2019
Sara Horoiwa
We couldn't be more proud of Sara Horoiwa, who recently graduated from CIA with a degree in Game Design and now has an amazing internship at @NASA They selected Sara to represent for #nationalinternday https://t.co/ypIeoH2KLf
� Cleveland Institute of Art (@CleInstituteArt) July 25, 2019
Sara Horoiwa is interning at @NASAglenn, where she is working on a lunar rover 3D model that will be used to help create a virtual reality simulation, letting users drive the rover on the Moon’s surface. More about our #Artemis generation @NASAInterns: https://t.co/Fb9fN7VIbK pic.twitter.com/RKzVBd3C5v
� Women@NASA (@WomenNASA) July 26, 2019
Sara Horoiwa is interning at @NASAglenn, where she is working on a lunar rover 3D model that will be used to help create a virtual reality simulation, letting users drive the rover on the Moon’s surface. More about our #Artemis generation @NASAInterns: https://t.co/Fb9fN7VIbK pic.twitter.com/RKzVBd3C5v
� Women@NASA (@WomenNASA) July 26, 2019
GRUVE lab
.@sos_jr tries out the #GRUVE lab at @NASA_GVIS @NASAglenn pic.twitter.com/5lHaJb0NWK
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 8, 2019
Each screen of the #GRUVE lab has 4 different graphics cards for each of the 4 screens @NASA_GVIS @NASAglenn
� Tom Kunsman (@tkunsman) November 8, 2019
GVIS Team
Yesterday, the GVIS team and community partners were able to share and reminisce the existence of the GVIS Lab. Our Team was overwhelmed with happiness! Thank you to all who attended our celebration.#NASA #VR #AR #GVISLab pic.twitter.com/53ycyvNSzq
� NASA GVIS Lab (@NASA_GVIS) November 8, 2019