Lolita Parker, Jr.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Fortune Cookie

Today you should be a passenger. Stay close to a driver for the day.
Trip: Vermont Transit - White River Junction to Saxtons River

Friday, February 01, 2008

Immersive Education meeting in Second Life

As a follow-up to the 2008 Boston Digital Media Summit held at Boston College earlier this year, an informal (ad-hoc)education grid meeting was held in Second Life today. Today's meeting was hosted by Sun Miocrosystems. Future meetings will be held in Wonderland and Croquet as well.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Ernest Withers 1922 - 2007

11/30/2002 - The Event: Gordon Parks, Jr.'s 90th birthday. "A Great Day in Harlem" photo shoot organized by Jason Miccolo Johnson featuring 90 Black photographers from across the country. I had gotten a last minute call the morning of the shoot advising me to "get to the city NOW!" I hopped on the shuttle from Logan and arrived panting to 126th & Amsterdam mere minutes before Parks was scheduled to arrive.

With photographers on both sides of the street in place for the shoot, I belly flopped to the ground and scooted on my stomach to the center of the pack. I had a tiny camera w no telephoto capacity but undaunted I stayed low and snapped away. After the shoot, a half dozen photographers made their way across the street (including Withers) to find out just who I was. "You bad sis," said one. "You was in the zone," remarked another. I don't remember what Withers said to me. I do remember his knowing smile and the twinkle in his eyes as he gave me "the look." The look that told me I'd done good.