G4G Weekly Socials
Our weekly Socials are held on Saturday at 1 pm Atlanta time (check the time for you here).
We are using the Zoom Meeting platform here (not Zoom Webinar as we do for our monthly CoM presentations on the 21st). So for these Saturday socials we will all be able to see each other.
Upcoming Sessions:Sat 05 Jul – Scott Kim with “How to Design Fair Puzzles”
HOW TO DESIGN FAIR PUZZLES Continuing my series on the Art of Puzzle Design, I'm going to host a conversation on How to Design Fair Puzzles. The central dilemma of puzzle design is that we want to give the solver a real challenge, yet make sure they succeed, or at least feel that the challenge was fair, even if they don't solve it. But puzzle solvers come in all shapes and sizes, with drastically different strengths & weaknesses, preferences & ways of thinking. So how do you design puzzles that work for an audience you've never met? In this presentation + discussion we'll survey the techniques puzzle designers have used throughout the ages to thread this needle.
Sat 12 Jul – “What would Martin Gardner Do?”
Sat 19 Jul – “Rediscovering Martin Gardner’s Mathematical Games column from Scientific American”
Sat 26 Jul– TBDWe welcome theme suggestions for the G4G Weekend Socials. Would you like to lead such a social, perhaps with a fresh look at a favorite Martin Gardner column (or book)? A piece on critical thinking? A miscellaneous theme? Please contact us.All information can be found here..
Virtual Celebration of Mind
We continue our series of online seminars, Virtual Celebration of Mind, that started in 2020. The sessions are at 12 noon Atlanta time (check your time here) held on zoom webinar, here.
Our upcoming speakers for the Virtual Celebration of Mind Webinars happening on the 21st of every month is:
– Jul 21, Gwen Fisher
G4G15 Videos
As for past G4Gn videos of the flash talks presented at the Gathering will be shared publicly on the web. We are uploading new videos weekly to our YouTube channel. You can find the latest videos here.
G4G Tributes
It is with sadness that G4G notes the passing of long time G4G community member Adam Atkinson on Dec 8, 2024.
We continue to update and maintain multiple tribute pages. In this we hope to honour and remember the many who have made the G4G community the remarkable group it is. As well as to inspire and connect those who build on the shoulders of these giants. We welcome and encourage any contribution to these tributes. To share your memories or anecdotes, please email us, support@g4gfoundation.org