Stuff you should know, stuff I should remember.

From the yearly World Question center, this year their question is ‘What have you changed your mind about?’ Nicholas Carr muses: Like many others, I mistakenly interpreted a technical structure as a metaphor for human liberty. In recent years, we have seen clear signs that while the Net may be a decentralized communications system, its […]

Though I don’t agree with banning the word waterboarding (at least not until we ban the practice itself that or rename it Witchhunt Inquisition 2.0) I do agree with the implicit obnoxious for the term webinar. I’ve used it myself but always reluctantly. It is like infopreneur. Or cyberpreneur. Maybe Twuntinar? Lake Superior State Univestiry’s […]

As the son of two teachers and a veteran of honors programs since 4th grade I find this interesting: These students and teachers found the following cartoons helpful in understanding the comparison since high achievers, gifted learners, and creative thinkers co-exist in many classrooms. In the first cartoon, the teacher announces an assignment, and the […]

Glad to see this articulated. All the mash-ups and mix-ups of data and media and information depend on very loose and fluid alliances between indie devs and the larger media/web companies: But beneath all the kumbayas, there’s an awkward dance going on, an unregulated give-and-take of information for which the rules are still being worked […]

From the download squad: For the love of Apple, why is iTunes such a cow of an application? It is a media player! It should be light and the media should be heavy. Instead we have a bloated and increasingly complex application that takes so long to load, is so ugly, and takes up so […]

At least not for the first few years. The secret is because Starbucks doesn’t compete on price – they compete on [the third] place. Starbucks, on the other hand, is often more expensive than the local coffeehouse, and it offers a very limited menu; you’ll never see discounts or punch cards at Starbucks, nor will […]

Big hug! Americans haven’t just been taking out risky mortgages for homes in the last few years; they’ve also been signing larger automobile loans for significantly longer terms than they used to. As a result, people are slipping into a perpetual cycle of automobile debt that experts think could lead to a new credit crunch […]

In the desert, in Texas sits a piece of concept art. Art with quotes around it: “This is ‘prada marfa’, an unusual building located in the desert near marfa, texas on an otherwise desolate stretch of highway 90. behind the glass a selection of shoes and bags, presumably more expensive than the structure itself, have […]

To help flavor your snark for 2008: “Premonition” “Can you suffocate by constantly stifling yawns? If so, ‘Premonition’ should be labeled a public health threat.”

And don’t forget Realtor is a trademarked word. It’s no secret that Realtors love plastering their photos – everywhere. Real estate agents have always done pretty crazy things to set themselves apart from the crowd…often to a fault. In a profession not always know for being, well, professional, it blows my mind what some agents […]