July 2011
13 posts
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“Scientists see their software as a kind of exoskeleton, an extension of...”
– Software exoskeletons — The Endeavour
“letting children experiment and explore and develop tacit knowledge, but only if...”
– News and Thoughts: Tacit Knowledge, Computational Thinking, and 1:1
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“In a series of experiments, Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow and...”
– Google, Yahoo and other search engines affecting memory, study says - The Checkup - The Washington Post
“Subtle shortcuts are the very stuff of perceptual intuition. With practice,...”
– Brain Calisthenics Help Break Down Abstract Ideas, Researchers Say - NYTimes.com
“I find that often students will try to solve problems by doing only what they’ve...”
– Brain Calisthenics Help Break Down Abstract Ideas, Researchers Say - NYTimes.com
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“To CUNY, one final thought: your competition isn’t NYU or Columbia, it’s...”
– Farewell, New York City | Daniel Bachhuber’s weblog
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“The reason to teach computer science isn’t to turn everyone into a coder....”
– Encourage More All-Night Hackathons - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
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“I’d rather look for corroborating and/or dissenting evidence than look to math...”
– Jeff Jonas
“there seemed to be a pervasive worldview that, if stated reductively, might be...”
– All Watched Over: On FOO, Cybernetics, and Big Data | Ideas For Dozens
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“Orson Welles in “The Third Man”: “In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they...”
– Italy and The Third Man
“…The best musicians are not the best players, they’re the best listeners.”
– Music and Spontaneity at World Science Festival - NYTimes.com
Thought-provoking Pat Metheny quote
“Improvising, in fact, may be one of the most complex abilities humans can...”
– Music and Spontaneity at World Science Festival - NYTimes.com
June 2011
12 posts
2 tags
“There were a few more good bits, like the quick clue that we need to remember to...”
– Goodreads | Science and Inquiry - May 2011 - The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood (showing 51-84 of 84)
“This discussion over the fate of the article has direct relevance to those...”
– Digital first: what it means for journalism | Media | The Guardian
“Questioning the primacy of the article also unravels the organising principle of...”
– Digital first: what it means for journalism | Media | The Guardian
“Claude Shannon’s managers were willing to leave him alone, even though they did...”
– Where Are They Now: Bell Labs | James Gleick
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“we now know that self-control is really about “the strategic allocation of...”
– A Simple Exercise To Boost IQ | Wired Science | Wired.com
“In today’s information-rich world, reporters need to bring more to the table. To...”
– MediaShift . The Necessity of Data Journalism in the New Digital Community | PBS
“This status quo is, as Dave Slusher has pointed out, the media equivalent of...”
– Xark!: Kerosene Journalism & the quest for the atom 