September 2011
42 posts
“quitting Facebook is much more difficult than it sounds. After all, what happens...”
– http://mashable.com/2011/09/27/you-wont-quit-facebook/
This is a big problem for the web (un-web?)
“Where is the journalism for the idealist doer with a burning curiosity? I don’t...”
– Jonathan Stray » Journalism for Makers
“makers are deeply participatory. Where the political activist sees persuasion as...”
– Jonathan Stray » Journalism for Makers
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“Children today are surrounded by software from their game consoles, over their...”
– From Happynerds.net, a site with resources for teaching kids to program (via lifeandcode)
“We need to move away from this system dominated and characterized by the measure...”
– The single best idea for reforming K-12 education | Innosight Institute
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“Emerging is when you use a platform to come into your own. Merging is when you...”
– Seth’s Blog: Merging/Emerging
“The researchers write:
Uncertainty also makes us less able to recognize...”
– Why we reject creative ideas | SmartPlanet
“Leaders are not what many people think–people with huge crowds following them....”
– Caterina.net» Blog Archive » Make things
Quote from a book on homeschooling by John Holt
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“The US Postal Service story is not a unique situation. It is the situation. And...”
– A VC: What Is Going On?
via Andrew Spittle
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“I think people have gotten caught up with catching up. Time is compressing for...”
– Douglas Rushkoff « Figure/Ground
“In practical terms, however, this means that human intelligence is mutable. If...”
– Why Is Average IQ Higher in Some Places?: Scientific American
“What Bush is talking about here, I’d argue, is metacognition: Thinking about...”
– collision detection: “How did you find my site?” and Vanevar Bush’s memex
“we share the results of our online surfing. We do that all the time: Links...”
– collision detection: “How did you find my site?” and Vanevar Bush’s memex
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“why would anyone care about the process by which you found a cool site? Because...”
– collision detection: “How did you find my site?” and Vanevar Bush’s memex
On the concept of “the trail” — some semblance of which exists with Tumblr’s reblog feature
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“When people conform to group expectations, Zaki says, they are not concealing...”
– Following the Crowd: Changing Your Mind to Fit In May Not Be a Conscious Choice: Scientific American
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“Each biological neuron sprouts synaptic links to thousands of other neurons,...”
– How many pages are on the internet? - CNN.com
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“In a diverse and vibrant agricultural system or capitalist economy, the failure...”
– Confessions of an Aca/Fan: Archives: On Skepticism, News Literacy, and Transparency: An Interview with Dan Gilmor (Part One)
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“Usage is like oxygen for ideas”
– 1.0 Is the Loneliest Number — Matt Mullenweg
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“The intention of users has more impact than the intention of the designers.”
– 15 Clay Shirky Quotes That Blew My Mind at NTC - Chad Norman’s Webby Things
Curious what Rushkoff would say considering his mantra of “Program or Be Programmed.”
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“We spend more time figuring out whether something is a good idea than we would...”
– 15 Clay Shirky Quotes That Blew My Mind at NTC - Chad Norman’s Webby Things
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“People often reject creative ideas even when espousing creativity as a desired...”
– The bias against creativity: Why people desire but reject creative ideas
“In math, what we need is “quantitative literacy,” the ability to make...”
– How to Fix Our Math Education - NYTimes.com
“people like to do something. Action, even ineffective action, is something...”
– Two earthquake-related thoughts about human nature
“Ideas have retained some of the properties of organisms. Like them, they tend to...”
– The Mysterious ‘V’ In My Hotel Bathroom
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“Twitter isn’t really competing with Facebook — it’s not really a social network,...”
– Hey Twitter, you are a media entity now — embrace it — Tech News and Analysis
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“the ever-growing emphasis on academic performance and test scores means many...”
– School Curriculum Falls Short on Bigger Lessons - NYTimes.com
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“We’re living in an economy where productivity is no longer the
goal,...”
– Douglas Rushkoff: Are Jobs Obsolete?
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“Voltaire was half right. “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien,” he said: The best is...”
– Beta-think - End Malaria Day
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“The scalable unique selling proposition is that being part of the community is...”
– Seth’s Blog: Selling the benefits of charity
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“the set of solutions to common information problems that we call journalism is...”
– Arrington’s Techcrunch Moves Even Startle Trade Mag Editors - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic
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It's Not A Mirror, It's A Crystal Ball
parislemon:
…instead of a reliance on top-down management and editing, the emphasis is on hiring the right people. TechCrunch works because we’re a bunch of driven reporters with great instincts that excel at working independently. Sometimes junior writers hone those instincts by watching senior writers and asking questions. And there is plenty of good, healthy collaboration. But for the...
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Watch(via World Science Festival Video : To Remember Better, Build a Mansion in Your Mind)
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“So as we look back we realize that the ice industry was less about ice and...”
– WCSF: How the web works with Jeff Veen | Andrew Spittle
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“This is a critical shift away from today’s Von Neumann computing,” said...”
– I.B.M. Announces Brainy Computer Chip - NYTimes.com
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“I view computational journalism as the combination of data, algorithms and...”
– Nieman Reports | Tracking Toxics When the Data Are Polluted
“[Apple] they benefit from a broad, humanist perspective, and a focus on what...”
– Technology & Liberal Arts - Neven Mrgan’s tumbl
“I wish more people were making tools for a specific creative purpose rather than...”
– Bless the toolmakers « Snarkmarket
“Given the age in which we live, it makes no sense to obsess over the...”
– Jonah Lehrer: Coaching Kids to Focus on Focus | Head Case - WSJ.com
“Education is going from being about the acquisition of information to being...”
– The case against college - The Washington Post
Among other good nuggets
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“Journalists think in discrete stories. As in, “I’m finished with this story....”
– What journalists can learn from scientists and the scientific method | Poynter. 