This post triggers a whole bunch of thoughts and ideas. Clay Shirky talks about Social Surplus and Cognitive Surplus. Some nuggets: So how big is that surplus? So if you take Wikipedia as a kind of unit, all of Wikipedia,…
This post triggers a whole bunch of thoughts and ideas. Clay Shirky talks about Social Surplus and Cognitive Surplus. Some nuggets: So how big is that surplus? So if you take Wikipedia as a kind of unit, all of Wikipedia,…
In this TED Talk, Steven Pinker talks about the way we use words, how we learn, and how we relate to others. Human Intelligence consists of: A repertoire of concepts (objects, space, time, causation, intention) useful in social, knowledge intensive…
What is the most important skill to get a lot of passionate users? From You can Outspend or Out-teach The most important skill today is… teaching. Because what you believe in, you can teach. And teaching is the “killer app”…
From How to be an expert In theory, again, anyone willing to do what’s required to keep getting better WILL get better.
From a Non-Programmer’s Apology, Aaron produces one of the best articles I have read – “To be or not to be” a programmer. Learning is like compound interest. A little bit of knowledge makes it easier to pick up more.…
I don’t find as much time to sit down and read a physical book. It is easy to read tweets and blogs and reddit posts. I am always there in front of the computer. It is not just a tool…
The topic was interesting enough for me to investigate. But what I found in addition to a nice presentation was the way it was made. In case anybody wonders how the slides were produced: I creatd them using rst2s5.py, a…
I am on and off on Twitter. But of late I am more on. Here is why. I found a bunch of uses of Twitter. As a bookmarking tool (I started using it in addition to del.icio.us) As a source…
I am reading a series of blogs about HP Pheonomenon by Chuck House , thanks to a note sent by a friend, Bill (Mr. Human Glue) Daul of NextNow. I paused when I came this line: Engineers don’t start out…
