if you are a teacher, you should watch this. if you are not a teacher, you should watch it too.
aging idealist. ai and education, open web, open publishing.
if you are a teacher, you should watch this. if you are not a teacher, you should watch it too.
Goodhart’s Law: Once a social or economic indicator or other surrogate measure is made a target for the purpose of conducting social or economic policy,…
It’s funny, I was thinking more or less this, sorta subconsciously when I heard that great speech. It was under the surface, but it was…
I’m not a gadget/gear junkie, but the mechanical engineer in me (I didn’t like much of my engineering courses, but I enjoyed fluid dynamics) thought…
I doubt if I’d like most of Ron Paul’s fiscal policies, but he sure as hell talks a good line. Check out his response when…
All sorts of institutions are in big trouble because of the internet, and they’re scared as hell. Newspapers can’t figure out how they’ll keep making…
From the economist: IN 2006 EMI, the world’s fourth-biggest recorded-music company, invited some teenagers into its headquarters in London to talk to its top managers…
Never seen a shot of the city from this perspective: [pic by caribb; via spacingmontreal]
The eighties were a difficult time for the human race: so lost, so confused. This confusion came out in the music, in the dancing, in…
This shocked me: Nearly half of Montreal’s 63,000 immigrants [from] Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia arrived here after 2001 and they’re quickly making their presence felt.…