I took 5 years of Spanish in high school. Learned nothing about financial literacy.
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Category Archive for 'Meaning'
Predictor of Success in Communities
Posted in Meaning on Jul 1st, 2008
Darren Draper points me at a quote from Clay Shirkey’s Here Comes Everybody.
For any given [community effort], the question “Do the people who like it take care of each other?” turns out to be a better predictor of success than “What’s the business model?” (p. 259)
Ginger Lewman quotes Ian Jukes via Twitter.
“I’m not concerned about your comfort zone or readiness for change. I’m concerned about the kids who just entered Kindergarten.”
…via Twitter / GingerTPLC
Pearson Rules of Engagement at Edubloggercon 2008.
Great questions and comments.
* You are correct in that there may be an implication that you are endorsing Pearson products. But it’s also important for you to know we are not promoting any Pearson product. Though most of the books in our graduate courses are [...]
From “The Big Swtich” by Nicholas Carr.
Computing’s evolution into a commodity utility is a shift akin to the late-19th-century move to the electric power grid, with a similarly profound effect on society and business.
The full power and consequence of a new technology are unleashed only when those who have grown up with it become adults [...]
Jim Kloss completely nails it on the little piece of audio. This thing *really* made me laugh.
Jim Kloss On Web 2.mp3
Found in the fine print of the new house we are looking at.
Canning Company: Each Owner of the lot within the subdivision is hereby advised that lands to the west of U.S. Highway 51 are owned by a canning company and that canning of agricultural products including, but not limited to, sauerkraut may occur [...]
I believe I’ve come very close to finding The Life Uniform™.
5.11 makes clothing for cops. It straddles that line between casual and work. It’s very utilitarian. It’s comfortable (elastic waistband for all my fellow fatties!) while still maintaining fashion.
@ijohnpederson fashion advice incoming. Buy 10 shirts, 10 pants. Mix and match [...]
“Google has been very vocal on its stance for net neutrality. Now, Richard Whitt — Senior Policy Director for Google — announces that Google will take an even more active role in the debate by arming consumers with the tools to determine first-hand if their broadband connections are being monkeyed with by their ISPs.”
…via Slashdot [...]
“Disincentive the negative. Reinforce the positive. Students are puppies.”
(Link: dy/dan » Blog Archive » My Students Have My Mobile Number)
So are Twitter followers.
gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards”: the hughtrain
Posted in Meaning on May 17th, 2008
I’m revisiting the Hughtrain in the wake of starting my new job building the network around the network.
“How to have smarter conversations.”
1. Understand why what you’re offering to do for other people is interesting, important, meaningful etc then start telling people about it.
Think about this one. Hard. [...]
“The most important word on the internet is not ‘Search’. The most important word on the internet is ‘Share’. Sharing is the driver. Sharing is the DNA. We use Social Objects to share ourselves with other people. We’re primates. we like to groom each other. It’s in our nature.”
(Link: gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back [...]
Online Life vs. Real Life
Posted in Design, Empathy, Meaning, Play, Story, Symphony on Apr 18th, 2008
“at current rates, within 2 weeks the population of my Twitter followers will exceed the population of Alpine, Texas. Dunno what that means. 12 minutes ago from web “
(Link: Twitter / gapingvoid)
Networks and People
Posted in Meaning on Apr 17th, 2008
“‘Networks don’t have people. People have networks.’ - Demian Entrekin”
(Link: Ross Mayfield’s Weblog: Networks don’t have people. People have networks.)
Joi Ito (Creative Commons) talks a bit about “amateur”.
The Next 8 People on My Blogroll
Posted in Empathy, Meaning, Story, Symphony on Apr 16th, 2008
“We are the Random Technology Un-Committee and we are more what we aren’t than what we are.
We aren’t a committee;
We aren’t a task force;
We aren’t an advisory group;
And, we certainly aren’t organized.
We do not have a charge;
We do not have a mission;
We do not have a task list or a timeline;
We do not have a [...]
Must View Video
Posted in Meaning on Apr 12th, 2008
This YouTube video replaces about 5 others in my presentation library to explain what is going on with Web 2.0.
Hat tip to Scott McLeod for unearthing this nugget.
“You don’t know if your idea is any good the moment it’s created. Neither does anyone else. The most you can hope for is a strong gut feeling that it is. And trusting your feelings is not as easy as the optimists say it is. There’s a reason why feelings scare us.
And asking close friends [...]
State of Mind
Posted in Meaning on Apr 11th, 2008
Perfect image for how I’m feeling right now.
Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56963596@N00/263915478/
4 Steps to Combat Cyberbullying
Posted in Meaning on Apr 11th, 2008
Seems pretty simple and effective.
“1. STOP communicating with the cyberbully. If it is someone you know or don’t know, bullies jab at their victims to get a rise out of you and make themselves feel better in the process. By not responding you eliminate some of the pleasure bullies get from harrassing you.
2. BLOCK the [...]
