Books

Pulling for Victory

I've been playing with Skitch. Here is one of the first efforts: A heart-felt thanks for the volunteer advocates for…

13 years ago

“Knowledge not purchased by the loss of power!”

Children: How will they ever know who they are? The question is the last line of  "The Things we Steal…

14 years ago

The Welcome Back Assembly

Ever wonder what happens in an all-school assembly when all students and faculty pre-k through 12th grade gather in the…

14 years ago

When it comes to technology and change: Are you Toad, Mole, or Rat?

When a new technology comes along and knocks you off the old one - in this case a motor car…

15 years ago

Seven Suggestions for Messy Times

This morning’s presenter at NYSAIS – Mark Hurst – author of Bit Literacy And here they are: the techniques to…

15 years ago

The World is Not Flat: The New Economics

In a new book, The Venturesome Economy Amar Bhidé challenges  The World is Flat notion proposed by Thomas Friedman in…

16 years ago

Advice from Jules Feiffer

Work hard at what you are passionate about. Read lots of books. There was more, but that was how Mr.…

16 years ago

“…larnin’.” It’s the key that opens all doors.”

William Woodruff died this week. He  was a professor of world history best known perhaps for his autobiographical works. He discovered a love…

16 years ago

Many Minds in Math and Art

I just finished A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines - Janna Levin's novel that weaves threads from the lives of…

17 years ago