Monthly Archives: October 2007

K-12 = Uncreativity

11th
Oct. × ’07

If you haven’t seen this video yet, check out Ken Robinson’s TED talk ‘Do schools kill creativity?‘ It’s an amazing lecture about what I’ve been thinking about for a while. More after the jump…

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Bend the Internet to Your Will – Part Two

10th
Oct. × ’07

If you’re going to have to deal with something, it’s gonna be multimedia. Three years ago it was a pain to email pictures and movies to your loved ones and collegues. Now, with the creation of many new web companies, that is now in the past– where it belongs.
So, instead of emailing out three pictures [...]

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Parking Problems

9th
Oct. × ’07

I hate parking lots, don’t you? They’re horrible mazes designed to keep you trapped within sight of the store(s), and relief usually only comes after the tow truck drags away your vehicle because of that fender bender that happened when you stared up the next lane.
Do I sound bitter? You bet, but I came up [...]

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Bend the Internet to Your Will – Part One

5th
Oct. × ’07

I realize that Web 2.0 seems to be the decade’s buzzword and you are probably getting tired of it; but, you have to understand that this is essentially the Internet’s second renaissance. Ideas are being created at a rate never seen before in human history, and the power of collaboration has exceeded everyone’s wildest imaginations. [...]

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Change is Inevitable

4th
Oct. × ’07

Don’t you hate the clink of tiny metal discs bouncing around in your pocket?
Ok, you just gave the cashier a twenty and got back a five dollar bil, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies. Now your pocket or purse is going to be jangling all day long until you can dump it into the car’s ashtray, [...]

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