Monthly Archives: January 2010

Hillary Clinton, yesterday: In a sweeping, pointed address that dealt with the Internet as a force for both liberation and repression, Mrs. Clinton said: “Those who disrupt the free flow of information in our society or any other pose a … Continue reading →

A good friend of mine asked me what I thought of the Lanier article in the NYT. Well,  first reaction is that I’m sick of this media narrative: “Person X was once part of the Digerati. Now they have have … Continue reading →

The newest AAC&U employer poll will be released next week, and the AAC&U has said that written and oral communication will, for the first time, surpass collaboration as the skill most desired by employers. What I would love to see teased … Continue reading →

Just a short thought from the car-ride to work today. If we are moving to a reputation based economy, where one’s ability to make a living is based on their network reputation, stealing attribution is a far greater crime than … Continue reading →

I thought I’d put this up a year ago, but it looks like I never did. Basically I filmed my daughter talking about this game Castle Crashers she plays and how she uses the web to figure things out about … Continue reading →

Thinking about the Murder Mystery study (below) and technology… and maybe about self-esteem in general. We knock the focus on self-esteem now, because we confuse it with the specific practice of telling kids that they are smart at every opportunity and … Continue reading →

Fascinating psychological study: To investigate determinants of mystery enjoyment, a short story was manipulated to produce different levels of uncertainty regarding two suspects’ criminal involvement (low vs. high uncertainty) and to create different resolution types (denouement, confirmation, and surprise). Participants’ … Continue reading →

Was going to write a screed here on ideology and pragmatism when I realized I was looking at the recent Siemens piece all wrong. I can’t get into the debate about whether it’s appropriate to advance open education by using … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking a bit in the past week about whether novels can be more like the modern TV series. Over the past two decades TV has evolved from a purely serial art form (see, for example, Law and Order) … Continue reading →