December 2009
11 posts
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“What we want from writing is cognitive automaticity, the ability to think as...”
– Ann Trubek, “Handwriting is History” (via Christopher Butler) Though I cling to the nostalgia of handwriting and still get great satisfaction from seeing elegant, cursive writing, I confess that mine has devolved over the years to the point of embarrassment. I simply don’t write...
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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“After a decade of truly spectacular underachievement, what we need now is less...”
– Daniel Pink in Seth Godin’s What Matters Now
Dec 21st
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ListenPostdata — “Tobias Grey” A new...
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 17th
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“Economic research suggests that more than 1.5 million workers who would...”
– If Health Care Reform Fails, America’s Innovation Gap Will Grow (via bijan) I experienced this first-hand while still in the US and running a small business. And now, as I’ve started my own business in Canada, though there are additional out-of-pocket expenses for some non-urgent health...
Dec 17th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 10th
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“For us, it isn’t primarily about the device,” Rankin said. “This is a question...”
– Bill Rankin, Professor, Abilene Christian University Wired.com: How the iPhone Could Reboot Education
Dec 9th