There’s a great interview with MIT Prof. Walter Lewin that occurred during the little conference I ran earlier this month. What’s great is I can totally hear Lewin giving the answers he gave. One of the things I find interesting in the interview is his description of how it was through individual initiative that his… Continue Reading We “can’t do that”…
Why It’s Time To Pull The Plug On Your Website: I’ve struggled with this, should I continue my website or move to social media exclusively. David Rogers talks about some of the pros and cons. (NextDigest Design, May 20, 2011) Quick Practical, Tactical Tips for Presentations: Mark Suster provides some useful presentation tips. Sit between… Continue Reading Posts of the Week for May 24, 2011
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]One of my favorite things is fresh strawberry pie. Last Monday, I made myself a pie from a new recipe (subscription required) from Cook’s Illustrated. One of the funny things from the… Continue Reading Strawberry Pie
Here’s a summary of my exercise for 2010. (Just 5.5 months late.) Miles Ridden: 1211 (536 first half 2010) Calories Burned: 31,884 (15,656 first half 2010) Average Watts: 79.4 (77 first half 2010) Average Calories/Mile: 25.55 (25.25 first half 2010) In September 2010 I started tracking the “extra” walking outside my norm. (Though one could… Continue Reading Exercise Summary-2010
From XKCD… [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] I think the surprising one for me was Toy Story, since I’m over 35. [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
3 ways to improve ebook note taking: Following up from last week, Peter Meyers asks, “Is anyone happy with today’s ebook note-taking tools? I’m talking about what you get with Kindle, Nook, iBooks, and so on. You can highlight passages and add notes, but that’s pretty much where things start and stop.” (O’Reilly’s Radar, May… Continue Reading Posts for the Week of May 17, 2011
Well, twice in a row makes it a habit, right? This first one is important enough to become it’s own post. Clean up your mess: A guide to visual design for everyone: Daniel Higginbotham writes “You convey information by the way you arrange a design’s elements in relation to each other. This information is understood… Continue Reading Posts of the Week for May 10, 2011
I’m not convinced that they do. Today, I got a call from FTD customer service: It took me a good 15 seconds to figure out who the hell was calling. I had to ask 8 times to speak with a supervisor. After time number six I was offered 15% off. I continued to ask to… Continue Reading Does FTD comprehend engrish?
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]OCWC Global 2011 ended on Friday, and I survived! I was co-chair of the conference with Steve Carson from MIT OpenCourseWare. On Friday, we successfully completed OCWC Global 2011. We had 270… Continue Reading I survived OCWC Global 2011
Maybe I’ll start a new series on “Posts of the Week”. Are your users S.T.U.P.I.D?: Stephen Turbek on boxesandarrows writes, “It is an honest question: how smart are your users? The answer may surprise you: it doesn’t matter. They can be geniuses or morons, but if you don’t engage their intelligence, you can’t depend on… Continue Reading Posts of the Week for May 3, 2011