Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives (Forbes)

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteTimely. Know anyone like this? You don’t have to be the head of a big corporation to be like this: The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives – Forbes.   They see themselves and their companies as dominating their environment … Continue reading

The Value of the Designer Who Codes | Inc.com

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute“Knowing the technology better means more productive arguments when there are disagreements because everyone speaks the same language.” via The Value of the Designer Who Codes | Inc.com. If you want to design applications you need to understand how they … Continue reading

Janice Harper: Top Ten Reasons to Rethink Anti-Bully Hysteria

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesThese are REALLY good points. Janice Harper: Top Ten Reasons to Rethink Anti-Bully Hysteria.   1. In the understandable rush to eradicate mean-spirited and aggressive people in the workplace, there is a tendency to move from anti-bully to pro-mobbing and … Continue reading

My Wish for 2012

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis year both my mother and my brother died. It has made me stop and think very seriously about how I live my life. My niece posted this article on Facebook in December and I’ve adapted it for myself. It … Continue reading

What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success – Anu Partanen – National – The Atlantic

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesAmerican public education is like WAL-MART. What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success – Anu Partanen – National – The Atlantic. Compared with the stereotype of the East Asian model — long hours of exhaustive cramming and rote memorization … Continue reading

Future Work Skills 2020 ~ repost from Stephen’s Web

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteA well-written report from The Apollo Research Institute Thanks to Stephen for bringing this to our attention (again). Future Work Skills 2020 ~ Stephen’s Web. Here’s a direct link to the report.   Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading

Instructional Media

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is a continuation of the conversation started earlier. This link looks like a good starting point – it lists a lot of important considerations related to the evaluation and selection of media. Sadly, much of it is out of … Continue reading

LA Times: Michael Hiltzik: Looking for a reason to love the iPad – latimes.com

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere’s a link to my blog posting in the LA Times. Cool. Apparently I am one of a “sizable cadre of bloggers”… – does that count as a citation, I wonder? Michael Hiltzik: Looking for a reason to love the … Continue reading