I remember reading a lot of R. Buckminster Fuller back in the 70’s, where he theorized that the production efficiency of our society would increase to the degree that very few peo0ple would need to work to maintain this output. This was put forth as a good thing, where much of the monotonous labor and [...]
One of the most obvious outgrowths of the increase of online higher education is the idea of certification becoming more and more problematic. In this article from the Thinking Stick (an education blog I check each and every day…it is usually worth it!) the author posed this same idea. How Much Longer Will a Degree [...]
For those of you who spend time sailing on inland lakes while sipping a good Chardonnay, the following video may give you a sense of what the America’s Cup has progressed to. If the video has you interested in the boats, here is a WIRED article which covers it quite well Winging It: America’s Cup [...]
Those who know me may see that this title is meant as a rhetorical device… A while ago I ran across a rather interesting article (here) which presented this very thesis. I probably should refine my own title to deal with math, sciences, and engineering classes, since this was the point of the article I [...]
At long last there is a worthwhile note taking app for the iPad. Notability (now only 99 cents!!) allow for seamless use of typing, handwriting, audio recording, insertion of links, photos, and content. It syncs with DropBox (amongst other cloud storage apps), and some pretty easy PDF annotation too. I could go on, but the [...]
With the proliferation of more and more smartphones, iPads, and other forms of ‘extra’ computing power for the average user, the idea of having our data synced up becomes a definitive application or all of these tools. I have been a user of Dropbox for a couple years now, and find that it fits my [...]
As a means to start the ball rolling again…after this long layoff from posting, I have a couple videos which are worth checking out (they are about as unrelated to each other as you could imagine).
