It has taken me a while, but I’ve finally joined Twitter. The catalyst behind getting me to join at this time is an event being organized by Bonnie Sayers called Autism Twitter Day, scheduled for Tuesday 16 December, a week from today. Mark your calendars! (Thanks to Kev and his post Autism Twitter Day for [...]
Tagged Asperger's Syndrome, autism, awareness, TwitterLast summer I picked up Chessmaster The Art of Learning for the PSP to take with me on my frequent business trips. One of the things that adds extra value to this game is the involvement of Josh Waitzkin. (You may remember Josh as the subject of book, and film, Searching For Bobby Fischer.) On [...]
Tagged Add new tag, Aikido, chess, George Leonard, Josh Waitzkin, learning, Mastery, PSPI wrote recently about the Dream Theater song “Solitary Shell” and how it brought to mind the impressions many people have of autistic individuals. Tonight I popped in Dream Theater – Live at Budokan to help get the creative juices flowing. The first song in their set list for this show is a song called [...]
Tagged acceptance, Asperger's Syndrome, autism, Dream Theater, individuality, lyrics, MusicUsing the Cynefin framework, which I’ve also discussed here, Shawn at the Anecdote blog takes a look at the question of When should we collaborate? It’s always useful to define your terms before starting this kind of discussion, and Shawn obliges with the following: So what is collaboration then? It’s when a group of people [...]
Tagged Anecdote, collaboration, Complexity, cooperation, coordination, Cynefin, Work, Work LiteracyAs someone who loves technology and gadgets, and loves figuring out how to make them useful, I’ve had a long interest in how the technology of the information age could change the way people – especially children – learn. This interest is compounded by the fact that I have two teenage sons, now in high [...]
Tagged children, Education, learning, Seymour Papert, technologyIn Communications During Terrorist Attacks are Not Bad, Bruce Schneier calls Twitter a “vital source of information” during the recent attacks in Mumbai. But not everyone agrees, as there were reports that Indian authorities were trying to get people to stop posting information, apparently fearing that the terrorists would be able to use this information. To that, Bruce [...]
Tagged 2.0, Flickr, Mumbai, Schneier, Security, Social Media, Tools, Twitter
