I had been meaning to read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Successever since it was first published just over a year ago. Since a lot of the discussion of the book focused on the “10,000 hour rule” for achieving expertise, or mastery, it seemed a perfect fit for my interests. I’m still surprised that [...]
Also tagged Books, Education, learning, Life, Mastery, sportsIt may be true that “video killed the radio star” back in the early ’80s, but it looks like video games are coming the rescue here in the late ’00s. From the AP story Boom in music video games helps original artists: Artists from Nirvana to the Red Hot Chili Peppers have seen sales of [...]
Also tagged video gamesI 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 [...]
Also tagged acceptance, Asperger's Syndrome, autism, Dream Theater, individuality, lyrics
