Unleashing the Power of Imagination
IS GOSSIP GOOD? Word origins sometimes deliver startling messages. The term “gossip” turns out to be related to the word “God” and originally had to do with “God’sSibs” (referring to religious caretakers, Godparents, for example). Historically, perhaps, it was thought
LIBRARIANS RULE vs EVERYTHING IS MISCELLANEOUS.Click here for mural: Today there is an argument including from David Weinberger that people may not need a traditional library catalogue system but will co-evolve a new way to share all knowledge Wikipedia-style. (Weinberger
GNARLY REALITY THROUGH A KEYHOLE – What do good writing, good instructional design and good conferences have in common? I like Rudy Rucker’s phrase, “putting gnarly reality through a keyhole.” Rudy, mathemetician, computer scientist and philosopher (who believes and is
CHALLENGE TO WOMEN IN TIME OF WAR – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, daughter of Robert Kennedy and niece of John F Kennedy JR talked with Elliott Masie about leadership, women, and courage on stage at Learning 2005. An attorney who followed
MALCOLM GLADWELL PREDICTS A TIPPING POINT. Malcolm Gladwell’s talk was a highpoint of Learning 2005. He’s as brilliant in person as in his writings (including in the New Yorker, and his two books “Blink” And “Tipping Point”.) Elliott asked participants