2011-4-13
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Month: April 2011
2011-4-12
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2011-4-11
Gathering dust (for about five years..) Related posts: Really Tediously Stale (RTS) iPhone: can be a pain in the butt More on Civic Conversations Objet d’AR
Gathering dust (for about five years..)
I have a dream…
Last night I dreamt of a future. It involved talking to people about my new companies, sailing a little wooden boat and travelling a lot. I woke up exhausted. But the present is why I’m not going to be able to commit to being involved in anything new. This includes putting some things (like lategaming … Continue reading “I have a dream…”
Last night I dreamt of a future. It involved talking to people about my new companies, sailing a little wooden boat and travelling a lot. I woke up exhausted.
But the present is why I’m not going to be able to commit to being involved in anything new. This includes putting some things (like lategaming and City of Tomorrow) on the back burner and we’re still talking about what to do about StartVI. If I don’t have the time for it, then we need to find someone who does.
For the next two months or so, I’ll be concentrating on updating the Northern Ireland Digital Content Strategy (PDF) with some colleagues both from industry, academia and InvestNI.
The Strategy was launched in 2008 and described the need for organisation within the Digital Sector in the province. It paved the way for Digital Circle.
If you want to be involved in re-writing the strategy document, then please comment below.
2011-4-10
My smart, sexy, funny and gorgeous wife just ran ten thousand metres (10 km, 6.2 miles, 32808 feet) and still looks fabulous. Well done, babe! This was the Great Irish Run. And there were something like twelve thousand people involved. It was hectic. Related posts: The Holiday: Day One 2008 in review Wherein I ridicule … Continue reading “2011-4-10”
My smart, sexy, funny and gorgeous wife just ran ten thousand metres (10 km, 6.2 miles, 32808 feet) and still looks fabulous. Well done, babe!
This was the Great Irish Run. And there were something like twelve thousand people involved. It was hectic.
Kindergarten Technology
Cult of Mac has a feature on a kindergarten in Maine which has equipped over 200 students with iPads. My comment: Technology isn’t going to turn a child into a genius any more than strict adherence to the three Rs and paper and pencils turned anyone into a genius. Exposure to technology has many benefits … Continue reading “Kindergarten Technology”
Cult of Mac has a feature on a kindergarten in Maine which has equipped over 200 students with iPads.
My comment:
Technology isn’t going to turn a child into a genius any more than strict adherence to the three Rs and paper and pencils turned anyone into a genius.
Exposure to technology has many benefits – including important socialisation. I notice this because we have a split family, together at the weekends. The children who live here 7 days a week are exposed to every type of technology and are confident to try. The children who do not are nervous about new things and have less well-developed reading and manipulation skills (for their age).
I help my eldest with his homework but it’s not hard to see how little homework engages the child. We’re living in the most distracting era the world has ever known but we’re still expecting children to learn by scratching carbon sticks onto dried wood pulp?
Our learning tools have to be competitive with the leisure tools that kids have access to if you want them to want to learn. Back in my day, books were extremely compelling but still made of ink and wood pulp. I appreciate them due to my age. Kids need to have an experience of learning that compares to the other distractions in their lives.
Storm by Tim Minchin
I repeat: isn’t all of this enough? Why gild the lily? Bertrand Russell offered “Whenever possible, substitute constructions out of known entities for inferences to unknown entities”. Related posts: Design for Business Conference 2010 8/100 Ways to Save a Bad Time at a Conference It could be a five legged chair? Mobile Me ‘me.com’ addresses … Continue reading “Storm by Tim Minchin”
I repeat: isn’t all of this enough? Why gild the lily? Bertrand Russell offered “Whenever possible, substitute constructions out of known entities for inferences to unknown entities”.
2011-4-9
Just a poster I snapped on the way to a restaurant. The interaction between society, economy and the environment. The social and environmental impacts of trade and consumerism… Related posts: Why should public transport be free? Women Who Code – poster and update The #BigSociety is a #BetterSociety
Just a poster I snapped on the way to a restaurant.
The interaction between society, economy and the environment. The social and environmental impacts of trade and consumerism…
2011-4-8
It would help if I could see the “Next” button. Stupid Netbooks. Related posts: Time for a new CEO in Redmond Compromise: pull and background Symbian NetBooks? Why not? Give Microsoft Credit
It would help if I could see the “Next” button. Stupid Netbooks.
2011-4-7
Bad juju. I think my hard disk may be on the blink. Second time I’ve had to do a re-install in a month. Seagate Momentus. If only SSDs weren’t still really expensive… …on the positive side, my backups are now up to date. And Dropbox helps with the stuff I haven’t manually backed up yet. … Continue reading “2011-4-7”
Bad juju. I think my hard disk may be on the blink. Second time I’ve had to do a re-install in a month. Seagate Momentus. If only SSDs weren’t still really expensive…
…on the positive side, my backups are now up to date. And Dropbox helps with the stuff I haven’t manually backed up yet.