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Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker columnist, will be the opening speaker at NECC. I have read a couple of his books (Outliers, Blink, Tipping Point). I wasn’t that impressed by Blink, but I found many of the concepts advanced in Outliers … Continue reading →

LastFm has denied reports that it shares data on who plays what music with record companies. The allegation surfaced about a week ago in reference to reported information on an unreleased U2 album. It seemed to me that LastFM would … Continue reading →

Charlie Rose interviews Marc Andreeson – comments on Ning, Twitter, social networking, and Internet resources and strategies.

I have done my part to promote Last.FM. I am fascinated by online social networking and take ideas I pick up in one area (i.e., music) to inform my thinking about others (education). As a promoter of this service, I … Continue reading →

Ma.gnolia, a social bookmarking site, has evidently lost all user content. I think I have recommended this service in offering options to delicious (insert your own periods), diigo, etc.. The operation evidently had a crash – this happens. Why was … Continue reading →

I picked this up through Twitter – a NY Times article on student expectations and grading. If your maximum effort can only be average in a teacher’s mind, then something is wrong. The concerns raised in this article rings true … Continue reading →