Monthly Archives: November 2009

The 2009 UnGrinchy 75

In 2006, I wrote a post called The UnGrinch 25; a list of ideas on how to keep the fun, spirit and joy in your holiday season. In 2007 I doubled down on the happy happy with 50 ideas. I … Continue reading

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Do schools kill creativity?

Wonderful TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson on creativity and education. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY[/youtube] This works into my “hunter/gatherer” mania. Schools are industrial (gathering). Creativity requires more wide-ranging, less structured skills (hunting).

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I would have preferred “Infovore” to “Informavore,” but still…

An essay at Edge.org called, “The Age of the Informavore.” We’ll get to my thoughts on the essay in a minute. My first thought was, “Wow. This guy doesn’t make up new words very often.” He is German, and English … Continue reading

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