July 2010
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June 2010
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Google Quick Scroll →
“Quick Scroll lets you jump directly to the relevant bits of a Google search result.”
This has turned out to be quite useful. I’ve stopped reaching a results page and then ⌘F to find the section of interest.
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Digital Afterlife? →
“With personal profiles (which are the nucleus of one’s personal brand) representing an ever-greater emotional and financial value, expect a burgeoning market for services that protect, store, and, in case of emergencies/death, arrange handing over of one’s digital estate to trusted others.”
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Are We Overhyping College? →
“… argues that online opportunities may be more suited to some students and that certification tests could give prospective employers more useful information for making a hiring decision than whether a person has a college degree or not. He specifically fingers accounting, hotel management, and, um … er … journalism as occupations that don’t require the four-year...
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Computers, the Internet and Our Brains →
“Critics of new media sometimes use science itself to press their case, citing research that shows how “experience can change the brain.” But cognitive neuroscientists roll their eyes at such talk. Yes, every time we learn a fact or skill the wiring of the brain changes; it’s not as if the information is stored in the pancreas. But the existence of neural plasticity does not mean the brain...
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Urban Prep →
“Urban Prep would be a charter high school. It would bring together some 150 boys from some of the poorest, gang-ravaged neighborhoods and try to set them on a new track. They’d have strict rules: A longer school day - by two hours. Two classes of English daily. A uniform with jackets and ties. And Urban Prep had a goal - one that seemed audacious, given that just 4 percent of the...
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Summer Language Learning →
Pumps:Heels :: Squares:Rectangles
Because all pumps are heels but not all heels are pumps.
Thanks, Caryn.
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Are Cells the New Cigarettes? →
“Just as parents now tell their kids that, believe it or not, there was a time when nobody knew that cigarettes and tanning were bad for you, those kids may grow up to tell their kids that, believe it or not, there was a time when nobody knew how dangerous it was to hold your phone right next to your head and chat away for hours. … “Since our bill is relatively benign,” Newsom said,...
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