Stuff to Think About

Are you ever gonna update the blog or what?

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:49:00 -0700

I’d like to continue posting regularly, but I’ve become increasingly occupied by various personal priorities and commitments.

That being said, I could always use a contributor or two to help find and/or submit stuff. If anyone is interested, please get in touch or simply submit stuff here.

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:03:42 -0700

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”

- Aldous Huxley

Flobots - Handlebars

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:06:06 -0700

Flobots - Handlebars

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:06:00 -0700

7 Skills students need for their future Dr. Tony Wagner,...

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:35:00 -0700

7 Skills students need for their future

Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group has identified what he calls a “global achievement gap,” which is the leap between what even our best schools are teaching, and the must-have skills of the future: * Critical thinking and problem-solving * Collaboration across networks and leading by influence * Agility and adaptability * Initiative and entrepreneurialism * Effective oral and written communication * Accessing and analyzing information * Curiosity and imagination

"A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:00:38 -0700

“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”

- Charles Darwin

Recommended Stuff

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:00:00 -0700

Recommended Stuff:

A list of interesting blogs, magazines and links. More stuff to be added.

Ok, two minutes ago i discovered this blog and let me tell you, its my favorite, and i dont have favorites. Grate job, keep going. Good vibes

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:58:13 -0700

Thanks :) I try hard to keep it interesting, despite the intermittency of my posts.

"I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s."

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 18:35:53 -0700

“I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the year’s.”

- Henry Moore

Here's Why You Shouldn't Lie To Your Kids About Santa

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:08 -0700

Here's Why You Shouldn't Lie To Your Kids About Santa

"Those who say it cannot be done shouldn’t interrupt the people doing it."

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:02:37 -0700

“Those who say it cannot be done shouldn’t interrupt the people doing it.”

- Chinese Proverb

On urban cycling. Mikael Colville-Andersen In his presentation...

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 22:38:00 -0700

On urban cycling. Mikael Colville-Andersen

In his presentation ‘Four Goals for Promoting Urban Cycling’, Mikael Colville-Andersen explains how Copenhagen and other European cities have embraced the bicycle as a feasible, acceptable (and stylish) form of transport. Via State of Design 2010 Festival, Melbourne, July 2010

Really worth a watch, even if you don’t ride a bike (which you should :).

"The thing about science, is first of all, it’s after the way the universe really is and not..."

Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:19:18 -0700

“The thing about science, is first of all, it’s after the way the universe really is and not what makes us feel good, and a lot of the competing doctrines are after what feels good and not what’s true.”

- Carl Sagan

Storm by Tim Minchin (with text) Tim Minchin’s brilliant...

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 23:35:00 -0700

Storm by Tim Minchin (with text)

Tim Minchin’s brilliant & witty demolition of irrationality in all its many guises.

Update: Apparently “Storm” will soon become a short film.

"You never know what is enough until you know what is too much."

Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:58:18 -0700

“You never know what is enough
until you know what is too much.”

- William Blake

Note to self.

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:29:07 -0700

Note to self.

"The things you own end up owning you."

Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:16:09 -0700

“The things you own end up owning you.”

- Chuck Palahniuk

Meanwhile in America…

Fri, 26 Nov 2010 23:12:00 -0700

Meanwhile in America…

"Downtime is to the brain what sleep is to the body."

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:14:41 -0700

“Downtime is to the brain what sleep is to the body.”

- Dr. Rich of Harvard Medical School, in Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction

Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 16:57:52 -0700

Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com:

Students have always faced distractions and time-wasters. But computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of stimuli they offer, pose a profound new challenge to focusing and learning.