By 1954, a Denmark-based toy manufacturer called “The LEGO Company” had established a reputation for making high quality wooden toys. Some five years earlier they had introduced a plastic toy called “the automatic binding brick.” It met a poor reception that spawned prophesies of failure in the industry press. LEGO made good wooden toys; this [...]
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I have been meaning to put this list up …here is a rough first pass at some of my favorite books. They all have something to offer, even if some have more than others. Where there are more than one author I have only listed the first for now. Marketing and Product Development: Crossing the [...]
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For an upcoming article, I am assembling a list of the top online learning Web sites for kids under 10. Care to submit one? or a few? I am including Web sites that nurture creativity in some way as well. Here is what I need: Name URL If you can, it would be great to [...]
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Here is the first in a series of FAQ answers in response to questions I am getting frequently from clients and friends who do not eat/sleep/breath World Wide Web…. This week’s top question…How is Twitter any different from Facebook. (Note, i like and use both) 1. Twitter allows me to see updates from people I [...]
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This week I got a rare treat when friend and client David Rolston came over and spent some time in my backyard. Dave is an acclaimed landscape architect whose work is regularly featured in magazines and TV. Watching him work and listening to him discuss his process I was reminded again and again of Christopher [...]
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People tend learn efficiently by “feel”. Here is an activity/experiment meant to teach the idea of efficiency in a way one can feel. I used to use it with my Tae Kwon Do students to explain the importance of technique. Take a piece of paper and a pencil with an eraser on one end. Try [...]
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Want to save money – significant money just through javascript? Adopt an open source javascript framework like YUI, prototype.js or dojo or any of the other well supported frameworks, and you will save money and gain enormous leverage. 1. The open source community tests these libraries in a way your IT department or clients cannot [...]
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The results of a study published Applied Cognitive Psychology showed doodling could lead to a whopping 29% memory improvement over not doodling Thanks to those teachers who let me doodle. Yahoo news report I am reminded to doodle more actively….and maybe we should encourage students to draw on their desks?
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