The term role model is lacking. It fails to convey its own potency… it sounds passive, belying its real nature. It fails to convey its scope… as if there is a limited number of things one could role model. It comes with a sense of burden: if you are a role model today but not… Continue reading Upgrading "Role Model"
Technologists Need to be Less Satisfied with Technology
Dr. David Gelerntner A lot of convenience and power could be gained, and a lot of unhappiness, irritation and missed opportunities avoided, if the industry thought about design, instead of always making it the last thing on the list. We need more people who are at home in the worlds of art and the humanities… Continue reading Technologists Need to be Less Satisfied with Technology
That skill you don't want to take on is scarce
A quote from Seth Godin’s Blog is stuck with me [emphasis mine]: Learn to produce extraordinary video and multimedia. This is just like writing, but for people who don’t like to read. Even better, be sure to mix this skill with significant tech skills. Yes, you can learn to code. The fact that you don’t… Continue reading That skill you don't want to take on is scarce
Quote of the day
“It has often and confidently been asserted, that man’s origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” –Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871) See… Continue reading Quote of the day