Computers marching towards us
Computers have been on a steady march toward us. At first, computers were housed in distant air-conditioned basements, then they moved to nearby small rooms,… Read More »Computers marching towards us
tools
A chip in everything: find me
Here are the sorts of things that might happen when there’s a chip in everything, and all the things we own can talk to each… Read More »A chip in everything: find me
Atoms are the new bits
Bonus goal for 2019: 3D-print something. Chris Anderson at the Long Now Foundation on the New Industrial Revolution (full video).
Seth Godin: Homeschooled (2)
There are choices that parents make all the time. They range from enlisting your kid in a team sport that’s based on compliance, instead of… Read More »Seth Godin: Homeschooled (2)
In their hands
Make something people can use. Put it in their hands. See what happens. If they’re eager to pay – attention, time, money – you’re onto… Read More »In their hands
Education for the future (5): tools and the wielder
Recap: a foundation for life Education – formal education at least – is concerned with equipping people with tools: skills, knowledge and ideas that will… Read More »Education for the future (5): tools and the wielder
GNU-GPL – a base of code
Richard Stallman famously wrote the GNU GPL, which is a license based on copy-left, not copyright. His position is the freedom to work with computers… Read More »GNU-GPL – a base of code
Show me the money
Love it or loathe it, you’ve got to know where the money’s going to come from, and where it all goes. Get it right from… Read More »Show me the money
Education for the future: foundations (4)
This post was lost in the Crocapocalypse – I’m reposting it with its original date. The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature… Read More »Education for the future: foundations (4)
Education for the future: foundations (2)
This post was lost in the Crocapocalypse – I’m reposting it with its original date. Education is empowering in a very literal sense, and most of the powers… Read More »Education for the future: foundations (2)