book by Alvin Toffler in 1970. ISBN:0553277375 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock (more)

Patrick Steadman: (Don’t) Be the Gray man (more)

Mark Manson: How to Grow the Fuck Up: A Guide to Humans (Grow Up, Self-Help) (more)

A more complex version of XmlRpc. (OK that's a bit too terse, it's a more generalized model, providing transport-protocol-independence, among other things...) (more)

Robin Sloan Voyages in sentence space (more)

Jake Knapp documents GV's Three-Hour Brand Sprint (Which is more about defining corporate Mission and Culture.) (more)

A technology still under development? Still early in Adoption Life Cycle? (more)

Michell Zappa made a cool TimeLine/poster Envisioning Emerging Technologies (Emerging Technology) stretching out to 2040. (See related: Grand Challenges For Engineering.) (more)

Peter Diamandis's Laws (more)

see Augmenting Human Intellect, IA

Curriculum driven by Pro Ject structure, typically inter-disciplinary (more)

Tony Wagner book ISBN:9781451611496 (more)

Tony Wagner has a new book out: Creating Innovators. ISBN:9781451611496 (more)

co-founder of Microsoft. (more)

Review of Neil Postman's End Of Education (meaning the Goal Of Educating Kids, not the elimination-of) (Educating Kids). For education to be Meaningful, Postman contends, young people, their parents, and their teachers must have a common Narrative. Narratives are essential because they provide a sense of personal identity, a sense of community life, a basis for moral conduct, and explanations of that which cannot be known. The idea of public education requires not only shared narratives, but also the absence of narratives that lead to Alienation and divisiveness. "What makes Public School-s public," writes Postman, "is not so much that the schools have common goals (Shared Goal) but that the students have common gods."... He goes on to describe five narratives that may serve us better: (more)

Nicky Case: How To Become A Centaur (Cyborg) (more)

Our Search for Meaning and the Dangers of Possession (more)

Defending the Enlightenment (more)

Robin Sloan on (social media) "stock and flow". But I actually think stock and flow is the master metaphor for media today. Here’s what I mean: Flow is the feed. It’s the posts and the tweets. It’s the stream of daily and sub-daily updates that reminds people you exist. Stock is the durable stuff. It’s the content you produce that’s as interesting in two months (or two years) as it is today. It’s what people discover via search. It’s what spreads slowly but surely, building fans over time.... I feel like flow is ascendant these days, for obvious reasons—but we neglect stock at our own peril... But I’m not saying you should ignore flow! No: this is no time to hole up and work in isolation, emerging after long months or years with your perfectly-polished opus. Everybody will go: huh? Who are you? (more)

My Social Media Mix (oldest first) (more)