February 2011
1 post
“Colleges are focused on teaching kids content, not on teaching them skills, and...”
– Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.: The Failure of American Higher Education
Thoughts?
(via world-shaker; infoneer-pulse)
I think this is a broad generalization, but not without truth. I was fortunate in many of my undergraduate classes and most of my graduate public policy classes to be taught how to...
December 2009
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July 2009
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May 2009
2 posts
April 2009
3 posts
March 2009
2 posts
February 2009
9 posts
August 2008
1 post
Design Skill vs Creativity
Design skill is creativity with constraints.
July 2008
1 post
Definition List - Most Misunderstood HTML element
For example, in cases where we create markup for menus or even panel of lists, I actually prefer using definition lists ‘dl’ than ‘ul’ . First because it offers better markup structure and it is more flexible for layouts because more layers are available (dl, dt, dd) compared to the unordered list (ul, li) counterpart. There is one disadvantage though, definition term ...
June 2008
4 posts
"Fallacy of the single cause"
jakoblodwick:
The fallacy of the single cause is a logical fallacy of causation that occurs when it is assumed that there is one, simple cause of an outcome when in reality it may have been caused by a number of only jointly sufficient causes. (Wikipedia)
Successful creative people deal with this all the time. An admirer asks a famous photographer, “What kind of camera do you use?”, as if a...
“Almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of...”
– -Steve Jobs-
