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On Making the Future

January 1, 2009

To the extent that the future is shaped by human action, it is not much use trying to predict it ? it is much more useful to understand and work with the people who are engaged in the decisions and actions that bring it into existence.

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WordPress 2.8 – Better Widgets?

December 30, 2008

Widget management is item #1 on the list of priorities for WordPress 2.8 development. I explored the cognitive psychology behind the widget management screen design in an earlier post, WordPress 2.5 Widgets?Taking the Load Off Your Mind. Here are the takeaway design suggestions.

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Tagged With: 2.5, 2.8, Analogy, Digital Literacy, Psychology, Usability, Widgets, WordPress
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The Science of Giving Thanks

November 27, 2008

In short, acts of gratitude improve your overall well-being. That?s reason enough for me to start being more thankful for what I have.

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Tagged With: Holidays, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychology, Thanksgiving, Traditions
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My Kind of Expert

October 24, 2008

“The very idea that there is no truth, but only the filter of narrative through which truth is invented is something I learned at the feet of the most leftist professors at Yale and am learning again from Sarah Palin during the Vice Presidential debate, and I find that very disorienting.”

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Tagged With: Experts, Humor, John Hodgman, Literary Criticism, Onion, Politics, Sarah Palin, Stories, Truth, Yale University
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Dashed Hopes (or, Nonsense in Nashville)

October 8, 2008

Richard Harwood: “When this campaign started, many people, including myself, thought it was a golden opportunity for a real debate between competing visions for the nation’s future. Remember that?”

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Tagged With: Barack Obama, Debate, Fact Checking, John McCain, Nashville, Politics, Presidents, Richard Harwood
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Does Your Book Deserve My Vote?

September 4, 2008

Kids react to books much as they react to their favorite candidates: they like them because everyone else does, adding titles to their favorites list even when they haven’t read them. Voting for a Book, part of the Youth Radio series on NPR.

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Tagged With: Books, Kids, Lissa Soep, Media Literacy, NPR, Politics, Radio, Technology, Youth Radio
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Pay Your Library Fines!

September 3, 2008

…or my may end up like Heidi Dalibor.

(Though I guess it’s better than getting hunted down by the Library Ninjas.)

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Tagged With: Heidi Dalibor, Jacob Two-Two, Library, Ninjas
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Not Quite Lifelong Learning

August 28, 2008

“So let me get this straight,” I said. “If I were to drop out of school tomorrow and get a job at Burger King, the state would pay for my child care?”

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Tagged With: Childcare, Economics, Ethics, Higher Education, Media, Parenting, Poverty, Psychology, Student Loans
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Maybe Homeschool Moms Are Just Sassy

August 25, 2008

Christine Moers is not someone you want to get cornered. I’m really going to enjoy reading her blog…

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Tagged With: Christine Moers, Homeschool
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Never Underestimate the Mom

August 18, 2008

One of the things I love about Nicole is her periodic flashes of cheeky brilliance.

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Tagged With: Debate, Kids, Leaders, Politics
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The Good Book at the Olympic Games

August 14, 2008

Because cultural and academic leaders in China are seeking to understand the influence of the Bible on the worldview and culture of the West, there is a growing interest in Chinese-English bilingual Bibles in mainland China…”What a wonderful thing it would be if thousands of people would learn English?and Chinese!?by reading the Bible in side-by-side bilingual editions.?

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Tagged With: Bible, Body, Byron Borger, China, Culture, Language, Olympic Games, Religion, Social Justice, Sports, Translation
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Teach Your Children Well

August 8, 2008

How, in narrative terms, would you explain the Iraq war? On the assumption that you didn?t want to say either that, ?Iraq is only one front in World War IV, the global struggle against Islamofascism? or ?we went to war so the President could get back at the guy who tried to kill his dad, make money for his buddies in the oil business, and protect Israel.?

Suggestions?

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Tagged With: BOF, Iraq, Noah Millman, Rod Dreher, War & Peace
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