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Basex: addressing management problems in deep ways?
Basex, Inc. has successfully promoted its 2008 problem of the year in a variety of news outlets, and I’m sure you’ll hear about it by tomorrow morning. The problem: too much information overload through e-mail. Never mind that we’re not in 2008 yet, and this is more a matter of promoting the (who ever heard […]
7 random things you probably don’t want to know about me
Thanks, Eduwonkette. I’ll skip tagging 7 others (if you’re reading this, consider yourself tagged, with response optional). I have a cold right now. When he was in office, I once asked former California Senator Alan Cranston what he was doing for wild horses. I have solved a Rubik’s Cube, but I’ve forgotten the solution. My […]
Guess who has poor information design?
Is there anyone else who is astounded that even after a redesign, the Educause Connect website is almost impossible for newcomers to navigate? I’m all for accommodating power users, but not on the face you show to the world, where you hope people will return after a first use!
Small bits: gratitude through use and reciprocity
If you’re the parent or teacher of an adolescent, or an adolescent looking for concrete study skills, the best way to thank the folks who put together James Madison University’s Learning Toolbox is to use it. It contains a concise description of various study skills. A different way to be thankful for opportunities is to […]
Active listening can be too active
By Sherman Dorn on January 27, 2008
When reading Profgrrrrl‘s account of two admiring students’ comments, which left her in very different places afterwards, I had the same reaction as she did. Very briefly, one student projected a whole bunch of assumptions onto Profgrrrrl’s life, while the other didn’t. Projections are dangerous, especially when you’re doing it because you’re trying to reach […]
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