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Politicans Have a Vested Interest in Traditional Media

March 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Politics & Policy, Social Media

It’s hard (for me anyway) to not continually reflect on technology and emerging behaviors–and how that cycle manifests in the next technological development. I was reading Citizen Marketers today and the authors mentioned McLuhan’s remarks about the political changes resulting from the widespread introduction of television. This got me to the larger implications [...]

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The Brain is a Muscle, too: Lifting too Little Isn’t Effective or Interesting

March 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Education, Psychology, Technology

A recent report says that while cardiovascular strength adds up, lifting weights that are too light doesn’t do much to build muscle. It is important to tax the muscles to get them to respond. The same is true in learning. If you don’t have to try, you won’t get much result. Setting and measuring progress [...]

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