Entries Tagged as 'society'

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Did You Know 4.0

Just released revision of the famous video.

Despite some significant changes to the video, the main idea remains the same: Our world is nothing like the world many of us grew up in, the nature of information has evolved, and the tools and resources we rely on today won’t likely be around in just a few [...]

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Letter to a Parent

Not directed at anyone in particular…
Dear Parent,
You are, first of all, the type of caring parent every child needs and deserves. You want what is best for your son or daughter’s healthy growth and bright and happy future. You wish to protect them from as much of the harmful, ugly badness that permeates so much [...]

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Live Blogging from Birdville ISD: David Warlick (Part II)

I’ll summarize tomorrow. Thanks to all who contributed comments!

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Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Live Blogging from Birdville ISD: David Warlick (Part I)

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Monday, July 28th, 2008

Exciting Free Audiobook Giveaway

Until August 2nd, you can obtain a free download of the audiobook for Thomas Friedman’s best-seller The World Is Flat at his official site. If you haven’t read or listened to the book before, it is an interesting and influential piece on the changes that have occurred in how we live and work, and the [...]

Friday, June 6th, 2008

The World of We Think

Thanks to John Pederson, again, for leading me to another great video (and to Scott McLeod for leading John to it!). This simple, black-and-white video paints a vivid, colorful portrait of the changing of society that is happening as a result of evolving technologies.

A couple of questions came to mind when viewing the video.

Has the [...]