September 2010
3 posts
Seven words of wisdom
Sometimes you stumble upon wisdom that sums up bucketloads of aha moments and other varieties of excellent waves in the brain.
For instance these seven brilliant words:
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
They were first written by Michael Pollan in his book In Defence of Food. Imagine how he felt the moment he wrote those seven words down. And note that he had spent years on research on the...
Beautiful Wilderness Downtown
This piece of art (nothing less) from Arcade Fire and Chris Milk for The Wilderness Downtown is so social, shareable, spreadable that I am almost out of words.
If you haven´t experienced this digital installation, do so now. Don´t wait. Just do.
Now I need to think some more about this. Below is a text I wrote in the installation. I really mean it.
The new tools to improve literacy skills
They are the Generation Net, whose toddler years have spawned countless mummy blogs, whether they liked it or not. Now, they’re getting their own back. Children as young as three are turning to blogging to tell their side of the story. - The Independent
This will cause lots of worries short term. Long term our children will be better at writing because they have tools that empower their...