Comments on: Musings on Learning and Blogging http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Freemon Sandlewould http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-616820 Freemon Sandlewould Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:35:50 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-616820 I want that book!<br><br>I think Mr Feynman knew exactly why people collect autographs. If he had one from P.A.M. Dirac he would have kept it ! I want that book!

I think Mr Feynman knew exactly why people collect autographs. If he had one from P.A.M. Dirac he would have kept it !

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-546238 JP Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:54:50 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-546238 @freemonsandlewould I keep it with the rest of the Feynmans in my library. Why? @freemonsandlewould I keep it with the rest of the Feynmans in my library. Why?

]]> By: FreemonSandlewould http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-546126 FreemonSandlewould Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:20:57 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-546126 What did you do with the feynman book? What did you do with the feynman book?

]]> By: Serena http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-32655 Serena Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:29:06 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-32655 There is more than a little bit of brilliance in this bit of social commentary. I couldn't agree more. There is more than a little bit of brilliance in this bit of social commentary. I couldn’t agree more.

]]> By: Yves http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-29661 Yves Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:45:00 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-29661 Rama on <a href="http://cuckooscall.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Cuckooscall</a> quoted from this post so I had to come and see you. I just went to check my copy of <i>Surely you must be joking Mr Feynman!</i> to see if it too had his autograph. It doesn't and I too wonder what is so special about autographs. I would have thought differently if he had signed it though! So you love technology, eh? Despite having been in software since '65, I really don't like any science or technology that was developed after I attained the age of 25, and regret the passing of the steam traction engine too. It's an age thing. Best to you. Rama on Cuckooscall quoted from this post so I had to come and see you. I just went to check my copy of Surely you must be joking Mr Feynman! to see if it too had his autograph. It doesn’t and I too wonder what is so special about autographs. I would have thought differently if he had signed it though!

So you love technology, eh? Despite having been in software since ’65, I really don’t like any science or technology that was developed after I attained the age of 25, and regret the passing of the steam traction engine too. It’s an age thing.

Best to you.

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-29566 JP Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:12:20 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-29566 Thanks for the comments everyone. I will start using something like plazes so that people know where I am and where I intend to be. I used to use librarything, then lost it when I lost my blog way back in May. Now, as I prepare for a facelift come Christmas, I plan to bring librarything back. Any other suggestions? I am still working on a glossary, and slowly tagging all my old posts. Ahnd planning a sidebar area for popular posts. No one, not even lifeklüdger, has come back with any accessibility suggestions. Thanks for the comments everyone.

I will start using something like plazes so that people know where I am and where I intend to be.

I used to use librarything, then lost it when I lost my blog way back in May.

Now, as I prepare for a facelift come Christmas, I plan to bring librarything back.

Any other suggestions? I am still working on a glossary, and slowly tagging all my old posts. Ahnd planning a sidebar area for popular posts.

No one, not even lifeklüdger, has come back with any accessibility suggestions.

]]> By: On Blogging, Again on iface thoughts http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-29540 On Blogging, Again on iface thoughts Mon, 11 Dec 2006 04:14:56 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-29540 [...] One of the other ones that I enjoyed thoroughly was JP’s musings on learning and blogging. It is one of the crisp pieces that keeps on enhancing the point as you read on. Apart from that I have witnessed the marriage of learning and blogging. It has impacted what I know, it has led to thinking outside of my job and most importantly it has enabled self-expression, which is what I am doing while I am writing this. Self expression is a debate with yourself and hence the best way of learning. This is the biggest advantage to me, and I had been sorely missing this before I started blogging. [...] [...] One of the other ones that I enjoyed thoroughly was JP’s musings on learning and blogging. It is one of the crisp pieces that keeps on enhancing the point as you read on. Apart from that I have witnessed the marriage of learning and blogging. It has impacted what I know, it has led to thinking outside of my job and most importantly it has enabled self-expression, which is what I am doing while I am writing this. Self expression is a debate with yourself and hence the best way of learning. This is the biggest advantage to me, and I had been sorely missing this before I started blogging. [...]

]]> By: Thomas Otter http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-29320 Thomas Otter Sun, 10 Dec 2006 15:47:52 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-29320 JP, The bibliophile comes through in your writing. You write with the the fluid style of someone widely and well read. I came to your blog because of your IT reputation, I return regularly because of the aesthetic. Reading should, after all, be fun. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about the need for an IT Canon, http://theotherthomasotter.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/a-new-canon-understanding-it/ and then prompty forgot about the list we kicked off at: http://www.librarything.com/groups/itcanon As a Bibliophile, you may find librarything.com worth a browse. Perhaps I could tempt you to add some of those first editions to the list? JP,
The bibliophile comes through in your writing. You write with the the fluid style of someone widely and well read. I came to your blog because of your IT reputation, I return regularly because of the aesthetic. Reading should, after all, be fun.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about the need for an IT Canon,
http://theotherthomasotter.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/a-new-canon-understanding-it/
and then prompty forgot about the list we kicked off at:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/itcanon
As a Bibliophile, you may find librarything.com worth a browse.

Perhaps I could tempt you to add some of those first editions to the list?

]]> By: Jackie Danicki » Social media and learning http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-29286 Jackie Danicki » Social media and learning Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:53:47 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-29286 [...] JP Rangaswami: You see, people like Feynman and Einstein had the single-minded focus and energy to get over the social barriers and keep asking the stupid question. But most of us aren’t Feynmans or Einsteins. With social software and particularly with blogs and wikis, we can all ask stupid questions without feeling stupid about doing the asking. Many times, when I check something out via Google or via Wikipedia, I’m asking a stupid question. I couldn’t do that very easily at school. Actually that’s not quite true, but that’s a different matter. Posted by Jackie Danicki | [...] [...] JP Rangaswami: You see, people like Feynman and Einstein had the single-minded focus and energy to get over the social barriers and keep asking the stupid question. But most of us aren’t Feynmans or Einsteins. With social software and particularly with blogs and wikis, we can all ask stupid questions without feeling stupid about doing the asking. Many times, when I check something out via Google or via Wikipedia, I’m asking a stupid question. I couldn’t do that very easily at school. Actually that’s not quite true, but that’s a different matter. Posted by Jackie Danicki | [...]

]]> By: David Blume http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-29190 David Blume Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:38:49 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2006/12/09/musings-on-learning-and-blogging/#comment-29190 Another lurker here. I greatly enjoy your blog. I'm close to Mountain View (there's an ICBM tag at my site), and had no idea that you were in the area. Sorry to have missed you! Another lurker here. I greatly enjoy your blog. I’m close to Mountain View (there’s an ICBM tag at my site), and had no idea that you were in the area. Sorry to have missed you!

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