a blog about information
You’ll see one day when you move out it just sort of happens one day and it’s gone. You feel like you can never get it back. It’s like you feel homesick for a place that doesn’t even exist. Maybe it’s like this rite of passage, you know. You won’t ever have this feeling again … Continue reading “Thinking about social objects”
My thanks to Franz St for the photograph of Melk Abbey in Wachau, Austria The National Geographic Society regularly reviews historic sites all over the world, seeking to recognise those that sustain their heritage, history and sheer ethos despite the passage of time and tourists. When I think of the word “stewardship”, I think of … Continue reading “Musing about stewardship and software and noninvasiveness”
Yes, it’s once upon a time time. Time for you to become part of Byte Night Bedtime Story, the world’s biggest bedtime stor, and help raise funds for the wonderful work done by Action For Children. Watch the bedtime story unfold via twitter, just follow @BNBedtimeStory. Share it with your children. Share it with your … Continue reading “Once Upon A Time Time”
I am beholden to TS Holen for the wonderful photograph above, which he calls Ready-made Waste To repeat what I said yesterday, as most of you probably know, I was born and brought up in Calcutta. A busy, vibrant city inhabited by millions of people. Who create a lot of waste. While I lived there, … Continue reading “Thinking about waste”
My thanks to Dominik Hofer for the wonderful photograph shown above Did you ever get the chance to read Blink? In that book, Malcolm Gladwell said something like the following: We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction. Now this is something I’ve believed … Continue reading “Musing about learning by doing”