What the pace of change looks like when you condense the last 3000 years into 60 minutes
As part of my deep dive into creativity this month, one of the books I’m reading is ‘Out of our Minds: Learning to be Creative’ by Ken Robinson. One of his chapters deals with the pace of change, and therefore the need for imagination and creativity....There’s no future for magazines when children don’t know how to use them
I often wonder why we struggle to look backwards and recognise that many of the conversations our ancestors had, as new technology was ushered in, are the same conversations we engage in today? I imagine as the telephone began to gain momentum there were many people...Tech Innovation that significantly disrupted their industry and the world
For those people who see my tweets from time to time, you might have noticed me saying, “I love clever people”. I do. Whenever I find an article about people who’ve approached the world differently, and then had the courage to go on and execute their...
Fundamentally Changing the Shape of Education – Khan Academy
Ever since I heard about Sal Khan I’ve been wanting to write about him and his organisation, The Khan Academy. Until recently he was a Hedge Fund Trader, and packed that in to run a non-profit organisation using YouTube to educate the world – FOR FREE. The...A Day Made of Glass – What a world that would be!
Having coffee at News Cafe, I met a guy sitting next to me. John Currie is his name. Works for a company called ITNA. He’s a technology activist and lover of what’s possible in this realm. While we were chatting he sent me a link to a clip on YouTube made...
