Hi,
Anyone who remembers the 1950s TV show alluded to in the title will be dealt the same feelings by it's contemporary namesake. Flickr is a shrine to the everyday, the commonplace while doffing it's cap to the esoteric. It's just like Ken giving Flicka a sugarcube all over again, while musing about Dostoevsky's time in Omsk. Why not celebrate the banality of life as well as the excitement? It's all here, ready to take up it's 15 minutes.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Sunday, August 30, 2009
7 and a half habits
Hi,
Looking through the 71/2 habits of effective lifelong learners one thing seems easy: Setting Goals! Setting goals can be really easy. One should never anticipate smooth sailing and having a fall back position where the level of achievment is slightly shy of where you are now is often preferable to soul crushing failure.
Now the difficult thing is maintaining a functional tool kit. This totally ignores the impact of two preschool age energetic boys. If the item within the toolkit is physical it is likely to be covered with porridge and coloured in like Buzz Lightyear. If the item is software it will be deleted and replaced by videos of a cartoon bear. If it is more of a guideline or a rule, if it doesn't result in time in the naughty corner for non adherence, it is likely to be ignored.
Lifelong learning comes in many forms.
Marcos
Looking through the 71/2 habits of effective lifelong learners one thing seems easy: Setting Goals! Setting goals can be really easy. One should never anticipate smooth sailing and having a fall back position where the level of achievment is slightly shy of where you are now is often preferable to soul crushing failure.
Now the difficult thing is maintaining a functional tool kit. This totally ignores the impact of two preschool age energetic boys. If the item within the toolkit is physical it is likely to be covered with porridge and coloured in like Buzz Lightyear. If the item is software it will be deleted and replaced by videos of a cartoon bear. If it is more of a guideline or a rule, if it doesn't result in time in the naughty corner for non adherence, it is likely to be ignored.
Lifelong learning comes in many forms.
Marcos
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The first blog I have to do for 23 things
Hi,
Archimedes once said "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world". Fortunately noone gave him such a lever (although some may have suggested where he should place it). In the 3rd century BC it may have been a thought provoking statement, however had he said it today he would have been charged with planning a terrorist act. How times changed.
Marcos
Archimedes once said "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world". Fortunately noone gave him such a lever (although some may have suggested where he should place it). In the 3rd century BC it may have been a thought provoking statement, however had he said it today he would have been charged with planning a terrorist act. How times changed.
Marcos
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