by Whitney | Oct 19, 2011 | business, Discovery, explanations, happiness, learning, Uncategorized
In the past few days, I’ve come to rue my decision to wait to upgrade my iPhone to the new one with Siri, the artificial intelligence Personal Assistant. I am happy with my phone, and I told myself that a purchase of a new one was rather silly and...
by Whitney | Oct 5, 2011 | business, community
There’s not much to say other than we’ll all miss Steve. Here are a few videos of him speaking. His genius is best expressed by his own words. I know we feel pretty sad here, like we’ve lost someone we really admire and respect. Forbes talking about...
by Whitney | Sep 23, 2011 | business, community, economics, education, podcamp
My presentation for Podcamp Boston 6 is entitled Business for Nerds. As part of my presentation(s), I always try to give “take home” notes and resources to help people not only remember what we covered, but the things they can do after the session to...
by Whitney | Sep 1, 2011 | business, community
My book on Differentiating Instruction in the classroom came out this week. While this is clearly aimed at teachers trying to reach every kid in their classroom, the concept of tailoring your treatment or requirements of others based on external factors or...
by Whitney | Jul 5, 2011 | business, Discovery, education, explanations, learning
In doing some research for a new project, I stumbled across a new animate from The RSA based on a lecture I love from Steve Johnson. (You should really listen to the whole podcast, or better yet, subscribe to the series in iTunes.) It fits in well with my post the...
by Whitney | Jun 13, 2011 | business, economics, explanations, finance, podcamp, zenacorns
My friend, Podcamp Foundation partner and ninja, Christopher Penn, has come out with a Kindle Book entitled Marketing White Belt- Basics for the Digital Marketer. It’s terrific, and captures Chris’s direct style of explanation and getting to the heart of...
