by Whitney | Apr 30, 2013 | business, community, Discovery, explanations, Marketing, Uncategorized
One of the great discussions over the weekend at BarCamp News Innovation/Creation Camp, Started by Greg Linch from the Washington Post was about how ideas spread, and discussing what elements might exist to make something go “viral”. There was another...
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 | Nov 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
I found a new favorite podcast recently- TheRSA.org. The RSA describes itself as: For over 250 years the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress. Our...
by Whitney | Apr 29, 2010 | books, business, community, economics, education, Uncategorized
One of my favorite concepts from all of those years studying biology was the concept of the niche. An organism or creature finds a spot where the competition isn’t too intense, and raw materials they can work with, and decides to set up shop. They work with...
by Whitney | Feb 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
My kids have ADHD. I have ADHD. Having a background in developmental biology, I’ve been fascinated to learn how this whole attention thing works, and how you can manipulate attention in yourself and others. I think the reasons are obvious- if your attention is...
