That’s My Kind of Thinking – March 2009

March 31, 2009 in Picks

My favourite examples of great thinking from the past month

1. While other teachers have taken to banning laptops in class because they are a distraction, one teacher has taken a more novel approach.

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2. An insightful article by Gerard O’Neil: Debt is a Fact, Wealth is an Opinion.

3. And Two great questions:

4. This month’s video is Malcolm Gladwell’s TED talk on Spaghetti Sauce!

Peter’s Picks – 12/1/9

January 12, 2009 in Picks

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Congrats to Niall Harbison and the guys on their recent funding. Looking forward to more great things from iFoods 🙂

Robin Blandford runs through some of the great technology projects at this year’s young scientist show.

Pete’s Picks – 4th Jan 2009

January 4, 2009 in Picks

A new weekly feature for this blog, obviously drawing inspiration from Damien, Joe and others. I hope you enjoy

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Usain Bolt’s not just a record breaker, he’s a curve breaker too.
ReadWriteWeb‘s introduction to Greasemonkey, and their 7 favourite browser tweaks.
Gigonomics – the new economics of the music industry