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Tag Archive 'creativity'

Moving Closer to Fine

Posted in Creative, Personal on Apr 18th, 2008

“Closer to Fine,” the first hit from the Indigo Girls‘ first album, is a song that I’ve returned to at different points in my life. Recently, while searching around for what others have said about this song, I was surprised to find a sermon [doc] online based on the lyrics, so I gave it [...]

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Interface Design, Cognition, and Creativity

Posted in Creative on Apr 13th, 2008

I just finished watching Bruce Sterling’s speech at the “Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign” conference. Though a science fiction writer by profession, he’s become more and more immersed in the world of design, first as a vehicle into his fiction and eventually as the direct object of his study and thinking.
Primary Point: Reducing Cognitive Load
The main thesis [...]

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More on Fairfax’s Anti-NCLB Stance

Posted in Educational on Mar 22nd, 2007

Marc Fisher’s article is appropriately biting, and as far as I’m concerned, he nails it.
He’s reporting Jack Dale’s refusal to administer standardized reading tests to recent immigrants. The standoff between Fairfax County and the federal government is creating a stir in the waters of the Potomac, and the stirring gives me hope that we [...]

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