Fraser Speirs – Blog – The iPad Project: Day Nine – This Will Kill That …. somehow.
Another interesting article about Fraser’s time rolling out iPads to every kid in his school (110 iPads in total). It’s well worth subscribing to if you are at all interested in the bleeding edge of iPad use in education.
This is a great article by Daniel Jalkut on someone who realized his dream by changing professions.. worth the read.
(Via Red Sweater Blog.)
Yes. Last class tonight. Done with the MBA. Looking forward to the next challenge. Don’t know what I’m going to do with all my free time.
I had a very interesting class tonight – I am taking some business classes, to get me out of the house, and help me learn more about the business side of things (vs the technical side).
My current class is International Business, and tonight part of the class we talked about peoples opinions of one another, and how that could affect international business.
The professor, who is the director of emergency response at Northwest Medical Teams, asked me, as a Canadian, what my thoughts on Americans overseas were. And I expect I had the typical response that people have heard, that there is the stereotypical view of an American as a very loud, arrogant person who wants other cultures to bend to their view and beliefs, vs trying to fit in to a particular place or culture.
Another student also related an experience of being in the Louvre, very quietly viewing paintings with other art lovers. And he came upon 4 guys, drinking beer and being loud.. and they were Americans.
I think the problem is that all it takes is one poor experience to reinforce that view of Americans. There are a lot of people in America who are calm, quiet and respectful when the travel overseas. One can only hope that those people will help change that perception at some point in the future.
How to be an expert: ”
The only thing standing between you-as-amateur and you-as-expert is dedication.
(Via Creating Passionate Users.)
I’ve been reading this web log for a while now, and this post is particularly good. It’s something I need to work on, go read it, slowly and thoughtfully.
Yes, I’m an uncle.. again, again!! Wow.. My sister Nicole’s baby was born about 45 minutes ago. 7 lbsish I think my mom said. No name for Nicole’s yet.
Michelle’s is Emma Margaret. Very cool name. Course I guess I can’t use it now, damn! 
Wow.. booked my ticket yesterday for my trip home to see both of them after we ship, for a week or so in August.
And yes, G5′s all around.. heh heh heh.
Scientists and medical personnel at the University of Calgary are using a 3.0 Tesla whole-body magnet, roughly 60,000 times the strength of the earth’s magnetic field, to unravel the mysteries of stroke, cancer, multiple sclerosis and other diseases affecting the brain. [May 15] [Apple Hot News]
Hey!!! Apple Hot News mentions something happening at my graduating university – awesome!! Every now and again I miss going to school, and learning.
I suppose one could get off his “butt” and learn on his own, couldn’t one.