Learning with the Fang

In keeping with Al’s desire to ‘embrace this (closure of MiniLegends blog) as an opportunity’, I will try to update this post with summary information and facts that can help Al, his school and DECS move in a forward direction. The issue has clearly struck a nerve, resulting in an outpouring of emotional support. It [...]

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Recently listened to THIS podcast (from Sept 2006) while digging around for information about Open Science. The talk runs just over 15min and is available in many formats (incl video). While more than a year old, the podcast confirmed my hunch that there are indeed a bunch of scientists who think this Read/Write Interenet stuff [...]

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It seems that the AutoDesk people have worked very hard to showcase their cool visualisation talents via this years TED conference. Their videos and .pdf of visual notes from TED are just so cool I feel the need to pass them along. (Me – a willing advertiser!).
Make sure you watch the BIGVIZ interactive, and the [...]

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Jill Bolte Taylor describes something I called ‘my right brain experience’ after a serious motor cycle in her ‘TED Talk’ video. The sense of quiet, inner bliss, pain, noise, inability to recognise sounds, parallel vs serial came flooding back to me as I watched.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish [...]

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