Here’s a short digression from social networking and social capital, but it illustrates the principles of an aha-moment very well. For a long while, washing machines have required a large amount of water (measured in litres and gallons) to clean the laundry. We have come to take this process for granted. What if you could [...]

As humans, we learn from the successes and failures of others. As a child, we might put a hand on the stove, even  though someone warned us that we would get burnt. However, as we get older, we quickly learn that we do not need to test every single possibility ourselves. We can learn from [...]

Conor Clarke, writing for the Atlantic, argues that the United States should end the tradition of summer vacation. He makes three compelling points: First, the United States ranks near the lowest # of school-days per year. Japan–243 days South Korea–220 days Israel–216 days Compared to those countries, the United States’ school year of 180 days seems [...]

Last week, Mike Prokopeak (editorial director of Chief Learning Officer magazine) teed up an interesting question about the value of social media to learning. Right now, Twitter–which right now is just passing the peak of Gartner’s Hype Cycle. For the last year many people have asked each other “are you on Twitter?” Now, some journalists [...]