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10 Nov 09

Seth's Blog: When data and decisions collide

  • It took Ignaz Semmelweis more than twenty years (he died before it happened, actually) to persuade doctors that washing their hands could save the lives of mothers giving birth. He had the data, he had the proof, but that wasn't enough to change minds.
  • What are you going to do when your hunches don't match the data that's now pouring in?
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24 Jul 09

The White House - Blog Post - The President on "Race to the Top"

  • I'll never forget a school I visited one day when I was a community organizer in Chicago.  As I walked around the school with the principal, I remember saying to her how wonderful it was to see all these kids so full of energy and hope and the spark in their eye.  And when he asked them what they were going to be when they grew up, they said, we're going to be doctors and lawyers and they all had these big dreams for the future.  And I remember the principal saying that soon all that would change; that in a year or two, something would shut off inside as they began to realize their hopes wouldn't come to pass -- not because they weren't smart enough, not because they weren't talented enough, but because they didn't see a pathway to success.

    And that's true of too many children in this country.  Maybe they don't have a great teacher.  Maybe they don't find their classes exciting.  Maybe they aren't being challenged at school.  Maybe their parents aren't pushing them the way they need to.  Maybe nobody is setting high expectations for them.  Maybe they can't afford a college education.  Maybe they don't know anybody who's ever gone to college.  And the reason you're here, the reason Arne is here, the reason I'm here, is to make sure that we are giving all of those children, all our children, the pathways they need to make the most of their abilities; to make the most of their opportunities; to make the most of their lives.

The Race to the Top Begins—Remarks by Secretary of Arne Duncan

  • That's why we are looking for Race to the Top states to adopt common, internationally-benchmarked K-12 standards that truly prepare students for college and careers.
  • Award-winning states will be able to monitor growth in student learning—and identify effective instructional practices.
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22 Jul 09

Seth's Blog: Death spiral!

  • As Tom Peters says, "You can't shrink your way to greatness," and yet that's what so many dying businesses try to do. They hunker down and wait for things to get better, but they don't.
  • Change is a bear, but it's better than death.

Seth's Blog: Winning on the uphills

  • On the uphills, I have a reasonable shot at a gain over last time. The downhills are already maxed out by the laws of physics and safety.
  • Most of your competition spend their days looking forward to those rare moments when everything goes right. Imagine how much leverage you have if you spend your time maximizing those common moments when it doesn't.
16 Jul 09

Facebook at 250 Million Users: Could it Be Too Big?

  • Thiel believes that investing in the Singularity means thinking ahead about how humanity can benefit from our relationships with these smarter-than-human machines instead of being hurt by them. He says that the Singularity will either lead to the biggest economic boom in human history or it will lead to an apocalypse. Literally.
    • Will the 250 million of us allow ourselves to be manipulated? It seems so likely. All we seem to care about is a free service that makes us feel connected, whether our information is being used for good or for ill. Any relationship -- personal or business -- is based on trust. And we have proven that as consumers we will flee at the first sign of disloyalty to us. Let's hope we recognize it and see it coming. - on 2009-07-16
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  • We asked Facebook execs earlier this month when they held a press call about privacy if they were in fact seeking to push users towards communicating more information publicly. Two of the three people on the call said yes, they are. One, the executive in charge of privacy on the site, gave an obtuse answer about how Facebook wants to give users more control over their communication. It doesn't really seem that way.
10 Jul 09

Who Uses Social Networks and What Are They Like? (Part 2)

  • The findings of this study have confirmed in some cases what we already knew about the different demographics of these networks. However, they're still helpful since the more sources that confirm the same demographics, the more likely they are to be accurate.
    • I wish I could teach my students (and some teachers) to understand this new principle of information: a scientific study is no longer trustworthy by itself. It must be confirmed by several sources to gain trust. A stand-alone study is just something to consider, but not something to hang your hat on.

      But that is exactly what makes navigating our world's information landscape so difficult. It takes real work to find any information that we can believe.       - on 2009-07-10
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09 Jul 09

Who Uses Social Networks and What Are They Like? (Part 1)

  • Social networkers are not as interested in friending strangers or creating "fake" friends to boost their ego. Out of the group, 45% connect only to family and friends and another 18% will connect only to people they've met in person.
    • This is what I tell people who are so cynical about social networking. They think that college students and teens are just on these sites looking for new friends, or friending anyone they make contact with. But nobody I know has ever done that. It's much simpler than that. It's a network -- my friend told me about it, I told my friend, and she told her friend. - on 2009-07-09
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  • Also interesting is that only 15% of social networkers say they log on at work, thus debunking another myth about how prevalent social network use is at the workplace.
    • I wonder if this included cell phone activity? SMS is now my "drug" of choice for Twitter updates and Facebook conversations. - on 2009-07-09
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Cartoon: Pee Into This Cup & Hand Over Your Twitter Login Info

  • But consider the summer contractor fired from his job with the District of Columbia after he tweeted derogatory remarks about a local neighbourhood and talked about loafing on the job. Set aside the confession of misconduct, and you still have the issue of a worker publicly slagging the people he's supposed to be serving.
    • Here's the deal: When we choose to make comments public, we have to understand the new implications. What we put into the public arena has always been an issue, but now that people can easily track you, we have a new level of importance put on everything we say. Are we teaching kids this in schools? - on 2009-07-09
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    • 1984 comes to mind when I read this. We are going to have to figure out a line, but the reality is this: your attitude really does matter. If you hate your job and talk about hating your job to everyone, then why would you be surprised to find out that your boss doesn't want you around? - on 2009-07-09
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Wallwisher.com :: Words that stick

  • I'm intrigued by this site. Not sure why this one hasn't caught on. It seems so simple and easy. Could it really be that easy to collaborate and leave ideas around one topic? - jarrodmartin1 on 2009-07-07
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