about 5 months ago - 1 comment
More than a few people have commented about the new Facebook Lite interface. I will simply add the impressions from a co-worker of mine who is blind.
I suggested it to her this morning as we were discussing social networking, and how difficult some of the navigation can be. I had a hunch that the Lite interface More >
about 1 year ago - 4 comments
This is a rare treat for me, as someone has taken the Venn concept and applied it to personal decision-making.
Reader Brian Carpenter sent this in for thought and consideration. He does not claim it to be complete or universal, but found it an effective tool for rating those qualities voters would look for in elected More >
about 1 year ago - 1 comment
No mysterious disappearances. I’m just swamped. I’ve got more ideas than I know what to do with, and no time to flesh them out. Some are doozies. And I have had a ball commenting in various places.
Also, things have been a bit slow on the home front, as my 5-year-old PC is showing her age. More >
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
If there is a unifying there here, it’s in explaining the seemingly complex in the most simple way possible. Occam’s Razor is a means of comparing multiple explanations or theories, with the notion that the simplest is likely the truth. However, many people are guiding themselves by the fallacy that the simplest explanation is the More >
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
“Ugly” and “rough” – at least in the English language – sound sort of like they are. They certainly don’t roll off the tongue like “pretty” and “smooth.” There’s a whole chicken-and-egg argument that we could make about whether ugly-sounding words describe ugly things, or if we associate the ugliness of a word More >
about 1 year ago - No comments
In the last couple of years with the Red Cross, I have been involved in some of the strangest crisis communications challenges you can imagine. Notice, I didn’t say “most intense” or “most difficult” or even “most noteworthy.” In most of these cases, we’re talking about a local chapter and its relationship to More >
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
What does it mean to be a “friend?”
If you’re young, and growing up online, the word can mean many different things. And there are other words that can cloud the issue: followers, acquaintances, allies, supporters…
So think for yourself how you can categorize and differentiate the terms. I broke things down this way, More >
about 2 years ago - 4 comments
A Moment of Venn inspired by Valeria Maltoni:
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about 2 years ago - 11 comments
Meme alert!
Meme alert!
Meme alert!
Push and shove your way to the nearest exits!
I’ve been tagged.
Some really smart guy named Jeremiah Owyang has classified a bunch of internet users as “media snackers.”
not in it for the “long haul”
you want quick, easily digestible bits
you want to consume it where you want, when you want, and how you want
you More >
about 2 years ago - No comments
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about 1 year ago
I saw this and thought “hey, those Venn diagrams from high school are useful after all!” Nice way to visualize your dream job.
about 1 year ago
Ike,
What an OUTSTANDING post. Have shared it with my readers, and will with my students as well. http://tinyurl.com/55ygf4
Best,
Mark Story
about 1 year ago
Joel:
You should definitely check out indexed.blogspot.com.
It’s one of my favorites and yes, full of Venn diagrams.
Jimmy
about 1 year ago
Ike,
I second Mark Story, and will crosspost this to my Facebook profile.
Just brilliant, though!
The question I had for you was, where did you *originally* notice this…or is this Venn diagramming style (as per your idiosyncratic case) your very own formulation?
Signed,
ADM
about 1 year ago
Adam – my introduction to the Venn goes back to geometry class, but the practical application of them wasn’t apparent until I started studying formal logic.
Without going into great detail, there are 256 ways one can construct a simple syllogism. The Venn is a useful tool for mapping the space to determine how many of those are structurally valid for use in an argument.
Formal logic (including Copi notation) are required for those wishing to advance in Shen Lung Kung Fu, and as both a student and an instructor I got to draw *many* intersecting circles. Shen Lung includes some beautiful philosophy that has very practical application.
I guess it was beautiful enough and elegant enough as a tool that I couldn’t resist using it in presentations.
about 1 year ago
Never mapped out my motivations in this way, but thanks to you I’ll be sure to do it now.
about 1 year ago
I’m in the same place!
And… I actually pulled up Occam’s and explained your Venn to one of my co-workers yesterday. When I pointed to the center, I said, “That’s where you want to be… that’s where we need to focus our attention.”
Totally COOL!
You left out Maven… You, my friend are a Maven. And pithy too.
about 1 year ago
The problem is when I start mapping things out that I like to do I get so many circles I lose track. Then I realize some of those circles I don’t even like. I don’t know what I like is the problem.
about 1 year ago
Interesting… I’m going to try this as I’m now in a rut with what I want to do with myself. Especially since I’m a SAHM now and wondering what I’m going to do when tehy go to school fulltime.
Blessings
about 1 year ago
first of all. congrats on getting your dream job and realizing it is your dream job. few people accomplish both.
but I have to ask: do you crap venn diagrams too?
– respect