http://nsyght.com/rss/tag/exploration Nsyght is a search engine powered by you, your bookmarks, and your friends. en-us 50 http://www.ted.com Graham Hawkes takes us aboard his graceful, winged submarines to the depths of planet Ocean (a.k.a. "Earth"). It's a deep blue w...<br />Submited by a1mega 21, November 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:08:24 GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZCeqs-fR60 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZCeqs-fR60 Submited by yatot 22, November 2008 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:34:39 GMT http://weburbanist.com/2008/07/06/20-abandoned-cities-and-towns http://weburbanist.com/2008/07/06/20-abandoned-cities-and-towns Given a performance measure, be it clicks, revenue or something entirely different, a disciplined process of experimentation and evaluation can lead to rapid improvements.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:29 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/business/08scene.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=login http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/08/business/08scene.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=login Don't just help your users solve their problems or accomplish their tasks, make their experience productive pleasures; make them feel smart; and engage them in your application!<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:08 GMT http://www.plainsimple.org/archives/000060.html http://www.plainsimple.org/archives/000060.html usability does a great job at describing whether a point reached by design will work or not, but does a very bad job of recommending where to go next.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:53:09 GMT http://www.ok-cancel.com/archives/post/2005/02/stop_the_presses_user_experience_owner_found.html http://www.ok-cancel.com/archives/post/2005/02/stop_the_presses_user_experience_owner_found.html The people who will do best in this economy are those who don't just take and give orders but also move smoothly between boundaries, like the technical guru who understands marketing or the accountant who speaks four languages.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:51 GMT http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/climb/archives/071005.shtml http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/climb/archives/071005.shtml [Students] have to learn to be a community - and we have to show them how.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:32 GMT http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2005/11/22/blogging-as-attempts-at-understanding http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2005/11/22/blogging-as-attempts-at-understanding In identity search, we are either finders or browsers. The finder is looking for an explicit good - a person they've met or wish to research. The browser, on the other hand, is looking to explore a subset of all people.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:32 GMT http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2006/04/faceted-search-interfaces.html http://chimprawk.blogspot.com/2006/04/faceted-search-interfaces.html Parents must give their children two things: roots and wings. Give them roots to keep them grounded through tough times. Give them wings to soar above everything, explore new worlds and fly farther than we ever did.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:29 GMT http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/05/01/two_gifts_for_y.html http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2006/05/01/two_gifts_for_y.html By disclosing information progressively, you reveal only the essentials and help the user manage the complexity of feature-rich sites or applications.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:29 GMT http://experiencedynamics.blogs.com/site_search_usability/2004/03/progressive_dis.html http://experiencedynamics.blogs.com/site_search_usability/2004/03/progressive_dis.html Organisations that wish to foster creativity and innovation in the 21st century need to reshape their current conceptions of production and consumption.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:29 GMT http://ullamaaria.typepad.com/hobbyprincess/2006/05/design_as_play_.html http://ullamaaria.typepad.com/hobbyprincess/2006/05/design_as_play_.html Every day one reads of a new study comparing nations in everything from Internet penetration to inflation. [All these] are symbols of a learning process that is accelerating, reinforcing the lessons of success and failure. Call it a best-practice world.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:27 GMT http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10206249/site/newsweek http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10206249/site/newsweek There are far too many smart, educated, talented people operating at quarter speed, unsure of their place in the world, contributing far too little to the productive engine of modern civilization.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:28 GMT http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html School trains children to be employees and consumers; teach your own to be leaders and adventurers. School trains children to obey reflexively; teach your own to think critically and independently.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:29 GMT http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm http://www.spinninglobe.net/againstschool.htm The only sustainable edge will come from accelerating the pace of capability building, rather than relying on any specific set of innovations in tacit interactions.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:29 GMT http://edgeperspectives.typepad.com/edge_perspectives/2006/04/the_next_revolu.html http://edgeperspectives.typepad.com/edge_perspectives/2006/04/the_next_revolu.html Suppose that MySpace is, in fact, exposing large numbers of teens to high-risk situations, then shouldn't the role of educational institutions be to help those teens understand those risks and develop strategies for dealing with them?<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:27 GMT http://www.danah.org/papers/MySpaceDOPA.html http://www.danah.org/papers/MySpaceDOPA.html Reneging on existing deals, even bad ones, is disastrous. If the government can, in effect, steal from private companies whenever that generates good PR for politicians, the incentives for investment and exploration diminish markedly.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:27 GMT http://jeffreyalanmiron.typepad.com/jeffrey_alan_miron/2006/05/theft_from_the_.html http://jeffreyalanmiron.typepad.com/jeffrey_alan_miron/2006/05/theft_from_the_.html Moving away from the ‘copy-ready’ tradition of journal production [...], there are now opportunities to engage in ongoing debate, learning through connections and negotiation strategies, rather than merely passively consuming broadcasted ideas<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:24 GMT http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/edition-9/the-knowledge-tree-goes-social-lead-article-by-joanne-jacobs http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/edition-9/the-knowledge-tree-goes-social-lead-article-by-joanne-jacobs Those teachers with the most clearly articulated stories of the process are those who have not let go of the past. They tell the old story with clarity and certainty while those learning the new story are exploratory and tentative.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:25 GMT http://hent.blogspot.com/2006/05/stories-teachers-tell-one-another.html http://hent.blogspot.com/2006/05/stories-teachers-tell-one-another.html We must learn to embrace the idea of learning through play and begin to understand that the boundaries between content and play must be porous and permeable.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:25 GMT http://teachersteachingteachers.org/?p=27 http://teachersteachingteachers.org/?p=27 For the purposes of providing accurate financial accounting, universities should have two entities -- the "university" which performs teaching, and the "university research institute" which does research, and each should be explicitly budgeted for.<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:52:22 GMT http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2006/09/federal-financing-of-research-ii-why.html http://collegeaffordability.blogspot.com/2006/09/federal-financing-of-research-ii-why.html Generation Y lives on the Internet where geographical boundaries have no meaning. "Therefore, why should that distance between here and the moon have any meaning? It's just another place,"<br />Submited by meryn 20, November 2008 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:50:39 GMT http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23560690 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23560690