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Category: Think Tank

Go Go Mimi Ito!

June 10, 2010 Jess 2 Comments

Mimi Ito is all of five minutes into her talk, and already ripping to shreds the “polarized public debate” about…

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Posted in: Media, Think Tank Filed under: nmc2010

Which Test?

May 25, 2010 Jess 1 Comment

As a researcher, I’ve wanted a site like whichtest.info for ages. By answering a few simple questions about your data…

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Posted in: Creativity, Think Tank Filed under: research methods

Beware of Just Do It

May 10, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

I just read Eileen Burbidge’s post on women in technology.  Here’s the quote that left me boggling: Within tech, I…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: gender, technology

Electing the Smart Guy

May 4, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

Ill Doctrine, of all people, got me wondering: can we fix our cultural hostility to electing smart people to office…

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Posted in: Teaching, Think Tank Filed under: intelligence, learning, politics, project, school

Happy Ada Day!

March 24, 2010 Jess 1 Comment

Today’s the second Ada Lovelace Day, an international day of blogging to celebrate the achievements of women in science and…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: gender, Research

Robot Chefs Battle With Knives!

February 24, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

And do you really need to know more than that? Then, a month later in Nagoya, Japan, the Famen restaurant…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: robots

Women Scientists and Housework

February 2, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

As part of my research on gender, I often find myself reading pieces like this one, and the Academe article…

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Posted in: Advance, Think Tank Filed under: academia, equity, gender

Now That’s Bricolage

January 19, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

The Solar Video Kit project is brilliantly simple. It shows you how to put together commercially available items to make…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: technology

Tolkien As Translator

January 11, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

There are few words to describe how much I want to take this course. Or, more accurately, how much I…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: books

Hey, Jude

January 7, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

What I find fascinating about this is not the guy leading a “Hey, Jude” sing-along in the airport, but rather…

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Posted in: Media, Think Tank Filed under: culture

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