Vicarious Learning

Grand Text Auto General | Friday November 21, 2008 |

Michael’s here at MIT and just gave a great talk. While he was preparing for it, apropos of conversations I’ve had recently with him and Beth Cardier, I wrote something that I think is a story generator, and which is a self-contained 1K python...

Grand Text Auto General | Friday November 21, 2008 |

Michael’s here at MIT and just gave a great talk. While he was preparing for it, apropos of conversations I’ve had recently with him and Beth Cardier, I wrote something that I think is a story generator, and which is a self-contained 1K python...

Fritinancy Naming | Friday November 21, 2008 |

No, not those turkeys. It's a week before Thanksgiving, which means two lucky gobblers will be pardoned by That Guy Who Still Lives in the White House and spared a culinary fate. You can cast an official vote on the White House site , where your options are...

Fritinancy Naming | Friday November 21, 2008 |

No, not those turkeys. It's a week before Thanksgiving, which means two lucky gobblers will be pardoned by That Guy Who Still Lives in the White House and spared a culinary fate. You can cast an official vote on the White House site , where your options are...

PsychSplash Anyone | Friday November 21, 2008 |

URL: http://counsellingresource.com/ I have had a few people on Psych Central Answers ask me about therapies online… For: Anyone Topics: Counselling , Mental Health , Psychotherapy , Varied Features: Articles , Assessment Instruments , ...

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science Friday November 21, 2008 |

Thanh Nguyen writes: Could you tell me what is the difference between "uncertainty" and "ignorance" in this theory [of belief functions]? Some authors define "ignorance" as the "uncommitted belief" which is assigned to the whole frame of discernment, others...

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science Friday November 21, 2008 |

Thanh Nguyen writes: Could you tell me what is the difference between "uncertainty" and "ignorance" in this theory [of belief functions]? Some authors define "ignorance" as the "uncommitted belief" which is assigned to the whole frame of discernment, others...

Mind Hacks Friday November 21, 2008 |

If there were prizes for sheer genius, this would get the top spot. Psychologist Alan Reifman teaches psychology and he also writes song lyrics. When he sees something psychological that particularly inspires him, he writes a song about it to the tune of a...

Linguaphiles Friday November 21, 2008 |

In British English we have the phrase "Sixth Form Poetry/Prose" for writing that's ambitious with metaphors and ideas, but falls a bit flat on its face due to the youth/immaturity of the writer. (Sixth form is the section of school for 16-18 year olds. It's...

Linguaphiles Friday November 21, 2008 |

In British English we have the phrase "Sixth Form Poetry/Prose" for writing that's ambitious with metaphors and ideas, but falls a bit flat on its face due to the youth/immaturity of the writer. (Sixth form is the section of school for 16-18 year olds. It's...

Translate This! Vokabular | Friday November 21, 2008 |

Für alle, die das immer noch nicht geschnallt haben (und das sind eine ganze Menge):   (via BeF’s Soup )

Translate This! Vokabular | Friday November 21, 2008 |

Für alle, die das immer noch nicht geschnallt haben (und das sind eine ganze Menge):   (via BeF’s Soup )

Mind Hacks Friday November 21, 2008 |

Cognition and Culture is a fantastic new group blog by a distinguished group of writers who include some of the leading figures in neuroscience, psychology and anthropology. It's from the International Cognition and Culture Institute and contains...

information aesthetics guest blog | Friday November 21, 2008 |

A Junk Charts reader tipped us about this chart that appeared on the front page of one of their newspapers. It announced: "Iceland banks are in a universe of hurt". As we all know, Iceland is bankrupt , and all its banks are spinning out of orbit. But...

information aesthetics guest blog | Friday November 21, 2008 |

A Junk Charts reader tipped us about this chart that appeared on the front page of one of their newspapers. It announced: "Iceland banks are in a universe of hurt". As we all know, Iceland is bankrupt , and all its banks are spinning out of orbit. But...

Applied Technology Online Uncategorized | Friday November 21, 2008 |

One of the neat new things I get to do with my new MacBook is watch streaming content from Netflix. Streaming content is not new for Netflix, but it is new for Macs. Netflix recently opened up the streaming service as beta for the Mac platform, only one catch,...

Mind Hacks Nonsense | Friday November 21, 2008 |

If there were prizes for sheer genius, this would get the top spot. Psychologist Alan Reifman teaches psychology and he also writes song lyrics. When he sees something psychological that particularly inspires him, he writes a song about it to the tune of a...

Mind Hacks Friday November 21, 2008 |

Synaesthesia is well studied in adults and is thought to be a result of unusual connections created during brain development, but it has been hardly studied in children - until now. A new study published online in Brain searched for letter-colour...

Mind Hacks Friday November 21, 2008 |

The New York Times takes a look at the ongoing controversy over one of the newest and most popular tests in psychology that claims to be able to detect hidden 'implicit' biases. The test is the Implicit Association Test or IAT and we've discussed in it...

ReadWriteWeb News | Friday November 21, 2008 |

Google put on a full court media push tonight for a major change the company is making to its search experience. According to the Official Google Blog and a very unusual email the company sent out to press, a new feature called Google Search Wiki will...

ReadWriteWeb News | Friday November 21, 2008 |

Google put on a full court media push tonight for a major change the company is making to its search experience. According to the Official Google Blog and a very unusual email the company sent out to press, a new feature called Google Search Wiki will...

elearnspace Uncategorized | Friday November 21, 2008 |

I often hear educators talking about “education needs to change” (I do it too). This is the case for the K-12, higher education, and corporate training/education markets.  As a small research project , I’d like to ask people to answer the...

elearnspace Uncategorized | Friday November 21, 2008 |

I don’t like powerpoint a whole lot. We don’t really have a good alternative for presentations. I’ve been experimenting with different approaches. Most recent is PersonalBrain, which I used for my presentation at E-Learn 2008 in Vegas today....

elearnspace Uncategorized | Friday November 21, 2008 |

Common Craft has produced a short explanatory video on Microsoft Live. The internet is starting to look like the desktop in the 80’s - numerous companies trying to mainstream new applications through a new centre. Microsoft integrated a variety of...