Charlie Gedeon
@charliegedeon
Reflecting on how learning and creativity are shaped by technology and our interactions with it. Co-founder of Pragmatics Studio, a small digital design studio in Montreal.
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Yet death still forces its way into our personal space. Its sudden and unwelcome appearance makes it only more spectral. As our urban lives increasingly involve interactions with strangers, with people or beings whose comings and goings are complete mysteries, more and more ghosts haunt our cities. As urban neighbourhoods are razed and rebuilt... See more
Andrew Kipnis • Rapid urbanisation is stoking paranormal anxieties in China | Aeon Essays
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You must never assume that what people say or do in a particular moment is a statement of their permanent desires.
Robert Greene • Mastery
I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am
totally dependent on them for my life and well being.
totally dependent on them for my life and well being.
Put Something Back | Steve Jobs Archive
Bad UX research does not stink. Anyone without training can create poor research and the output looks just as convincing to the untrained eye. This is the reason why UX research uniquely feels the push for democratization.
Bad research doesn’t stink - Carl J. Pearson, PhD
Raising Thoughtful & Curious Kids
From the article:
Engage them early in lively conversation.
Play card, board or videogames that build working memory.
Stress the intrinsic rewards of learning rather than grades.
Frame a bad grade as a reason to work harder.
Enroll them in schools where intelligence is seen as fluid rather than fixed.
Teach them that their ability is under their control.