The Graphing Calculator Story
The Graphing Calculator Story
When His Project Was Canceled, an Unemployed Programmer Kept Sneaking Into Apple to Finish the Job via Mental Floss
The Graphing Calculator Story by Ron Avitzur
Why did Greg and I do something so ludicrous as sneaking into an eight-billion-dollar corporation to do volunteer work? Apple was having financial troubles then, so we joked that we were volunteering for a nonprofit organization. In reality, our motivation was complex. Partly, the PowerPC was an awesome machine, and we wanted to show off what could be done with it; in the Spinal Tap idiom, we said, "OK, this one goes to eleven." Partly, we were thinking of the storytelling value. Partly, it was a macho computer guy thing - we had never shipped a million copies of software before. Mostly, Greg and I felt that creating quality educational software was a public service. We were doing it to help kids learn math. Public schools are too poor to buy software, so the most effective way to deliver it is to install it at the factory.
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STEM fields all mapped out!
Physicist and science writer Dominic Walliman produces the YouTube channel Domain of Science where he shares fantastic animations that map out different STEM fields.
These videos are perfect to share with students to give them a comprehensive view with information about different types of sub-disciplines within fields and how they relate to each other.
I've embedded the Map of Mathematics video below for you but if you click on it and watch the video on YouTube you'll find the playlist which shares other videos on the topics of engineering, biology, physics, chemistry, and more.
And of course he has shared a lot of other great content on his channel. You should view, subscribe, and share ASAP!
Dominic has made the images of maps available via Flickr for educational use and you can purchase Domain of Science posters as well.
Watch on YouTube to view the whole playlist
"Millions of people together have made the Web great. So, during the Web’s 25th birthday year in 2014, millions of people can secure the Web’s future. We mu
Reclaim Your Privacy
Edward Snowden Explains How to Reclaim Your Privacy via The Intercept It’s a long read, but worth reading.. for those that want the cliff notes version, I pulled these from this article: Step One: Tor Software to use to browse the web anonymously Step Two: HTTPS Everywhere Forces your browser to use https (think *secure session*, like the kind of connection you want when you are shopping or banking online) Step Three: Duck Duck Go Search engine that doesn't track you (set as the default of your browser) Step Four: KeePassX Password manager, use in conjunction with 2-Factor Authentication [// I think this is great for websites in general but banking, credit card, email and other "mission critical" sites-- I'm still a little skeptical about relying on using a key system for these sites] Step Five: Signal Encrypted instant messenger & calling without having to change your number
Impostor Syndrome
Learning to Deal with Impostor Syndrome
13 Charts That Will Make Total Sense To People With Impostor Syndrome
Fighting Impostor Syndrome
Open Remarks by Sir Tim Berners-Lee on Panel Discussion on Building a World Wide Human Rights Web: human rights and the free flow of information
Happy Carl Sagan Day!
Carl Sagan Day is celebrated on November 9 every year. Carl has inspired so many people with his teachings and today is the day that we celebrate his legacy.
My favorite links about Carl:
Carl Sagan’s last interview with Charlie Rose (Full Interview) Neil deGrasse Tyson - Carl Sagan Experience LOVE THIS Symphony of Science - ‘We Are All Connected’ (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye) Why Carl Sagan is Truly Irreplaceable Lessons of Immortality and Mortality From My Father, Carl Sagan Take a Course or Two with Professor Sagan
His dark prediction about the future has become our present.
Jefferson: It wasn't enough to enshrine some rights in the constitution and the bill of rights, the people had to be educated and they had to practice their skepticism in their education otherwise we don't run the government- the government runs us.
We live in an age based on science and technology with formidable technological powers.
If we don't understand it, by we I mean the general public, if it's something that "oh I'm not good at, that I don't know anything about it", then who is making all the decisions about science and technology that are going to determine what kind of future our children live in? Just some members of congress, but there's no more than a handful members of congress with any background in science at all.
Meet-up: Gurteen Knowledge Management NYC
I recently joined a meet-up group for the first time. And I’m so glad I did!
Prior to the invitation to the group “Gurteen Knowledge Management” I had heard of neither the name “Gurteen” nor the term “Knowledge Management”. From the description on the “About” page and the title of the next topic “Breaking Down Silos Through Working Outloud” I decided it looked interesting enough to attend a meeting and find out more...
About the group: 21,000 people in 160 countries are part of the Gurteen Knowledge Community. Help us create a strong core in New York City. After all, there is a lot of knowledge here to be shared! This is a group for knowledge management enthusiasts who like to share KM practices, learn from others and improve their organizations. Knowledge sharing practices can make a company run more efficiently and increase employee productivity. Join us in sharing practices of ways you share knowledge in your organization!
The presentation at the meeting was fantastic!
view Joachim’s slides on Google Drive
connect with Joachim on google+
I had long been a fan of Jane Bozarth’s work:
Jazne Bozarth Website | @JaneBozarth | Show Your Work (on Amazon)
But Joachim mentioned many other pioneers and practitioners of the same philosophy to check out:
Dave Winer, “Narrate Your Work” Bryce Write, “Breaking Down ‘Work Out Loud’” John Stepper “Working Out Loud: The Making of a Movement” (TEDx video) Catherine Shinners “They Dynamics of Working Out Loud” Dennis Pearce “Working Out Loud Doctoral Thesis”
Besides a great presentation, I also really enjoyed the group discussion.
One of the topics that we talked about that I am particularly interested in right now is slack-
Slack results (from their website) My OneTab: Slack
One last link- WOL Week on Twitter
Focus on positive action
What Effective Protest Could Look Like
The more conservative protests are, the more radical they are. You want to scare Trump? Be orderly, polite, and visibly patriotic. Trump wants to identify all opposition to him with the black-masked crowbar thugs who smashed windows and burned a limo on his inauguration day. Remember Trump’s tweet about stripping citizenship from flag burners? It’s beyond audacious that a candidate who publicly requested help from Russian espionage services against his opponent would claim the flag as his own. But Trump is trying. Don’t let him get away with it. Carry the flag. Open with the Pledge of Allegiance. Close by singing the Star Spangled Banner––like these protesters at LAX, in video posted by The Atlantic’s own Conor Friedersdorf. Trump’s presidency is itself one long flag-burning, an attack on the principles and institutions of the American republic. That republic’s symbols are your symbols. You should cherish them and brandish them.
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