I’ve been out of the educational space for a while, but I’m still fascinated by the possibilities for using technology to help advance student achievement. Most of the effort that I’ve seen has been well-intentioned but ultimately doomed to fail due to a few simple issues. Early efforts focused on hardware – wiring schools and [...]
Who’s the real “celebrity”?
Aug 7, ’08
7:06 AM
From Jake Tapper at ABC (http://bit.ly/2iJXL5)
Which presidential candidate hosted Saturday Night Live (hint — the musical guests were The White Stripes)?
Which one had cameos on “24” and “Wedding Crashers“?
Whose wife secretly got her pilot’s license and owns a jet?
Who is pals with Warren Beatty?
Whose daughter is friends with Heidi from MTV’s The Hills?
Whose wife once [...]
MSFT Marketing Masquerading as Usability
Aug 4, ’08
1:47 AM
I’ve always been a proponent of leveraging usability test artifacts (video, transcripts, quotes) to help communicate to decision makers the impact of design decisions. I always do this with great care, since I don’t want to overstate issues I’ve uncovered, while at the same time making clear the human effects of software usability.
Recently, Microsoft partnered [...]