A historical collection of our writing.
Today was the second day of our mini computer bootcamp for friends and family. The goal was to have a functioning and hosted website up and running. We started out by using nslookup to find the IP address of a web server – we use ziggeo.com as an example. If you are on Mac OS […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
This weekend we are holding a two-day computer bootcamp for our kids, some friends of theirs and a handful of adults. Here is a recap of the first day both as a reminder and reference for those who participated and as an outline for anybody else who wants to try this. We started by watching […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Shapeways is a partner for Google’s brand new MadeWithCode initiative aimed at getting more girls excited about coding and computational thinking. What is important about this initiative is that it will broaden the understanding of what can be done with code. Code is not just games or websites. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Last week I posted a draft outline for my planned book on “The Coming Information Age” with a proposed chapter on the “Unbundling of the Job.” This is an idea that first occurred to me when I attended a workshop at MIT on Work and Value in the Digital Economy at MIT in late 2012. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
As I am blogging my way through the various aspects of a transition to the Information Age I am still keeping in mind that eventually I would like to gather up all the material into a book. So here is possible outline for such a book. Would love to get feedback on what’s missing (or […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One of the things we have been emphasizing in homeschooling our children is the importance of giving back. So I am incredibly thrilled that our daughter has launched a Crowdrise fundraiser to support girls at schools in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. Lewa was one of the places we visited on our […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
