How hard can it be to figure out how to use a shower? As I found out in my recent trip to the United States, it can actually be quite hard :-) This is a small post about the shower I had to use, pictured below, and some suggestions as to how to improve it. [...]
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Book summary: Cognitive Surplus (III)
This is the last part of my summary of “Cognitive Surplus“, by Clay Shirky. It will cover the last chapter, “Looking for the Mouse”. You can read parts one and two in this blog. Looking for the mouse Transforming free time into cognitive surplus is not just about social tools. We need motive and opportunity, [...]
Book summary: Cognitive Surplus (II)
This is the second part of my summary of “Cognitive Surplus“, by Clay Shirky. It will cover chapters “Culture” and “Personal, Communal, Public, Civic”. EDIT: You can read parts one and three in this blog. Culture Day care fines story on p.131. Knowledge is the most combinable thing we have, but taking advantage of it [...]
Book summary: Cognitive Surplus (I)
This is the first part of my summary of “Cognitive Surplus“, by Clay Shirky. It will cover chapters “Gin, TV and Cognitive Surplus”, “Means”, “Motive” and “Opportunity”. EDIT: You can read parts two and three in this blog. 1. Gin, TV and Cognitive Surplus The Gin craze in early 1700 in England didn’t stop because of [...]
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