John Seely Brown and DouglasThomas have a book out called A New Culture Of Learning ISBN:1456458884 about Educating Kids. Typically, when we think of Culture, we think of an existing, stable entity that changes and evolves over long periods of time. In A New Culture, Thomas and Brown explore a second sense of culture, one that responds to its surroundings organically. It not only adapts, it integrates change into its process as one of its environmental variables. By exploring play, innovation, and the cultivation of the imagination as cornerstones of learning, the authors create a vision of learning for the future that is achievable, scalable and one that grows along with the technology that fosters it and the people who engage with it. The result is a new form of culture in which knowledge is seen as fluid and evolving, the personal is both enhanced and refined in relation to the collective, and the ability to manage, negotiate and participate in the world is governed by the play of the imagination. (more)

Ken Robinson has a book out called The Element ISBN:0670020478. The element is the point at which natural Talent meets personal Passion.

Silicon Valley School Reform player - ran schools 2013-2019, then rebranded as Altitude Learning (more)

A web proxy Private Web that layers a Wiki namespace and auto-linking over non-wiki browser-readable pages, e.g EMail, other websites? (more)

A browser extension is a small software module for customizing a web browser. Browsers typically allow a variety of extensions, including user interface modifications, ad blocking, and cookie management.[1] Browser plug-ins are a separate type of module. The main difference is that extensions are usually just source code, but plug-ins are always executables (i.e. object code). As of 2021, plug-ins have been deprecated by most browsers, while extensions are widely used. The most popular browser, Google Chrome,[2] has over 100,000 extensions available but no longer supports plug-ins.[3][4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_extension

Lots of people building NoteTaking apps try to create a multi-sub-window experience in a single browser window. I don't like that because I never have enough control over a bunch of sub-windows. (more)

NumberThree's AirPods not holding charge - the left one lasts 3hrs, the right one lasts less than a minute? Even when not being used at all. (more)

The United States Digital Service is an elite technology unit[1][2] housed within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It provides consultation services to federal agencies on information technology. It seeks to improve and simplify digital service, and to improve federal websites. It was launched on August 11, 2014. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Digital_Service

Wyden seeks funds for USDS, 18F to help states amid COVID-19. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and 15 Democratic colleagues are asking congressional leadership to appropriate more funds for federal technology innovators to help states whose legacy IT systems are fracturing under the demand created by the COVID-19 pandemic. (more)

18F slices ATO times to from 6 months to 30 days. ...reduce the time it takes to process an authority to operate (ATO) from more than six months down to 30 days with a series of collaborative strategies. (more)

Ben Balter: The difference between 18F and USDS. Although similar on paper, the two approach the challenge with two very divergent goals: one was created to ship culture and the other was created to ship confidence. It’s the age-old saga of geeks vs. suits. (more)

Brian Whittaker takes over as acting executive director of 18F. Whittaker has been with GSA since 2016. Most recently, since November 2017, he has worked as deputy executive director of the Centers of Excellence initiative. (more)

Now 10 years old, Code for America hopes for government to walk alone. As Jennifer Pahlka moves on from her role as Code for America’s chief executive, the nonprofit she founded a decade ago now includes 25,000 fellows and volunteers nationwide (more)

Outgoing director Angela Colter reflects on her highlights with 18F. During her tenure as executive director of 18F, Angela Colter has done a lot of thinking about what makes a good 18F project. (more)

Kris Gage: Fuck Your “Planning” Planning is procrastination, not action (more)

Jennifer Pahlka (born 1969) is the founder and former Executive Director of Code for America. She served as US Deputy Chief Technology Officer from June 2013 to June 2014 and helped found the United States Digital Service... She married Tim O'Reilly in 2015... Pahlka founded Code for America, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization that aims to make government for all people.. She set in motion the creation of the United States Digital Service (USDS) within the Executive Office of the President, and helped start 18F at the General Services Administration. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Pahlka (more)

Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator for personal, project, or organization sites. Written in Ruby by Tom Preston-Werner, GitHub's co-founder, it is distributed under the open source MIT license. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jekyll_(software) (more)

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Dan Hon s09e22: Where Do You Start? (more)

USDS budget cut forces focus on core capabilities. The White House tech team that was formed to save HealthCare.gov in 2014 is returning to its roots as a 911 squad for government tech. That's the message coming out of a planned cut of about $6.75 million to the U.S. Digital Service funding level for fiscal year 2020 -- part of an overall $13.5 million reduction to the Information Technology Oversight and Reform budget sought by the administration. (more)