Jim Myershttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/en-US2010-09-09T02:23:00ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)The Talent Codehttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2010/6/28/the-talent-code.htmlJim Myers2010-06-28T16:51:17ZScience The MindThe Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else by Daniel Coyle

A book every teacher, learner, or anyone instructing people should read and study. Science has uncovered much on how we acquire knowledge and skill, but not near enough of the techniques and insights have been made available to learners.

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]]>The Social Networkhttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2010/6/26/the-social-network.htmlJim Myers2010-06-26T03:02:26ZPopular Culture TechnologyBased on Ben Mezrich’s way-too-speculative book The Accidental Billionaires, David Fincher’s The Social Network gets a Teaser Trailer. While Mezirch’s Bringing Down the House was a much better book, thanks in no small part to a less squishy foundation of “inside” accounts, Aaron Sorkin penning the script and Fincher behind the camera gives me hope that I won’t have to immediately Unfriend the flick on theater exit.

]]>A Learning Revolutionhttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2010/5/25/a-learning-revolution.htmlJim Myers2010-05-25T03:16:56ZGeneral Politics Science Technology The MindA great talk from Sir Ken Robinson about the need for a radical change in teaching.  This is a discussion that more people, in all walks of life, should be having.  We can be better learners and need to be better teachers.

]]>-http://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2010/4/16/any-startling-piece-of-work-has-a-subversive-element-in.htmlJim Myers2010-04-16T01:08:42ZAny startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often.  Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity.

- Leonard Cohen

]]>Total Recallhttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2010/3/21/total-recall.htmlJim Myers2010-03-21T20:55:00ZTechnology The MindTotal Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything Total Recall: How the E-Memory Revolution Will Change Everything by Gordon Bell

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Interesting exploration of tech tools to capture information that represents just the beginning of culture-changing possibilities to come in computer-aided personal memory archiving.

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]]>Daisyhttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2010/3/21/daisy.htmlJim Myers2010-03-21T20:40:06ZPopular Culture Technology WritingThe always-great Roger Ebert has a short entry on his Chicago Sun-Times blog on Why the HAL 9000 sang Daisy in Stanley Kubrick’s and Arthur C. Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.  Though sans any Ebert text, the collection of clips capture a bit of computer history and an a masterful scene from a Sci-Fi Classic.

]]>The Known Universehttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2009/12/20/the-known-universe.htmlJim Myers2009-12-20T22:43:58ZScienceA wonderful animation from the American Museum of Natural History illustrating what we’ve seen of our universe… and what we haven’t.

]]>Predictably Irrationalhttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2009/12/13/predictably-irrational.htmlJim Myers2009-12-13T21:58:00ZScience The MindPredictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

In a fascinating mesh of psychology and economics, the often hidden influences of seemingly irrational behavior blossom into an enlightening, entertaining, and exhilarating exploration of the human mind.

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]]>How to Read Literature Like a Professorhttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2009/11/28/how-to-read-literature-like-a-professor.htmlJim Myers2009-11-28T03:34:00ZWritingHow to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

For anyone interested in writing, or just enjoys digging deep into good stories, arm yourself with the insights and ideas collected in this book.

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]]>Piloting Palmhttp://www.jim-myers.com/blog/2009/11/18/piloting-palm.htmlJim Myers2009-11-18T08:08:00ZTechnologyPiloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm, Handspring and the Birth of the Billion Dollar Handheld Industry Piloting Palm: The Inside Story of Palm, Handspring and the Birth of the Billion Dollar Handheld Industry by Andrea Butter

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The little company that got the PDA movement rolling, and grandfather to all of our smart little pocket devices. An interesting chronicle of the evolution of a tech company in the 90s.

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