Jim Myers

The Talent Code

Jim Myers — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:51:17 +0000

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 Network

Jim Myers — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:02:26 +0000

Based 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 Revolution

Jim Myers — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:16:56 +0000

A 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.

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Jim Myers — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:08:42 +0000

Any 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 Recall

Jim Myers — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:55:00 +0000

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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Daisy

Jim Myers — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:40:06 +0000

The 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 Universe

Jim Myers — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:43:58 +0000

A wonderful animation from the American Museum of Natural History illustrating what we’ve seen of our universe… and what we haven’t.

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Predictably Irrational

Jim Myers — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:58:00 +0000

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 Professor

Jim Myers — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:34:00 +0000

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 Palm

Jim Myers — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:08:00 +0000

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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