Seven (minus two) habits of highly effective people
The dust cover states that this book has already sold 15 million copies, so the virtue of writing anything about this remarkable book can none other be than for oneself. Yet it also made me aware that I haven’t lived up to the practices of blogging, e.g. securing frequent updates. Although the book of Steven [...]
Shopping for traces in social software (under construction)
A while ago I read a short post by Martin Kloos, an acknowledged social media professional. In this post Martin struck a tone that displayed critical thoughts against the prophecies of social software. Instead of lip synching the self-proclaimed SlideShare evangelists that vigorously advocate the social super powers of Web2.0, Martin calls for a relativistic [...]
Modernity and the Holocaust
Once in a while you find a thought provoking book, that provides you a leap in your thinking about things, in this case about sociological and organizational theories. My belief is that Zygmund Bauman’s book Modernity and the Holocaust neatly fits that category. The delicate subject of the Holocaust is scrutinized by Polish sociologist Bauman, [...]
Tim on Etienne (Part IV: Reifying College)
Although not planned, this fourth post emerged as a post weaving the earlier three posts together (Part I: Learning in Practice, Part II: Identity in Learning and Part III: Design for Learning) as a final means to prepare myself for the series of lectures on Knowledge Management 2009 at the University of Amsterdam. This post [...]
