Posts Tagged ‘braaaaaains’

21st Century Literacies - Howard Rheingold

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Twitter is great because it clues you into neat shit in a timely manner. Today’s timely neat shit comes from Howard Rheingold, the author of The Virtual Community and a guy who likes to paint his shoes.

Rheingold spoke at the Reboot Britain conference about 21st Century Literacies and he always gives good talks. His sometimes halting delivery is more than made up for in the depth and breadth of ideas he gently pries apart and reveals for our consumption and consideration.

Good stuff. Enjoy.

Cheers

3 Ways The Brain Creates Meaning - Tom Wujec - TED Talk

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Tom Wujec gave a talk at TED back in February about three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections.

I love stuff like this and could babble on for hours about the brain, memory, language, culture, Giambattista Vico and his posited ever-cycling three ages of language - the Poetic, Mnemonic and Vulgar - or even Frances Yates and her book on the Art of memory — but I’m really fucked up today and don’t feel much like doing anything except watching The Dirty Dozen over and over again.

Why? Fucked if I know. Enjoy the talk.



P. S. I would include Scott McCloud and Will Eisner in that list of talented, pondering creators too. Just sayin’.


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