Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

SETDA – Awards

Michael Flanagan, the Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction, won SETDA’s policymaker award tonight. My favorite quote: “Quit using overheads! The bowling alley had them before we did AND they got rid of them before we did!”

Lan Neugent, Virginia’s Assistant Superintendent of Technology, won SETDA’s state leader of the year award. Kudos to them both!

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13.8

Explaining the mystery of synchronization, from swinging pendulums to chirping crickets

A variety of living and non-living things exhibit behavioral synchronization. Why?

The Wizard of Oz is a story about the dangers of the gold standard

Reading between the lines of Dorothy’s adventure to the Emerald City.

High Culture

What is modern art about — and why won’t it go away already?

Modernism has lasted longer than any art movement since the Renaissance.

Strange Maps

After oil and gas, Europe is now running out of wind

You might think it’s impossible to run out of wind, but Europe’s “wind drought” proves otherwise. And it’s only going to get worse.

Leadership

Slack’s CEO Stewart Butterfield: These questions could save teams billions of hours each year

“The digital HQ – the digital infrastructure that supports productivity and collaboration – actually became more important than the physical HQ.”

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