Round-up: Mr. Money Mustache and me
I'm deep into deadlines right now, so just a few links. First, Grumpy Rumblings of the Half-Tenured (aka NicoleandMaggie) wrote a post comparing and contrasting the …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Micro-credentials
As part of the project I'm doing on digital learning, I got to interview Sal Khan (of Khan Academy) yesterday. I wrote about The Math …Read More
Planning for the December bug
My birthday is in early December. Early December also plays host, annually, to a nasty bout of the stomach flu that circulates in these parts. …Read More
Innovation and food trucks
I interviewed Matt Candler, the head of a design lab called 4.0 Schools, last week. This design lab is focused on education innovation, be it …Read More
So these don’t look quite like the cookies in Real Simple…
.. but I like the Warhol-esque sprinkle pattern my 3-year-old used. Here's the real recipe (and a photo).Read More
Round-up: Toilet paper tube art
I came home from my birthday dinner last night to discover that my children (with adult supervision) had gone all crafty in my absence. This …Read More
Beware of unseen errors
I’m a contrarian person by nature. I love writing about evidence that some common cultural narrative is wrong (or at least not the whole story). …Read More
The 9 percent vs. the 91 percent
Over at Wandering Scientist the other day, Cloud posted about the negativity of internet haters. Measured, thoughtful criticism is a gift. Snarky personal attacks don't …Read More
The #greatweekend update
On Friday, Amazon and BN.com put up their links to What the Most Successful People Do on the Weekend. This ebook comes out in a …Read More
Round-up: The book fair fail
This week's drama was the book fair at my son's elementary school. I vaguely knew this was coming, but there are heaping helpings of mental …Read More