To make a resume for how today's bosses read them—quickly and mercilessly—you'll need to learn about white space, dumb algorithms and lingerie. You should drop your photo, too.

In a previous post, I indicated what I consider the “dangerous” realisation that there is no top-down meaning; that our actions aren’t found to be important by anyone (or One) […]

Is there something about rapid technological change that necessitates bold cultural shifts? If so, that might explain why so many Internet companies have run afoul of regulation. 

Are digital devices ruining our ability to have deep and meaningful conversations, emphasizing desperate and superficial connections instead? How can we sustain healthy relationships? 

"Technology-loving comedian from the future" Baratunde Thurston says that in an economy of information abundance, you don't have to feel obligated to pay attention to it all.

The right brain training regimen that harnessed the brain’s natural plasticity and helped to strengthen these specific cognitive systems might help.

What conditions are scientists looking for in their search for life on another planet? The presence of water is key, explains Bill Nye, aka The Science Guy. 

What conditions are scientists looking for in their search for life on another planet? The presence of water is key, says Bill Nye.

The regime of standardized testing in the nation's public schools is expanding. Soon, children as young as 5 will devote weeks of the school year to preparing and sitting for multiple-choice exams. What is a parent to do?

To what extent should our desire for Internet freedom allow the industry to operate outside of laws that are meant to protect the public good. Whose responsibility is it to protect children? 

This is follow-up to last week's post on crowdfunding and the opportunities it could provide for the so called teacherpreneurs. Let’s take it as an alternative to the traditional forms […]

If Google's lobbying spree continues, it will outspend all the tobacco companies and major banks. And with new cyber security bills before Congress, the fight for Internet freedom remains. 

For Washington, DC readers, please join us and spread the word about the presentation tomorrow (Wed. April 25) at American University by Timothy Caulfield, among Canada’s leading experts in the […]

With bookstores vanishing, the Pulitzer committee skimping on Pulitzers, and the Amazon dragon twining its bright yellow coils around every publisher on Earth, the book industry finds itself in dire peril. But lo! What […]

What is the Big Idea? From Ben Franklin to Steve Jobs, America has always been a land of inventors and tinkerers, according to Adam Davidson, economic columnist for The New […]

Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says you can’t rely on “the media” or the internet to control your information consumption. Here he suggests a few pieces of software that have helped him to regulate his own information diet. 

Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says that the term "information overload" is misleading. We should talk instead, he suggests, about "information obesity," and take responsibility as consumers for […]

Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, says you can’t rely on "the media" or the internet to control your information consumption. Here he suggests a few pieces of software […]

It looks like a new front in the “war on women” has opened up, and it involves America’s nuns. A friend of mine who belongs to a women-led Catholic community […]