Here’s a presentation video by Gever Tulley, founder of the Tinkering School, on 5 dangerous things you should let your kids do; for example, let your children own a pocket knife, and let them play with fire. His argument is that when we allow our children to explore, it “will make them stronger and smarter [...]
Here’s an interesting article that Peter Norvig wrote about how wanna-be programmers are in such a hurry in becoming a full-fledged “developer,” buying into Teach Yourself <some language> in 21 days books and the likes. I’ve been developing/programming for a while now and to become a developer, a great one, you simply cannot take shortcuts. [...]
When leaders make a mistake, they say, “I was wrong.”When followers make mistakes, they say, “It wasn’t my fault.” A leader works harder than a follower and has more time;a follower is always “too busy” to do what is necessary. A leader goes through a problem;a follower goes around it and never gets past it. [...]