by Minter Dial | Apr 29, 2009 | Education
Or how old is your brain? Here’s a little game that will drive you nuts, especially if you have a competitive streak in you. The site instructions are in Japanese, so before clicking on this link, read below! Touch ‘start’ Wait for 3, 2, 1. Memorize...
by Minter Dial | Mar 24, 2009 | Education
DID YOU KNOW THAT . . . . . if you live in the United States (i.e. you write the date MM/DD/YY), at five minutes and six seconds after 4 AM on the 8th of July this year, the time and date will be: 04:05:06 07/08/09 It’s a beautiful thing. This will not happen...
by Minter Dial | Oct 26, 2008 | Education
The Wisdom of Winnowing Words? I have often read, with keen interest, about the addition of new words to a language, typically to French and English where I can gauge the novelty, meaning and importance of the word(s) in question. Last week, however, I came across a...
by Minter Dial | Oct 12, 2008 | Education
15 YEARS LATER : MY 15-YEAR REUNION AT INSEAD I have just completed my 15-year reunion at INSEAD in Fontainebleau. There were some 59 fellow classmates (out of about 205) who came in from 16 countries (3 came from Australia). It was a lovely way to reconnect – among...
by Minter Dial | Sep 15, 2008 | Education
At Cape Cod Sea Camps, as you drive up to the camp’s entrance, there are speed limits.You have to smile when you see an 11 miles-per-hour sign! At first, I thought it might have a translation from kilometers-per-hour, but that would be highly unlikely in the US,...
by Minter Dial | Jun 5, 2008 | Education
What’s the difference between training and education? If you are in or interested in education, you should enjoy this explanation which I heard via Mitch Joel in his intro to Six Pixel’s of Separation podcast #104. Quoting a conference speaker Mitch heard...
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