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From the start of elementary school until high school graduation, students spend two million minutes preparing for their future. Director Chad Heeter’s documentary 2 Million Minutes explores the dramatic differences between the way Western students spend that time versus students in China and India.

Recorded in 2005, Howard Rheingold talks about the critical importance of collaboration, participatory media and collective action in shaping a better and more effective world. Great historical examples of human interdependence, cooperation, helping and other civilised behaviours that helped humans to thrive and survive through adversity – all alternatives to more destructive models that have [...]

As some of us funwall our way through the day, others are using social and participatory media to shape the future. One of these people is Social Signal’s Rob Cottingham who asks Can web2.0 change the world?
“It’s easy to get fixated on the shiny toys of the Web 2.0 world: the latest invitation-only beta [...]

Sir Ken Robinson, from his TED talk on creativity
If you haven’t done so already, you must watch Sir Ken Robinson’s wonderful TED conference talk “Do schools kill creativity.” He’s got the timing and wit of a comedian combined with the uncommon insights into future of learning and business. View it here.
According to Robinson, the [...]

My article was originally published in Mindjack Magazine (2004)
April 19 , 2004 | As I write this, another journalist is explaining what a blog is [...]

My article below was originally published in Mindjack Magazine online.

October 28, 2002 | There has never been a better time to read the work of [...]

My article below originally published in Mindjack Magazine online.
April 29, 2002 | If there’s a message of the for dummies age it’s that nothing is beyond our grasp. [...]