Envisioning Information

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I was hoping to get my hands on a copy of The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within, Second Edition because I wanted to read his perspective on presentations before designing a lesson on teaching with presentations.  When I discovered that the copy at my local library was in the [...]

Diffusion of Innovations

I decided to read Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition by Everett M. Rogers and Everett Rogers after seeing Geoff Sheehy mention it on his blog a while back.  I figured if he found it relevant to his research into knowledge management, maybe I’d find it relevant as well.

Everett M. Rogers spent most of his life [...]

A brush with fame (plus my review of Influencer)

As I was on my way to return my borrowed copy of Influencer: The Power to Change Anything to its rightful owner, I passed David Wiley in a doorway. He saw the book in my hand, mentioned that he had heard a lot of good things about the book, and asked my opinion (but [...]

Networks and Mind Mapping

I was out of town on a quasi-vacation most of this past week and I used my time in airports and on planes to read two library books. The first book I finished was The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking to Maximize Your Brain’s Untapped Potential The Mind Map Book: [...]