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Monthly Archives: November 2007

When musicians become gamers

29-Nov-07

Video games like the Guitar Hero franchise and the recently released Rock Band give gamers a chance to become “musicians”, if only in pretend. It was by happy accident (thanks to shuffle mode in iTunes) that I heard a discussion yesterday with NPR music blogger Carrie Brownstein on an (unfortunately unknown to me) NPR [...]

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When gamers become parents

22-Nov-07

With the holiday shopping season already in high gear here in the U.S, and the annual blitz of advertising - especially for the big ticket items like video games and systems - in full assault mode, many parents find themselves trying to decide what kinds of games they are willing to let their kids play. [...]

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How do knowledge workers, especially new ones, learn how to be knowledge workers?

19-Nov-07

How did you learn how to be a knowledge worker? Did you spend your early years in an “apprenticeship” or were you just thrown into the fray? How do we help new knowledge workers learn their craft?

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Trust your instincts and your training

18-Nov-07

Like a true master, Slater chooses the latter and comes away with two perfect rounds. The moral of the story: Trust your instincts and your training, and don’t overthink it.

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Something for Nothing

13-Nov-07

As with religion, and I’m sure many other things, it is hard to discuss the concept of mastery in the abstract. To talk about religion you pretty much need to discuss it in the context of a specific denomination. Likewise, to discuss mastery it is easier, and more meaningful, to discuss it in [...]

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