Archives for April 2009
Email anniversary
It was precisely 25 years ago today that I received my first email. Ironically, its relic is not well conserved. As if it was a historical parchment document, time has gnawed away its left margin and I had to reconstruct much of it. To explain this I need to tell a long-winded story.
At this time, a typical file still [...]
Experts vs. Creativity
In a new essay on domain-generality or domain-specifity of creativity, R. Sternberg emphasizes the individual’s decision, attitude, mindset, to use their differing skills, abilities, resources. The decision attitude is described as investment. My own thoughts about this involve the attitude of note-taking.
