Brian Dusablon

“I teach the way I wish I had been taught”

Khan has no training or experience in teaching, and his videos are relatively crude by the standards of online course material produced by traditional educational publishers. They consist almost exclusively of Khan explaining things in conversational English while doing the equivalent of writing on a blackboard, which he does without benefit of a script or even a second take.

“I teach the way I wish I had been taught,” said Khan…

- Steven Pearlstein: Mark them tardy to the revolution – The Washington Post

This (and last) Week in Browsing

The Org Chart is not the Org


A Phone to Save Us From Our Phones – WTF? If I wanted that, I’d just go back to an old Razr. In typical Microsoft fashion, they’re advertising message is weird and off the mark, unless their goal was to keep people from buying their phones.

Oh, and no copy/paste on launch. To quote their own commercial, “really?”


Learn Math on Your Regular (non-iOS, non-Microsoft) Phone – Very cool. (via HybridKris)


The ‘Back to the Future’ That Might Have Been – I had no idea. Very interesting. Goes well with this “making of” for the Goonies.


Minimalism by Example – I’ve had issues with Web Design Ledger before. They’re out to make a buck. While it seems to have worked for them, I do not like their methods.


Being Geek Book Trailer – Awesome. And ordered.


We Know More – good stuff on modern knowledge management


An Introduction to WordPress Multisite – going this route with the family site(s) soon


Punk Mathematics

This is awesome. Thanks to Aaron for pointing it out. I’m a supporter! Can’t wait for the book to come out.