Monthly Archives: August 2014

Picasso and Me

“A picture used to be a sum of additions. In my case, a picture is a sum of destructions.” ~Pablo Picasso “A course used to be a sum of added information. In my case, a course is a sum of … Continue reading

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Show Your Work: SMEs

We all work with SMEs. Sometimes it’s wonderful, sometimes painful. Here are my tips from 2010. I still stand by these: My philosophy is that SMEs are busy and my job is to minimize my impact on their time while … Continue reading

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Part II: Learning About Learning From My Ancestors — Grandma

An old draft post I found from November 2009. This is part II in my series about how/why I’m so focused on learning. It’s a learned trait – passed from my great-grandmother to my grandmother to my mom to me. … Continue reading

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Show Your Work: Novice Script Writer

The Articulate elearning challenge this week is about recording audio for online learning. It got me thinking that before you can record audio, you really need to have a script to record. I’m a novice script writer, but here are … Continue reading

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Should’ve, Could’ve, Would’ve

Don’t live your life by these three words. Should’ve, Could’ve, Would’ve. That means you have regrets, and are living by looking backwards. Yes, I wish I would have made different decisions. But you know what? If I hadn’t made those … Continue reading

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