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Remembering being taught Applied ICT at A Level
Remembering being taught Applied ICT at A Level
14 November 2011
I recently noticed that I got quoted in The Information Age, at the beginning of the year due to the UK Cyber Security Challenge.: "Tim Dobson, a 20-year-old university student, does not remember his IT A-level course fondly. “In one lesson, our teacher asked us how to find the YouTube website,” he recalled. Dobson added […]
Free speech means believing in the freedom of speech you don't like.
Free speech means believing in the freedom of speech you don't like.
4 October 2011
I don't often agree with Noam Chomsky, but this quote is spot on: "If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don't like. Stalin and Hitler, for example, were dictators in favor of freedom of speech for views they liked only. If you're in favor of freedom […]
Cheating and Collaboration
Cheating and Collaboration
22 March 2009
"Games teach that failure is not bad, and collaboration is not cheating – the opposite of what is taught in school." — Alice Taylor
Serial Entrepreneurs
Serial Entrepreneurs
11 February 2009
"All entrepreneurs are serial. Otherwise you stopped being an entrepreneur and now just have a job. Or are a millionaire." — John Leach
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