No, I’m not suggesting that we amend the Constitution to guarantee American citizens a right to access the open Internet. Why guns of all things? Because of a fear of an armed federal take-over that made sense in 1787 but now is merely paranoia? So, no, I’m not suggesting we pass an Internet Rights amendment. MORE >>

On the way back from a concert in Brooklyn yesterday we shared the subway with a well-known filmmaker. He’s one of those people who look ordinary enough to blend in with the rest of us, which is lucky for him. Still, he’s not anonymous. We know his name. We’ve seen his movies. We also did our best not to pay him special attention. MORE >>

Here is a review of the five most popular posts here this past year, with a short synopsis of each. One year, distilled into a few paragraphs. Informal Learning: The 95% Solution. Informal learning is not better than formal training; there is just a whole lot more of it. To create real  learning organizations , there is a choice. MORE >>

Recently, there’s been a lot of talk and excitement about unlearning, and it’s always rubbed me the wrong way. Because, frankly, unlearning physiologically isn’t really an option. So I thought I’d talk about the cognitive processes, and then look at what folks are talking about. So, you simply can’t  unlearn. Um, okay. MORE >>

Paul Sanders on a mailing list wrote the following: And I can assure anyone who is feeling a bit hot under the collar about the music industry in general, that the thing they fear in corporate HQs and trade associations far far more than the digital consumer and bittorrent etc., is an emancipated artist. Here’s to a world full of ‘em MORE >>