A few years ago, I completed a MOOC (massive open online course) on the Science of Everyday Thinking. I really…
The idea of the "reading circuit" really helped me understand dyslexia a bit better. Fluency takes effort. I've always been…
My wife is my signpost - for some things, anyway. She reads faster than me and tells me of books…
As a kid in a classroom, I didn't question it. I took what was laid before me, in the environment…
The lecture. At home, at school, and at church. I've had so many, but can recall very few... The group.…
In the olden days, knowledge existed hidden away in pockets, which was fine if you knew which pocket and had…
When I was at University, the word "engineer" had some odd connotations in my head. Geeky, sterile, boring. It seemed…
So I stare at a blank page and draw a brightly coloured cube. BUILD SOMETHING WITH ME it says, sitting…
George Orwell was a smooth man like myself, so this is obviously what he was getting at when he uttered…
This looks all wrong, doesn't it? The thing is, it's not at all easy to change your current world view.…