Insights

In Praise of the iPhone 3GS

I lost my iPhone 5 on a plane flying to Melbourne from Wellington. After the initial panic and the realisation that I could not get my new SIM card until I returned to London I started to calm down so I would be weeks without full functionality. I had to dig out my oldest iPhone
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From Scratch #18

We are approaching our first 20 From Scratch podcasts. This one modestly talks about my book. Check ti out here.
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From Scratch 15

A review of John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas: A New Culture of Learning by the intrepid duo of Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins. listen to ‘From Scratch #15 A new culture of learning’ on Audioboo
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Personal Knowledge Mastery. From Scratch with Harold Jarche

listen to ‘From Scratch #8 Personal knowledge management’ on Audioboo It was a pleasure catching up with Harold in Sydney Australia. It is Autumn here, not summer as I claim in the interview. What was I thinking of! Just the excitement of talking to a world class expert in this field, and many more.
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From Scratch No 6: The Learner Voice

listen to ‘From Scratch #6 Learner preferences’ on Audioboo
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The Learner Voice

Here is From Scratch #6. This time it is a conversation with Laura Overton from Towards Maturity and is a discussion about her recently released report called The Learner Voice: a survey with 2,000 learners about how they learn and what they learn.
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From Scratch No 5

Called strategies for reading. And you can listen here
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From Scratch No 3

This is our take on learning and organisations. Only 4 minutes to listen:
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From Scratch #2: Social Learning

Here is the second of the From Scratch Conversations with Martin Couzins. Just over 3 minutes on Social Learning. Mercifully short, and worth a listen (I hope). listen to ‘From Scratch #2 Social learning’ on Audioboo
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Snapshot Porn and Curation v Creation

I have just been wandering round some of the ancient monuments of Istanbul. Some of the most wonderful Bysantine and Ottoman architecture I have ever seen. And Hagia Sophia is the most impressive of them all. A stunning Greek Orthodox Basilica, then a magnificent Ottoman Mosque and finally a museum with its antecedents going back
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