Library | Teaching Design | Christopher Simmons General Thinking Course Edward De Bono Facts On File, 1994 (Revised Edition) The FountainheadAyn Rand NAL-Dutton, 1996 The Dot and The Line (1st edition) Norton Juster Random House, 1963 Man and His Symbols Carl Jung Doubleday, 1969 The Medium is the Massage Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore Hard Wired, 1996 The Power of Myth Joseph Campbell Anchor Books, 1988 The Tipping Point* Malcolm Gladwell Back Bay Books, 2002 Six Memos for the Next Millennium Italo Calvino Random House, 1993 Powers of 10* (A rare case in which the film is even better) Philip Morrison and Phylis Morrison, with the Office of Charles and Ray Eames Scientific American Library, 1967 No Logo Naomi Klein Vintage Canada, 2000 In the Blink of an Eye Walter Murch Silman-James Press, 2001 Logos / Identity / Branding Logo:Lab Christopher Simmons HOW Design Books, 2005 Letterhead & Logo Design 9 Christopher Simmons Rockport Publishers, 2005 The Corporate Personality Wally Olins Design Council, 1979 Design + Design History Art Creativity • Print
Introduction to Mathematical Thinking About the Course NOTE: For the Fall 2015 session, the course website will go live at 10:00 AM US-PST on Saturday September 19, two days before the course begins, so you have time to familiarize yourself with the website structure, watch some short introductory videos, and look at some preliminary material. The goal of the course is to help you develop a valuable mental ability – a powerful way of thinking that our ancestors have developed over three thousand years. Mathematical thinking is not the same as doing mathematics – at least not as mathematics is typically presented in our school system. The course is offered in two versions. Course Syllabus Instructor’s welcome and introduction 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Recommended Background High school mathematics. Suggested Readings There is one reading assignment at the start, providing some motivational background. There is a supplemental reading unit describing elementary set theory for students who are not familiar with the material.
TIL OpenCourseWare movement has been far busier than I expected. There's a huge range of free higher education online. : evolutionReddit Best Online Courses To Take How an Olympic flop can inspire innovation - Ask the Fedcoach Posted at 11:32 AM ET, 07/26/2012 Jul 26, 2012 03:32 PM EDT TheWashingtonPost (Andy Lyons - GETTY IMAGES) Are you familiar with the Fosbury Flop? In the 1960s, a track and field athlete named Dick Fosbury developed a new high jump technique because he consistently failed to clear the bar using traditional methods. There are lessons to be learned for federal leaders from Fosbury’s experience. I share this example because my organization, the Partnership for Public Service, and Deloitte derived some similar lessons from our latest Best Places to Work in the Federal Government analysis of innovation in government. Based on our review of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, we found that 92 percent of the respondents were looking for ways to perform their jobs better, but only 59 percent said they were encouraged to come up with new and better ways of doing business. Of course, there are notable exceptions. · Ask your employees for help. · Support employees who generate ideas.
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Using Asynchronous Methods in ASP.NET 4.5 How Requests Are Processed by the Thread Pool On the web server, the .NET Framework maintains a pool of threads that are used to service ASP.NET requests. When a request arrives, a thread from the pool is dispatched to process that request. If the request is processed synchronously, the thread that processes the request is busy while the request is being processed, and that thread cannot service another request. This might not be a problem, because the thread pool can be made large enough to accommodate many busy threads. However, the number of threads in the thread pool is limited (the default maximum for .NET 4.5 is 5,000). Processing Asynchronous Requests In web applications that see a large number of concurrent requests at start-up or has a bursty load (where concurrency increases suddenly), making web service calls asynchronous will increase the responsiveness of your application. Choosing Synchronous or Asynchronous Methods Few applications require all methods to be asynchronous.
CS50: Introduction to Computer Science CS50x is Harvard College's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming for majors and non-majors alike, with or without prior programming experience. An entry-level course taught by David J. Malan, CS50x teaches students how to think algorithmically and solve problems efficiently. Topics include abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web development. Students who earn a satisfactory score on 9 problem sets (i.e., programming assignments) and a final project will receive a certificate from HarvardX. Audit this Course Audit this course for free and have complete access to all the course material, activities, tests, and forums. Earn a Verified Certificate of Achievement Looking to test your mettle? Earn Harvard Credit Optionally, you can enroll in the traditional, semester-long course at Harvard Extension School.
Domus Academy - Scuola di Design e Moda a Milano Open Culture A Course of F# Study | craftyThoughts I’ve been tinkering off and on with F# for about two years. Now I plan to dive in and do some serious code writing, so I’m gathering all my resources in one place (here) ready to move forward. For anyone with a beginning to intermediate level of experience with F#, this is my recommended course of study. Development Environment You’ll want to install a couple VS extensions. Core Course You’ll find you have to deliberately write F# one statement at a time. Beyond the Basics Once you finish Awesome Princess’ excellent course, you’ll want to continue your graduate studies along with whatever productive coding you are doing. And then there are the bloggers. Geez this is getting kind of long. Here’s the F# open-source community on GitHub. …and last, but not least FPish – Online community of functional developers, more than a blog… Theory Matters Start getting used to the arrow notation F# uses to describe function signatures. Don’t try to force-feed yourself on monads. OK, enough of monads. Notes
Brilliant toilet! In this activity, students hear about a strange restaurant recommendation. They watch a video in which Paul talks about a friend’s suggestion to visit a new restaurant in town specifically because of its brilliant toilet. But what could be so special about a toilet? And why is Paul offended by the recommendation? Language level: Intermediate + (B1)Learner type: Teens; AdultsTime: 45 minutesActivity: Reading and speakingTopic: RestaurantsLanguage: Evaluative adjectives (brilliant, wonderful, unbelievable, great, etc.)Materials: Video; worksheet Brilliant toilet (10156 downloads) Lesson plan outline (part 1) Ask students how often they eat out. Take feedback. Write ideas on the board and invite students to add more ideas if they can. Tell students that they are going to see a video in which a man called Paul tells a story. I have a really good friend who goes to lots of new bars and likes to recommend these kinds of places. And I’m thinking, what is so great about the toilet? Comments