Stephen Wolfram has made the complete text of his New Kind of Science (a 1000+-page treatise on the way that virtually everything in the universe can be explained with cellular automata), which he self-published a couple years back with some of the squillions of dollars he’s earned on his seminal Mathematica software program, available for…
Category: Learning
FreeMind
FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java. I’m still figuring how to use it properly … tried it last week to organize my thoughts on the retreat. I still prefer markers, pen and paper … but this is still useful!
Toyplaying
Thanks to Winn for these simple & profound scribblings… ___________________________ Like most things in life, when I find a new toy to play with I spend a lot of time with it to the exclusion of other toys that I have, wondering if this new toy will be the “ultimate answer” to my “toy playing,”…
Knowing & Doing
Here’s a good collection teaching quarterlies (with challenging articles, interviews, and reviews) from the C.S. Lewis Institute (I’ll try to leave some on a table for people to pick up this Sunday and see what happens?!)
Resources Overload :-)
The Xenos Summer Institute (initiated by Xenos Christian Fellowship) has loads of plenary sessions & workshops from a variety of thinkers-practioners. Lots of stuff to pick & choose from … when you have time.
Affirm, Admonish, Alter?
I’m listening to my friend Jason Clark’s workshop review of “Liquid Church” and my mind got connected to the “Affirmation/Admonishment” framework I heard from a preaching seminar some time ago. But to move beyond this double A framework, I caught Jason’s word “Alternative”. in his approach to the book. I liked that because after Affirming…
Learning in progress
It’s great to have a look at Jason Clark’s Dmin project presentation. It spurs my own hunger for life-long learning. Todd Hunter & Eric keck has put up their project too! Got linked to Winn Griffin’s project and Mike McNichols’ project as well! I’d dream some day (soon) I’d be on this journey with a…