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Ian Gilbert @ TEDxDubai 2009 Re-Imagining Education.

Ian Gilbert Live at TEDxDubai 2009. I had the pleasure of meeting Ian Gilbert about a year ago. I instantly knew that Ian had a story to tell and many people with ear plugs in need to listen and hard! We have a global education crisis today because bureaucrats, CFO’s (chief failure officers), accountants and [...]

Hold on tight to your passion

Have you been following the99.org? Last night I had a chance to catch up with Dr. Naif, he did an amazing talk at TEDxDubai, and as usual was amazed! The message from Dr. Naif is simple, follow your passion and hold onto what you believe with both hands. Have a listen to the conversation. Dr. [...]

A little food radio?

I cannot stop listening and watching the Jamie Oliver TEDPrize speech. All I keep asking is what can I do? Sadly, as Oliver says in his opening sentence, I am not so sure people know where to start or if they can see where how! For 3 months I have been saying, “there must be [...]

Pick up the phone!

I think, just maybe, with all our text, tweets, SMS, MMS, facebook, Qik, blogs… we have forgotten how nice it is to just pick up a phone and tell someone something, anything! I think, just maybe, we are hiding behind technology when it comes to communication today! The old voice on the phone can be [...]

Bring on the mobile media!

I have been doing some experimentation with mobile media and breaking my own rules! The main rule I live by with mobile media is keep it short! I have been recording my classes at the university and formatting them for an iPhone! The lectures are about 60 minutes and they actually seem to have a [...]

How transperent do we want our education? Bring on the curious public!

By the very nature of going to a school, 4 walls to separate the students from the curious, and then rooms to further separate the spectators from the curious, we have bought into an idea of education that promotes elitism and anything but transparency! Teachers go behind closed doors and deliver classes to a small [...]

Re-Apply?

I was reading my daily page of “U2 by U2″, a book about the band that very surprisingly is filled with anecdotes and ideas that can inform the way we think about education, business and even our personal interactions! Today’s gem in the rough was Bono talking about how in 2000 it felt to him [...]

du CEO Osman Sultan where are we going?

Yesterday I had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Osman Sultan, the ceo of du int he UAE, talk about his vision of how a content delivery provider can and will play a role in the future of Arab media. The real issues comes down to what is media today and what will media be [...]

How to start!

We are bombarded with suggestions about what is the matter with the world and what we might want to do about it. We are buried in possibility really! After watching TED 2010, no I was not there but really did wanted to be, I realized that part of our personal problem with activating ideas t [...]

Just got back my time!

For years my wife has been telling me that we are in the middle of one of the greatest con-jobs ever, time theft! I am sure you are repeating those words, time theft and wondering what can I be talking about. Well, if you are anything like me you spend a bit of time on [...]

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