Comments on: Who Would You Phone? http://douglasjohnston.net/archives/2005/10/07/who-would-you-phone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-would-you-phone random musings from a primate Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:14:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aondoaver Nyakuma http://douglasjohnston.net/archives/2005/10/07/who-would-you-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-126116 aondoaver Nyakuma Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:30:30 +0000 http://www.douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2005/07/22/knowledge-transitory/#comment-126116 When I was in the primary and secondary school (in the 80s) the use of caculators in solving arithmatics problems was almost a taboo. No one dared the use.I could solve the most difficult sums (to me) without the caculator.Infact I never knew nor heard of it in my primary school. In my university days it became possible to use it for various reasons including time saving.I sat in my house one day after my masters degree trying to find the answer to square root of 34 without a caculator in hand. For 10 minutes I could not solve this until I called my little nephew in the primary who solved it without a drop of sweat.Like the caculator the internet is fast blocking our memories. What a pathetic situation. When I was in the primary and secondary school (in the 80s) the use of caculators in solving arithmatics problems was almost a taboo. No one dared the use.I could solve the most difficult sums (to me) without the caculator.Infact I never knew nor heard of it in my primary school. In my university days it became possible to use it for various reasons including time saving.I sat in my house one day after my masters degree trying to find the answer to square root of 34 without a caculator in hand. For 10 minutes I could not solve this until I called my little nephew in the primary who solved it without a drop of sweat.Like the caculator the internet is fast blocking our memories. What a pathetic situation.

]]> By: a million monkeys typing » Three Seconds http://douglasjohnston.net/archives/2005/10/07/who-would-you-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-108953 a million monkeys typing » Three Seconds Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:08:13 +0000 http://www.douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2005/07/22/knowledge-transitory/#comment-108953 [...] And then there’s that darn source of endless interaction, distraction and inaction, the Internet. How is that affecting the way we take in and process information? A few months ago, I posted an entry here called Who Would You Phone?, wherein I gave the example of a quiz show contestant with a choice to phone either someone with a good general knowledge-base, or someone well-versed with Google; I suspect that most people would choose the latter. This post was just picked up by my favourite educational blog, Weblogg-ed: go there and read Will’s lucid commentary, along with some very interesting ideas from his readers. Meanwhile, I’m just going to follow up with a few more thoughts here on my own little venue. [...] [...] And then there’s that darn source of endless interaction, distraction and inaction, the Internet. How is that affecting the way we take in and process information? A few months ago, I posted an entry here called Who Would You Phone?, wherein I gave the example of a quiz show contestant with a choice to phone either someone with a good general knowledge-base, or someone well-versed with Google; I suspect that most people would choose the latter. This post was just picked up by my favourite educational blog, Weblogg-ed: go there and read Will’s lucid commentary, along with some very interesting ideas from his readers. Meanwhile, I’m just going to follow up with a few more thoughts here on my own little venue. [...]

]]> By: jennifer http://douglasjohnston.net/archives/2005/10/07/who-would-you-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-105928 jennifer Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:49:31 +0000 http://www.douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2005/07/22/knowledge-transitory/#comment-105928 Hi John, I totally agree with you that the internet is just too handy! It can really make one lazy (so to speak). You mentioned you were moving back home to Canada. I'm also from Canada. How have things gone for yourself and your family. Hopefully things are going well! Sincerely, Jennifer Hi John, I totally agree with you that the internet is just too handy! It can really make one lazy (so to speak).
You mentioned you were moving back home to Canada. I’m also from Canada. How have things gone for yourself and your family. Hopefully things are going well!
Sincerely, Jennifer

]]> By: appliedthinking http://douglasjohnston.net/archives/2005/10/07/who-would-you-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-98383 appliedthinking Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:33:12 +0000 http://www.douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2005/07/22/knowledge-transitory/#comment-98383 <strong>Exercise your short-term</strong> I wrote about this very topic a number of months ago, and now I have stumbled upon some similar insights at a million monkeys typing in this post: Who Would You Phone?. So, the question remains: what are the Exercise your short-term

I wrote about this very topic a number of months ago, and now I have stumbled upon some similar insights at a million monkeys typing in this post: Who Would You Phone?. So, the question remains: what are the

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