A weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses. Nothing is so perfect that it can't be complained about. Hosted by John Siracusa & Dan Benjamin.
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Episode 53: 53: Brad Pitt Gets to Contribute
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin revisit gamification in education, talk briefly about the Nest thermostat, then engage in an ever-so-slightly more considered discussion of Wikipedia, attempting to address the mountain of feedback on the topic. No Wikipedians were harmed in the making of this episode.
Links for this episode:
- No-One Cares About the College Bookstore - Kieran Healy
- Big Study Links Good Teachers to Lasting Gain - NYTimes.com
- Verifiability and Truth: What John Siracusa Doesn’t Get About Wikipedia - The Wikipedian
- Ignore all rules - Wikipedia
- Game theory - Wikipedia
- Gamification - Wikipedia
- Build and Analyze #62: Frustrated by the Invisible Person
- Nest - The Learning Thermostat
- Self-Improvement podcast, episode 1: Hypercritical & Dr Karl's Blogcast
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