@flowidealism @socraticexp @iamjohnmackey And when I worked on Star Wars at ILM, I got lunch at Whole Foods every day (I only go there a few times a week these days). So full circle. :)

@Beanie0597 I’m over 50. I can, kind of, write capitals :) Cursive… not since 8th grade when I got a computer. That was 1983.

@MKBHD My primary way of watching YouTube.

@TheHunter It depends on how much it matters. For me, my road kit (much smaller than home kit). Camera: FX30 Switcher: ATEM MiniPro Mic: MV7, DPA 4066, or DPA 4060 Interface: MixPre3 with Noise Assist Lighting: PavoTube 6C (4) Hotel room (this takes me 8 min to set up)

@DialJarrett @MrMetacognition My tool chest is mostly filled with Keynote and Midjourney. Great visuals really help. Just don't ruin them with text.

@DialJarrett @MrMetacognition I'm a big fan of images and videos. Using illustrations often help hold interest and improve understanding when done well (and without much text).

@MaxWinebach I think "Gulf of Murica" rolls off the tongue better.

@pickyandthrivin @MrMetacognition We just get paid to make sure people learn new stuff, remember that stuff, understand the stuff, and can do stuff with our stuff... hopefully so well that they tell other people about that stuff and show them how they use it with their stuff. And we only get paid if we succeed.

@pickyandthrivin @MrMetacognition 100% agree with that... though our work would suggest discussion over lecture. (Though some could define lecture as a discussion).

@pickyandthrivin @MrMetacognition It wasn't a study. We were paid to do the work to improve cognitive outcomes for marketing. I don't know if this or any study is the truth. I just know our resulting practices dramatically increased the effectiveness of our delivery and retention.

@MrDanielBuck Using Chromebooks was a mistake. We can bundle all digital learning into this failure but the entire Chromebook model was a failed idea from the start. It was driven by meetings with educators on how to manage education. Subjects asked for a faster horse, not a car... and got it.

@pickyandthrivin @MrMetacognition Well, when they looked away and did something else, their tested retention rate was roughly 1/3. So, I guess the... not-looking-but-active-listening was just "ineffective active listening". To be fair, it wasn't zero retention but it wasn't optimum knowledge transfer.

@pickyandthrivin @MrMetacognition We did eye-tracking to study this with hundreds of subjects. By 6.5 minutes of talking straight, you lose active listening from 75% of the audience. Put up a slide and it drops to 90 seconds. Constant interaction is the antidote to this problem, almost no one uses it.

@DialJarrett @MrMetacognition I start out my talks telling folks "I am a bad lecturing but I do OK answering questions"... I typically have 10-15 slides for an hour. I also have a digital whiteboard (iPad or some custom software). Slides have almost zero text... just images to illustrate my words.

@wagslane I would argue 100% Pepperoni so I'm not tempted to eat them.

@mightysquinn It was an offhand remark from a broadcaster when I was working on a connection "If everyone looks like they are in a studio, how long would we continue to have one?" Overall, it's really frustrating to have people that look and sound horrible telling us "I do this all the time"

@riel13th @MrMetacognition The real weakness of education is that it's run by folks who liked it and were good at it... and that's not the majority. We need to figure out how the majority learns, not how to force them to conform to our way of doing it. Or not, we can just complain that they don't get it.

@riel13th @MrMetacognition Skillful or inspiring?