There was a skillshare on Information Handling held just a few minutes ago, with DS leading and me assisting. The main idea for the session was to discuss how the participants are gathering data / information on various issues, mostly related to human rights abuse and the freedom movement ( Read more... )

Had a much-needed break from the training yesterday. A small group of participants headed for the Chiang Mai Zoo and a few temples, while the majority of the group (including ALL of the facilitators) headed to Pantip Plaza to ooh and ah over gadgets and other geek stuff. With multiple screams of "Skillshare!!!", we were off ( Read more... )

Sitting here with DS, disussing the session on Training Skills tomorrow, and thinking up ways to demonstrate bad training skills. It's going to be a stand up riot tomorrow -- I hope the rest of the trainers are willing to ham it up and be The Top 5 Worst Trainers in the world:

• The Mouse Dominatrix -- this one gets cranky with trainees who don't ( Read more... )

Even before I got here, I've been having problems with words -- specifically about matching particular words to specific concepts.

Had a long convo with CGR about what we meant when we said "adaptation" -- was it the process of adapting something or the output of that process? Both are true and correct, but for the purposes of conceptual clarity ( Read more... )

[Had to blur the context of this entry because there are bad governments and people out there who may stumble upon this blog and think "Hmm... maybe I should report this to an Authoritarian Government". I was stupid enough to think that the world is a safe place for a while there. Never again.]There was no reason for trepidation, after all ( Read more... )