Author: Larry Sanger
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Kid-friendly paintings for Reader “interludes”?
UPDATE: there are a few example “interludes” now here and here. To provide brief “breaks” in the WatchKnow Reader presentations, I’m going to display random artworks & music for a short period. I’m […]
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Looong interview with me by Dan Schneider in Cosmoetica
Off and on, for the last 2.5 years, I have been answering questions from poet and critic Dan Schneider, who has conducted a series of long, interesting interviews. My interview, posted a few hours ago, is […]
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Draft for comment: early reading survey
The almost complete lack of specific research about very early reading methods has long been bemoaned by those of us interested in the topic. For many, simply seeing other children, or our own, […]
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A common error of school lessons, or, why I’m homeschooling
Here is one reason why I’m homeschooling, and why I would probably never send my children to a school–even most private schools. I was looking over some instructional material recently (something I do often […]
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Wales declares Sanger arbiter of consensus on Wikipedia
While looking at the old Wikipedia-L archives, I came across the following deliciously ironic post from none other than Jimmy Wales: [Wikipedia-l] subpages Jimmy Wales jwales at bomis.com Mon Feb 25 23:33:51 UTC […]
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Jimmy Wales on advertisement
A comment in Wired UK has Jimmy Wales saying this: Sanger was absolutely adamant that Wikipedia must have ads, and it was my refusal to do so that led to Wikipedia being as […]
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WatchKnow’s new FREE app
WatchKnow has finally released its iApp. Not that I am biased or anything (I did design it), but I think it is one of the best educational apps in the app store. More details […]
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Johnson v. Your Baby Can: not much of a case
I finally got my hands on the court filing for Johnson v. Your Baby Can. The case number is BC450907 and it was filed in Superior Court of Los Angeles County on December […]
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Class action lawsuit against YBCR
UPDATE 1: my apologies. I thought this was news, but it actually isn’t. I ran across this Courthouse News Service story, and the plaintiff is a Tondia Johnson, not Matthew Melmed (as I […]
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WatchKnow Reader coding gets under way!
I’m really pumped now! Technical development of WatchKnow Reader (tentative name) is now officially under way. After months of planning, requirements writing, and demo’ing, we are now starting a proof of concept that the software […]