Category: Projects
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I kept my “no social media during work” pledge just fine
As I wrote in my last blog post, Iâm pledging to abandon social media networks when I am at work, except for narrowly defined work purposes. And Iâm asking you to hold me to […]
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Important Stories Are Hard to Find (Part 2: 4 Reasons the World Needs Infobitt)
I’m sharing four different reasons why the world desperately needs Infobitt. The first was that we have a right to edit the newsâthat hard, front page news needs input from “we, the people.” […]
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4 Reasons the World Needs Infobitt
This week, Infobitt will welcome thousands of new members (people waitlisted following my Reddit AMA). So, in the coming days, I’ll be sharing a different reason why the world desperately needs Infobitt. Reason #1. We […]
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The top 10 things for contributors to know about Infobitt (that aren’t obvious)
So you’re interested in contributing to Infobitt.com, eh? Excellent! Here’s what you need to know. 1. You gotta understand our mission. If you don’t get it, you won’t be motivated. Read about our mission further down in […]
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How we can organize the news (short version)
This is the first public discussion of Infobitt. You can now sign up for an account without an invitation. We’re starting a 100,000-person pledge drive: when we reach 100,000 pledges to add one fact, […]
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How we can organize the news (long version)
This is the first public discussion of Infobitt. We did a soft launch recently, meaning you can sign up for an account without an invitation (but thatâs the only way you can see the […]
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Please read: my challenge to kindergarten and first grade teachers
Dear Teachers(and those who support teachers, please listen in), I will buy your class $100 worth of books, and donate whatever anyone else pledges below (more on that in a bit), if you […]
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Reading Bear improvements
Here’s our latest Reading Bear update. We’re not done working on Reading Bear–which will always remain a non-profit, free website to teach reading through phonics and vocabulary. Here’s a quick progress report. Alternative reading systems […]
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E.’s reading progress
(No, that’s not a picture of E. He doesn’t have glasses.) Just a short report here. I’m delighted with 25-month-old E.’s reading progress. We are not studying phonics nearly as carefully and systematically […]
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A challenge to first grade reading teachers: read in one year! No excuses!
In the course of responding on the “readbygrade3” mailing list (I’m a subscriber), I came across this page on ReadingRockets.org. I was greatly struck by the fact that, here in 2012, professional advisers […]