Comments on: Let’s Hear It For “Soft Skills”: Communication & Collaboration http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/2010/03/14/lets-hear-it-for-soft-skills-communication-collaboration/ People Who Don't Seem To Matter... But Really Do Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:57:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: melinblau http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/2010/03/14/lets-hear-it-for-soft-skills-communication-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 melinblau Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:36:28 +0000 http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/?p=1849#comment-1247 Thanks Joe for commenting and for the links. I'm glad you're one of the few who follow this blog. It's enough to keep me at it! Thanks Joe for commenting and for the links. I’m glad you’re one of the few who follow this blog. It’s enough to keep me at it!

]]> By: Joe McCarthy http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/2010/03/14/lets-hear-it-for-soft-skills-communication-collaboration/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Joe McCarthy Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:34:19 +0000 http://www.consequentialstrangers.com/?p=1849#comment-1246 Sounds like it was an interesting and engaging talk! I hope it was well received and sparked some good conversation at the conference. If you used any slides, will you be posting them, say, on Slideshare? I love Howard's work - and words - on Internet literacy, among other areas. On a long flight yesterday, I read several articles on <i>design thinking</i> and <i>design literacy</i> that seem closely aligned with those ideas and others you lay out here. I've started using Posterous for <i>milliblogging</i> - mid-length extended excerpts and annotations that are considerably shorter than on the long posts on my regular, "mega-blog" Mmy two most recent posts there reflect two of the most inspiring articles I read ... and to which I will include links below (if it is not too presumptuous to link to posterous): <a href="http://gumption.posterous.com/conversations-as-a-design-challenge-applying" rel="nofollow">Conversations as a design challenge. Applying Design Thinking to Discussions, Meetings and Relationships</a> <a href="http://gumption.posterous.com/design-thinking-as-the-abacus-for-the-21st-ce" rel="nofollow">Design thinking as the abacus for the 21st century. Evolution of the Mind: A Case for Design Literacy</a> Sounds like it was an interesting and engaging talk! I hope it was well received and sparked some good conversation at the conference. If you used any slides, will you be posting them, say, on Slideshare?

I love Howard’s work – and words – on Internet literacy, among other areas. On a long flight yesterday, I read several articles on design thinking and design literacy that seem closely aligned with those ideas and others you lay out here.

I’ve started using Posterous for milliblogging – mid-length extended excerpts and annotations that are considerably shorter than on the long posts on my regular, “mega-blog” Mmy two most recent posts there reflect two of the most inspiring articles I read … and to which I will include links below (if it is not too presumptuous to link to posterous):

Conversations as a design challenge. Applying Design Thinking to Discussions, Meetings and Relationships

Design thinking as the abacus for the 21st century. Evolution of the Mind: A Case for Design Literacy

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