Learning

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    Predicting Change

    Research shows us that, at every age, people are pretty terrible at estimating just how much things will change in the next 10 years: Research recently reported on in the New York Times about a study on self-perception published in Science shows that individuals at every age and demographic make this kind of error: They…

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    Overcoming Narratives

    One of the most interesting things you run into when training is when you start to contradict the personal narratives of the folks in your class. What I mean is, we all have narratives. These are the stories we tell ourselves to explain the world around us. These narratives become part of the cognitive dissonance…

  • This Week’s Links (weekly)

    No Expert Testimony, No Motion to Compel tags: LitSupport MM Georgetown Part Two: New Rules Are Coming! tags: LitSupport MM Spotlighting the Top Electronic Discovery Cases from 2012 tags: LitSupport MM EDRM Publishes CARRM Framework tags: LitSupport MM Legal Technology Observer Showdown – with Audio link tags: MM LitSupport Litigation 101 for eDiscovery Tech Professionals:…

  • Learning to Read

    Recently, I was having a conversation with my massage therapist about what I do for a living. She mentioned that she thought we had some skills in common that were important to being successful in both of our jobs. We agreed that there was one that was absolutely vital to both of us, the ability…

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    Giving Thanks

    Three years ago, I wrote a bit about being thankful for social networking. As I looked back over posts from previous Thanksgiving Holidays here in the US, I was struck by what I wrote then, and how much more it applies to my life now: As we in the US get ready to celebrate the…