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Daniel Tammet’s Reflections on Being an Autistic Savant

Scientific American has a wonderfully intriguing interview with autistic savant, Daniel Tammet available on their site. I’m so fascinated by his descriptions of his own mental processes that I can’t wait to read his books – starting with Born on…

Christen Bouffard
January 14, 2009

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OpenSocial and VLE Possibilities

With Google’s announcements of OpenSocial and Android there is little doubt they have positioned themselves in a key role in online communities for the near future. There is a lot to contemplate in that sentence alone, but I’d like to…

Christen Bouffard
November 7, 2007

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Word of the Moment: Autodidacticism

Self-education or self-directed learning. An autodidact, also known as an automath, is a mostly self-taught person â€” typically someone who has an enthusiasm for self-education and a high degree of self-motivation.

Christen Bouffard
October 18, 2006
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