Comments for TroubleShooter http://www.colin-beveridge.com joined-up management for a joined-up world ™ by Colin Beveridge Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Capstans of Industry by Bob Marshall http://www.colin-beveridge.com/index.php/the-capstans-of-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-37970 Bob Marshall Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.colin-beveridge.com/?p=5670#comment-37970 Surely lightweight (or no) planning is the Agile Way? And as Agile is all the rage in government circles nowadays, things seem to have come full-circle? - Bob Surely lightweight (or no) planning is the Agile Way? And as Agile is all the rage in government circles nowadays, things seem to have come full-circle?

- Bob

]]> Comment on Console generations do not compute? by James Holden http://www.colin-beveridge.com/index.php/console-generations-do-not-compute/comment-page-1/#comment-37941 James Holden Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:56:00 +0000 http://www.colin-beveridge.com/?p=5631#comment-37941 Colin you're right, we do need a 21st century Beeb/Speccy and such a thing is under development. Take a look at the Raspberry Pi project - http://www.raspberrypi.org/ . They're aiming to sell it for $25, which is a bargain, and are aiming to get them into schools. Colin you’re right, we do need a 21st century Beeb/Speccy and such a thing is under development. Take a look at the Raspberry Pi project - http://www.raspberrypi.org/ .

They’re aiming to sell it for $25, which is a bargain, and are aiming to get them into schools.

]]> Comment on 40 seconds: describe what you do in just three words by Andyhuntleigh http://www.colin-beveridge.com/index.php/40-seconds-describe-what-you-do-in-just-three-words/comment-page-7/#comment-37937 Andyhuntleigh Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.colin-beveridge.com/?p=2440#comment-37937 Leader that Listens Leader that Listens

]]> Comment on Console generations do not compute? by Dale Vile http://www.colin-beveridge.com/index.php/console-generations-do-not-compute/comment-page-1/#comment-37936 Dale Vile Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:18:00 +0000 http://www.colin-beveridge.com/?p=5631#comment-37936 I am with you on this one, Colin. Computers in the home today are essentially consumer electronics, which is quite different to the 80's when we were mucking about with kit (Commodore 64 to begin with in my case). I notice this in my own kids - they have been predominantly interested in doing things with a working machine rather than getting a machine working in the first place. And how it works has never held any interest - that is until recently.... ....due to schedule clash, my son wasn't able do his preferred Interactive Media course in the 6th form, so went for boring old computing instead. Now he's writing code he says it's the most interesting of all his subjects - so maybe he is a chip off the old block after all :-) The net of all this is that it has nothing to do with the inherent nature of kids today, it's simply about what they are exposed to and how. Cheers Dale I am with you on this one, Colin. Computers in the home today are essentially consumer electronics, which is quite different to the 80′s when we were mucking about with kit (Commodore 64 to begin with in my case).

I notice this in my own kids – they have been predominantly interested in doing things with a working machine rather than getting a machine working in the first place. And how it works has never held any interest – that is until recently….

….due to schedule clash, my son wasn’t able do his preferred Interactive Media course in the 6th form, so went for boring old computing instead. Now he’s writing code he says it’s the most interesting of all his subjects – so maybe he is a chip off the old block after all :-)

The net of all this is that it has nothing to do with the inherent nature of kids today, it’s simply about what they are exposed to and how.

Cheers
Dale

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