№ 48 | Unfix Cards, Mundane Superheroes, Interactive Videos, Rituals, and a Bicycle for the Senses

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№ 48 | Unfix Cards, Mundane Superheroes, Interactive Videos, Rituals, and a Bicycle for the Senses

Unfix cards

Another week, another card deck! This week, it's the unFIX cards which look like they cover various topics such as Decisions, Goal-Setting, Process and Growth, Reteaming, and Structure.

Mundane Superheroes

A ♥️ this workshop opener from John V Willshire. As a facilitator, I deeply appreciate activities that can accomplish a LOT in a very short time, and this one—Mundane Superheroes—packs a punch; this get's people sharing, connecting, and… forming superhero alliances!

Interactive learning?

I love this for the form. It's a “sequence of tutorials was produced by the Processing Foundation as a part of the Hour of Code™.” The cool part? Interactive video tutorials. As in, dynamically changing the layout to suit the content. Check out it out, here: Processing Hour of Code.

Oh, and they openly share the code making this possible.

Rituals

I have a fascination with rituals and periodic events, and the role these things play in human, social connection.  Here are “4 Rituals That Can Contribute to Your Wellbeing, and Why They're Important.”

A bicycle for… the senses?

Building on Steve Jobs classic ‘bicycle for the mind’ analogy, here's a wonderful article exploring how technology might become “A bicycle for the senses.” Yes, as in augmenting our eyes, ears, and nose!

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№ 119 | Scenarios From the Fable 5 Ban, Type Simulation, Player Agency, Echo Chamber Simulation, A1 Collision Density, Brains on Games, Conversational Leadership Essentials, the HIVE Deck, and a Vincent van Gogh Makeover

№ 119 | Scenarios From the Fable 5 Ban, Type Simulation, Player Agency, Echo Chamber Simulation, A1 Collision Density, Brains on Games, Conversational Leadership Essentials, the HIVE Deck, and a Vincent van Gogh Makeover

Welcome to another edition of Thinking Things, your regular roundup of ‘playful things to think with’ and things to think about! Let’s jump into it… Scenarios from the Fable 5 ban You might have heard that the US government banned Anthropic’s latest LLM model? This isn’t about

By Stephen P. Anderson
№ 118 | Working in Space, BriteBox Idea Generation, Epos Daimon, American Dictator? The Game, Cas Holman and ‘Anji Play’, A Web Typography Learning Game, and The Stratification of Trust

№ 118 | Working in Space, BriteBox Idea Generation, Epos Daimon, American Dictator? The Game, Cas Holman and ‘Anji Play’, A Web Typography Learning Game, and The Stratification of Trust

Welcome to another edition of Thinking Things, your regular roundup of 'playful things to think with’ and things to think about! 🤦I made a mistake. In the last issue, I mentioned a three-line poem from Mary Oliver. As it turns out, this is misinformation. Despite a quick bit

By Stephen P. Anderson
№ 117 | A Special “Two-fer” Edition: Museum Activities, Attention, Technology & Childhood Education, Writing Together, Two Critiques of Org Change, and More Great Conversation Starters

№ 117 | A Special “Two-fer” Edition: Museum Activities, Attention, Technology & Childhood Education, Writing Together, Two Critiques of Org Change, and More Great Conversation Starters

A special “two-fer” edition, featuring things to think with or think about—that happen to pair nicely with each other! Context: While collecting the various things that make it into this newsletter, I sometimes come across posts, frameworks, etc. that feel better to share together, as a pair (or

By Stephen P. Anderson
№ 116 | Mapping the Sources of Power, The Atlas of New Futures, Factitious, Mutual Aid Self Care Zine, Lecture-Zines by Darren Raven, Wild Cards Deck, and the Weight of Worry

№ 116 | Mapping the Sources of Power, The Atlas of New Futures, Factitious, Mutual Aid Self Care Zine, Lecture-Zines by Darren Raven, Wild Cards Deck, and the Weight of Worry

Hello, and welcome to another edition of Thinking Things, your mostly-regular dose of ‘Playful Things to Think With’ (and think about). Mapping the Sources of Power By way of a LinkedIn post from Scott Wolfson comes this map depicting “how experts actually make decisions.” It’s a hand drawn

By Stephen P. Anderson