This is MIND AS WEAPON, a blog exploring the application of knowledge.
From how we learn to what we've learned, all our discussions begin with a common premise:

Your mind is a weapon. Use it skillfully.
  • February 22, 2010
    by TED

    Note: This is the third article of a series on education and entertainment.  In the first article, I examined three core...

  • February 2, 2010
    by TED

    Note: This is the second article of a series on education and entertainment.  In the first article, I examined three core...

  • January 20, 2010
    by Tim

    The College Board promotes quality writing in theory.  But in practice, its argument proves superficial.

    Writing is a useful tool because it allows...

  • December 21, 2009
    by Allen Kelley

    I know that it is important for HSI to reach out to schools.  And I also believe that good communication skills are always worth honing.  Still, when it became my job to introduce HSI to nearly half of California's high schools, I was not...

  • December 3, 2009
    by J. Shoffner

    Note: This is the second article in a series on PERFORMANCE.  For further reference, please see the first article.

  • November 24, 2009
    by Allen Kelley

    I preface this blog by acknowledging that we've all grown up in different places, attended different schools, and thus had different educational experiences.  In the hope of learning something from my experience, these ramblings revisit my own...

  • November 23, 2009
    by TED

    Leveraging education as entertainment (or vice versa) is a potent tool for relaying information.  For an example of this leverage, I turn to rap music.  I am hard-pressed to imagine another genre of modern entertainment that places...

  • November 5, 2009
    by CraigHammill

    Without wanting to give away too much about what went on behind the curtain in the Emerald City (actually a small garage in Venice, California), I think there's something to learn from our experience making these webisodes.  We set out to make...

  • October 5, 2009
    by J. Shoffner

    X was a student that was having a ton of trouble in math. I worked with him regularly for a significant period of time and helped him adjust the way he prepared for tests. After some time, we reached a point where I felt that he knew the...

  • September 14, 2009
    by Allen Kelley

    Above all else, the past two years have shown John and me that the evolution of the Internet is transforming how people communicate.  As connection speeds continue to improve, every day brings more sophisticated ways to interact and share content...