4th? Blog of 540

I don't think I ever want to stop taking classes during my lifetime. I remember thinking a few times before starting this master's program, "Where else can I go to look at interesting info on the web". Now its a matter of managing the time to go to all the places I want to investigate further.

Also, I am becoming more aware of the new knowledge I have acquired. For instance, I now know what the little icons mean at the bottom of the screen at the end of TV news programs. And there was a clue on "Jeopardy" that showed the icon for RSS and asked what it was (in actuality - the icon was the answer, the contestants had to say "What is RSS?"). I would never have known what that icon was before this program and would have gone on with my existence in ignorance and obscurity - all the while thinking I know so much. I also saw Diane Sawyer's intro to a piece on the current TED conference that just convened. I must admit I wondered what TED stood for and tried to find it a few months ago but deemed it relatively unimportant. Incidentally, TED stands for technology - entertainment - design. Thanks Diane! I did take the time to look at the 3 videos ABC news deemed worthy of my time. One of them was shown to us in an earlier class from this program.