Hot Nerds – Barbie Dedicates Herself to Science

How great! Barbie is officially geeking out.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Computer Scientist won the popular vote for What career would you like Barbie to have next. The vote ultimately split between the under tweens and the adults. Adults pushed for Computer Scientist and the little girls pushed for Anchorwoman. Lots of little Katie [...]

April Date with Kate

Thank you for the reminder that I was a little behind in naming the March Date with Kate winner. Indeed – a month behind. So Sid’s name did not grace the front of katemckeon.com, but he has forgiven me. Now it is Michele’s turn.
The April winner for Date with Kate is Michele.

A native [...]

Education Issues – State v Federal Standards

Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett is behind the Common Core State Standards Initiative and hopes you will be too….
Mr. Barrett sees common education standards as essential to creating the work force of tomorrow and he wants to narrow the gap in education quality among the states. All of which sounds ideal . . . if [...]

Crush Your Competition – the Superstar Effect

The best way to win? Be better. How much better?
Soul crushingly better.
Sound cruel?
The Weekend Journal shared a great piece about the Superstar effect – how some stars are so much better than everyone else in the field that they literally crush their competition before the game/match/negotiation begins.
Boris Spassky, Bobby Fishcher’s rival sums it up:
When you [...]

Superstar Effect

Everyone’s favorite Intimidators
The Weekend Journal recently published an article on one of my favorite topics – the Superstar Effect. They also kindly included a list of the most famous intimidators. Here is that list:
Muhammad Ali – noting himself as the “greatest” and following it up with a nasty punch . . . very effective.
Jack Welch [...]

Date with Kate Update

Okay, so the Date with Kate gig started as a silly response to a former student and favorite reader (see January winner), but has proven a small hit among you. In March, there were 4 DwK dates with readers. I am honored and flattered that you are willing to schlep to Dallas or schlep me [...]

Basic Economics – Competitive States

My buddy Scott recently sent a gem of a report along. The report was written by Dr. Aurthur Laffer. You may recognize his name from the world of finance and politics. He’s a bit of a supply-sider.
Since this marks the 10th pdf uploaded to the site for the sake of sharing, I’ve created a repository [...]

Nonverbal Influence – Color

New article on the overview of color as a nonverbal influence.
Everyday you are bombarded with millions of images. Some perceived others not consciously perceived. Advertisers want our attention. As we get more and more images, our conscious brains – the part we think we control – ignore even more.
So now we ignore more than we [...]

Education Issues: Quantity, Quality?

So let’s go for a drive.
If you’ve ever had the opportunity to cross the US by car . . . say from Chapel Hill, NC to Berkeley, CA, or Boston, MA to Berkeley, CA or Atlanta, GA to San Diego, CA, you have seen that there are many choices to make along the way. Do [...]

Contextual Cues Influence Learning

Did you know . . .
The fusiform facial area is a special area within the brain that processes facial images. This is apart from the processing of other spatial objects. The neurons literally light up in a different pattern depending on whether we are looking at a human face or a non-human object. It is [...]

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