Create new Google docs/sheets/slides/forms from the URL by appending .new

Create new Google docs/sheets/slides/forms from the URL by appending .new

Source: Google Docs on Twitter: “Introducing a ✨ .new ✨ time-saving trick for users. Type any of these .new domains to instantly create Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites or Forms ↓… https://t.co/BaW2PAHNg4” Google, who owns the .new top level domain, has set it up for you to quickly create several types of Google Documents. In the url…

The Islamic golden age vs the west

The Islamic golden age vs the west

What Islamic Golden Age Thinkers Discovered Long before the West   Sure you’ve heard of Copernicus, Fibonacci and Fermat. But what about Ibn al-haytham, al-Bīrūni, al-razi – the often uncredited Islamic Golden Age scholars who inspired and informed their discoveries?   Our interactive infographic charts the discoveries, inventions and scientific breakthroughs of the Islamic Golden…

Maybe coding skills aren’t what your kids will need in the future

Maybe coding skills aren’t what your kids will need in the future

An education is supposed to prepare you for the future. Traditionally, that meant learning certain facts and skills, like when Columbus discovered America or how to do multiplication and long division. Today, curriculums have shifted to focus on a more global and digital world, like cultural history, basic computer skills, and writing code.   Yet the challenges that our…

The difficulty in innovation

The difficulty in innovation

Even an internationally recognized futurist is no match for the inertia and entrenchment of the legal profession.   That was my sense after the opening day keynote last week at ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association. Futurist Lisa Bodell is founder and CEO of futurethink, which teaches companies to “become award-winning…

The sounds of the National Parks

The sounds of the National Parks

There’s no shortage of “nature soundtracks,” but how many of them are the actual sounds from a US National Park?   To celebrate its 102nd birthday, the National Park Service is offering ParkTracks, a 12-minute mix of sounds from across various national parks. The sounds were captured by the NPS’s (wonderfully named) Natural Sounds and Night Skies Division,…