skills

8-Shaped People

by OpenConceptual on 07-22-2009

in concepts

We’ve been hearing for years about “T-shaped people” (with deep knowledge and competence in one or two areas, crossed with wide knowledge across many domains); Microsoft’s Bill Buxton recently wrote about “I-shaped people”: These have their feet firmly planted in the mud of the practical world, and yet stretch far enough to stick their head [...]

I’ve had the mixed blessing today of being home sick and bored — so lot’s of time to watch the new real-time FriendFeed shimmy and scroll down my screen.  I’m not suggesting the new FriendFeed is itself at the centre of the “new world” in the title; I’m using it as a point of reference: [...]