Steli Efti

Philos Of Philosophy

Although I'm Greek, I don't consider myself a philosopher - I'm much more of a "Doer" then a "Thinker".

But, knowing the meaning of the word "Philosophy" ( friend of truth, wisdom, knowledge) I would say I'm definitely a "philos of philosophy" ( a friend of the "friends of truth" ).

Reading some of Aristotles work today inspired me to share some of the wisdom of my friends with you in this post.

Warning: there is a catch: One of those quotes is actually MY quote. I thought it would be interesting to see if anyone will find out which one is from me ( and if it makes any difference ). Enjoy the wisdom...

"Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something."
Plato

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
Aristotle

"Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach."
Aristotle

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
Aristotle

"What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."
Aristotle

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
Archimedes

"We know all there is to know, but we don't do all there is to do."
Socrates

"Let him that would move the world first move himself."
Socrates

P.S.

Here are some interesting links I found searching for philosophy blogs:

Experimental Philosophy Blog

Facebook Experimental Philosophy Group

MySpace Site of Experimental Philosophy

Seems like "Experimental Philosophy" is big on the net. Though am not exactly sure what it is. Hmm...I'll get back to you on this one.

You do what you do and Diigo what we do!

Diigo let´s you bookmark, highlight and sticky-note the Internet! A really remarkable research tool that should be used by every teacher and student worldwide!

What´s really exciting is that you can share these annotations by making them "public" with everyone using Diigo or even create/join a group. This means if you use Diigo and visit a website I highlighted some text and made a sticky note about - YOU CAN SEE IT TOO:)

I just created the Education Revolutionaries Group at Diigo:

"This Diigo Group is all about new and innovative education solutions on the Internet. Search, bookmark, highlight and sticky-note the world of online education together with us. Let´s Rock´N´Roll!"

You can join the Education Revolutionaries Group if you like :) Everyone interested in education is welcome!

Kudos to Jim for making me aware of this killer tool for research - you won´t believe it but there are people out there never heard of Diigo before! I knew one of them - me ; ) And Kudos to you Clay for making the cool Diggo video.

Speed Reading Software - Wow!?! That works really fast;-)

Speed Read PDFs and Word Documents Even If
You Can’t Speed Read Right Now

   
Really Easy Reader  - www.reallyeasyreader.com

Too much to read? Information overload? What if
you could instantly read at least twice as fast with
no decrease in retention.  Well you can! What this
simple program does is allow you load in a pdf or
a word document and then you can slowly
increase the speed that the words from the
document flash across the screen.  Over time you can multiply your reading speed an
incredible amount – but you will see immediate results too – and that’s why this
program rocks.

Get Abstract - Business Book Summaries

They publish five-page summaries of the best and most relevant business books. getAbstract is the largest and fastest growing source of book summaries on the Web.

How do I use their service? Very simple: First I read a lot of business book summaries to decide which books are worth it. Then I buy & read the cool & usefull ones. This saves me a huge amount of time and I get alot of inspiration from less interesting books just by reading the getAbstract summaries.

The website is : www.getAbstract.com

Photoreading - A Revolution In How We Read!

I bought the Photoreading Course for about one year ago. Like almost all new ground breaking techniques who need a change of human behavior & habits it wasn´t really the technique that was hard to learn - changing my habits was the difficult part!

Go to www.photoreading.com

Skip the skepticism. Skip the BS. Just do it! You´ll be very likely to be surprised how well this works and how easy it is.

And don´t let your limitations stop you! Go for it!

Memory Techniues - You better repeat!

If you are still studying in school this might save you years of useless and dumb repeating of material. We all know that our education system requires the skill of memorizing information in order to proof understanding ( yeah right).

But isn´t it interesting that you never learn memory techniques in school?! They don´t care - why should they? You have to figure this stuff out for your own.

Just go to www.amazon.com and type in the magic words: "memory techniques" and buy a book about the power of your brain and how to use it more efficiently.

No more stupid repeating. Easy remembering. This would have saved me years in school (if I really had prepared myself for tests)

So learn first how to use your brain to memorize things before you learn for exams ( I can´t believe I have to tell you this - what the hell´s school good for anyway?!!!)

Global : Ideas : Bank

The Global Ideas Bank's work is led by this website, www.globalideasbank.org, which has a database of nearly 4000 ideas online. Hundreds of ideas are submitted each month by people from all over the world, and over 160,000 visitors have voted on the site with a rating, which allows the best ideas to rise to the top democratically. It currently attracts a quarter of a million unique visitors annually.

Audible - Listen to Your Books!

I use this service alot! When I listen to audio books I always imagine the author right next to me telling me his story. That feels so much more fun then "just" reading it :-) Maybe you want to use your driving time better by listening to usefull books.

Here what they say about themselves:

"Audible.com® is the Internet's leading provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming. Content from Audible is downloaded and played back on personal computers, CDs, or AudibleReady®mobile audio players. We offer over 80,000 hours of audio programs from 270 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, podcasters, and business information providers."

Check it out.

Springwise - Inspration In Your Mailbox!

This is really a cool resource - I´m on their email list for about one year now and very happy with it! I suggest you try it.

Here what the guys from Springwise say about themselves:

"Springwise and its global network of 8,000 spotters scan the globe for smart new business ideas, delivering instant inspiration to entrepreneurial minds from San Francisco to Singapore. Time to start the Next Big Thing!"

Click here to check it out.

And by the way...you might wanna have a look at Trendwatching too ;-)
Hey! We all need a little inspiration from time to time!

Enjoy it

Moodle - A free online education tool!

"Moodle is a course management system designed to help educators who want to create quality online courses. The software is used all over the world by universities, schools, companies and independent teachers. Moodle is open source and completely free to use."

A programmer from libanon gave me the link to this site. Check it out I think it´s a great thing!

Viva La Revolution!

Steli Efti, Edcuation Revolutionary