by Jeffrey Thibault | Sep 23, 2025 | Learn Stuff
I was recently asked if I had a motto. I replied “Testers light the way.” This blog is about learning, but my day job is software testing. I think and learn like a tester. Recently my colleague, Michelle Smith, gave a nice little example of how testers think. Check it...
by Jeffrey Thibault | Sep 23, 2025 | Learn Stuff
I have resurrected the idea of buccaneering for the modern era. It once referred to men who sailed about the Spanish Main, attacking mainly Spanish ships, and hijacking treasure. The buccaneers were independent-minded people. They were fortune hunters who lived by...
by Jeffrey Thibault | Sep 23, 2025 | Conventional Education
In today’s dynamic world, the construction of knowledge is no longer a novelty that is restricted to the confines of the traditional school or university. Traditional models of education are now being replaced with thinkers, doers, and doers who learn, and...
by Jeffrey Thibault | Sep 20, 2025 | Working With Kids
When my dog was killed I saw the school bus coming back up the long dirt road. I saw it coming as I stood over the broken body of my sheltie Astra, who had been running around alive just five minutes earlier. I guess the bus driver never knew he killed her, because he...
by Jeffrey Thibault | Sep 19, 2025 | Skimming Books
Swashbooking is a process of quickly skimming books, looking for anything important. My brother and I invented it as a way to supercharge our learning. In our first experiments, we set a recurring alarm at six minutes, and switched to a new book every time the chime...
