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An old housemate of mine had the theory that people who really knew what they were talking about could explain anything very simply in a very short amount of time. A postgrad I know once summed this up as "the cocktail line" i.e. what you told people that you met at cocktail parties when they asked you what your phd was about and you only had 30seconds of their interest.
For us of the generation that want to know everything but have the patience of a newt.... 60 Second Lectures -
"Every spring and fall, the School of Art and Science faculty at the University of Pennsylvania take a minute out on Locust Walk to share their perspectives on topics ranging from human history and the knowable universe, to fractions and fly-fishing. While not every speaker makes it under the one-minute mark, they all deal with their chosen subjects with intellectual agility and wit." ... lectures from here
A little while ago i was musing about how good it would be if Melbourne uni architecture podcast its lectures (the law school does this already). Well well, iTunes has now launched iTunes U: the campus that never sleeps with Stanford, UC Berkerly, MIT and other institutions setting up shop.
“iTunes U makes it easy for anyone to access amazing educational material from many of the country’s most respected colleges and universities,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. “Education is a lifelong pursuit and we’re pleased to give everyone the ability to download lectures, speeches and other academic content for free.”
No students will ever attend lectures again.
Very happy that Architecture, Building and Planning at Melbourne University have finally gotten into ilectures for all those times I can't make a public lecture at 6.30 during the work week.
Soon. hopefully. a geek at that establisment will have the lectures either podcast (so i can be educated while on the go) or uploaded on You-Tube (so there are visuals)
Anyway, I was listening to Willy Andrews (Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia) talk about contemporary design projects of his own and those of fellow architects in Bogotá, Colombia this afternoon and as part of his introduction he said this...
"That is why we must look for architecture that, like a woman with interior beauty or a fine wine, gets better every year."
Can you imagine that line with an Australian accent? ... I think not.
Dean's Lecture Series
