by natecooper | Jun 25, 2019 | books, cool, culture, education, Mindfulness, Psychology, Science, technology
I recently picked up a book by Moheb Constandi called Neuroplasticity. It was published by MIT Press in 2016 and I was mostly interested in reading about the current state of the science on the subject. Neuroplasticity is a general term that describes a number of...
by natecooper | Jun 6, 2018 | cities, cool, culture, Cut Your Learning Curve
In this episode of Cut Your Learning Curve, I speak with my friend Juvoni Beckford. Juvoni grew up in the Bronx. At a young age, Juvoni recognized the patterns that kept people from in his environment from reaching their full potential. Through a lot of hard work and...
by natecooper | Dec 18, 2017 | cool, culture, education, Nate's Thoughts
One thing I’ve learned in my experience teaching adults is that we don’t often stop to ask ourselves when we have learned something. This is one reason I think that people tend to sign up to take a class. They want someone (hopefully an expert) to tell them that they...
by natecooper | Jul 6, 2016 | cities, cool, culture, los angeles, new york
I like to think I resisted this a bit but I think I’m slowly coming to terms with being a digital nomad. I’m typing this while in the back of a Lyft which is taking me from Long Beach California to Santa Monica where I have set up shop for the Summer. When...
by natecooper | Jun 10, 2016 | books, Comics, cool, culture, internet, Nate's Thoughts
I’ve spent the past ten years of my professional career in various aspects of adult, technology education. About midway between the start of my journey to now, came: Build Your Own Website. A comic book I collaborated on with my friend, the talented artist and...
by natecooper | Jun 20, 2015 | cities, cool, Mexico, Nate's Thoughts, technology
I came down to Mexico because I care about education. My friend Eme, trusted me to come to New York when I was hosting an event last November. He bought his ticket and jumped in and while here, he gave a wonderful and moving talk about Dev.f a school that he set up...