A student asked me today to list the 10 people who have most influenced my thinking and work (no religious figures). I only spent about 10 minutes doing this, but here’s my quick list. Apologies to everyone who probably should be on this list who I’ve offended by leaving them off. However, this seemed interesting enough that I ought to share. And yes, I realize there are more than 10 people on this list.
Ted Nelson - OSMIC Eric Raymond - open source Larry Lessig - IP, law, and remix culture Stephen Downes - Various John Seely Brown / Candace Thille - Data-driven feedback loops Andy Gibbons - Layers of design James Wertsch - Mediational means Jereon van Merrienboer - 4C/ID Benjamin Bloom - 2 sigma effect Brian Lamb - Blogs, wikis, and the RSS way Vic Bunderson - Domain theory / QDM Andy Van Schaack - Applying research in practice / technology Gordon Pask - Conversation theory
If you throw these thinkers in a pot (together with the comp.theory.self-org-sys FAQ) and let them stew for a decade, you can ladle up a tasty bowl of my career.