Plugins
Had the time to play with WordPress a bit today and decided to try and configure it a bit more the way I’d like. Changed the sidebar some. Downloaded a plugin to allow creating photoblogs more easily. Next to dust off the camera and snap off a few photos.
I’m liking this blogging software alot- and I’m barely scratching the surface. Making it extendable by user created plugins is a great concept. If only we as humans could just plugin another module and now dance or draw or code competently.
It has been said that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something. I wonder what that number would be to become competent? Also, what frameworks allow the most efficient processing of hours of study, play, practice in some field of endeavor?
I’m sure it took the author of that plugin much more than the 20 minutes I took to add it to my install. Knowledgebases and NLP attempt to speed up the process. Some gifted people can learn a language very quickly. In fact surprisingly in a recent survey almost a half of the respondents said they would be open to having a surgical implant if it would enhance their abilities.
I’m not sure I’d like to flex my biceps and get FM radio yet. Or even have WiFi built in to my skull. Small laptops and phones are good enough for me. Keep that RFID chip in the packaging. I even hesitated putting them in my dog, but the idea of finding a lost pet won in the end.
Getting past this rough patch in the economy – I wonder what new technologies will propel us forward? The pace of change has sped up such that what our grandparents experienced we will see happen every decade, And that just gets cut by 50%. So then it will be 7 years then fewer. It would be great to see energy issues solved, so that we don’t have such economic and ecological crises. What plugin will affect some young mind and spark that next great idea?
