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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 15/09/2026

You saved the slide. But did your brain save any of it? Researchers recently ran seven experiments to see what happens when people screenshot information. The result: people remembered less about images they captured than images they simply viewed. Read “The Screenshot Trap” buff.ly/I7DMuTV

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 02/09/2026

"The world rewards the people who are best at communicating ideas, not the people with the best ideas." David Perrell

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 09/08/2026

E.O. Wilson, written in 1998: "We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely."

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 26/07/2026

“When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.” Dalai Lama

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 21/04/2026

It's not a race. You are not ahead. You are not behind. You are here. Enjoy it and make the most of it.

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 20/04/2026

Claude For Dummies. Have you tried Claude yet? If not, and you're curious to learn what all the buzz is about, this is a great place to start.

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Claude.

If you still think Claude is a name, and not the best AI out there → this is where to start:

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 15/03/2026

Esther Hicks on where to look: “If all you did was look for things to appreciate, you would live a joyously spectacular life.”

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 24/01/2026

Founder and investor Graham Weaver on being smart: "The truest form of intelligence is designing the life you want to live."

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 24/01/2026

"The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty."

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 20/01/2026

AI is rewiring ADDIE in a good way The real win isn’t faster quizzes; it’s better decisions. Use AI in three modes: 1. Vibe for ideas 2. Automation for grunt work 3. Copilot for tough design calls. Use the wrong mode, and strategy breaks.

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AI Is Quietly Rewiring the ADDIE Model (In a Good Way)`

The traditional ADDIE workflow isn't dead, but it is evolving

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 20/01/2026

David Hopkins argues that our learning designs must demand more: Frame it: Give learners a specific question before they hit play Debate it: Use video to drive disagreement and critique, not just silence Go Deeper: Focus on judgment and nuance—the human skills AI can't replace yet

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Using video: from passive viewing to purposeful engagement

Back in 2013, I wrote a short post reflecting on Emily Moore’s article From Passive Viewing to Active Learning. At the time, the situation was clear: video was increasingly present in online course…

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 28/12/2025

“The only thing you need to feel extremely smart is a lack of curiosity. The perpetually curious will always think they’re dumb.” — Stuart McMillan

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 26/12/2025

"The amateur does not know what to do. The master knows what not to do."

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 26/12/2025

The Secret History of the Manicule, the Little Hand that’s Everywhere Ever wonder why your cursor turns into a pointing hand? 👉 That's a manicule -a 1000-year-old symbol that started as medieval margin doodles and became the universal "click here" icon. From monks to mouse cursors!

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The Secret History of the Manicule

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 19/12/2025

“Well begun is half done.” -Horace

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 17/12/2025

How Becoming a Marketer Made Me a Better Instructional Designer Is instructional design just marketing with a different job title? We need to stop treating ID and marketing as separate disciplines. “A shipped instructional design work is just a hypothesis.” buff.ly/abObIqF #TrainLikeAMarketer

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 16/12/2025

"In an uncertain world, the learners will win." - Amy Edmondson

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 12/12/2025

"When things don't go well it's easy to wonder, "Why me?" It's easy to point fingers. It's easy to wallow in frustration or defeat. But it is also easy to ask, "What is this teaching me?" You can't remove frustrations from life, but you can always try to come out a little wiser on the other side."

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 11/12/2025

“Sometimes doing nothing makes way for everything.” Hiral Nagda

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 11/12/2025

Hit the Curiosity Sweet Spot to Speed Up Learning Curiosity isn’t decoration in learning—it’s a design lever. Start with a gap, a question, or a surprise, and learners lean in instead of tuning out. buff.ly/7B00zGM #TrainLikeAMarketer #InstructionaDesign #Attention

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Hit the Curiosity Sweet Spot to Speed Up Learning

Understanding curiosity can help people—and robots—learn faster

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 04/12/2025

Beyond Infographics: How to Use Nano Banana to *Actually* Support Learning When you pair AI tools like Google's Nano Banana with proven learning science, the result isn't just prettier content with fewer errors — it's better learning.

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Beyond Infographics: How to Use Nano Banana to *Actually* Support Learning

Six evidence-based use cases to try in Google's latest image-generating AI tool

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 24/11/2025

For f*cks sake. This is a perfect example of the "Expertise Trap" with AI. ChatGPT relies on popularity, not accuracy. Hence, the 🤬learning styles If you don't know the subject matter well enough to spot the BS, AI is dangerous. It presents myths as features. Stop trusting the output blindly.

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 24/11/2025

As Ira Glass explains in this brilliant visualization by Daniel Sax, that feeling of disappointment isn't a failure—it's actually proof you have the taste required to eventually be great. Most people quit here. Don't.

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THE GAP by Ira Glass

I think it was in the time of spring 2012, when I came across David Shiyang Liu's lovely piece of work about Ira Glass. It was the most inspiring and motivating…

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 09/11/2025

“The longer your memos, the less likely they are to be read by men who have the power to act on them.” David Ogilvy

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 08/11/2025

“Without an understanding of human cognitive architecture, instruction is blind.” John Sweller

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 05/11/2025

“The ignorance of how to use new knowledge stockpiles exponentially.” —Marshall McLuhan

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 02/11/2025

Billy Markus on human behavior: “People are not rational. They are rationalizing. Once you understand this simple fact, all the oddest human behavior will suddenly make way more sense.”

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 23/10/2025

“Creating content that nobody finds is an expensive mistake. If content is ‘king,’ distribution is the chariot.” — Jay Baer

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 16/10/2025

"Do not address your readers as though they were gathered together in a stadium. When people read your copy, they are alone." – David Ogilvy

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 07/10/2025

“Honest feedback is a gift, even when it stings.” — Brené Brown

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 25/09/2025

Efficiency in words = music to my ears. Say less, mean more.

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Mike Taylor @mike-taylor.org · 23/09/2025

90+ case studies of different types of images and image edits you can create with nano banana, along with the exact prompts used. buff.ly/Cb7MJvj

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