Massachusetts Institute of Technology

We should constantly be looking to reinvent the wheel

By Matthew Dicks | December 10, 2013 |

“Why reinvent the wheel?” Whenever I hear this question (which is a lot), my response is always the same: “My wheel will be better.” “Why reinvent the wheel?” asks us to to accept work that has been already done as ideal. It implies that the products of the past are highly effective for our current…

Add this to my job list. Not this.

By Matthew Dicks | October 7, 2012 |

Last week I wrote about the many career aspirations that I have when I finally decide to retire from teaching (which isn’t anytime soon). It’s recently come to my attention that Massachusetts’s Institute of Technology’s Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation now issues pirate certificates to students who complete the requirements. In order to…