Reading Time: < 1 minute“Come on, Daddy needs a new education curriculum!” A friend sent this link to me earlier this week, on a deal between Apple and The Los Angeles Unified School District: LAUSD Apple iPad Deal This is akin to a bad football team buying fancier, flashier jerseys in a bid to play better on the field.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute(‘Thanks’ to Chris Horner for passing the this story along) This is an excellent article on creative thinking in times of crisis. An entrepreneur facing an ultimatum from Steve Jobs negotiates a deal to sell her product to Jobs’ new tech company, NeXT. Some of the lessons learned are invaluable.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Antoine Sylvia sent me a magazine article on the late Jerry Lawson. An electronic engineer by trade, Lawson was a central figure in the computer and videogame movement in America. One of the only blacks on the tech scene in the 70’s, he was a pioneer in every sense of the word. The article
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDecember 2011 saw the re-launch of one of the most popular pair of sneakers of all time. The release of the Air Jordan XI “Concord saw mini-riots and consumer craziness in cities across the country. Long lines are the norm for the release of a highly-anticipated consumer good. So is widespread disappointment. The onllne marketplace
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOne important phenomenon evident in every society is the Tragedy of The Commons: Individuals pursuing their own self-interest will completely diminish a common good over time, unless behavior is regulated.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen I first heard that there was a technology start-up that “accidentally” discovered a way to shrink your webpage load times, I was intrigued. It’s quite a story, actually. It starts in Silicon Valley…. http://thenextweb.com/industry/2011/06/07/cloudflare-a-website-security-product-accidentally-makes-sites-60-faster/ Details on Cloudfare available here. Read the fine print and do some reconnaissance to determine if the service is right
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteI stumbled on a fantastic “How-To” technology website last week. Here it is: http://www.freewaregenius.com It offers all of the (legally) free, open-source applications you might ever need for a wide range of projects including: * Converting MS-Word Documents to PDFs and other formats * Access to Magazine Subscriptions * Converting Video Files to DVD *
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Apple Store Beginning of the line The line (continued) More folks on the line They thought 1pm was early enough Might as well go home
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe original Ipad came out less than 10 months ago, and the Ipad 2 doesn’t offer many significant upgrades. Early adopters, do you really need to be there to buy the Ipad 2 the first day (or at all?) of launch? I hope the pride of being among the first to own the Ipad is
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOne of the stories my college friends recall vividly occurred at a local Subway restaurant. Forever etched in lore, it is a great example of how I approach my interactions with others. We had all ordered our sandwiches and were getting ready to leave the restaurant. I asked the attendant to add an M&M cookie
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