Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

May 8, 2012
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Will printed books remain relevant in the future?

Milwaukee radio station 620am WTMJ broadcast a segment regarding ebooks last week.  I finally got around to blogging about it today.  The segment was titled: “Will printed books remain relevant in the future?” Book/library aficionado/blogger Paul Everett Nelson joins WAN … Continue reading

April 28, 2012
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MDNA: sales vs. torrents

I simply burst out laughing reading the Detroit News‘ article regarding Madonna’s sharply falling record sales.  Her latest release MDNA debuted at #1 last week after selling 359,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. Yet as the article indicated: Madonna set … Continue reading

April 25, 2012
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Opening The Vault On The Financial Crisis

Great Britain slipped into recession again this week. Its worth another view of how close we came to economic collapse: [youtube width="512" height="288"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVV6dzDOgQ0[/youtube] The HBO movie was good.  The book was so much better….and rather shocking.

September 11, 2011
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Humiliating 9/11 gaffe by Wisconsin College President

Alverno College President Dr. Mary Meehan was the featured speaker at her campus 9/11 Remembrance Service.  Alverno publicized this event as an opportunity to “Hear her compelling, first-hand experience of the day that touched us all” and was sponsored by … Continue reading

May 7, 2011
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My latest read – 13 Bankers

Reading 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown can be considered a good introduction to the country’s long relationship between Wall Street and Congress.  A new reference for how our country began its relationship with Wall Street … Continue reading

January 1, 2011
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Favorite book of 2010

Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System–and Themselves is clearly my favorite (for all the wrong reasons — you know economy on the brink of collapse) book in … Continue reading