November 15, 2009
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I have been a fan of Malcolm Gladwell’s writing. Joining The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and Outliers: The Story of Success comes his latest work What the … Continue reading
November 15, 2009
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Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner have released SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance a long awaited follow up to their hit Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. If you … Continue reading
November 12, 2009
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Fareed Zakaria’s The Post-American World is an enjoyable read. Most would recognize his CNN show Fareed Zakaria GPS. He has also participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos. The bottom line: The US is not falling behind, but rather … Continue reading
October 29, 2009
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Life seems to be all about timing. Slashdot posted a story today that the City of Los Angeles has approved a 5 year, $7 million deal with Google to adopt Gmail and Google Apps for Business WITH money from a … Continue reading
October 24, 2009
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Act Now – Deploy later. Google’s offer ends July 2010 Google has been helping K12 Schools and Colleges save money by giving free access to their powerful tools in an enterprise setting. Google began offering Gmail and have continued to … Continue reading
October 24, 2009
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Mark Steyn has written a clever book America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It. In a post 9/11 world America, according to Steyn must “go it alone” against the impact Muslims have in today’s world. A … Continue reading
October 11, 2009
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Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. This book is a great primer for social media. If your new to social media this book is for you. However if you have been working with blogs and wikis for … Continue reading
October 2, 2009
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While at the University of Chicago I had the true pleasure of working for Dr. Schilsky at the Cancer and Leukemia Center. This interview describes some of the new advanced treatments for breast and colon cancers.
September 7, 2009
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At the 2009 Brainstorm conference I had an opportunity to see SMART’s Microsoft Surface knockoff, the SmartTable. SMART is selling this table for a whopping $8,000.00! Ask any K12 teacher, Curriculum Director or Ed Tech Specialist if your districts’ approved … Continue reading
August 19, 2009
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I finished Alan Greenspan‘s book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World and learned it was more than I expected from the former Chairman of The Federal Reserve. And with the recession still in high gear it was … Continue reading