If Thomas Friedman‘s thesis in his 2005 The World Is Flat is that globalization has led to a flatter playing field, then The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath tells the author Nicco Mele’s vision that the ultimate tool of that equalization is the internet. In truth, it’s not a hard […]
5 Minute Book Review | The End of Big: How the Internet Makes David the New Goliath by Nicco Mele
January 12, 2014 by
Taking a page from the Steve Jobs playbook to help education
September 19, 2012 by
The paradigm of a teacher standing in front of a classroom at a chalkboard is a relict of the past. A great tool circa “Little House on the Prairie,” the blackboard should go the same way as the one-room school house. More pay alone, with insufficient merit requirements, does not improve schools. A better solution is found in merit pay, technology integration and school choice.
Everything is amazing, right now, and nobody is happy…
November 3, 2011 by
And yes, when I was a kid, we had a rotary phone, too. After watching this, I want to know: are you a non-contributing zero, or are you something else?
Space shuttle Atlantis returns from its last trip
July 21, 2011 by
I’d be dishonest if I didn’t admit that a poster of the space shuttle graced my wall for many a year while I was growing up. I’m sad that the era is ending, but I hope it will not mean the end of space exploration.
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