Category: economics
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Interactively Explore Population Pyramids
Today was the second day of a three-day “Paper Slide Video” project I’m helping a 7th grade geography teacher facilitate. This morning during first period class we recorded a sample paper-slide video (following the rubric we created together) on China’s One Child Policy. For the slides I drew, I utilized the wonderful website populationpyramid.net. It…
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Updates to Blog Advertising Options and Procedures
One of the downsides to writing a popular blog is extra email from advertisers and PR folks who want you to write about their product or service. For at least five years (following the lead of Larry Lessig, who I first saw use the service) I’ve used a POBox.com public email address, and that has…
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The Post-PC Age is Upon Us
I’ve read two articles this week which really got my attention: “Gartner May Be Too Scared To Say It, But the PC Is Dead” (5 April 2013 by Mark Gartner for ReadWriteWeb) “FU, Windows 8, PC shipment decline is worst EVER” (10 April 2013 by Joe Wilcox for Betanews) I LOVE my MacBook Air laptop…
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5 Advantages and 5 Disadvantages to Consider Selling an eBook on Your Own Website
(cross-posted from iPadwithWes.com) This evening I recorded a 20 minute screencast, explaining several pros and cons to consider when selling your own eBook(s) on your own website. It is possible to sell eBooks on your own website and ALSO offer your eBook for sale through other online distribution channels, like Amazon.com or the Apple iBookstore,…
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Setting Up a Skype Home Phone
This evening I configured a Skype phone (an IPEVO SO10 Skype Desktop Phone I won in 2008 in a “What Skype Means to Me” contest) as a home phone. In this post I’ll briefly recap the whys and how-tos of this process. Since our most recent move in 2011 we’ve ditched our POTS line and…
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Academic Journal Paywalls are Educationally Counter-Productive and WRONG
The proliferation of “paywalls” for academic journals is educationally counter-productive and WRONG. Today, we accept as “normal” that academic journals charge fees for digital access. In an analog world, when publishers bore tangible costs for distributing paper-based copies of articles, this made more sense. In our increasingly digital world today, however, when the marginal cost…
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Breakthrough Thinking by Peter Diamandis
These are my notes from Peter Diamandis‘ luncheon keynote, “Breakthrough Thinking” at the 2012 State of Creativity Forum in Oklahoma City on November 13, 2012. MY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Follow conference conversations today on Twitter with the hashtag #SoCF12. Over next couple of decades, we will be building a world of…
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Is AT&T Mobile Share with Unlimited Talk & Text A Good Deal?
This past week I had a chance to visit briefly with James Deaton, which is always a wonderful treat. (Not only is James a super nice guy, he’s also the smartest geek I know personally on our planet, and that’s saying quite a bit.) James mentioned he has been looking at the new “AT&T Mobile…
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Captivated by the Tesla S Series Electric Car in Portland, Oregon
Today my wife and I traveled to Portland, Oregon, enroute to the Oregon Association of School Libraries 2012 Conference in Seaside where I’ll share a keynote tomorrow on “Mapping Media to the Common Core.” A couple weeks ago I heard the NPR segment, “Tesla’s Big Gamble: Can The Electric Car Go Mainstream” on the NPR…
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Devastated at the Forced Closure of the OKC Coworking Collaborative by US Fleet Tracking
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