AndrewWorsnop

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by AndrewWorsnop 7y ago
>> Also anyone has any tips on filtering multiple good ideas to finding the best for for startup? Thanks! I'm in the same boat, I'm going through the resources in the SuS library here: https://www.startupschool.or
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by AndrewWorsnop 10y ago
This article has now been deleted? Anyone grab a copy before it went down?
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by AndrewWorsnop 12y ago
Do we perceive octaves as precisely 2:1 or is that an approximation? i.e. is it really 2.041256:1 or similar. Is this problem then because we start with integer ratios? Is this problem solvable if we started a "true(?)" irrational
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by AndrewWorsnop 12y ago
Desmos (supporting MathQuill) is leading the space here I think: https://www.desmos.com/calculator Absolutely agree that if this was made and made open there would be a lot of opportunities in the math education space.
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by AndrewWorsnop 13y ago
This is pretty much the selection criteria for "The Apprentice".
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by AndrewWorsnop 13y ago
Why not just let TED know about this? Like you say, if there are pseudo-science talks at a TEDx event, TED will want to know and get involved.
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by AndrewWorsnop 13y ago
What about the massive mobile money networks in Africa?
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by AndrewWorsnop 13y ago
To head off the comments that are already starting to appear: Correct, you can't become an expert at most things in a week and probably misrepresentative to advertise yourself as an expert if you aren't. That's very different from approach
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by AndrewWorsnop 14y ago
The real problem is that no one teacher is "the best" for all students. What would be brilliant to see is testing which types of presentation styles, speakers or ways of explaining concepts resonate with individual students and giving them
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by AndrewWorsnop 14y ago
there is something in our nature that stirs at a call to arms despite our civilisation.
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by AndrewWorsnop 14y ago
Is there a transcript?
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by AndrewWorsnop 14y ago
That is a woefully low sample size...
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by AndrewWorsnop 14y ago
A great example of fiction in business writing is "The Richest Man in Babylon". It's focused on principles of personal finance but you could easily construct something similar for start-ups. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Richest_Man_in_
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by AndrewWorsnop 14y ago
Mmm, I disagree about psychology of investing stock, time and products together - in Aus, there's a lot of Apple love but little investment in it's stock. Doesn't harm the brand... In the end, investors may like a good stock but customers j
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by AndrewWorsnop 14y ago
I think learning how computers/software works is just as useful as learning history or geography or science, which we already make students learn.
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by AndrewWorsnop 15y ago
Of course @kaggle (Melbourne-launched, though I hear they're at least part moving to SF) would be a highlight for your start, given they just raised $11m from some very high profile investors in the Valley.
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by AndrewWorsnop 15y ago
Great! Looking forward to reading this.
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by AndrewWorsnop 15y ago
Ok, I'm in Australia, so that would make sense :P
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by AndrewWorsnop 15y ago
yeah doesn't seem to work for me. Keeps "Waiting for connection"...
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Make education software like Tamahagane blades, not Swiss-army knives(aneducationforlife.tumblr.com)
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by AndrewWorsnop 15y ago
Improvements to education (expand the Khan Academy model beyond mathematics) - Khan Academy already has a great model with the videos and exercises for mathematics (go contribute at https://sites.google.com/a/khanacademy.org/forge/for-deve
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by AndrewWorsnop 15y ago
absolutely.