americandesi333

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Kill Math using Data Visualization(fastcodesign.com)
8 points by americandesi333 15y ago|4 comments
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by americandesi333 15y ago
I think what he could do to close that gap is re-train himself. There are unemployment agencies in every city (called WIB) that provide free training resources to people who are looking for jobs. But the biggest deterrent is the motivation
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US skier tossed off team over in-flight urination(sfgate.com)
2 points by americandesi333 15y ago|2 comments
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How to use tech tools in a low tech classroom(edweek.org)
1 points by americandesi333 15y ago|0 comments
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by americandesi333 15y ago
I don't see how they are mentioning a possibility of 'What if'. This article seems a little misleading. Its clear from reading this that the founders did not want to sell themselves to Yahoo. Also, hindsight is always 20/20 :)
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10 Most Innovative E-Book Apps to Lookout For(hackeducation.com)
1 points by americandesi333 15y ago|0 comments
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Google says "we want to bring the nuance and richness of real-life sharing to the web" I don't quite understand the richness in playing Angry Birds or Farmville. Real life is not like these games and therefore, people are momentarily attrac
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by americandesi333 15y ago
I think this article stops just short of making a leap and saying that game elements are now used as marketing tool to create 'stickiness'. When I ask most entrepreneurs the question- what will make people come back to their website, majori
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Celebrity endorsements harmful for Education Reform(hackeducation.com)
1 points by americandesi333 15y ago|0 comments
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by americandesi333 15y ago
You are mixing my quotes with the previous commenter's
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Just to clarify, I never said that top-performers are driven by 'skills and education'. I said that they are driven by 'passion' for their area of work. That means they will go above and beyond to learn more, they are innovators and are wil
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Unemployment rate slipped a notch to 9.1 percent in July(nytimes.com)
1 points by americandesi333 15y ago|0 comments
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by americandesi333 15y ago
I don't think you are propagating that others should follow the path you chose to take, but your theory does sound flawed to me. Here is a better way to put why a company should promote egalitarian work culture: Men and women generally (not
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Sorry to hear that you chose your 4 years of school based on meeting someone from the opp gender. Hoped that worked out for you :) Have to say that your theory seems shortsighted to me and does not apply to top performers of either genders,
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How to build better ebooks- Form, Content, Technology(hackeducation.com)
6 points by americandesi333 15y ago|3 comments
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Thanks for sharing the Amazon logo timeline. I have never seen that before and am surprised to see how much it has evolved...
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Now this would be more powerful if it was 3 Dimensional... Another weekend project :)
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by americandesi333 15y ago
I want to believe that its because Facebook is showing them a bigger 'vision' but this smells like $$ to me... People can be smart but sometimes the short-term allure of happiness (in this case the payout) can harm their long-term growth an
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Patio11- Design is not just about pretty colors and interface... its more about understanding the audience and their interaction before delving into creating the best user experience. Therefore, what you suggest could be a temporary quick f
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by americandesi333 15y ago
There is a reason why Steve Jobs is successful :) As a programming single-founder, you have already taken the first major step! You realize your core competency and your weakness and the importance of filling that gap. I wouldn't be that di
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by americandesi333 15y ago
I wonder how Mike Matas would feel after a year of being at Facebook... When I first read about them and heard his TED talk, I really believed in what he was saying, that they aspired to change the way the world reads. I believed in his rev
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Solving for those 'challenges' people pose is the key. However, you have to figure out how to prioritize what to solve. Keep the product CORE intact and have a good vision. You cannot change that all the time. Certainly a great post!
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by americandesi333 15y ago
This prediction only holds true if the market has enough viable options of electric cars. As for now, Tesla and Nissan are the only two all electric cars. I just purchased a diesel car and diesel fuel IS at around $4.40 per gallon... I woul
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by americandesi333 15y ago
The article does a great job highlighting the stark reality of today's labor market. I was at the unemployment agency in silicon valley doing some research, and they informed me that even though unemployment rate is around 9-10%, there is t
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Very timely article. I spoke to an entrepreneur couple of weeks ago and his view was that raising VC funding would validate his company and make sure its a viable business. I was surprised to hear that from him, especially when building a s
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by americandesi333 15y ago
That is exactly whats being done in the countries referenced in the article.
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Masklinn, If my first point was not correct, then why is there so much lobbying effort and dollars being spent on the 'net neutrality' issue? Also, just out of curiosity, want to know why the 'No' for the two barriers and if you identified
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by americandesi333 15y ago
This is a very interesting article, especially 'dummifying' the complexities of US telecom markets. I used to always wonder why US was so behind in terms of broadband deployment and the answers that we given to me were always around 'densit
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by americandesi333 15y ago
Just to play devil's advocate here, if you step back and see, Hulu is not a bad acquisition for Netflix and why? Its because Hulu will bring Netflix the 'scale' and additional premium customers. I know a lot of people who purchase Hulu or N
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by americandesi333 15y ago
When I read this article, it screamed Priceline to me. Its essentially doing the same thing that Priceline does for the travel industry. Its asking customers to select a deal or 'bid' on a deal and then uses that knowledge to close the deal

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