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by gbookman 17y ago
When I was a student at the University of Washington I worked at the Business School's IT department for a couple years. One of my jobs was to set up Blackboard course websites for instructors. It was about as much fun as filling out a tax
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Most College Students To Take Classes Online by 2014(campustechnology.com)
15 points by gbookman 17y ago|13 comments
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by gbookman 17y ago
Frank Lloyd Wright. He had an unbelievable ability to create building designs that blended perfectly with their surroundings. I've never seen any architect achieve a better harmony between man and nature. Wright's most famous designs are
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by gbookman 17y ago
Fort Hays State University, in Kansas, apparently without consulting its faculty, “sanctions” courses in composition, economics, algebra and accounting offered by a company called StraighterLine which sells the courses for $99! One encour
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by gbookman 17y ago
If the Droid didn't have a physical keyboard, I would strongly consider getting one. To me, the physical keyboard is just a burden that adds thickness and weight. Aside from that, the Droid looks fantastic and is the first iPhone alternativ
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Facebook becoming big friend of small businesses(latimes.com)
1 points by gbookman 17y ago|1 comments
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by gbookman 17y ago
Will the November 5th invitation date remain unchanged?
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by gbookman 17y ago
All the scares induced by seeing a new competitor pop up are forgotten weeks later. It always comes down to your own product and approach to the market. This quote and the other comments about overestimating your competition really stood
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by gbookman 17y ago
OK, now the video is stuttering so you can blame Justin.tv. It wasn't when I was watching earlier.
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by gbookman 17y ago
No reason given for why they did this. Is AT&T for better international roaming? Or did they just give Amazon a better deal?
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by gbookman 17y ago
Course it isn't. I'm just saying it's not Justin.tv you should be blaming, it's whoever set up the mic system.
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by gbookman 17y ago
The audio's "cutting out" because the mic level in the room is way too high. Notice how the video remains smooth while the audio stutters.
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by gbookman 17y ago
They're really making Google Maps smarter. Making the major thoroughfares stand out more is really clever and intuitive. Accounting for road width is also a huge improvement, especially for cities. All in all, these changes make Google Ma
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by gbookman 17y ago
I like how Paul Graham describes himself as a "bug fixer."
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by gbookman 17y ago
I don't really understand why it's not cheap Maybe the device manufacturers demand excessive royalties? I'm sure the low unit volume contributes as well. Economies of scale will bring the price down.
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by gbookman 17y ago
As a diehard Dodgers fan, I experienced the flaws of Moneyball firsthand during the brief tenure of Paul DePodesta (Billy Beane's protégé) as GM. DePodesta took Beane's emphasis on statistical analysis to the extreme, almost completely igno
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by gbookman 17y ago
I think course literature is going to be the "killer market". IMO, the biggest factor keeping this from happening is the cost. Even if your textbook is on the Kindle Store, you have to pay an extra $260 and pay for the books on top of th
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by gbookman 17y ago
Well, they didn't quite do everything right. For one, Amazon had a really tough time when the first Internet bubble burst back in 2000. All of a sudden they weren't able to raise capital as quickly as they wanted to. This would have severel
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by gbookman 17y ago
You could do an iTunes-esque stripe pattern, alternating between white and some other contrasting color. This site does something similar: http://slickdeals.net/
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by gbookman 17y ago
Isn't the lack of significant revenue one of the reasons why networks hold back from posting more than a handful of episodes from popular shows? My thought was that if the networks saw there was money to be made, it would encourage them to
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by gbookman 17y ago
It's a great mix of rising stars and longtime veterans in a wide range of fields.
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by gbookman 17y ago
According to RampRate, YouTube is losing $174 Million. Not as bad as losing $470 Million as originally reported by Credit Suisse but still a loss. Ref: http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20090617/credit-suisse-fa...
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VCs Look to Royalty-Based Financing to Fund Startups(blogs.sun.com)
3 points by gbookman 17y ago|2 comments
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by gbookman 17y ago
In addition to military costs, the Dutch were hurt financially by trying to keep up with Britain and France's colonial expansion in the new world, which they ultimately couldn't do either. Case in point: New York was founded as New Amsterda
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by gbookman 17y ago
Each page seems to have less stuff on it than before, which is a good thing. Now it's much less cluttered and more logically organized.
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by gbookman 17y ago
The companies who are charging have spent years developing solid business models that will give people reason to open their wallets. I think many of the free companies had decent business models when ad revenue was plentiful. Now that the
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by gbookman 17y ago
I've actually been hoping they would start charging for a long time. I hate how they only have a few episodes of my favorite shows--obviously because they only do ads. I'd gladly pay a reasonable annual fee to be able to watch all the episo
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by gbookman 17y ago
Makes sense to me.
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Photos, video from Microsoft Store grand opening(appleinsider.com)
3 points by gbookman 17y ago|0 comments
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by gbookman 17y ago
150 Million new users expected by 2013. Not bad for something invented in the 20's.

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