Who controls the world economy? Short answer: A shockingly small number of individuals and companies. In the fascinating TED Talk below, James Glattfelder uses complexity theory to study how control flows through the interconnected global economy, and how concentration of power in the hands of a shockingly small number leaves us all vulnerable. His …
I have always been fascinated by computer languages and programming. I have also enjoyed learning and programming in a wide spectrum of languages. One of my first jobs fresh out of graduate school in Computer Science was developing system level utilities on the IBM 308x series of mainframe computers using BAL /360 (Basic Assembler …
Google’s exponential growth and emergence as a technology juggernaut has been driven by one simple but incredibly successful business model : paid search or pay per click (PPC) advertising. Google appears invincible today because it dominates one of the largest and most lucrative web businesses – Online advertising via paid search. Google’s version of …
The Evolution of Paid Search and Why Google Won & Yahoo/Microsoft Lost Read More »
There is a post on TechCrunch today about the Top 10 Reasons The Apple iPad Will Put Amazon’s Kindle Out of Business Certainly the iPad will give some competition to the Kindle – especially the $489 model – but put it out of business ? Highly unlikely. Here are the top 10 reasons why the …
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It is now widely acknowledged that America’s public school education system is broken and needs fixing. Numerous studies rank US school children well below other countries in science and math tests: “The average science score of U.S. students lagged behind those in 16 of 30 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a …
Education and Public Schools in America – What The US Can Learn From India Read More »
College too expensive? Try YouTube http://bit.ly/uFFbo This is a glimpse of the future of college education and education in general. The convergence of digital multimedia and broadband together with global connectivity is paving the way for a new way to disseminate learning – 24 hour, on-demand learning on any topic that may be of …