February 2012
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The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the... →
http://helldesign.net, kurzweilai.net Until now. Beyond read­ing email and surf­ing the Web, we will soon be check­ing our vital signs on our phone. We can already con­tin­u­ous­ly mon­i­tor our heart rhythm, blood glu­cose lev­els, and brain waves while we sleep. Minia­ture…
Feb 27th
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Feb 24th
Globalization: More than a MBA buzzword
In today’s economic climate, one would be hard pressed to deny that we have a global economy – just follow the NYSE each day as news regarding Greece’s debt crisis is released. Yet money is not all that ties the world together. More and more goods and services are coming from more and more foreign countries; our classrooms are filled with more and more international students and our offices with...
Feb 13th
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“But what makes it really fascinating is that it’s the democracy of the Internet...”
– Chris Sims at Comics Alliance marvels at the power of fans.  As of this moment, Order of the Stick has raised over $331k and is on track to become one of Kickstarter’s 10 Most Funded projects of all time.  Mind. Blown.   (via ensignau) Ours, too. (via kickstarter) What can we learn from...
Feb 6th
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“Repeating easy tasks again and again gets you not very far. Attacking only steep...”
– The Hill Approach – Seth Godin on the secret of career success.  See also this timeless advice on overcoming fear in creative development.  (via)
Feb 2nd
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