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A Profile on the World Changing

Mister V — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:06:12 +0000

The NYTimes is running a great piece called “How the US lost out on iPhone jobs.” It’s essentially a piece on capitalism, globalization and comparative advantage (sort of…that actually might be the most debatable part of the article…as comparative advantage usually is).

A section that stood out:

At the same time, [...]

The future of the internet: Semantic Web

Mister V — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:15:32 +0000

A glimpse at the next step for the internet.

Brick and Mortar is just Too Expensive

Mister V — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:14:23 +0000

Zephyr Teachout argues that private colleges will drastically shrink in the next 10 years because of the proliferation and ease of online education. He predicts they will follow a similar trajectory of the newspaper business. It is a fascinating read (as are the comments).

As I write this a radio advertisment appears in my [...]

Just bring your own

Mister V — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:25:38 +0000

We’ll get to the point – eventually – when we’ll simply tell our students to bring their own wireless devices (laptop, iPod touch, etc.) and hop on the school network. I would guess that many students (not to mention teachers) would leap at the opportunity to use their own machines.

Of course, there are security [...]