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Should Our Schools Teach Latin or HTML?

Eric Greenspan

He will use it to get answers to questions on Wolfram Alpha or just by Googling it. Santa Barbara schools just approved a $700,000 purchase of iPads for its students. While I’d like both to happen, Latin and HTML, we have limited resources and time. He will take notes, do his homework and communicate with others.

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A Serial Entrepreneur’s Guide To Uncovering Awesome Startup Ideas

InfoChachkie

Seth Epstein, Founder and CEO SocialStay , former Founder and CEO of FUEL (acquired by Razorfish) and Emmy Award winner for his work on the X-Games, recently spoke at UC Santa Barbara as part of the Technology Management Program’s Distinguished Lecture Series. In his entrepreneurial Tribe, he is the Shaman.

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Should Our Schools Teach Latin or HTML?

Eric Greenspan

He will use it to get answers to questions on Wolfram Alpha or just by Googling it. Santa Barbara schools just approved a $700,000 purchase of iPads for its students. While I’d like both to happen, Latin and HTML, we have limited resources and time. He will take notes, do his homework and communicate with others.

HTML 100
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Should Our Schools Teach Latin or HTML?

Eric Greenspan

He will use it to get answers to questions on Wolfram Alpha or just by Googling it. Santa Barbara schools just approved a $700,000 purchase of iPads for its students. While I’d like both to happen, Latin and HTML, we have limited resources and time. He will take notes, do his homework and communicate with others.

HTML 100
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Startup Lessons From Stephen King: Results Vs. Activities

InfoChachkie

The more rapidly a startup can determine which prospects are likely to purchase in the near term, the more effectively it can deploy its limited resources. We are willing to invest our scarce time and resources into a partnership with you because we believe we can tap into revenue sources you haven’t yet explored.

Activity 100
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Interview: Thorsten von Eicken of RightScale

InfoChachkie

Messenger : Thorsten von Eicken , RightScale’s Co-Founder and CTO, Chief Architect at Citrix Online (formerly Expertcity) and Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and UC Santa Barbara. Is it hard to balance your work hard / play hard culture, especially in beautiful Santa Barbara?

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Why We’re Looking to Fund Stuff With More Meaning

Both Sides of the Table

One of the most profound books I have ever read is Jared Diamond’s “ Collapse ” in which he talks about how and why historical cultures have collapsed and disappeared and the quick answer is that it always comes rapidly from over exploitation of natural resources. Apeel Technologies.

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