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lynda.com Targets Web Development Skills With New Courses

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Carpinteria-based online education provider lynda.com said late Friday that it is expanding out its library of courses, with a new set of programming courses aimed at accelerating web development. lynda development courses learning class education' READ MORE>>.

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What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

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The firm operates an online video education service helping people to learn how to use all kinds of software, ranging from Adobe Illustrator to AutoCAD and more. We already had a presence there, and are moving into a standalone building in Calabasas focused on web development. How many employees do you have now at the company?

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What Lynda.com Plans To With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison

socalTECH

The firm operates an online video education service helping people to learn how to use all kinds of software, ranging from Adobe Illustrator to AutoCAD and more. We already had a presence there, and are moving into a standalone building in Calabasas focused on web development. How many employees do you have now at the company?

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Does Best Buy Need a Restart?

Eric Greenspan

The warranty or service plan being offered is completely overpriced and has created a widespread awareness that the company is trying to fix its shrinking profit margins by taking advantage of vulnerable shoppers. Provide off the charts service when people use the warranty or service plan, whether paid for or not.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

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The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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Design for the Novice, Configure for the Pro

Both Sides of the Table

In designing GUI interfaces for people coming from the green-screen world we built applications that would be great for desktop publishing, not customer service reps. Fast forward a decade and now I had a startup filled with smart web developers. Of course the debates raged about not wanting to make the system less powerful.

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CreatorUp Links You With Top Filmakers & YouTube Creators To Make Awesome Web Series

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Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. How does it work?

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