Interesting Reading 12/8
Don't go to business school
http://www.squidoo.com/Alternative-MBA
Seth Godin is offering a sixth month Alternative MBA for a handful of
folks who want to make change. See quote below, read the blog, forward to
someone who is interested and apply.
"Six intense months working with a few other amazing people (and me.)
There are plenty of reasons to get an MBA, especially in a down economy.
I'm not sure exactly what they are, though. A typical MBA might take two
years out of your life and cost you more than $150,000 in tuition and
opportunity cost.
On this page, I'd like to invite you to consider (and apply for) something
very different.
First, I'll describe what's in it for you, then I'll explain how to apply.
Please read all the instructions before hitting the send button. Thanks
for checking this out."
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.Tel Them Where to Find You
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/tel-them-where-to-find-you/
On Wednesday, companies and organizations can register Web addresses with
a new top-level domain, .tel. The new domain, which stores and encrypts
contact information directly into the Domain Name System, has the
potential to become a phone book for the Internet.
A .tel domain name links to the contact information of businesses,
organizations and individuals. Information can include telephone numbers;
links to Web sites, including a Facebook or MySpace page; e-mail
addresses; instant messaging names, and, if you wish, identities for
virtual games like Xbox Live or Second Life.
"It's a simple idea. And simple ideas are sometimes the best," said Matt
Mansell, the managing director at Mesh Digital, the parent company of
DomainMonster, an ICANN-approved registrar. "It will just need to get some
traction."
Because the data is stored in the DNS, rather than on a server, when a
person updates a phone number or address using their .tel account, it is
automatically updated in the address books of their friends who have their
.tel information stored on a smartphone or other mobile device.
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Top 100 Anthropology Blogs
http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2008/12/top-100-anthropology-blogs/
"It doesn't matter if you're studying capuchins in South America or the
social interactions in American college bars, there is a blogger out there
who shares your interests. University students, academics, professors and
those who just love anthropology have helped to create a great assortment
of online discourse about the field. We've compiled a list of 100 that are
definitely worth a read."
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The New Examined Life
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122852285532784401.html
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Part experimentation, part self-help, such "personal informatics"
projects, as they are known, are gathering steam thanks to people like Mr.
Felton who find meaning in the mundane. At their disposal are a host of
virtual tools to help them become their own forensic accountants,
including Web sites such as Dopplr, which allows people to manage and
share travel itineraries, and Mon.thly.Info, for tracking menstrual
cycles. Parents can document infant feeding schedules with Trixie Tracker.
And couples can go from between the sheets to spreadsheets with Bedpost,
which helps users keep track of their amorous activities
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The culture of sharing information online has shifted in recent years,
from a focus on blog ramblings to the ubiquitous micro-movements of
posters' daily lives. Microblogging sites like Twitter have become
commonplace. President-elect Barack Obama, for example, had his own
Twitter account and used it to keep his supporters up to date on his
campaign's daily comings and goings. (It's been silent since the
election.) Facebook's News Feed feature initially drew criticism from
members because it offered a running log of users' minute postings and
updates, but has since became a core part of the Web site's community.
Some sites collect data automatically for their users. Last.fm keeps a
record of all of the songs users have listened to, and Netflix keeps track
of members' movie-watching habits.
It's a natural progression from people sharing things like movies, photos
and videos," says Dennis Crowley, founder of Dodgeball, an early
social-networking service for mobile phones which was sold to Google in
2005. "What's left to share? Basic data."
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