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Making intelligent value judgments with Dan Gilbert

January 19, 2009 – 11:51 am

In case you haven’t seen it, Dan Gilbert’s 2005 Ted Talk on value judgments is not to be missed. More on this topic soon.

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iPhone 3G in Japan. (Needless to say, I’m as happy as a little girl.)

June 11, 2008 – 10:55 am

(image from mobilegazette.com)
Apple’s iPhone is finally coming to Japan next month (3G, July 11th), and NTT Docomo (about 50% market share) is about to lose a whole lot of customers to newcomer Softbank who has negotiated a deal to carry the 3G iPhone. Interestingly, neither Softbank nor Apple mentioned any exclusivity clauses, so it […]

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Make the world a better place.

March 25, 2008 – 12:13 am

I’ve been struggling with how to approach the loftiest of my ambitions, which go a little something like this: I want to make the world a noticeably better place to live in, showing others that it’s as simple as believing in basic human rights and implementing creative solutions to enduring problems. I would love to […]

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Happiness, Part 1: Think shopping makes you happy?

December 14, 2007 – 11:47 pm

Think shopping makes you happy?
Well, of course it does! What self-respecting individual doesn’t find guilty pleasure in throwing caution to the wind and racing home with the latest ‘must-have’ item on her/his wish list? “Yes! Got it.” That’s right. One down, eleventy-seven billion to go–but at least you’re getting closer, right? Nah-ah. Not even […]

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Grim Reality is a dish best served by an economist.

November 6, 2007 – 8:22 pm

Speaking of people who make a whole lot of sense while confronting the big, ugly issues…
Bjorn Lomborg, TED 2005

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Did You Know 2.0? (by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod)

October 21, 2007 – 2:39 pm

Here’s another thought-provoking video which touches on some of the same themes as my last post and the video contained therein.
Actually Did You Know 2.0 is an official update to the video entitled Shift Happens by Karl Fisch (author of The Fischbowl) and Scott McLeod (author of Dangerously Irrelevant). These guys are always hard at […]

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Education in the 21st Century: It’s all about Community.

August 4, 2007 – 7:55 pm

For years, I have struggled to find consistent real-world connections between education and community. The following is a series of discussion points and questions I have arrived at in considering possible connections. I don’t presume to have reached any definitve answers. I’m still trying to narrow the field of questions at this stage.
After reading, your […]

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Poor Pholks Pilfer Poopy Pills

July 14, 2007 – 9:35 pm

The lengths that some will got to….to spot their undies.
As you may recall, I posted links to a couple of blog reports on the over-the-counter wonder drug alli here and here. Mind you: I use the phrase ‘wonder drug’ merely in the sense that alli is indeed a pharmaceutical that will leave you in awe […]

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Giuliani for President? OUCH! Don’t think so.

July 13, 2007 – 7:41 pm

Of all people, the NY firefighters have joined forces against their NYC mayor to see to it that his dreams of White House glory go unrealized.
And who better to destroy your campaign than those upon whose heroism your campaign was built?
In the immortal words of Helen Hunt (with David Spade):
“What part didn’t you understand, the […]

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English Proficiency: Japan vs. the Philippines

July 9, 2007 – 9:46 am

Here’s a tangential comment I wrote over at Autono Blogger which I thought might be interesting to the readers here.
In response to Autono Blogger’s post–which was itself a response to a recent post over at jarinefl–I stated the following…
I can really relate to your feelings here:
my growing awareness of a belief among Japanese students of […]

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