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"And we morph again, from a manufacturing economy to a service economy to a software economy. Again, not everyone will be writing code. But many more people will be ordering it, writing it, managing it, and interacting with it. It makes sense to understand it and to be able to create at least a little."
Smart piece from Dan Frommer on why code should be the second language you teach your kids. Couldn’t agree more. (via arainert)
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This 28-Year-Old Entrepreneur Will Get You Paid For Playing Video Games
This is why you bet on people. Justin.TV? Insane idea. Twitch? Insanely growing and profitable. People build awesome companies, not ideas.
Daily chart: video games. The gaming industry is now more than twice the size of the recorded-music industry, nearly a quarter more than the magazine business and about three-fifths the size of the film industry. It is growing faster than any other form of media.
Intel and IBM Reveal the Future of Computer Chips
The past 24 hours have seen two of the biggest names in technology reveal the future of computer chips — intentionally or otherwise. A leaked document from Intel shows the company setting the bar for the next generation of processors, which should start to roll out early next year. Meanwhile, IBM has laid out its long view of processing technology, beginning to chart the undiscovered country of what comes after silicon becomes obsolete. The company has demonstrated some of these emerging techs, which often outperform their silicon equivalents and can be built using similar production techniques. » via Yahoo! News
The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Education | Fast Company
At universities, educational software largely means enterprise-scale, expensive, feature-stuffed “learning management systems.” Blackboard has the majority of the market, but professors and students are about as enthusiastic about its various updates, crashes, and bugs as people are with the latest version of Windows (Blackboard scores a whopping 93% “hated” rating on website Amplicate).
Last week, a new alternative was launched—built by students—that looks and works a lot more like the social platforms people actually choose to use in their spare time. The core of the site is a constantly updated social Stream where instructors and students can conduct discussions or easily post rich media. Picture a cleaner-looking Facebook news feed, centered on a single academic theme, or a group Tumblr blog where each picture, question, or video can accumulate its own discussion in the attached comment thread.
“We wanted to create a simple, elegant LMS that covers 95% of instructors’ needs, like grading, file management, calendaring, submitting assignments, and emailing with the class,” says Joseph Cohen, 20, who left Wharton after his sophomore year when he scored $1 million in seed funding this past June to start Coursekit. “Blackboard covers 100%— that’s why it’s such a cluttered platform.”
USB stick computer contains dual core processor.
The FXI computer has been named “Cotton Candy”, as that’s how much it weighs at 21 grams.
With a dual-core 1.2GHz CPU, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, HDMI out and an SD card, the system is more than capable of running Android 2.3, but could also run versions of Linux.
To use the device, users connect the USB plug to a power source, use the HDMI port to send video to a TV or screen, and connect a keyboard and mouse via Bluetooth. Plugged into a normal computer, the PC recognizes the Cotton Candy as a USB drive to allow access to files, or even to run the Android environment safely in a window on the PC - great for software developers.
While the unit has not yet been released for sale, pricing is expected to be under $200 at launch.
(Source: blog.laptopmag.com, via 8bitfuture)
Microsoft will launch a version of its Office business app for the iPad
According to sources, the tech giant is actively working on adapting its popular software suite for Apple’s tablet. With the iPad making up over 80 percent of the tablet market and millions of people worldwide using Office, that could mean big bucks for the tech giant based in Redmond, Wash. Any bets that this app will cost more than $100.00? (Source: thedailyfeed)
The Future of the Book | IDEO
Paul Higgins: Some really interesting thoughts and concepts here. I was particularly taken by:
- Nelson - the concept of combining the flow of current thoughts and stories on a subject with a deeper access to material and references.
- Coupland (or Copeland) - This is an interesting way for people within an organisation to share material and reading. What interested me from a futurist perspective is that it may be a great way to identify blind spots in what an organisation is seeing. As well as showing what is popular, what is well read and what is shared we should be able to highlight what areas are not and use it as a diagnostic tool to improve the forward scanning processes of organisations.
