Kindle E-Books Now Outselling All Paper Books on Amazon

You'd think that someone who covers publishing for a living could spell bellwether. In any case, kindle took only four years to surpass all paper book sales on Amazon. Bellwether indeed!

Kindle E-Books Now Outselling All Paper Books on Amazon
READWRITEWEB | MAY 19, 2011
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Is that a supercomputer in your pocket, or are you just happy to live in the future?

ONE core of the iPad 2 is equivalent to a Cray supercomputer circa 1985. Both cores may push it another decade, to 1994.

And, despite what the author says, 1985 is NOT a helluva long time ago.

http://gizmodo.com/5800193/the-ipad-2-is-as-powerful-as-a-supercomputer-from-the-80s

Adobe drafts CSS Regions spec to bring print-like layout to the web

For good or ill, CSS Regions would revolutionize web-based layouts. Anticipating the tablet-dominance of the web to come, Adobe is working on tools to make laying out web pages more like laying out print pages.

http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/05/adobe-envisions-brave-new-world-of-web-layouts-with-css-regions/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Article: The Top 3 Daily Time-Wasters & How To Tame Them :: Tips :: The 99 Percent

Excellent tips for managing your time, from the 99% Conference website.

The Top 3 Daily Time-Wasters & How To Tame Them :: Tips :: The 99 Percent
http://the99percent.com/tips/7019/The-Top-3-Daily-Time-Wasters-How-To-Tame-Them

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Article: The 99 Percent - It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.

The name comes from TA Edison's quote.

The 99 Percent - It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.
http://the99percent.com/

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Article: Community colleges wasting student time and money - Class Struggle

Wait, what!?!!??

" Their professors still struggle to communicate with students who do not fit the usual collegiate mold."

The reporter makes some Valid points about relying on single measures of readiness, but you can't just drop claims like that into the last graf, with no evidence and no attribution. I think most of us do a fine job communicating with students who do not fit "the collegiate mold." that's why we're working at community colleges.

Community colleges wasting student time and money - Class Struggle
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/community-colleges-wasting-student-time-and-money/2011/05/04/AF96bFyF_blog.html#pagebreak

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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

Sometimes I think humans, as a species, are better at teaching than at learning. And sometimes I think the opposite. And then I give up, and try to be good at both.

Cover letter in 140 characters

Tweet yourself into an internship with Under Armor!

http://gizmodo.com/#!5795597/how-to-apply-for-an-internship-in-2011-write-a-140-character-cover-letter-and-upload-your-resume

Video: 2011 Teacher Appreciation Day Message from Secretary Arne Duncan

2011 Teacher Appreciation Day Message from Secretary Arne Duncan

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