Video: The Impact of Kickstarter, Creative Commons & Creators Project | Off Book | PBS

A very nice video of how the Internet is changing the funding of, distribution of, and even the creation of art.

If this is typical of the quality of PBS's Off Book series, that will be worth a subscribe click.

The Impact of Kickstarter, Creative Commons & Creators Project | Off Book | PBS

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Article: Even Old Media Institutions Are Acting Like New Media

Even Old Media Institutions Are Acting Like New Media
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/even-old-media-institutions-are-acting-like-new-media/255088/

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Article: Study Smarter, Not Harder! New Apps for Students

Study Smarter, Not Harder! New Apps for Students
http://www.campustalkblog.com/study-smarter-not-harder/

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Sidewalk math

Cool, in a nerdy kin of way.

--Brad

Best Practices For Writing For Online Readers

Best Practices For Writing For Online Readers
READWRITEWEB | MARCH 16, 2012
http://pulse.me/s/74zEK

I have less than 30 seconds to capture your attention with this post, so here goes: if you read some, most or all of the next 750 words or so, you wil... Read more

Article: Newspapers Are America's Fastest-Shrinking Industry

Newspapers Are America's Fastest-Shrinking Industry
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/03/newspapers-are-americas-fastest-shrinking-industry/254307/

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Article: Twitter Buys Posterous; It’s Not Quite an “Acqhire” as Product Won’t Be Shut Down

Ah, well, bugger. 

Twitter Buys Posterous; It’s Not Quite an “Acqhire” as Product Won’t Be Shut Down
http://allthingsd.com/20120312/twitter-buys-posterous-its-not-quite-an-acqhire-as-product-wont-be-shut-down/

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How tablets will transform the construction industry

http://www.google.com/reader/i/?hl=en&gl=us#stream/user%2F12857850095717931967%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Freading-list

--Brad

Article: Sometimes, the weird picture is REAL

Sometimes, the weird picture is REAL
http://www.skeptic.com/doubtful-news/sometimes-the-weird-picture-is-real/

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Article: Trebucard

Genius!

Trebucard
http://www.coolhunting.com/design/trebucard.php

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The most astounding fact

Neil DeGrasse Tyson at his most eloquent and expansive.

YouTube
M.YOUTUBE.COM
http://pulse.me/s/6Pyzl

Article: Shifting Students Out of Community Colleges and Into For-Profits

" cash-strapped state schools are cutting courses that cost more to teach, which unfortunately also happen to be the classes that are most likely to get students jobs"

Shifting Students Out of Community Colleges and Into For-Profits
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/out-of-community-colleges-and-into-for-profits/

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Article: Dayton Community College Trains Students for the Exciting Kind of Drone Jobs

This is kind of cool, actually.

Dayton Community College Trains Students for the Exciting Kind of Drone Jobs
http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2012/03/05/dayton-community-college-trains-students-for-the-exciting-kind-of-drone-jobs/

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The future of online work is here

http://www.google.com/reader/i/?hl=en&gl=us#stream/user%2F12857850095717931967%2Fstate%2Fcom.google%2Freading-list

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Interneternity?

QR scan tags on memorial headstones, and online condolences - you can't escape the Internet, even in death.

--Brad