David Schwimmer’s “Trust” is my Netflix Instant Choice of the Day. It was on my 2011 Top Ten List. My review: bit.ly/gffadi — Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) January 20, 2012
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Buy cool t-shirts from an online community of graphic designers, via Threadless
Threadless is an online community of artists and an e-commerce website based in Chicago, Illinois. In 2000, co-founders Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart started the company with $1,000 of their own money. Designs are created by and chosen by an online community. Each week, about 1,000 designs are submitted online and are put to a public vote. …
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Baseball's thriving start-up, MLB Advanced Media, could determine the future of TV sports
Launched in 2000, MLB.com was funded by the clubs in an agreement that had them each investing $1 million a year over four years. The cost was targeted at $120 million. To the joy of the owners and MLB, the Website started generating excess revenue in only the second year of its existence, allowing them …
Baseball’s thriving start-up, MLB Advanced Media, could determine the future of TV sports
Launched in 2000, MLB.com was funded by the clubs in an agreement that had them each investing $1 million a year over four years. The cost was targeted at $120 million. To the joy of the owners and MLB, the Website started generating excess revenue in only the second year of its existence, allowing them …
The new movie studios – $2.6 billion built from internet ads and online streaming
As 2012 rolls in…it appears the geeks have finally won. Multiple “internet-built studios” have announced they are committing big money to making movies and TV shows: Netflix – the big dog spends $2 billion annually and will spend $100 million this year on original content. Hulu – proving that ad revenues are a bankable business …
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Who’s having a fantastic struggle? Show me your struggle. That is something that should be rewarded. (changing praise in schools)
For decades, the prevailing wisdom in education was that high self-esteem would lead to high achievement. The theory led to an avalanche of daily affirmations, awards ceremonies and attendance certificates — but few, if any, academic gains. Now, an increasing number of teachers are weaning themselves from what some call empty praise. Drawing on psychology and brain …
Martin Luther King’s Legacy for Today
It is wonderful that an African American leader is honored on the Mall, near the Lincoln, Jefferson and Franklin Roosevelt memorials. But it means even more that a nonviolent leader, a man of peace, is represented alongside America’s greatest presidents. That will help young people understand that nonviolent leadership can make history and transform our …
Martin Luther King's Legacy for Today
It is wonderful that an African American leader is honored on the Mall, near the Lincoln, Jefferson and Franklin Roosevelt memorials. But it means even more that a nonviolent leader, a man of peace, is represented alongside America’s greatest presidents. That will help young people understand that nonviolent leadership can make history and transform our …
A great debate on SOPA – understanding new business models and who is really losing money
Today, Wikipedia and hundreds of other sites are blacked out to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA. It is a great effort and getting a ton of publicity, which is exactly what the goal was. The next step is education and progress. A great place to start is with this debate between Leo Laporte …
Juche – it means shop local if you're a North Korean Communist
The Juche Idea is a political thesis of Kim Il-sung, the founder of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which says that the Korean masses are the masters of the country’s development. From the 1950s to the 1970s, Kim elaborated the Juche Idea into a set of principles that the government uses to justify its policy decisions. Among these …
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