An interesting graphic from NPR’s Planet Money series on the cost of college. That’s a 37% increase in financial aid per student since the 2000-2001 school year. The increase is largely paid for by more federal loans, with smaller contributions from federal grants and private loans. Everything else seems unchanged.
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Have you heard of Social Advertising? — It’s the next big thing in online ads
A possible shift in the advertising landscape? From an email Jonah Peretti, the CEO of Buzzfeed, sent out to employees and investors: This same lucky shift made our business model work for the first time. A couple years ago, we were trying unsuccessfully to sell social advertising to a market that only wanted to buy …
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A hundred million dollar exit in blogging means mixing Pulitzer Prize content with photos of kittens
One of the hardest decisions a writer makes is “who to write for,” also known as your audience. For this blog I have chosen to assume that my readers are smart rather than dumb, well-educated, and interested “good” stories (not controversy and bad-mouthing). Sarah Lacy wrote an interesting piece on the audiences that both the …
Easy homemade mozzarella made with 1 gallon of milk – combine with tomatoes for Insalate Caprese
The full heat of summer is here and I’m drowning in tomatoes. I’ve been searching for new ways to use my bounty, beyond the basics of salsa, marinara sauce, and jarring for winter stores. Next on my list is homemade mozzarella with a surprisingly easy recipe: Mozzarella is one of the easiest cheeses to …
Starbucks turns to venture capital, invests big in game-changer Square
I’ve been a big fan of Square from the beginning, mostly because I hate the cashier’s line. I even gave a talk at Ignite DC called, “The Future of the Queue”, though I spent all my time bashing the very old, and expensive technology that cashier’s use: Lol, $300+ dollars just to read …
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Ford Focus Electric – now all major manufacturers sell EV’s – comparison of the basic specs
Note these specs are the most hotly contested in the industry. The price is based on MSRP excluding tax credits and all those crazy option packages (for Tesla you can get the base model for $50k and the same car with options for $100k). Battery power and range are based on EPA estimates (though, those …
The Key To Winning Gold, In Anything
As the Olympics begin to wrap-up and I take a Yoda-moment to reflect on the dedication and drive required to, not only be an Olympic athlete but to win gold in such prodigious company, my thoughts gravitate to an interview I watched with Michael Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman. Bowman revealed how during training, he would …
The Sikh’s have their own ferocious martial art – Shastar Vidiya – among the oldest in the world
Yesterday, after hearing a lot about the shooting at a Sikh temple, I spent some researching what the Sikh’s are. A fascinating people in many respects, one which is on the verge of extinction, the Sikh Warrior. I poked around a bit and learned that the Sikh’s once had a great empire in India. It existed …
Google puts its self-driving cars to use as commuter vehicles
Technology is at its best when it makes people’s lives better, and that’s precisely what we’re going for with our self-driving car project. We’re using advanced computer science to try and make driving safer and more enjoyable. Our vehicles, of which about a dozen are on the road at any given time, have now completed more …
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Speed record set for all-electric airplane – 204.4 mph
Chip Yates does not like sitting still. Just a day after piloting his electric-powered Long EZ airplane to over 200 miles per hour – making him the fastest electric-airplane pilot in the world – he had to disassemble the airplane, pack it up and drive 2,000 miles east to Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Here at Airventure, Yates …
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