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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

I was talking about this years ago at Middlebury.  Classes were just starting to utilize blogs for peer review and commentary.  I’ve long advocated for peer review for all disciplines.  No better way to learn than to see how other smart people do things.  Anyway, my idea back then was for students to be able to track their public comments back to represent the college.  Middlebury has a student population of ~2200 with an incredibly diverse set of opinions, interests and political pursuasions.  Wouldn’t it benefit the student (and the college) to know that an insightful blog post or comment on a NYTimes article was made by a student representing the college.  Knowing that a college’s student body were engaged the global community of ideas would have been a lot better insight than watching Animal House.

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Newspapers

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Its also exactly why newspapers are having a hard time making it. They sell papers 1 at a time. They sell home subscriptions one at a time. When they charge for monthly subscriptions online, they sell them one at a time. That’s a tough business.

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As usual, Mark Cuban is exactly correct.  Cell phones cell 1 at a time, but they are still profitable.  On the other hand, cell phone companies are making corporate deals all of the time.  Of course your company wants to demonstrate a culture of blackberry users.  Why shouldn’t they sell companies on the idea of the culture of daily newspaper readers.  Sell a small business on bulk work delivery of 10 papers.  Or home delivery for employees to read on their commute.  I’d think it was an awesome perk.  It’s not as expensive as a gym membership or massage room.  Plus you’d have a more intelligent, informed workforce.

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Free Art of Tomorrow

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Great kiosk-style distribution. Bring an 8gig flash drive, get all nominated Oscar films.

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