When I first made the transition from playing music professionally to the corporate world, it was with the specific goal of helping people work together through the Web. The skill sets I had from music were not unlike engineering – and I had a long history with computers dating from seventh grade, when I began [...]
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I have been meaning to put this list up …here is a rough first pass at some of my favorite books. They all have something to offer, even if some have more than others. Where there are more than one author I have only listed the first for now. Marketing and Product Development: Crossing the [...]
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For an upcoming article, I am assembling a list of the top online learning Web sites for kids under 10. Care to submit one? or a few? I am including Web sites that nurture creativity in some way as well. Here is what I need: Name URL If you can, it would be great to [...]
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Call for like- minded learners: I started building a flashcard set of basic Latin vocabulary to help with my overall English vocabulary. I got through ‘A’s’ before other things demanded attention. My Latin flashcards. If you are interested in helping me build out this flashcard set respond to this post and I will give you [...]
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You can use the same flashcards we used to gain deep knowledge ASAP of Ruby on Rails syntax and inner workings. Check out our Rails Subject and Flashcards Just click on the “study materials” tab and choose a set of flashcards. Here is a link directly to a memorization drill: A set of Ruby on [...]
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Then=10-12 years ago Now=today Then= develop your own little JavaScript utilities, reuse your own javascript snippits Now = leverage comprehensive toolkits like Dojo.js, Prototype.js, JQuery or MooTools to far surpass the measley functionality of your own home baked library… Then= Microsoft proclaims that “N-Tier” is the end all be all, and you should think in [...]
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Highrisehq is a decent todo manager for sales. Salesforce.com remains the best I have worked with in terms of automation and the ability to support templates for communications, collateral, managing a pipeline professionally, tracking leads and lead sources. BeyondBullets author (whose name escapes me at the moment) best coaching I have seen for presentations. If [...]
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This week I got a rare treat when friend and client David Rolston came over and spent some time in my backyard. Dave is an acclaimed landscape architect whose work is regularly featured in magazines and TV. Watching him work and listening to him discuss his process I was reminded again and again of Christopher [...]
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New(ish?) Gina Trapani blog on coding and self and improvement
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The author of one our favorite books has a foundation. Looks very interesting. Reminds me we need a One Good Idea post from the Art of Learning. http://www.jwfoundation.com/index.html
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