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Employee Retention Now a Big Issue: Why the Tide has Turned | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT I can tell the economy is recovering: we’re suddenly seeing companies tell us that “employee retention” has become a critical issue. Let me give you some research-based perspectives on…
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Hanging Out at the E-Mall – NYTimes.com | Things I grab, motley collection
Shopping online is easier than shopping in a mall — as long as you know exactly what you want to buy. The problem comes when you don’t know what you want. More Tech CoverageNews from the technology industry, including start-ups, the Internet, en…
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ENOUGH SAID: Official HD Trailer | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT A divorced and single parent, Eva (Julia Louis Dreyfus) spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for … plerudulier‘s insight: I am …
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Here is something that hit me recently: For a long time I had a certain idea about what makes an introvert or an extrovert. I had always thought that it works something like this: Extroversion relates to how outgoing someone is Introversion is…
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Reblogged from VentureBeat: Karl Mehta is launching a non-profit to get the tech industry involved in solving the world’s most pressing problems. Code for India (CFI) is a global community of software engineers who are developing tools to addr…
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Reblogged from TechCrunch: The GlassUp, an ambitious Indiegogo project that wanted to take the concept of Glass and make it more about passive consumption of content than about privacy-treading recording, video and photography, was in danger of…
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Three Text Messages That Are Changing Africa | Lex Paulson | Things I grab, motley collection
As President Obama traveled to Africa earlier this summer, his administration heralded the power of geeks to reshape America’s approach to global poverty. Rather than hand out money to corrupt governments or rely on creaky international bureaucr…
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See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Of course I’m not fantasising anything that would not be realistic – if only because last I checked I wasn’t even close to looking like L.Evangelista⊃1; – only what one can truly belie…
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If my mother-in-law can use Ubuntu Linux, anyone can | ZDNet | Things I grab, motley collection
One of the great Linux desktop myths is that it’s hard to use. People still think that you need to be some kind of mad computer wizard to use Linux. What nonsense. Desktop Linux has been as easy to use as any of the mainstream desktop operating …
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No, Craigslist is not responsible for the death of newspapers | Things I grab, motley collection
Reblogged from GigaOM: Maybe it’s the rash of newspaper sales recently — including the acquisition of the Washington Post by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and the sale of the Boston Globe to local businessman John Henry — but there seems to be a rene…
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Virtual schools in Florida, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee are facing enrollment challenges and tough questions. Here’s a roundup of some recent news reports. via Florida Virtual School, Other E-Schools Face Difficult Times – Digital Educat…
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Reblogged from VentureBeat: Alex Romanov is CEO of iSIGN Media. Read a newspaper today and it’s clear big data and privacy concerns are major news. Since the discovery of the NSA’s clandestine PRISM program –which collects Americans’ informa…
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What higher education’s obsession with technology often overlooks | Things I grab, motley collection
Reblogged from Minding the Workplace: Perhaps it’s the unseasonably cool weather we’re having here in Boston, but I’m already looking ahead to the start of the new school year. On my radar screen today was the topic of technology in higher educ…
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Education is more than academics #pbl #pblworld #coffeechugpln | Things I grab, motley collection
… We are caught up with the idea that during these exhibition nights students should have several things on display from the various classes to share out. Personally, and this is my own opinion(not the school or other teachers), but education sy…
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We’ve previously explored time and the scale of the universe, but what about the scale of time? Do we fully understand the 2.5 billion seconds most of us will experience in an average lifetime? That’s precisely what prolific science author and i…
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Why the smartphone camera changed photography forever | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT I am a professional commercial photographer. I have been for the last 25 years. Throughout most of my career, I’ve had a hard time taking personal pictures — and for years I thought t…
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Seven Ways to Manage Email So It Doesn’t Manage You | Things I grab, motley collection
I’m always struck by the number of people who complain about the amount of email they receive and how much they despise their inbox—not because their complaints aren’t valid but because my own view couldn’t be more different. This post original…
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Approaching Darkness: One Man Blogs His Descent Into Alzheimer’s | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Psychology Matters Retired physician David Hilfiker, 68, invited me to his Washington, D.C., home to discuss the blog he’s operated for the past 10 months. David has Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia that causes memory d…
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Building a marketplace for ideas: #diversity for social learning | Things I grab, motley collection
See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Communities are built on consensus: they tolerate difference and thrive on diversity, but only within limits. Stretch them too far and there will be a break. I’ve been revisiting ideas…
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