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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Women, Gaming & the Guild Master Ceiling

Learning Visions

Karl sites statistics that "Seventy percent of the players of the social interaction game The Sims are women under twenty-five," and that the number one game from May 2004-July 2006 was Princess Fashion Boutique. The difference is the social networking component. Of course they are. think theres a difference.

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Not Your Father’s ROI

Jay Cross

“Intangible assets — a skilled workforce, patents and know-how, software, strong customer relationships, brands, unique organizational designs and processes, and the like — generate most of corporate growth and shareholder value,” wrote NYU Professor Baruch Lev in Harvard Business Review in June 2004. Make a hypothesis of cause and effect.

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Wise crowds and stupid mobs

Learning with e's

His statistical analysis of the results showed that as a collective mean score, the people actually guessed accurately to within one pound of the actual weight. If you haven't read Surowiecki's book yet (it was first published in 2004), do try to get hold of it. Thirdly, his scientific integrity is inspirational.

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