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Tim Cook, the man who really saved Apple

Nomadic Learning

For instance, in 2005, when Apple introduced the flash-based iPod Nano, Cook prepaid his flash memory suppliers to the tune of $1.25 This shift was enabled largely by smarter supplier negotiations. billion, effectively buying them out of product and keeping competitors at bay for 5 years.

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5 Productivity Tools That Help You do More in Less Time

SkyPrep

Monkey to launch in October of 2005, this to-do list app is super-sophisticated and yet easy to use if you need to know what you have to do and when every day of the year. You can re-order your tasks by clicking and dragging, color your task categories with bright tags, and break down big tasks into smaller ones.

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5 Productivity Tools That Help You do More in Less Time

SkyPrep

Monkey to launch in October of 2005, this to-do list app is super-sophisticated and yet easy to use if you need to know what you have to do and when every day of the year. You can re-order your tasks by clicking and dragging, color your task categories with bright tags, and break down big tasks into smaller ones.

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DevLearn ‘09 Friday Keynote: Leo Laporte #dl09

Learning Visions

April 2005 starting doing weekly podcast “This week in Tech”. Doesn’t have any camera operators – he does the whole thing himself. Tags: new media dl09. That’s still a lot of great video being uploaded all the time. Anyone can now create a podcast. Using your iPhone. No fancier tools than that (there’s an app for that).

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Current TV - the raisin d'etre.?

Learning with e's

I'm sitting in my hotel room in Stockholm (the Hotel Central - you should try it if you're ever over for a visit - it's very high tech), and on my plasma TV screen is an interview with former US Vice President Al Gore , who is talking about his brainchild - Current TV which he established back in August 2005. Well, enter Current TV.

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Noughties. but nice

Learning with e's

Battery life sucks, the camera on the first series was naff and they are expensive when you are locked into an O2 contract. Social networking sites: Facebook (2006), Myspace (2003), Bebo (2005), LinkedIn (2003) and other sites together have changed the face of social networking for ever.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Big Basket of Stuff #1: Wikis, IMs, and 3D

Mark Oehlert

Make3D turns your vacation photos into 3D worlds: "Ever wish you could recreate the effect of those neat multilens 3D cameras without having to buy the hardware? If you find something, just tag it with kurt+lewin to add it to the mix. " **Seriously, Ive been using Meebo since it came out and it is growing up nicely.be

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