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70 years on and still relevant: The Sabre-Toothed Future

Performance Learning Productivity

But I thought it a good starting point for a new blog about performance, learning and productivity. Underlying the story is the message that a lot of things that are done in the name of ‘learning’ are of little if any use – and are sometimes even counter-productive. This first post is a long one. Education is timeless.

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Let's go ahead and solve the future of publishing right now.

Mark Oehlert

Turns out that there is this site, Textbook Torrents, that is using BitTorrent to distribute free copies of expensive textbooks. My favs include the new edition that includes like maybe a new chapter and obsoletes every used version out there so either you can't sell a book or you can't buy used but have to buy new.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Lets go ahead and solve the future of publishing right now.

Mark Oehlert

Turns out that there is this site, Textbook Torrents, that is using BitTorrent to distribute free copies of expensive textbooks. My favs include the new edition that includes like maybe a new chapter and obsoletes every used version out there so either you cant sell a book or you cant buy used but have to buy new.

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Jay Cross's Informal Learning - Untitled Article

Jay Cross's Informal Learning

Is your product an Ice Cream Glove or a Snuggie? Textbook torrents a-crashin’ - Abject Learning , September 11, 2009. What You Can Do: A Framework for Personal Action (version 0.9) , September 14, 2009. Google Wave (continued): The Conversation Becomes the Process, and Even the Product , September 13, 2009.