December 2011
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New Year's Resolution
Beat writer’s block.
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Teach Yourself Microsoft Excel →
For the Excel 101 and 201 classes I teach through Skillshare, I put together a tutorial spreadsheet. This tutorial is, insofar as possible, designed to help students teach themselves outside of the classroom. This might be useful to others, so I’m posting it publicly here.
If you have suggestions about how to make the tutorial more effective, don’t hesitate to contact me.
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The Half-Life of an Introduction
Being part of the tech scene generally — and doing business development specifically — means that you meet a lot of people. You are also introduced to a lot of people, and introduce others to a lot of people. One thing I’ve noticed, though, is that some people (surprisingly) don’t respect the half-life of an introduction.
What exactly do I mean by “half-life”?...
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00110111: An Introduction to Programming →
I just posted this pilot class on Skillshare. If you’re interested in taking it, please ‘watch’ it. And don’t hesitate to spread the word!
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Smart TV Weekly Digest [12/2/2011]
The Smart TV Weekly Digest is a curated collection of the week’s best articles about smart TVs and the future of content.
Will Microsoft Motion-Sensing TVs Go Head-to-Head With Apple ‘iTV’? Microsoft is working on deals to license Kinect to TV makers Sony and Vizio, The Daily reported, noting that such technology could allow couch surfers to control their TVs with motion and voice....