Today’s TED talk builds a bit off the extrodinary documentary “Waiting For Superman” (See Trailer Below) with a focus on the impact state budgets have had, and will continue to have, on education. More on this subject soon, but for now enjoy Mr. Gates as he takes a stand for education and the trailer for
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Everybody has one, possibly several. An idea for the ‘Ultimate _______” It could be a particular day you want to have, a meal you want to eat, an experience you want to have, anything. It doesn’t matter how trivial it sounds to anyone else, the point is that it is the Ultimate (something) to you. One of
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Today I had the opportunity to sit in on a meeting between some of the leading minds behind the marketing/branding for Nike, and the founder of Green Foam, Joey Santley. For those who don’t know, Green Foam was just awarded ‘Environmental Product of the Year‘ award by SIMA. One thing stuck in my mind while
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Hello there. My name is Jason Markow. For a long time this site has maintained an all around faceless image (by design,) but that changes today. I have made a few changes to the site. Most notably of which can be seen in the about section, and the (re-)introduction of the photo section. Why have I
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Something has been troubling me for a long time. With a background in marketing, a passion for design, and the imagination of a futurist something was just not adding up when I looked at the state of the world from my point of view. I had questions. Questions about the future, the economy, and the
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Resolutions are a funny thing. People are amazing at convincing themselves that “tomorrow it will be different”, that “this year the weight is coming off”, and that magically their lifestyle, choices, and general habits will just *poof* change… just like that. And maybe they will, but it will not be due to a change in
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A quick tip on your digital presence- Make sure people can access the ‘hub’ of the ‘digital you’ from every single corner of the web you occupy. Don’t assume that people’s online habits mimic yours. Maybe the only way they are connected to you is through Facebook. If you don’t provide access to your hub
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