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L2A Links for April 12th

Posted by Jeff Kelly on April 12, 2011

Friends Don’t Let Friends Take Education Advice From Peter Thiel – Peter Thiel's experiment is certainly raising hackles here and there. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. I do agree with his "education bubble" thesis, but I don't know that his experiment makes sense or will prove anything.
Ruby for kids – I haven't tried it out yet but this site is building good buzz for helping kids unleash their inner developer.

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Posted by Jeff Kelly on January 14, 2010

150 Geeky Media People You Should Be Following on Twitter | GeekDad | Wired.com – An interesting list. Who knows, if I add some of these (John Cleese) maybe I will find my Twitter feed worth following again…
KODU Game Lab – Microsoft has a new tool for your budding game developers at home…

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Posted by Jeff Kelly on January 11, 2010

Technology Review: Market Watch: Convergence Is King – On in a series of articles Tech Review has on "The Future of Media". Convergence marches on. A great summary quote from the article: "The key technical characteristic of what works is the ability to facilitate consumers' desire to read, watch, or listen to any content they want, anywhere, anytime."
Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python – An educational diversion for the budding computer programmers in your family!

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