Digital Media of Interest

Everything You’ll Ever Need To Know About Gamification - TechCrunch

-John

I think the hiring of Marissa Mayer is exciting for two reasons: 1) they hired a very smart, seasoned person from Google and 2) it’s one of the first examples I know of a product manager rising to CEO. It’s probably a good time to buy Yahoo. If they invest in mail and their other key properties, they could outflank both Google and MSFT. Also, at $14 the stock is cheap. Even if she makes incremental improvements to product, it will result in new value through a possible acquisition.

Posted 9 months ago

Pinstagram And The Rise Of Mash-Up Apps

Pinstagram And The Rise Of Mash-Up Apps
PULSE BUSINESS | JUNE 22, 2012

They’re hot now but do mash-up apps have a future? We talk with Brandon Leonardo, cofounder of the Pinterest/ Instagram combo Pinstagram, to find out…. Read more

Posted 12 months ago

Article: IAM Sebastian Thrun, Stanford Professor, Google X founder (self driving cars, Google Glass, etc), and CEO of Udacity, an online university empowering students!

IAM Sebastian Thrun, Stanford Professor, Google X founder (self driving cars, Google Glass, etc), and CEO of Udacity, an online university empowering students!

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Posted 12 months ago

Copyright is everywhere!

Here is a video from my company that emphasizes the importance of copyright in an age of abundant digital content. I hope it inspires you to learn more about copyright!

Posted 12 months ago

Tinkering Resources

I’ve been looking for enriching educational projects for my kids for the summer that bring together technology and creating. Here is a great list that I stumbled upon.

Posted 12 months ago

'Steam for Schools' is a free version of Steam for students, facilitates Portal 2-based lessons - Joystiq

I am fascinated by how video games are being used to educate. Valve, the company that runs Steam and created the game Portal, among others, has an educational version of its game platform that can be used to create 3D images and games and puzzles. I have yet to check it out, but will soon.

-John

Posted 12 months ago