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November 2008

Letter to Pearson CEO #2

November 10, 2008

My first email, sent last week, went unanswered. Here’s my second attempt. 1. Intel, IBM and Mozilla (Firefox) have techs that monitor twitter allowing for nearly real-time feedback for people with questions. That could be an excellent free tool that teachers could use to do the same. Search.twitter.com would be all that is needed. I [...]

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Letter to Pearson CEO #2

November 10, 2008

My first email, sent last week, went unanswered. Here’s my second attempt. 1. Intel, IBM and Mozilla (Firefox) have techs that monitor twitter allowing for nearly real-time feedback for people with questions. That could be an excellent free tool that teachers could use to do the same. Search.twitter.com would be all that is needed. I [...]

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Running

November 10, 2008

Six weeks ago I could walk a mile Today I ran three miles in 8:48 per. Booyah! Samforphoenix.com is coming soon. Get on board.

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Thoughts on…

November 9, 2008

Social Media 1. Don’t make every other word in your blog a link. Be funny on your own. 2. Follow people who follow you on twitter ONLY if you find them interesting. If not, who fucking cares? 3. Use SM as a tool, not as a method. Facebook won’t get you a job, but talking [...]

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Running

November 9, 2008

Six weeks ago I could walk a mile Today I ran three miles in 8:48 per. Booyah! Samforphoenix.com is coming soon. Get on board. tyler@tylerhurst.com twitter.com/tdhurst

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Celebrities and their disorders

November 9, 2008

I just started reading a few Adult ADHD blogs and noticed something many sites like this have in common: they always find some celebrity with the affliction in hopes of making us feel better. You know what? That doesn’t mean shit to me. Celebrities have less in common with us than we think and using [...]

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Thoughts on…

November 9, 2008

Social Media 1. Don’t make every other word in your blog a link. Be funny on your own. 2. Follow people who follow you on twitter ONLY if you find them interesting. If not, who fucking cares? 3. Use SM as a tool, not as a method. Facebook won’t get you a job, but talking [...]

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Celebrities and their disorders

November 9, 2008

I just started reading a few Adult ADHD blogs and noticed something many sites like this have in common: they always find some celebrity with the affliction in hopes of making us feel better. You know what? That doesn’t mean shit to me. Celebrities have less in common with us than we think and using [...]

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Griffey back in Seattle?

November 8, 2008

If I could have one non-championship sport wish the next five years, this would be it: • Now that Ken Griffey Jr. has filed for free agency, who needs a 39-year-old outfielder who has lost considerable range, suffered a substantial loss in production, and is prone to injury? The Mariners, of course. After losing 101 [...]

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Seth Godin’s Tribes

November 8, 2008

If you haven’t read Tribes, do so. It’s available for free on Audible.com as an audiobook. Heretics…unite!

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