Author: John Walker
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LSSU unfriends words, phrases in 35th annual List of Banished Words
View Larger Map Posted: December 31st, 2009 SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Word “czars” at Lake Superior State University “unfriended” 15 words and phrases and declared them “shovel-ready” for inclusion on the university’s 35th annual List of Words Banished from the Queen’s English for Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness. “The list this year is a…
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Five Percent Solutions: 6 Sites to Learn Something New
How can we ever find the time to actually learn something new? Use Five Percent of your time on one of these sites everyday and you may be amazed at the results. 1. 5min 5min Media is the leading syndication platform for broadband instructional, knowledge and lifestyle videos. Our library includes tens of thousands of videos…
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Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours
Image via Wikipedia From an OnlineUniversities posting entitled 100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours You Don’t Want to Miss. These virtual tours are opportunities to see things that are absolutely amazing. I was fortunate enough to actually work on early versions of virtual tours that were simply not as good as these. Take one of…
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What Matters Now
Image via Wikipedia What Matters Now by Seth Godin and others Seth Godin’s latest book, which features essays by himself and a host of other brilliant minds is available for free. In What Matters Now, each essayist focuses on something that matters to them. Think of this as your assignment for the Holiday Break in…