Ouch, Again, Palm...

Via the Techcrunch blog:

Straight from the BS department: a recent surveyof 1500 women has found that men who own an iPhone are more attractive than those who do not. Women were particularly repulsed by men who own a Palm Pre, the study also found.

Ok, I made that second part up, but then again the first part was completely made up, too.

Read the whole article here if interested, but the best part was the dig at Palm above.

~mrc

The Future of Books?

What if more of your books worked like this?  Not just fiction, but textbooks?  SOMEone has to be paid to develop this sort of content; why not you?


~mrc

The Simple MBA Manifesto: Do We Really Need MBAs?

For those of you considering an MBA, first consider this; it's rough around the edges, and there's a sales pitch (one slide) towards the end, but I am sympathetic to much of the content.

~mrc

The Simple MBA Manifesto: Do We Really Need MBAs?

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Homework the Week of 4/13 - 4/15

Hola, estudiantes!

We continue this week to wrap up our discussion of the first 90 pages of WWGD.  For Thursday, please also read this article on Palm from Engadget.  You don't have to be a tech-junkie or a smartphone user to look at the recommendations and evaluate how many of them represent failures in creative thinking, or which can be fixed through creative thinking.  Please come to class ready to discuss which problems call for which solutions, and also if there's anything in WWGD so far that might also suggest a way forward.

~mrc

Game Changer & Class Change-Up

Students,

If you look in the Course Documents list to the left, you'll notice a small change.  I've decided to skip the Creativity Map SYMPHONY Project and replace it with the classic Egg Drop Challenge!  We'll discuss the teams and materials distribution in our next class, but just make a note: The Creativity Map is off.

And speaking of things that are off: I will be at VPI all day Tuesday and will not be able to make it back to South Boston in time for class.  I've tried to arrange for a substitute to discuss the Google book with you, but I'd honestly prefer to be there to introduce the book.  Therefore, Tuesday the 6th will be an open lab period.  Attendance is optional, so if you prefer to work from home or otherwise off-campus, that's fine with me.  I recommend you use the time wisely to work on the Course Documents list, and be ready to discuss the first 90 pages of What Would Google Do on Thursday!

~mrc