"To keep drivers on the road, the company has exploited some people's tendency to set earnings goals - alerting them that they are ever so close to hitting a precious target when they try to log off. It has even concocted an algorithm similar to a Netflix feature that automatically loads the next program, which many experts believe encourages binge-watching. In Uber's case, this means sending drivers their next fare opportunity before their current ride is even over. And most of this happens without giving off a whiff of coercion. "We show drivers areas of high demand or incentivize them to drive more," said Michael Amodeo, an Uber spokesman. "But any driver can stop work literally at the tap of a button - the decision whether or not to drive is 100 percent theirs.""

"ClassDojo is used by at least one teacher in roughly one out of three schools in the United States, according to its developer. The app is among the innovations to emerge from the estimated $7.9 billion education software market aimed at students from prekindergarten through high school. Although there are similar behavior-tracking programs, they are not as popular as ClassDojo."

Not sure if this is going to be a wide-spread practice

This revolutionizes the UI for automobiles. Creates a safer ride though improved interface.

"Law enforcement agencies across Europe are on alert over the proliferation of gun-making software that is easily found on the Internet and can be used to make a weapon on a consumer-grade 3-D printer. "

Use of personal data makes airline passengers feel queazy. The more customer data an enterprise has, the more that accountability matters.

"India has 100,000 agricultural extension workers whose job is to translate research into useable information for the 60 percent of Indians who earn a livelihood from farming, many of whom cannot read and lack electricity." "Digital Green's approach is kind of the MOOC model turned upside down," "Looking ahead, Digital Green is planning to build a Khan Academy-like site for the videos, showing the step-by-step connections across their (now) 2,600 videos. It is planning a pilot with Vodaphone to use audio snippets to reinforce messages. If a farmer forgets something between viewings, he can receive robocalls, call in with questions, or listen to an audio version of a video."

Poor project planning of major educational database causes delays and reliability problems. (Old article) 

Links to free wireframing tools that can be used for website design. 

A number of excellent YouTube Tutorials

Learning MySQL

Tutorial for PHP

Excellent tutorials for working in open source tools for database design.

Older version of Windows Movie Maker

iMovie '11 (latest version as of April 2011)

Apple iMovie tutorial for older version.

Time lapse photography at Google proportions.

Discusses the drawbacks of Gantt charts in project management.

More on benefits of Gantt charts.