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roland legrand

How Codecademy got so hot, so fast - Tech News and Analysis - 2 views

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  • more than 1 million users
  • five full-time staffers.
  • I learn best by building things and breaking things, not by just reading something.
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  • bite-sized pieces
  • Programming is the new literacy
  • real-life meetups
  • a Q&A feature within its web product to let people talk to each other
  • skills are the most important factor
  • Michael Bloomberg
    • roland legrand
      roland legrand on 25 Jan 12
       
      Codecademy now also has a project with the White House, for a summer course. 
  • roland legrand on 24 Jan 12
     
    Codeacademy is a start-up teaching people to code. It has tremendous succes. 
roland legrand

AFP: Davos wowed by device that reads 'code of life' in hours - 0 views

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shared by roland legrand on 03 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • roland legrand on 03 Feb 12
     
    It was the talk of Davos, grabbing the imagination of a forum otherwise shrouded in gloom: a miracle machine that cracks the code of life within hours and could revolutionise healthcare.
roland legrand

Quants aren't like regular people. Neither are algorithms. - 0 views

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shared by roland legrand on 28 Sep 12 - No Cached
  • roland legrand on 28 Sep 12
     
    "Everyone there was a "Quant." No one cared what the underlying company represented by a given stock actually did. Apple or General Motors, CAT or IBM… Everything boiled down to a set of statistical observations that, when assembled into the proper algorithm, delivered a portfolio that beats the market." I just love the title of that conference: Alpha Generation - Using News Sentiment Data
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