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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
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      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. 
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Apple And Agglomeration - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Paul Krugman about Apple and agglomeration, he endorses the article from the nytimes, and refers to his own essay on the economies of agglomeration. 
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Joseph Stiglitz: "A Banking System is Supposed to Serve Society, Not the Other Way Arou... - 0 views

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    Joseph Stiglitz explains how the Great Depression is caused by the revolution in agriculture. We're facing a similar shift now in the "real" economy. 
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http://www.nber.org/public_html/confer/2011/MECf11/Baldwin.pdf - 0 views

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    Richard Baldwin: a research paper about supply chains in the age of globalization 
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Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • roland legrand on 24 Jan 12
     
    A much talked-about article in the New York Times about the fact that the manufacturing of iPhone-like devices no longer takes place in the US. 
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Supply chains: Apple and the American economy | The Economist - 0 views

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    What Apple teaches us about the American economy, and no, it is not all what you would expect; 
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Sam Palsimano's Transformation Of IBM - 0 views

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    The former head of IBM managed his organization through the disruptive changes of economy and technology. 
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