Archives: March 2009

Making Summer Plans in Bad Economy: Part 1

March 15th, 20090 comments

College business students everywhere are the first to get the shaft on their prized summer internships from the formerly heavily recruiting corporate world cutting costs at a rapid rate.  With experienced business and finance analysts  being laid off everwhere, it’s no surprise that big corp internship offers are drying up and even being pulled. One [...]

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Podcast lectures better than attending class?

March 15th, 20090 comments

A study of modes of teaching featured in New Scientist revealed an interesting result. On average, those who listened to a lecture via podcast did better in an exam compared to those who attended a classroom lecture on the same topic. It’s not so much the format as what what the students did with the [...]

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The importance of criticism

March 9th, 20090 comments

Business ideas are usually born out of spontaneous inspiration. Depending on your means, financial and otherwise, these could be turned into instant ventures or simmer in your brain for a while, where you spend countless hours perfecting it. Sometimes we become so enamored in an idea that we think it’s the best ever, and when [...]

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Vote For Your Favorite Blogger

March 6th, 20090 comments

If you recognize any of these 30 finalists for the Blogger Appreciation Contest, go on over and vote for them! It’s good to recognize excellence. You can vote by going to this page at Cell Phones .org. The finalists are: PZ Myers, of Pharyngula Jason Kottke, Kottke Steven Finch, Crenk Gayla McCord, MomGadget Phil Plait, [...]

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A private stimulus plan for startups

March 4th, 20090 comments

Some people support Obama’ stimulus plan, while many others expressed their disagreements. If you’re not satisfied with the government’s response, what should you do? Well, Mark Cuban had an idea: create his own stimulus plan. This puts a whole new twist in the old saying, “If you want something done right, do it yourself.”

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