Speaking in Philadelphia as he begins his train trip to Washington, the president-elect calls on Americans to emulate the courage of the nation’s founders.
America needs “the same perseverance and idealism that our founders displayed…. A new declaration of independence, not just in our nation, but in our own lives – from ideology and small thinking, prejudice and bigotry.”
A program created for architects is an unexpected hit with children on the spectrum.
SketchUp: Why Kids With Autism Love It | Newsweek Health | Newsweek.com.
Science is rich with happy flukes. Remember the story of penicillin? Alexander Fleming discovered the bacteria-destroying mold by accident when he left a culture dish uncovered in his lab in 1928. Eight decades later, here’s another one: a Googlesoftware program called SketchUp, which was intended largely for architects and design professionals, has found a very unexpected and welcome fan base—children with autism. SketchUp is not only entertaining kids with autism spectrum disorders, it’s providing them with skills that might one day help them as they age out of school and into the workforce.
Te
chnology News: Wikis: Collaboration and the Productivity Revolution.Collaboration is one of the underestimated facets of Web 2.0, but it’s one that businesses should not ignore, writes PBWiki CEO Jim Groff. The real opportunity of Web 2.0 is allowing business-to-business collaboration, which improves productivity.
The Web 2.0 revolution has spawned hundreds of cover stories, thousands of companies, and millions of words of hype. But there’s one thing it hasn’t brought: Profits.
With the coming of the credit crunch and the global recession, hype won’t pay the bills. That’s why the next wave of Web 2.0 will be using collaboration to help businesses do more with less.
