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PCs are still doomed and their end will come quicker than you think
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A reader pointed out to me this past week that the personal computer is well over 30 years old -- a number that has real consequence if you are familiar with my work. He remembered I predicted in 1992 that PCs as we knew them would be dead by now.
I was obviously a little off in my timing. But only a little off. PCs are still doomed and their end will come quicker than you think.
Not Dead Yet
Heres what I wrote in my bookAccidental Empiresin 1992:
It takes society thirty years, more or less, to absorb a new information technology into daily life. It took about that long to turn movable type into books in the fifteenth century. Telephones were invented in the 1870s but did not change our lives until the 1900s. Motion pictures were born in the 1890s but became an important industry in the 1920s. Television, invented in the mid-1920s, took until the mid-1950s to bind us to our sofas.
We can date the birth of the personal computer somewhere between the invention of the microprocessor in 1971 and the introduction of the Altair hobbyist computer in 1975. Either date puts us today (1992, remember) about halfway down the road to personal computers being a part of most peoples everyday lives, which should be consoling to those who cant understand what all the hullabaloo is about PCs. Dont worry; youll understand it in a few years, by which time theyll no longer be called PCs.
By the time that understanding is reached, and personal computers have wormed into all our lives to an extent far greater than they are today, the whole concept of personal computing will probably have changed. Thats the way it is with information technologies. It takes us quite a while to decide what to do with them.
Radio was invented with the original idea that it would replace telephones and give us wireless communication. That implies two-way communication, yet how many of us own radio transmitters? In fact, the popularization of radio came as a broadcast medium, with powerful transmitters sending the same message -- entertainment -- to thousands or millions of inexpensive radio receivers. Television was the same way, envisioned at first as a two-way visual communication medium. Early phonographs could record as well as play and were supposed to make recordings that would be sent through the mail, replacing written letters. The magnetic tape cassette was invented by Phillips for dictation machines, but we use it to hear music on Sony Walkmans. Telephones went the other direction, since Alexander Graham Bell first envisioned his invention being used to pipe music to remote groups of people.
The point is that all these technologies found their greatest success being used in ways other than were originally expected. Thats what will happen with personal computers too. Fifteen years from now, we wont be able to function without some sort of machine with a microprocessor and memory inside. Though we probably wont call it a personal computer, thats what it will be.
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Is Sebastian Thrun's Udacity the future of higher education?
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Udacity was the brainchild of Sebastian Thrun.
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Editor's note: William J. Bennett, a CNN contributor, is the author of "The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood." He was U.S. secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 and director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George H.W. Bush.
(CNN) -- Educators and policymakers have long dreamed of providing universal, low cost, first-class higher education. Their wish may come true soon thanks to an unlikely source: Silicon Valley.
The mecca of the technology universe is in the process of revolutionizing higher education in a way that educators, colleges and universities cannot, or will not.
One of the men responsible for what may be an Athens-like renaissance is Sebastian Thrun, Google's vice president and pioneer in artificial intelligence and robotics. Known in science circles for his engineering feats -- like Stanley, the self-driving car -- Thrun is using his technological prowess to make quality higher education available to the world. I recently interviewed him on my radio show, "Morning In America."
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Last year, while teaching a graduate level artificial intelligence class at Stanford University, Thrun lamented that his course could only reach 200 students in the suburbs of Palo Alto. So, he decided to offer his own free online class, with the same homework, quizzes and tests that he gives to Stanford students.
He announced the proposal with a single e-mail. Before he knew it, he had a flood of takers. "Usually I reach about 200 students and now I reach 160,000," said Thrun incredulously. "In my entire life of education I didn't have as much an impact on people as I had in these two months."
By utilizing online videos and educational resources, Thrun's class was being accessed by students from all corners of the world. In fact, the students themselves translated the class for free from English into 44 languages.
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Coaching Youth Athletes: An Introduction to Effective Communication Techniques for Grassroots Coaches
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Most kids play some type of organized sport at some point in their childhood, but by age thirteen 70 percent of kids drop out of all youth sports. Why do so many kids quit sports? One major reason is the fact that their coaches made them feel incompetent and even worthless athletically through the communication and feedback they delivered to the players.
This phenomenon stems in part from the fact that too many youth sports coaches foolishly coach with the sole goal of winning, and in the process communicate to their players that winning is the only thing that matters. As a result of these coaching behaviors, many kids stop playing sports because it is no fun at all when the coach is pouring incessant criticism on the players after every mistake.
However, if more coaches used a gentler, corrective communication style and worked with the players interactively to help them develop, many of these kids would still be playing and some even excelling in sports. An in-depth look at what past research has shown concerning the most effective coaching techniques will help all coaches of youth athletes focus on using only the effective techniques in the future.
Coaches of youth athletes that communicate with players by fostering choice and by correcting rather than criticizing the players are more effective at developing the players and keeping them involved in sports than those who openly criticize the athletes and give strict, unyielding directions. This is because correction and fostering choice breeds more intrinsic motivation in the players, which in turn leads to more interest in continuing to play the sport. Moreover, undesirable coaching communication techniques, especially criticism, can even have long-term negative implications on the athletes both inside and outside of sports
At first glance the issue of communication between coaches and youth athletes may seem inconsequential, but upon closer review the true significance of the issue becomes clear. Since sports can serve as a venue where children develop friendships and learn valuable life lessons such as teamwork, unselfishness, and discipline, children that quit sports due to negative feedback from coaches miss out on these benefits.
Also, sports are one of the best ways for children to get exercise, which is why keeping children involved in sports is essential, especially since there is no sugarcoating the fact that America has become an overweight nation. All bad puns aside, the communication between coaches and young athletes is an issue that has many serious implications. Be sure to check back for the next installments of my series on coaching youth athletes.
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2012 Toronto Consumer Choice Award winners: Health and fitness sector
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TORONTO, July 4, 2012 /CNW/ - Consumer Choice Award is thrilled to announce the 2012 Top Service Providers in the health and fitness sector for the greater Toronto area. We would like to extend heartfelt congratulations to all this year's winners; your dedication to superior service has resonated with the people of the city of Toronto.
Each year across Canada, Consumer Choice Award gathers opinions, perceptions and expectations through the responses of thousands of consumers and businesses. All Winners have gone through a rigorous selection process conducted by a third party research firm to ensure only the most outstanding service providers are the winners within their respective industry. Find the list of Award-Winners below:
About Consumer Choice Award
Consumer Choice Award (CCA) was established in 1987 and is considered the most distinguished award for business excellence in Canada. This is the only organization in North America to recognize business excellence by conducting third party market research of both the consumer & business community with statistical accuracy. The research method determines all the service providers, ultimately selects the top ranked companies, and establishes the winner within each industry.
Consumer Choice Award conducts its market research strictly with Leger Marketing, the leading Canadian-owned market research firm and memberof the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) of Market Researchers.
Consumer Choice Award lives in Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Saskatoon, St. John's, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg.
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Cornwall Ontario Councilor Andre Rivette on Fitzpatrick Retirement PT 2 – Video
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