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Intuit Super Bowl 2014 Ad will feature a Small Business

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Business Software maker Intuit (QuickBooks, TurboTax, Quicken, ...) has an interesting Super Bowl ad promotion. In the Small Business Big Game program, sponsored by Intuit QuickBooks the company...
    






12 Ways To Understand the Chinese Traveller

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“All the ripping down of the old and throwing up of the new across China today cannot be explained as a matter of economic necessity alone. It is too frantic to be considered so simply. The...
    






Adam Smith, Né George Goodman, Call Name, Jerry (In Memoriam)

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“Desuetude,” Jerry enunciated on the phone. “I like how you used desuetude in your last column. Nobody uses that word anymore. Bill Buckley woulda used desuetude, but not a street kid from the Bronx...
    






30 Under 30: The Best Of Art And Style

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2014 30 under 30: Art & Style When my colleague Hannah Elliott and I started researching Forbes’ third annual 30 Under 30 list of up-and-coming superstars in the category of Art & Style, we...
    






Ed Tech And Activism Are Reinventing Education On 30 Under 30

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This is the era of the edu-preneur, when being a K-12 or higher ed  professional can mean anything from cofounding a start-up with excess of $50 million in funding or launching a venture that uses...
    






How An Artist And A Dancer Saved An American City

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Culver City, once the heart of California’s movie industry, was dying just a decade ago.  The downtown was decaying.  It had become a sleepy commuter town.  Today, however, people have proclaimed it...
    






L.A.’s 2014: New Year. New Start. New Tech.

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As predictions go about what our future might look like, historically — we have often been wrong. By now, some thought we’d have jet-packs. Others thought that humans would be able to fly. Or that...
    






Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Actor Dies

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Actor James Avery has passed away. He was 68 years old when he departed for the next world. The versatile thespian was especially known for his role as Uncle Phil in the hilarious sitcom “The Fresh...