Weekend project? And I had enough trouble with that whole chemistry focused one. NaCl is what again?

...the Easter bunny is trending large today.

Incorporated? 300 years in the future, companies and businesses run everything on a ‘more personal level.’ Every single person alive is their own ‘corporation’. From birth, people can sell their own stock to move up in society.

If you have a teacher (of any sort) that you cannot please, that you cannot learn from, that is unwilling to take you where you need to go because he is defending the status quo and demonstrates your failure on whatever report card he chooses to use, you could consider yourself a failure. Or you could remind yourself...

1. Grades are an illusion
2. Your passion and insight are reality
3. Your work is worth more than mere congruence to an answer key
4. Persistence in the face of a skeptical authority figure is a powerful ability
5. Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run
6. If you care enough about the work to be criticized, you've learned enough for today

The Freemium Summit - The Business of Free

Friday, March 26, 2010 from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM (PST)
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center
San Francisco, CA

The first Freemium Summit is a one day event focused on exploring what it takes to succeed under the freemium business model. Across all segments of the media landscape, entrepreneurs and executives are pioneering models that combine a free offering with a premium, paid offering. This hybrid business model is one of the most exciting areas of business model innovation impacting the world of media and the Freemium Summit will explore the most important topics on the minds of leading practitioners.

There's legs in the 'free' model. No question. Usually all that's required is paid advertising and deep-pocketed sponsors. Podcamp Toronto attracted 1600 people to two days of 'free' conferencing.

And making people pay still has lots of legs in it too. Gettng money for stuff, covering costs and making a profit is good.

It's just that when the two meet, the affect is a little jarring. Maybe the parking is free?

Man. Great, happy, singing, customer service people. That lizard thing with the British accent. And Warren Buffett as Axl Rose. This video really is over the top. But kind of cool.