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  1. huh? there's some hack that allows longer tweets? http://bit.ly/VVgmS I think they should close this loophole.
  2. Had an interesting talk with Chris Anderson today: http://bit.ly/e4kQ6 Can free lectures help professors sell books? Is Free inevitable?
  3. hmmm Amazon patents suggest it is considering offering free e-books on an ad-based model: http://bit.ly/qnmEe
  4. MIT develops camera-like fabric: http://bit.ly/1OMnIg "could give a soldier a uniform that would help him see threats in all directions."
  5. Open source textbooks are interesting @academicdave, but what will be the model to support building those?
  6. We Rent Movies, So Why Not Textbooks? http://bit.ly/17bYe8 The prices of this service still seemed somewhat steep, though.
  7. .@mweller nice that you're planning to mix teaching with technology and zombies in your talk. Uh, knock 'em dead?
  8. cool RT: @!dancohen Wow. @Omeka barcode reader. Put barcodes next to museum items; cell phone photo gets you info. http://twitpic.com/92f4p
  9. ha! from Wired... Congratulations Human, You've Been Accepted to Singularity University http://bit.ly/g2cqF
  10. @MoCain -- unfortunately I was chatting here on earth :) - at kickoff event for singularity u.
  11. Spending the day at #singularityu for a story. Hearing first lecture -- Peter Norvig of Google giving overview on latest in AI
  12. I just chatted with some astronauts.
  13. RT: @chronicle See a sneak preview of the new Chronicle of Higher Education site http://beta.chronicle.com
  14. Sloan-C session I moderated today seemed to go well -- great discussion and thanks to all who participated. http://bit.ly/NLQxr #sloancsym
  15. meant to Tweet this other day: @lfabel Wolfram Alpha in education story -- k12 focus: http://bit.ly/18vN2T
  16. hanging out in Bay Area for a couple days -- yesterday dinner with @davidmsilver. Dueling cameras. http://twitpic.com/7tgm3
  17. Consultants always have the glossiest slides.
  18. Interesting. Doug Engelbart said he says he's not familiar with Twitter -- I would think he'd love it. #sloancsym #moodlemoot
  19. Listening to Doug Engelbart (inventor of mouse, etc) at #sloansym #moodlemoot talk about how he first became interested in technology.
  20. At Sloan-C Emerging Tech Applications for Online Learning conf today: http://bit.ly/QwuHC Haven't even figured out what the hashtag is yet.