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Last time my blog will move
I don't even know if I have any subscribers here, but my blog has moved to its final spot, where it will go and grow. You can now find my thoughts on education, the world, and other intellectual musings at http://JacobJWalker.EffectiveEducation.org/blog
I hope a few of you will take the time to go to the new site, and see the ideas. They have ( Read more... ) -
Moving my blog - AGAIN
Well, only a few days after posting that I am moving my blog to Hypertope, I have decided to move it again. Mainly because Hypertope isn't as feature-rich as I really need it to be. So my blog will now be on WordPress at JacobJWalker.WordPress.com. Also, I was able to import my entire pordaria blog from LiveJournal, including comments, so after ( Read more... ) -
Moving my blog
I am moving my professional/scholarly blog to Hypertope (http://www.hypertope.com/jacob-j-walker/blog). Hypertope isn't as feature rich as LiveJournal yet, but at the moment it is the best bet for a scholarly/academic online social networking site. I also now have a LinkedIn account. I plan to post more prolifically in the new blog than I have ( Read more... ) -
Greeting Card Contest Entry 11347
If this isn't cute enough to win the Create-A-Greeting-Card Scholarship, I don't know what is:
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Good Reads - Invite and Review
I have been on Good Reads for a while, but now that I'm starting to organize my physical library to prepare for my Masters program, I'm truly starting to use it. Here is my first review of a small book that I just read. If you are also on Good Reads, please feel free to add me to your friends list.
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SEVEN Fund Essay Competition Submission: Virtual Onshoring
Banking Policy
Banks are essential to Virtual Onshoring, and to all entrepreneurial endeavors because (a) They provide loans and needed capital; (b) They allow businesses to safely store money; and (c) They allow money to be transferred from anywhere in the world.
It is important to recognize the mistakes that other countries have made and ( Read more... ) -
Words and Self-Marketing
I have been working on my "tag-lines" and "auto responses" about what I tell people when they ask about me, like what I do, or about what my goals in life are ( Read more... ) -
Credit and the Underlying Issue of the Desire for Instantaneous Gratification
As part of working towards my Masters degree and the Effective Education Project, I need to hone my writing skills and pay for my education. Scholarships offer the perfect opportunity to do both, and to help me to think more deeply about a topic to develop a philosophy and mental model.
SPENDonLIFE is sponsoring a scholarship where you write a ( Read more... ) -
Our Privilege, Our Opportunity, Our Vote
We were founded upon the intellectual notion that as a group we will make the right choices. I'm not sure that this has always happened, but I think we are moving in the right direction slowly, and today we have the opportunity given by those brave men and women who dared to think differently when they declared independence from the British Empire ( Read more... )
