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-- Recommended Resources --  Today's batch of resources are all in the genre of Literature - the importance of everyone to tell their story, the amazing advances in book production, and how Internet users can help digitalize millions of books and learn languages for free.  http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_matas Software developer Mike Matas demos the first full-length interactive book for the iPad — with clever, swipeable video and graphics and some very cool data visualizations to play with. The book is "Our Choice," Al Gore's sequel to "An Inconvenient Truth." http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration After re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions by many on the Internet for greater good. In this talk, he shares how his ambitious new project, Duolingo , will help millions learn a ...

Recommended Resources: As you may know, I love to share resources that inspire, that educate, that may help improve the lives of our readers... and possibly the people, places and environment around them - thereby making the world a little better one post at a time. ...well, I can hope. lol  This first resource is from one of my favorite organizations, they have a lot there and occasionally I find something especially important for our audience here... and here's 2 for you to check out, offering surprising, yet hopeful information on what modern companies can and possibly should operate as, along with a 2nd discussion re: advances in 3D & 4D printing for manufacturing products: http://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_radical_wisdom_for_a_company_a_school_a_life "What if your job didn’t control your life? Brazilian CEO Ricardo Semler practices a radical form of corporate democracy, rethinking everything from board meetings to how workers repo...