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Next time your partner asks you “Do I make you happy?” you might think carefully before responding. New research published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization this month […]
Students at a small, liberal-arts college complained to Mitt Romney about borrowing money to pursue a college major that doesn’t lead to a job.  He replied, sensibly, that some majors have […]
Andrew Chen has the valley all atwitter with his most recent post: Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing. The post is well worth reading, and Andrew adds a fantastic […]
Jonathan Gottschall says stories are good for us. I’ll soon apply myself full-time to story-writing, so you might suppose I’d find this an encouraging thought, but I don’t. It’s an annoying thought. […]
What trait will serve you the most as a school leader? There is no shortage of lists extolling the most important knowledge, skills, and abilities that school leaders should hold. […]
Busuu.com is an online network for learning languages. The site offers lessons in a number of  languages and the ability to video chat and interact with native speakers – who […]
Happstr is a mobile app that allows you to mark geographical locations where you’re feeling happy, and to see others’ “happiness spots” on the map. Happstr challenges users to focus […]
Sonar is a mobile app that lets you know when friends and the friends of your friends are in your vicinity. The app uses information from networks such as Facebook, […]
Developed by NeuroVigil, the iBrain is the first portable brain scanner. Unlike other brain scanners, the iBrain simplifies the number of EEG channels to just one, creating a map of […]
Path is a “smart journal” app for the iPhone and Android. This app is a private social network to share pictures and moments with an intimate circle of friends and […]