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Renders of Google’s gigantic San Jose campus show how it could feel more like a neighborhood

The Verge

San Jose residents will notice a problem with this image: the real historic water building faces the Guadalupe River. Google is planning to build a gigantic new “Downtown West” campus in San Jose, and the company has shared renderings that give an idea of what that space could look like ( via CNBC ). Image: Google.

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

Conference 2009 – O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 – 21, 2009, San Jose, CA – Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians ." Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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Great reads from around the web on October 28th

Amy Sample Ward

Conference 2009 - O’Reilly Conferences, May 19 - 21, 2009, San Jose, CA - Check out the video and presentation slides, too! "Indians The students sent their first tweets from the TweetsGiving classroom built from your gratitude." " Indigenous Mapping: Emerging Cultures on the Geoweb: Where 2.0

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TechCrunch+ roundup: VC robotics survey, Visa Bulletin update, SaaS engagement metrics

TechCrunch

Standing By in San Jose Ask Sophie: How many employment green cards are available each year? Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch Dear Sophie, I’m trying to figure out how long I have to wait for a green card. I have two questions for you: How many employment green cards in each category are available every year?

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So making the audience part of the slide deck and inviting commentary surfaces the wisdom and knowledge in the room. These ideas are illustrated in the slides below. Examples: San Jose Opera use of #Operaplot Twitter Hashtag. I don’t like giving a keynote where I talk at the audience for 45 minutes.

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A Silicon Valley school is using virtual escape rooms to evaluate prospective students

The Verge

One San Jose private school has come up with a unique solution: The Harker School, self-described as “one of the nation’s top college prep schools,” is putting teams of sixth grade applicants through a virtual escape room. He swapped to the appropriate slide.

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Some Vlog Posts from Blogher Meetup

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

David Weinberger hosed his laptop and apparently after cursing on his blog and breaking the "shit" and "fuck" barrier face-to-face in the room ( !@#$% laptop ) went on to deliver a brilliant keynote speech, including slides that had HTML tags with instructions like Talk About Tagging Here. Probably not quite as good as being there.

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