Thought For The Day: Whether a business should be run for short or long term returns is a question of values.

• Amish Not The Only Luddites In Pennsylvania
  PA school district looks to ban all gadgets. Here’s the proposed legislation:
  “The possession by students of telephone paging devices, commonly referred to as beepers, cellular telephones and portable electronic devices that record or play audio or video material shall be prohibited on school grounds, at school sponsored activities and on buses or other vehicles provided by the school district.“
  The same folks would have banned books a century ago.
• Netbooks killing off sickly Windows PC sales
  The tide has changed.
• Social Atoms and the Twitter Ecosystem
  Is Twitter’s low rent approach to application development the key to ecosystem growth?
• Japan’s economy shrinks 12.7% annualized
  This is getting spooky.
• Welcome To The Excuse Economy
  Tough talk from an HR Guy. It’s about  plus time.

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