Bill Gates Interview on the Next 15 Years

Bill Gates explains his vision for the next 15 years .

-DD

Gate Reveals Nadella as CEO, and New Office Strategy

Bill Gates welcomes Satya Nadella as Microsoft CEO, and also suggests that the Microsoft Office will be able to create interactive documents .

-DD

 

Edupunk Guide

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have sponsored the Edupunk Guide for those who want an education without the expense and seat time of a traditional university. This is how the bi-line on the home page reads:

An edupunk is someone who doesn't want to play by the old college rules. Maybe you have interests that don't fit the academic mold. Maybe you're in a remote location. Maybe you have a family, a job, or other responsibilities and you can't take on life as a full-time student. Maybe you love new technology and new ways of learning. Or maybe you're just a rebel!

This indexes a substantial number of resources for the online learner. Recommended.

-DD

Microsoft Academic Research

Microsoft's Academic Research appears to be the software giant's answer to Google Scholar. To see its full capabilities, observe its treatment of the scholarly article co-authored by Bill Gates. Presently Academic Research is still in the "beta" stage of development, and at this point it seems to focus on scholarship in technical or information processing fields, as my searches for humanities scholars at my institution only showed a couple entries compared with Google Scholar.

-D.D.

Bill Gates Has a Blog

Bill Gates now has a blog [gatesnotes.com] where he shares what he is learning. As he has the money to fund a great research team, this might be a useful resource, especially if one is interested in ministering to the poor and sick.

_-D.D.