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Paying for your education; paying for Web 2.0

Ben Werdmuller

26 May 2006

This is slightly depressing: a potential student, stuck in his cubicle job and desperate for the qualification he needs to get out, is hoping to pay for his MBA course by selling 10,000 3"x3" art squares for $5 each. Best of luck to him, says I.

And in other news, Tim O'Reilly has trademarked the term 'Web 2.0', the crafty old so-and-so. Maybe Dave and I should trademark 'personal learning landscape' ...

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