Hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I had a really nice few days with my family in Chicago and also got the chance to meet with some interesting folks who I am looking forward to getting involved in PlansForUs.

In other news, we are in the middle of raising our seed round and thanks to the input on our presentation from this blog’s readers, we are getting a really nice response to our presentation from investors.

Here are a few things that I came across over the last few days and found interesting:

Jens Lekman-You Can Call Me Al
This is a superior cover of an already great song and has quickly become my wife’s favorite track. I hope you enjoy it as much as we have.

Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig
How do you deal with issues of copyright in a world where information so freely moves about? It is a big question that we see grappled with rather inarticulately by the RIAA and Viacom among others. Mr. Lessig’s book is well worth a read for anyone, as it lays out the huge challenges faced by owners of intellectual property. A challenge that is fundamental though not unprecedented. Interestingly enough I am not getting bogged down as I have in the past with these types of books.

Tatebanko-
Not quite sure what this is, but in my search for creative Christmas gifts this popped up on the radar. Thoughts?

Connectivism: Learning as Network Creation by George Siemens
This has been around for awhile and as someone exploring Educational Technology I should probably not admit that I just got around to reading this, but that’s the case. Educational Technology and it’s advocates are a fascinating and passionate bunch who I have learned much from, though I do often cringe at the relentless pursuit of the new/new by these folks. Regardless, I had a favorite quote from the piece:

The tipping point occurs when the node itself has created a strong enough network to begin to influence the entire thought process (neural network). Once it is no longer a rogue node, it continues to embed itself as node that is used by the rest of the network.

I’ll let you read the piece to place the quote in context.

Finally, this piece
Overcoming Bias-Are Almost All Investors Biased?

Enjoy.

by Tyler, CEO