On September 4, 1995, Labor Day---Ebay was launched by little known Pierre Omidyar because he wanted to sell his wife's Pez candy dispensers in the Bay Area.
After reading Pierre Omidyar's profile and how he started out...I think everyone can learn from him. We have been talking alot about asynchronus technologies and this guy just got $10 billion richer by using these new technologies to his benefit. There are more technologies coming out each year and I am just wondering who will be the next Pierre Omidyar. Its not far fetched that it could come out of our class! E-bay has changed people's lives around the world, in a way that Pierre cound not have imagined. Learning how to blog, evaluate websites and literally having our class on the web and not on-the traditional classroom settings is becoming the wave of the future and knowing a person such as Mr. Omidyar just fortifies my belief that we should not be afraid of on-line learning and other new technologies coming our way, because sooner or later we can make these technologies work for us...just like Mr. Omidyar did. http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/omi0bio-1
Ryan,
ReplyDeleteI enjoy reading your blog and especially like your upbeat attitude and optimistic tones.As you said, the Internet, or the "virtual world", is not only where we get information and buy stuff we want, but also a growing job market. It's important for us as educators to have a sound understanding of its potential...
Ryan,
ReplyDeleteVery well said. I only hope that one day I can find the Key to becoming $10 billion richer. Happy to know I am on the right path.
However, we should look at it from both sides. I wonder how many people have lost something rather than gained something from such technologies.
Yes, EBAY is the way to go! You can get things so much cheaper and there is such a better selection and you can find almost anything you want on EBAY!
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