Time to see how we're doing. This week we received our first batch of course materials from schools that are going to start using Thumbprint in the classroom in January. Now begins the exciting and intimidating process of efficiently turning that material into Thumbprint lessons. As with any new process, we learn as we go, but I'm confident that our team can do it and do it well.

In other news, we're adding graphs and charts to our reports, which means a lot of double-checking calculations by hand, but should make for some very useful data for teachers

It's been a madhouse around here lately so you're getting a double post today!
Goal: Get our rotation back to normal and keep up this pace!
Featured Article: At some point or another everyone bites off more than they can chew at one time but it's important that we either cut that portion up and hand either hand it off or eat one piece at a time.

Some literary cuisine

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Seems like everyday I'm reading about advancements in virtual reality and digital consciousness. Can you imagine being around forever and living your life on the internet? Tell us your thoughts!

A wise man once said to me 'If you're not taking risks you're not making the right decisions'. Do you agree with this article?

That Kevin Costner Movie

"If you build it, they will come."  You know, that line from Field of Dreams?  Someone punch me in the head, please.  I've heard and said that phrase so often over the years.  And we use it, and reuse it, and overuse it, because it perfectly captures the mindset of almost any startup venture, particularly one that depends on creating a community of users.

Maybe I should coin the negative: "If you don't build it, they won't come."  True, but not as pithy.  As we begin to add capacity here, adding space and manpower, there's always the risk of adding too much, growing too fast, and running into trouble.  That would be bad.  But what would be worse would be having a sudden influx of users and schools and not being able to keep up with them.  Having a party no one shows up to is bad.  Having one where they show up, find there's nothing to eat or drink, and leave in a huff - that's worse.

And so we grow, as carefully as we can, and hope we get the balance right.