I know I just wrote about this, but I can’t help it–the more I see of MIT’s OpenCourseWare, the more I love it. One thing on my list of things to take a swag at before I die (no aversion to commitment there) is obtaining an MBA, focusing on Entrepreneurship and Innovation. If all I’m going to do with an MBA is become an entrepreneur, then the 100+ MIT Sloan graduate courses up at OpenCourseWare just might suffice. I don’t need a piece of paper to hire myself.

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I ran into a little bit of a snag in one of my courses recently. I’m unable to attend sections outside of the main lecture that, it turns out, are conveying information vital to my success in the course. In my search for help and answers, I’ve rediscovered MIT OpenCourseWare.

I’ve heard of OpenCourseWare before. Slashdot posted an article on it back in January. At the time I thought it was neat, but didn’t really look into it further. OpenCourseWare is amazing. MIT has published course materials for 1800 courses and has committed to adding or updating 200 courses per year. You can access lecture notes, slides, handouts, homework assignments, and tests with solutions–all online. View the materials on their web site or download a zip file containing all materials. This will be extremely useful for the rest of my undergraduate work and there is plenty there to keep me busy once I’m done with that. Check it out!

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My first thought was to post “Live from Logan” tonight, but I’m actually writing from the Science Center as I have left my MacBook in the capable hands of the Apple geniuses–more on that later.

I escaped the snow back north for a rainy day down in Cambridge. The word is it will turn to snow overnight and produce an inch tomorrow. Hopefully that doesn’t delay my getting off the ground as I’m told I’ll already be late to work for the road conditions in Michigan.

The new semester is off to a fast start. I’m taking Internet Architectures and Protocols, a course on British Hellenism of the 18th and 19th centuries, and Strategy, Conflict, and Cooperation, a course on economic game theory. I’m excited about most of them so far.

I would write more, but it’s already time for me to run and catch the T before I miss my ride to the airport. I’m up for another night in luxury on the bench in front of the security gate. Good-bye for now.

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