Just confirming.. built with Microsoft technology :) http://builtwith.com/?http%3A//www.thegatesnotes.com/
The .ASPX extension in the URLs led me to make the same assumption
Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes
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Re: Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes
#52I think Gates should turn comments on. People should be registered, perhaps using Facebook/LinkedIn credentials.
I do agree he needs to be exposed to opinions outside his comfort zone.
Re: Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
The problem is that Bill Gates only reads books that reinforce his existing beliefs. That's why he's so pro-KIPP, because he doesn't have any interest in authors like John Taylor Gatto. (Or at least this is what I heard from someone who had lunch with him recently.)
Just out of curiosity but how do you know this? EDIT: I am not being sarcastic or anything.
Basically my friend tried telling him about how John Taylor Gatto's new book suggested that there were some unstated assumptions behind KIPP that were worth examining, but Gates wasn't at all interested in even talking about this, let alone reading the book.
Re: Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes
#54I find this line from the greeting letter a bit odd, "It often feels like I'm back in school, as I spend a lot of my time learning about issues I'm passionate about." Didn't he drop out of college to start MS presumably because he felt like the things he was learning in school were a waste of his time?
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#55I think that Bill can do a world of good by sharing his thoughts via a blog like this. Assuming he is candid and fosters real communication, that is. Sections like 'What I'm thinking about/what I'm learning' is exactly the right attitude.
would be interesting. too bad the comments are turned off.
I was wondering why there wasn't more functionality too. I guess he follows the release early and often philosophy.
I saw that one of the people that Gates follows said this:
Re: Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes
#56I find this line from the greeting letter a bit odd, "It often feels like I'm back in school, as I spend a lot of my time learning about issues I'm passionate about." Didn't he drop out of college to start MS presumably because he felt like the things he was learning in school were a waste of his time?
What about elementary, middle and high school?
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#57Why am I not surprised that it is using both WebForms and Silverlight... I see that big chunk of viewstate there Bill.
I honestly wouldn't have guessed. The layout is understated, the page loads quickly, and it's easy to navigate and read. I wonder if the site is based on some existing content management system, or if it's something custom. It would be kind of a cool surprise if it turned out that Bill authored the site himself for fun (but that seems unlikely).
Page doesn't load quickly at all for me.
Re: Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes
#58I find this line from the greeting letter a bit odd, "It often feels like I'm back in school, as I spend a lot of my time learning about issues I'm passionate about." Didn't he drop out of college to start MS presumably because he felt like the things he was learning in school were a waste of his time?
I don't think that's accurate - from interviews, speeches and his own writings, he's always sounded complimentary towards his Harvard experiences; it's just that starting Micro-Soft was the right opportunity at the right time, and he grabbed it.
Re: Bill Gates's new website: The Gates Notes
#59I find this line from the greeting letter a bit odd, "It often feels like I'm back in school, as I spend a lot of my time learning about issues I'm passionate about." Didn't he drop out of college to start MS presumably because he felt like the things he was learning in school were a waste of his time?
There's no conflict there. In an actual school, you're not the one setting the curriculum. This involves a lowest common denominator of a variety of subjects, some of which you'll never apply. I imagine that now he's spending his time studying things he's interested in and likely directly related to things he's doing or trying to accomplish.
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why does it seem unlikely? It could be that he is using these technologies purely out of personal interest.
I think it seems unlikely because we all think of BillG as a business man and not a hacker. Maybe I should only speak for myself, but the thought of him tinkering away into the early morning on his new site is such a wonderful juxtaposition of my image of him.
But remember, Bill Gates started out as a hacker. He spent his whole high school days learning on a computer his Mom's Club purchased for their kids. He says he was probably one of 50 kids in the country that had that much access to a computer in his High School days.