Congratulations John and Khan Academy! Khan Academy, as I've said before, I think is one of the most important pieces of technology I've seen. I think maybe one day on par, in terms of impact, with the web itself. Great news.
John Resig joins the Khan Academy
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#12This is perfect. The alignment of terrifically smart, talented and passionate people to come together for a worthy cause. Congrats and wish you the best.
With the recent startup boom, its sad to see some great talent spend time building little features or apps; just wish they could use their amazing talents to solve some really large problems..
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#13> I should note that I’ve made a personal decision to scale back some other aspects of my professional life. I’m no longer accepting any new speaking engagements...
It is very hard to leave/scale-back unfinished business or commitments but it is a very important step before starting something new and big. I know many creative people who have tons of projects and commitments that they can't bring themselves to leave and as a result, they never have enough time to concentrate fully on their next big things. I highly commend John for making the tough decision of leaving Mozilla and lots of personal projects so that he could do something big.
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#14It is awesome that Khan Academy has attracted so much top talent. Has the potential to make a real difference in world education and thus in human potential. Goes to show how much effect a relatively small investment can make when joined with amazing, driven, talented people.
I agree except for "Has the potential". It is making an improvement right now. It is hard to describe how it feels to watch my 9 year old pop off months worth of school tedium in one morning, moving up through long division into simple algebra equations. Or my 14 fill in gaps that had been confusing her for years. Comments like "oh, I get it now" or "that's not hard at all" are common.
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#15I spoke to John Resig the other day after he fixed /r/f7u12's stylesheet (he really earned his mod place!), and now I hate him with all my heart for being more successful and more of a nice guy than I am. I bet he's also more handsome.
EDIT: And he's a year younger! Damn you, jeresig!
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#16Noble Cause. But I am curious to know will Khan Academy give a basic salary or he working for free? in which case, I salute you Congrats!
Speaking of, this is a good time to re-up on my donation.
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#17Makes me wonder what this says about Mozilla. Perhaps not the exciting place it used to be 5+ years ago?
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#18Makes me wonder what this says about Mozilla. Perhaps not the exciting place it used to be 5+ years ago?
Given how exciting Khan Academy is, Mozilla could still be pretty darn awesome and not stack up.
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#19Makes me wonder what this says about Mozilla. Perhaps not the exciting place it used to be 5+ years ago?
In the post, he talks, quite a lot, about how awesome Mozilla is, and how it's the best place he's ever worked. And he links to the Mozilla job's page saying that he seriously recommends it.
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#20Awesome to see someone this talented put his skills into a real, valuable product.