I’ve been using Jing for a while to make slidecasts (audio and slides) that I post as short explanatory videos. The medium works for me because I can make a reasonably decent slide presentation with Apple’s Keynote and then I can practice the voice-over until I’m satisfied with the work. I don’t have video production [...]
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A client of mine has asked for a description of Web 3.0, which I have kept an eye on, but from a distance, as I didn’t want to be distracted too much by the media hype machine. As I dig deeper into it, I’ve created a Web3.0 tag on Delicious and will continue to add [...]
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Here’s a cloud of what I have been talking about on Twitter. It seems it’s about the same as this blog. At least I’m consistent.
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When I started this blog six years ago I knew that I would be “giving away” my thoughts for free. Some might say that’s all they’re worth. I’ve also kept the site ad free for a couple of reasons – ads don’t pay much, they get in the way of readers and I want people [...]
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Everybody’s making predictions at this time of year, but I want to look back a bit. In 2004 Seth Godin made these predictions (and others) for 2009, and asked, and what then?
Hard drive space is free
Wifi like connections are everywhere
Everyone has a digital camera & everyone carries a device that is sort of like a [...]
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I believe that Luis Suarez has started something in Curmudgeons Unite!:
I guess I could sum it up in one single sentence: “The more heavily involved I’m with the various social networking sites available out there, the more I heart my own personal business blogs“. As you may have guessed, this crankiness phase I’m going through [...]
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In Alvin & Heidi Toffler’s book, Revolutionary Wealth, they discuss the “clash of speeds” of our various societal structures, using a train analogy.
Speeding along at 100 mph is the enlightened business train; adapting and using new technologies (exploiting change).
Still fast at 90 mph is the civil society train; NGO’s, professional groups, activists, religious groups (demanding [...]
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I’ve written before how I use the chasm model to explain my professional work of 1) seeing what is ready to cross the chasm by 2) staying connected to the innovators & being an early adopter so that 3) I can help mainstream organizations. It’s a graphic summary of my consulting practice. As you can [...]
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I noted on Twitter that I was having writer’s block, so @Quinnovator and @Busynessgirl chimed in with some suggestions. Now, several minutes later, I present a David Letterman style top ten list.
Top 10 things an administrator would say to justify the purchase of a learning management system (LMS):
10. It comes with a blog!
9. Vendor has [...]
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A friend asked about online repositories of photos that can be used for academic presentations and I mentioned several sources. I realized after sending the list that many others may not know about the wealth of resources available, especially for teaching and learning.
Online photo repositories (check usage rights for each):
Free images for your inspiration, reference [...]
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