1 day ago

ReadWriteWeb The social media data company Rapleaf has just released the final parts of their 3-part study involving the demographics and online behavior of webmail users. In the first part of the study, gender and age data was examined and revealed some interesting findings...like the fact that Gmail has more female users than male, fo (Read More)

Nov 07, 2009

Submitted by Tweric from Google Reader: So I had a baby last week...it makes life kinda busy!Here are some pictures. I might have time soon to write some actual words, but for now the pictures of Maxwell Eliot's first minutes and hours--he got a little angry taking that first bath, but then he calmed into one of those peaceful baby naps.      He's a keeper!   (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

Submitted by Tweric from Google Reader: We originally saw this piece linking longer hours and bad health in the Miami Herald and have since had it sent to us so many times we had to comment.We will avoid the “duh!” prompted by the story’s open:Two-thirds of the U.S. workforce is working longer hours and is overweight. Is there a link?Instead, we’d like to talk ab (Read More)

Nov 11, 2009

Submitted by Tweric from Google Reader: Today we published a new video called Cloud Computing in Plain English:This title has been one of our most requested and for good reason.  Cloud Computing is a subject that has an explanation problem - people have a hard time understanding it because it's difficult to explain quickly.  Like Social Media, it's a subject that (Read More)

Nov 10, 2009

Submitted by Tweric from Google Reader:   In a recent post, I showed how to easily create your own silhouette characters.  Today I share show some ways to use those silhouettes in your elearning courses.  Something to keep in mind is that the silhouette doesn’t need to be confined to people.  You can use them on objects, as well. Create a Progress MeterAs a visua (Read More)

7 days ago

Knowledge Hemispheres Consolidated Feed for New Media Day 2 of DevLearn kicked off with a keynote from Eric Zimmerman on Serious Game Design. Cammy Bean did a fantastic job of taking notes during the keynote, so I’ll defer to her on this. You can see her notes here. (Thank you, Cammy!)Session 401: Overview of Latest Learning Trends: What’s Hot, What’s Not, and WhyThis session (Read More)

Nov 12, 2009

Submitted by Tweric from Google Reader: DevLearn 2009 is off to a great start! Yesterday was the official opening day of the conference, and it was jam-packed with a fantastic keynote by Andrew McAfee, several great presentations, and plenty of breakout sessions/bootcamps (ex. the Social Learning Camp). So much good stuff!Social Learning CampMark Oehlert has dedi (Read More)

7 days ago

Copyblogger Last Friday I was in Atlanta, where I gave a talk on social media marketing at Dan Kennedy’s InfoSUMMIT conference.I’m something of a fish out of water at a Glazer-Kennedy event. For example, unlike at Blogworld, I’m the only person in a room of 800 who has pink hair.I wasn’t sure they’d be too receptive to what I had to sa (Read More)

Sep 29, 2009

Submitted by Catepol from Google Reader: Per favorire la partecipazione attiva degli studenti nel progetto di riforma del sistema educativo americano il presidente Barack Obama e il ministro dell'istruzione Arne Duncan hanno deciso di ascoltare direttamente le opinioni e le ideee degli studenti. Lo faranno utilizzando quello che probabilmente è oggi lo strumento d (Read More)

2 days ago

Submitted by Mahendra from blog: Searching Twitter Lists can be incredibly useful. What are the most influential tech people saying about Droid vs. iPhone? What are leading tech blogs saying about the Microsoft Azure platform? What do experienced investors think of the economy? The possibilities are endless, limited only by your imagination.The problem? Tw (Read More)

1 day ago

KillerStartups.com - all People use Twitter for just any old thing – from tweeting about the home run scored by their favorite baseball player as they were there and how spicy the food was at that Mexican restaurant they just have been to all points in between and beyond. However, if we were to venture an opinion and name the one defining contribut (Read More)

1 day ago

Submitted by Thestrategyweb from blog: The web 2.0, and especially the social media, industry loves to talk about the wonderful habit of becoming a listener as a collective, a community, or a company. And it seems that almost every social media expert has something to say about the value lying in the fact of having to listen to your customers. [...]. (Read More)

2 days ago

Submitted by Tweric from blog: Are you sick of social media experts? Are you sick of social media gurus? Send the gurus here! It was that word, guru, that inspired me to transform the traditional Venn diagram into a Zen Diagram. Let me explain how a Zen Diagram can help you. Maybe even you have been twitting around hawking your social media guru-ness, an (Read More)

3 days ago

Submitted by Getonfast: From this website, you will get tons of information and tips on how you can learn Spanish language. (Read More)

3 days ago

SheGeeks IBY #1: This is the first in what will be a series of content written by me, but Inspired By You. I’ll be calling one of my Twitter followers every week to talk to them for 15 minutes over the phone. What will we talk about? Whatever comes to mind. Honestly, I just want to get to know you. If you’re wonder why I won’t keep (Read More)

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