2 days ago

Submitted by Tweric from YouTube: (Read More)

4 days ago

Submitted by Tweric from Google Reader: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie brought the kids out for their second year in a row of trick-or-treating in LA. Both parents dressed up for the evening, while Maddox, Shiloh, and Zahara were all decked out differently. Lots of celebrities chose to spend the night hitting partie (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

Submitted by Tweric from Google Reader: America’s Funniest Home Videos has put together what might be the greatest golf video ever. Yes better than any Tiger Woods mashup, even better than that video of that guy who blew the British Open at Carnoustie… Yep, no one remember his name… . (Read More)

7 days ago

Shoemoney How often do you see ads just like this one on your facebook? I know I see these ads over and over among others so often.What is Banner Blindness?Banner blindness on facebook ads is when an ad such as the one above is just ignored simply due to the fact that it has been seen so many times before by the same demographic.Ads (Read More)

7 days ago

MakeUseOf.com Over the past months, we’ve written quite a few PDF manuals for you, on all kinds of diverging subjects. Initially available only for subscribers, there are now multiple manuals released every month, for everyone to enjoy. After releasing 15 manuals and nearly half a million downloads we thought it was about time to look ba (Read More)

6 days ago

mashable Confused about how to use Google Wave, the new Google product that combines messaging, wiki-like features and group collaboration into a single app? You’re not alone.To clear up the confusion, we recently published Google Wave: A Complete Guide, a feature-length article that explains Wave in plain English.Now Gina Trapani (Read More)

6 days ago

In the Mind of Damond Nollan This past week, many of us were introduced to Twitter lists. As with all new things, we are trying to figure out how to use the tool. For those who have not yet had the opportunity to play around with Twitter lists, take a moment to read, "Twitter Rolls Out List Feature".As of this entry, I have created only one list. The l (Read More)

5 days ago

BuzzTracker.com - Twitter (Read More)

Oct 29, 2009

Robert Scoble - FriendFeed I used to be the biggest user of Google Reader. At one point the Google Reader team told me I shared more items than anyone else. But lately it's a rare month I've checked into it and Twitter is in the process of adding a new feature -- lists -- that is getting me off of Google Reader altogether.Why?Several reasons:1. Goog (Read More)

Oct 25, 2009

TechCrunch There is a lot of chatter about TweetMeme’s rather robust growth to over 18 million unique monthly visitors on Compete.com. That puts them ahead of well known sites like LinkedIn and gmail.com with 15 million and 9 million visitors, respectively, on the service). In fact, Tweetmeme currently sits as the 68th largest site on (Read More)

Oct 23, 2009

Knowledge Hemispheres Consolidated Feed for New Media This article, by Eric Matas, is the third of a three part series on the Psychology of Elearning. (The first post is Cognitive Load vs. Load Time and the second post is Don’t Look at the Designer Behind the Curtain.) Eric is an Instructional Designer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Thanks, Eric!!I grew up in a c (Read More)

Sep 23, 2009

Google Operating System Last year, Google launched a feature called SearchWiki that allows users to customize search results. If you are logged in, you can remove search results, promote them at the top of the search results page and enter comments. While the feature is useful to personalize the results for frequent queries, the "wiki" component w (Read More)

Oct 16, 2009

Knowledge Hemispheres Consolidated Feed for New Media This article, by Eric Matas, is the second of a three part series on the Psychology of Elearning. (The first post is Cognitive Load vs. Load Time.) Eric is an Instructional Designer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Thanks, Eric!! Ah, yes, my title alludes to the wonderful Wizard of Oz. Revered and feared, [...]. (Read More)

Oct 09, 2009

Knowledge Hemispheres Consolidated Feed for New Media This article, by Eric Matas, is the first of a three part series on the Psychology of Elearning. Eric is an Instructional Designer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Thanks, Eric!! Designers love a little cognitive load theory. Any glimpse into the brains of learners sparks a trainer’s curiosity. (Read More)

Oct 07, 2009

Submitted by Tweric from Google Reader: In the book Informal Learning: rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance, Jay Cross draws a parallel between the development of:1) Bands, 2) Kingdoms, and 3) Democracieswith1) Small, local businesses, 2) Large, central corporations, and 3) Loosely coupled networks.The learning an (Read More)

Eric Matas

My ADD and OCD are not getting along.