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Some useful stats on t'Interweb penetration and usage
links for 2010-02-06
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links for 2010-02-05
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Interview with Jaron Lanier – what he is saying about the anthropomorhisation of information and the need for a global micropayments system makes a lot of sense.
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links for 2010-02-04
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Note from Kevin Marsh's speech to re:wired "Don't become a Twitterhead – like a petrolhead who knows everything about cars but forgets the point of them is to go from one place to another. Make sure you stay outside the bubble. " Wise words.
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What will it take for the next generation to read thoughtfully—both in print and online?
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Serendipity is critical to innovation. Things like Google appear to give it but dont. How the Internet provides it is when you use the web to connect with people, rather than with a machine…
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Nicholas Carr "The open source model can play an important role in innovation, but know its limitations."
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What the Internet is doing to our brains by Nicholas Taylor Great article – pancake people – the corollary of flat knowledge
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links for 2010-02-03
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Good set of links from WHYS about Jaron Lenier – another dissenting voice. "In his new book ‘You are not a gadget’ he accuses ‘web 2.0 generation’ of being guilty of digital collectivism – killing creativity and innovation."
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Well researched article
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Interesting essay from Charlie leadbeater
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Using Social Media to create Content from Process
links for 2010-02-02
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some useful points, some amusing ones.
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Taking the piss
I must not lose sight of the fact that another way you can use social media to deliver creativity and innovation is to ruthlessly take the piss out the hackneyed and the cliched, and then have people share it on youtube etc…
When I did the user research for the Creativity social media site at the BBC it was quite surprising, in a totally unsurprising way, how many of the interviewees said the Charlie Brooker ‘Career in TV’ and other ‘How telly works’ films on Screenwipe had taught them as much as anything.
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links for 2010-01-29
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In this chapter, a theoretical understanding of these notions is given. The
Web is seen in the context of social theories by thinkers like Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Ferdinand
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A Sociology Timeline from 1600
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links for 2010-01-26
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An overwhelming majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media for their story research, a new survey of journalists has found.
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Makes some good points going beyond taking Dunbar's number at face value
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CISCO white paper on learning society; Charlie Leadbeater, Riccardo Semmler etc
Chambers "The future of education is networked. Using the full power of video and mobility, people can collaborate
to create and share knowledge as well as develop new ways of teaching and learning that captures the
attention and imagination of learners anywhere, anytime on any device."
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links for 2010-01-25
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10 brief concepts/ideas around social media
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