An online notebook
An online notebook
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The knowledge sharing paradox The MacSparky Markdown Field Guide Hyperlocal Voices: Geoff Bowen, Sheffield Forum Google Trust Why Ruby? Building the standard Next Steps Taken for data.ac.uk… Open Source meets Open…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: We’re not ‘appy. Not ‘appy at all. Consulting with children on the internet Innovation: are we ready for it to be a part of our DNA? Does less equal more, at…
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: The secret origins of Google’s Chrome OS Book available in print-on-demand format The Opportunities And Dangers In Our Existing Habits On Channels and Combinations #ukgc13 #commscamp13 #tuttle NESTA provides a framework…
A lot of people are unwilling to innovate online because they’re worried it’ll go badly. After all, there’s a story every week in the media about someone ballsing up online in one way or another. It strikes me, from only…
Google+ is an interesting - if quiet - place. It's not used by very many people, which is a shame, as the interface is rather nice and it features some really cool bits of technology.
Hangouts, for instance, are fantastic - on demand video conferencing which integrates neatly with Google's other services likes Docs and so on.
However, because so few people are active there, it does feel a bit empty at times. When asked if organisations should use it as a space for engagement, I tend to say no - as time would be better spent working with the much larger existing communities on Twitter and Facebook.
I spent an interesting morning at the Online Information conference on Tuesday - ably chaired by my pal Steve Dale - and the session I enjoyed most was about implementing collaborative technology in organisations - one example was from a big media and communications provider, the other a government department.
Click through to see some of the thoughts that the session inspired me to write down…
Recently, as part of a survey of members of the Social Learning Centre, I put together a list of ten sites or apps I use a lot in my own learning activity. Actually, I thought ten was rather a lot, so to share it here, I thought I'd whittle it down to half that number.
I think it's useful to always remind yourself of the tools you use regularly in your own activity, particularly if you spend time designing sites, systems and platforms for others to use.
Anyway, hit 'Read more' to see the list.
I read an awful lot of stuff on the web - thanks to Google Reader, it's made really easy. Lots of people don't have the time to do so, and are quite grateful to have useful items pointed out to them. I usually do this by putting links up on my Twitter profile, and the occasional link round up post here on the blog.
The trouble is that Twitter is a very ephemeral medium, and if people miss links, or don't record them anywhere, then finding them again can be very tough. What's needed is a way to record these things for posterity, and perhaps create a conversation around them.
That nice Mr Briggs has been encouraging me to post some stuff about hardware.
As it happens I’ve been trying out a new piece of ultra-modern hi-tech digital equipment.
No it’s not a MacBook Air, ChromeBook or even one of them new Google tablets.
It is... drum roll... The PowerMonkey Extreme.
Which is basically a back-up battery.
If this...then that (commonly known as ifttt) is a ridiculously brilliant little thing.