An online notebook
Digital tools provide great ways to collaborate online. Whether working with a smallish team to co-create a document, or engaging the wisdom of the crowd to build a list of ideas, the net allows us to work with people at a previously impossible scale. But how to do so effectively? There’s nothing more depressing than … Keep reading
Five for Friday is WorkSmart’s weekly roundup of interesting stuff from the week’s reading. Can People Collaborate Effectively While Working Remotely? 7 Predications for the Future of Work Startup culture hacks The power of technology for learning and why creating together is better Are we finally seeing the death of “social”? Did you know that … Keep reading
Five for Friday is WorkSmart’s weekly roundup of interesting stuff from the week’s reading. Attention, Please! PC Programs to Stave Off Distraction – can technology help you stop wasting time with technology? Oppia – a Google 20% project to “enable students to learn by doing online” The trajectory of ‘cultural change’ matters, as Microsoft demonstrates … Keep reading
I really rather like this video interview with Rod Drury, CEO of the cloud accounting company Xero. I’ve been a happy Xero customer for a few years now – the system makes accounting comprehensible to the non-accountant, which is great! In the interview, Rod talks about Xero’s switch from traditional Microsoft based systems to using … Keep reading
I find this stuff so you don’t have to: An Open Letter to Software Suppliers – 13 Ways to Help the Public Sector to the Cloud – @copley_rich Why the obsession with “coding” misses the point – from @jjn1 “Whatsapp and $19bn” – great writeup Love this: “How To Create A Self-Paced Email Course” Why … Keep reading