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Does the Brain Like E-Books? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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shared by yc c on 16 Oct 09 - Cached
  • They should be like the historical coffeehouses, taverns and pubs where one shifts flexibly between focused and collective reading — much like opening a newspaper and debating it in a more socially networked version of the current New York Times Room for Debate.
    • Bakari Chavanu
      Bakari Chavanu on 16 Oct 09
       
      Many websites like NewsVine seem to offer this kind of experience.
  • Still, people read more slowly on screen, by as much as 20-30 percent. Fifteen or 20 years ago, electronic reading also impaired comprehension compared to paper, but those differences have faded in recent studies.
  • Reading on screen requires slightly more effort and thus is more tiring, but the differences are small and probably matter only for difficult tasks.
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  • In one study, workers switched tasks about every three minutes and took over 23 minutes on average to return to a task. Frequent task switching costs time and interferes with the concentration needed to think deeply about what you read.
  • After many years of research on how the human brain learns to read, I came to an unsettlingly simple conclusion: We humans were never born to read. We learn to do so by an extraordinarily ingenuous ability to rearrange our “original parts” — like language and vision, both of which have genetic programs that unfold in fairly orderly fashion within any nurturant environment. Reading isn’t like that.
  • And that, of course, is the problem at hand. No one really knows the ultimate effects of an immersion in a digital medium on the young developing brain. We do know a great deal, however, about the formation of what we know as the expert reading brain that most of us possess to this point in history
  • Hypertext offers loads of advantages. If while reading online you come across the name “Antaeus” and forget your Greek mythology, a hyperlink will take you directly to an online source where you are reminded that he was the Libyan giant who fought Hercules. And if you’re prone to distraction, you can follow another link to find out his lineage, and on and on. That is the duality of hyperlinks. A hyperlink brings you to information faster but is also more of a distraction.
  • floor. I once counted my books among my most prized possesions, now I wish I could somehow convert them all to digital files.
  • My book shelves are full, and books are stacked on the
  • Textbooks also require big double pages with margins for notes. Writing and reading are communication between writer and reader, the audience and genre (and thus expectations) are important, and the format and technology can be used for bad or good. One is not better than the other, they are different, and the more we know of the needs of writers and readers the better technology will become.
  • All of the commentators and responses miss a crucial question here: reading for what purpose?
  • To further complicate this, most of what I read for pleasure is about art or photography, and the kind of history that comes with cool pictures. If paper suddenly disappeared I'd be lost. Most of what I read for work has to be verified, cross referenced, fact-checked, etc. on a tight deadline. If the Internet suddenly disappeared, I'd be more than lost--I'd be paralyzed.
  • I also completely disagree that the web has killed editing. It has just changed the process to include the reader. It would be more accurate to say that it is killing the sanctity of Editors. 'Bout time, that.
  • The missing component in E-Reading seems to be the ability to critically grasp and evaluate the material. Learning is transmitted, but it is more linear than holistic. Now in my 70's, I find that reading from a monitor is a distancing experience. There is an intimacy to reading from a traditional book that is missing in the digital format.
  • Chinese reading circuits require more visual memory than alphabets.
  • I assume that technology will soon start moving in the natural direction: integrating chips into books, not vice versa.
  • important ongoing change to reading itself in today’s online environment is the cheapening of the word.
  • Hypertext offers loads of advantages.
  • When you read news, or blogs or fiction, you are reading one document in a networked maze
  • More and more, studies are showing how adept young people are at multitasking. But the extent to which they can deeply engage with the online material is a question for further research.
  • However, displays have vastly improved since then, and now with high resolution monitors reading speed is no different than reading from paper.
Graham Perrin

The Lego Internet « TechWag - 3 views

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  • The Lego Internet
  • October 15, 2009
  • problems with back end data providers
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  • taking a toll on the public perception of cloud computing
  • Fail Whale of Twitter; we also seriously discuss those random changes
  • if the companies that make the widgets, API’s and other things we build our sites o
  • coordinated effort between the developers, the company
  • consistent SLA
  • agreement
  • how changes will be
  • communicated and implemented
  • delivered, consumed and discarded
  • all about service
  • perceived by the end user
  • a hint that a service provider is not reliable will cause adoption issues
  • address the SLA issues first
  • then the Lego building block internet might be something
Graham Perrin

Nodalities » Blog Archive » Linked Data and News Innovation - 1 views

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Social Media is Here to Stay... Now What? | Microsoft Research Tech Fest 2009 | danah boyd - 3 views

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  • Adults are crafting them to show-off to people from the past and connect the dots between different audiences as a way of coping with the awkwardness of collapsed contexts.
    • Jill Walker Rettberg
      Jill Walker Rettberg on 11 Mar 09
       
      Interesting idea as to why adults do the 25 things thing on Facebook. I'm not sure about the "show off" (at least not in the ones I've seen) but certainly the connect-the-dots things seems to be happening.
  • Too bad that most of the templates that they are given are much more corporate in nature.
  • (de)locatability
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  • Collapsed Contexts
  • Blurring of Public and Private
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danah boyd :: social media researcher :: microsoft research new england :: fellow, berk... - 2 views

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  • avivajazz jazzaviva on 16 Oct 09
     
    danah boyd's publications (booklength, short & long papers, etc.): http://www.danah.org/papers/
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Microblogging: More Than Fun? | University of Zurich, Graz University of Technology - 3 views

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  • avivajazz jazzaviva on 16 Oct 09
     
    Microblogging - more than fun? Martin Ebner Social Learning Computer and Information Services Graz University of Technology Steyrergasse 30, A-8010 Graz, Austria martin.ebner@tugraz.at Mandy Schiefner Center for Teaching and Learning University of Zurich Hirschengraben 84, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland mandy.schiefner@access.uzh.ch
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Research on Twitter and Microblogging | Danah Boyd | zephoria@zephora.org - 3 views

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  • avivajazz jazzaviva on 16 Oct 09
     
    "Research on Twitter and Microblogging" (last updated: October 13, 2009)"
Willis Wee

"Twitter Lite" Is Now Officially In India - 0 views

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shared by Willis Wee on 15 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Willis Wee on 15 Oct 09
     
    If you think Twitter is going to be a bystander, you are wrong. It has also created its own "Lite" version, which focuses on the Indian population. It is a partnership with Bharti Airtel, the largest mobile operator in India, with 110 million people on its network!
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mamamusings ::: technology, academia, family, tangential topics - 0 views

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    mamamusings: elizabeth lane lawley's thoughts on technology, academia, family, and tangential topics
Bakari Chavanu

How to Create Screencasts You Can Be Proud Of » The Rapid eLearning Blog - 4 views

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shared by Bakari Chavanu on 14 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Record the best audio you can by using a good microphone.  You can get a decent microphone for less than $100.  And if you do a lot of recording, it makes sense to invest in a good one.   Here’s an example of two different microphones on the same laptop in the same room:  $30 headset and $72 desktop (with no pop filter or any other type of adjustment).
  • Turn off the A/C and fans.  Turn off the office machines.  Sometimes you’ll pick up some noise or humming when the microphone is too close to the computer, speakers, or other electronic devices.
  • Have some water handy.  I find that I do a lot of retakes on that opening line, so I tend to start and stop my screencasts.  This causes my throat to get dry really fast.  It’s easy for me to go from sounding like a smooth rapid elearning coach to Lauren Bacall in just a few takes.
    • Bakari Chavanu
      Bakari Chavanu on 14 Oct 09
       
      This is so true. My mouth gets very dry when I'm trying to do screencasts. This is a good tip.
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  • Try to use less than 5 minutes.  Screenr gives you 5 minutes.  That doesn’t mean that you have to take all 5 minutes for the screencast.  An ideal screencast is 2-3 minutes.  If you find that the screencast is long, just break it into chunks.  
  • Sometimes I’ll change the resolution of my computer and do a full screen capture at a lower resolution.  When I bring it back up, it looks great and I was able to leverage a full screen for the capturing.  Play around with some techniques that work for you.
  • It’s easy enough to follow the mouse, but make sure to point out what they should be looking at when you change screens or focus on a new area.  This is especially true if you’re doing things they can’t see like using a keyboard shortcut.
  • If you have to do full screen videos where you show your desktop, try a product like Stardock’s Fences.  It’s free and can quickly hide your icons while you do your recording.  Here’s a tutorial to show how to use Fences to hide your desktop icons.
  • When you do screencasts from this account you don’t need to worry about hiding personal information like folders or toolbars in your browser.  I’d also make your desktop image a solid color rather than a distracting background image.  You can also try a virtual desktop.  Set one up just for screencast videos.  Here’s a demo of how to use a virtual desktop.   
  • One trick is to start with the final output.  Tell the viewer that this is what you’ll create and then jump to the tutorial and a different screen.
  • Screenr does come with some default settings that work well in your rapid elearning courses.  For example, 720×540 is the aspect ratio for a PowerPoint slide.  980×560 is perfect for videos in the no sidebar view mode in Articulate Presenter. 
  • If you find that you have to click on buttons and open other screens during your demos, then you want to use Alt+D to pause your recording between mouse clicks. 
Willis Wee

7 Tips To Improve Your Twitter Marketing - 2 views

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shared by Willis Wee on 13 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Willis Wee on 13 Oct 09
     
    "With more and more people riding the Twitter wave, this post is dedicated to help you improve your Twitter marketing effort. Accompanied by my 2 cents worth, I have reflected upon what was done by some great business on Twitter. Here's what I have gathered:"
Bakari Chavanu

Is Social Media Comparable To The Industrial Revolution? | Microgeist - 4 views

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shared by Bakari Chavanu on 13 Oct 09 - Cached
  • That would really have to depend on what you consider to be a revolution. In many industries, social media won’t leave much of a mark. For those folks, the phenomenon will be more of an idle curiosity. Think a bit more though and, in the U.S. at least social network functionality is everywhere.
  • The death of anonyminity. Without care, internet transactions and communications can be captured and preserved forever. The saving grace? That no one really cares what you had for lunch
  • Is Social Media Comparable To The Industrial Revolution?
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  • Is Social Media Comparable To The Industrial Revolution?
  • Is Social Media Comparable To The Industrial Revolution?
  • Biggest shift since industrial revolution. The author makes a case for this and does so with enough detail that giving the notion some consideration seems feasible. Is this claim true? That would really have to depend on what you consider to be a revolution. In many industries, social media won’t leave much of a mark. For those folks, the phenomenon will be more of an idle curiosity. Think a bit more though and, in the U.S. at least social network functionality is everywhere.
  • Biggest shift since industrial revolution. The author makes a case for this and does so with enough detail that giving the notion some consideration seems feasible. Is this claim true? That would really have to depend on what you consider to be a revolution. In many industries, social media won’t leave much of a mark. For those folks, the phenomenon will be more of an idle curiosity. Think a bit more though and, in the U.S. at least social network functionality is everywhere.
  • Biggest shift since industrial revolution. The author makes a case for this and does so with enough detail that giving the notion some consideration seems feasible. Is this claim true? That would really have to depend on what you consider to be a revolution. In many industries, social media won’t leave much of a mark. For those folks, the phenomenon will be more of an idle curiosity. Think a bit more though and, in the U.S. at least social network functionality is everywhere.
  • Biggest shift since industrial revolution. The author makes a case for this and does so with enough detail that giving the notion some consideration seems feasible. Is this claim true? That would really have to depend on what you consider to be a revolution. In many industries, social media won’t leave much of a mark. For those folks, the phenomenon will be more of an idle curiosity. Think a bit more though and, in the U.S. at least social network functionality is ever
  • Biggest shift since industrial revolution. The author makes a case for this and does so with enough detail that giving the notion some consideration seems feasible. Is this claim true? That would really have to depend on what you consider to be a revolution. In many industries, social media won’t leave much of a mark. For those folks, the phenomenon will be more of an idle curiosity. Think a bit more though and, in the U.S. at least social network functionality is everywhere.
  • Biggest shift since industrial revolution. The author makes a case for this and does so with enough detail that giving the notion some consideration seems feasible. Is this claim true? That would really have to depend on what you consider to be a revolution. In many industries, social media won’t leave much of a mark. For those folks, the phenomenon will be more of an idle curiosity. Think a bit more though and, in the U.S. at least social network functionality is everywhere.
  • Biggest shift since industrial revolution. The author makes a case for this and does so with enough detail that giving the notion some consideration seems feasible. Is this claim true? That would really have to depend on what you consider to be a revolution. In many industries, social media won’t leave much of a mark. For those folks, the phenomenon will be more of an idle curiosity. Think a bit more though and, in the U.S. at least social network functionality is everywhere.
  • Biggest shift since industrial revolution. The author makes a case for this and does so with enough detail that giving the notion some consideration seems feasible. Is this claim true? That would really have to depend on what you consider to be a revolution. In many industries, social media won’t leave much of a mark. For those folks, the phenomenon will be more of an idle curiosity. Think a bit more though and, in the U.S. at least social network functionality is everywhere.
Willis Wee

STATS: Facebook U.S Visits Increased By 194% | Penn Olson - 0 views

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shared by Willis Wee on 12 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Willis Wee on 12 Oct 09
     
    According to Hitwise, Facebook's year to year U.S market share (in terms of visits) increased by a whopping 194%!
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