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1-let commuters donate their unused MetroCard balances to charity 2-reroute traffic 3-reduce street violence by crowdsourcing anonymous tips from the community, then filter and organize the data so it is actionable,

There's mounting evidence that personnel specialists are now scouring social media sites and job boards for potential employees. If you're wondering how to draw attention to yourself in the right way on social-media sites, help is at hand. We've put together a comprehensive action plan for you to follow: Recommends a "work" Facebook face, but most of it is about twitter. 10 expert tips on using social media to get the job you want:

While still in beta, the site (which is a partnership between Google and an organization called We Are What We Do) has interesting potential for research in the classroom and could be used as a model for a community-action project for students.

The driving force behind the Web 2.0 revolution is a spirit of intellectual philanthropy and collective intelligence that is made possible by new technologies for communication, collaboration and information management.  One of the best examples of collective intelligence in action are the wide range of social bookmarking applications that have been embraced in recent years.

Since taking a class that discussed Edward Tufte's work, I've been fascinated by turning information into visual data. His site contains many examples that you could easily spend hours on the site. I have. Plus, I spent several days browsing sites with articles, resources, and examples of infovis (information visualization) in action

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Weekend in the Live of an ipad Even tho I found it a little slow I really like the idea: how I use my ipad in  my everyday life. Would be a great place for newbie users to start.

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Pres of Splashlife spoke at Ecitizenship conf in Detriot 11/10  Splashlife's mission is to help our members get from here to there-whether "there" is a cleaner planet, a more satisfying career, a healthier body, a sense of meaning, or just a good chuckle. Think you can help us do that? We do, too. Add your voice to Splashlife.com.