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Jessica Murphy

SOPA and PIPA: Threatening Innovation and Economic Growth - 1 views

redhat.com/...innovation-and-economic-growth

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shared by Jessica Murphy on 20 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Jessica Murphy on 20 Feb 12
     
    Red Hat, the world's largest, most successful open source software company and one I'd like to work for in the very near future, submitted this blog post last month about SOPA and PIPA. It explains how such bills could devastate online collaboration, innovation, and the sharing of ideas and technology.
Eric Wardell

Get Started with My IGN - Online Gamer Community - IGN - 0 views

my.ign.com/get-started

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shared by Eric Wardell on 19 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Eric Wardell on 19 Mar 12
     
    This is the social networking homepage of a online gaming website, IGN. I wanted to share this because it seems to overtly combine the gaming and social elements of social media. It also, similar to the AXE site, allows users to follow certain products and claim an identity based on what products the user owns in comparison to other members of the community. Within the site itself members have some level of gaining badges and competing by listing and comparing their games and interacting with each other. Also, on the level of competition, there are prizes available for different interactions on this site which further invokes the sense of gaming and competition.
Rachel Henderson

E-texts: Dragging books into the 21st century | Entrepreneur | Financial Post - 0 views

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shared by Rachel Henderson on 28 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Take, for example, an Inkling produced biology text that generates 3D models of molecules and contains high-definition videos, or the undergraduate music appreciation text that weaves audio samples from live performances with descriptive text.
  • “There’s always going to be a need for books. When I have kids I’ll be reading them books. There’s nothing inherently bad about a book,” says the native Cape Bretoner.
  • “But for the purposes of helping somebody learn a complex concept or personalizing the learning experience – a book is a terrible device. It is, by definition, one-size-fits-all. It can’t be updated, it can’t be interactive, and it’s not terribly engaging.”
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  • The titles are downloaded through Inkling’s website, and cost about 40% less than their print counterparts
  • “I am, to this day, blown away that when you walk into most classrooms – including in Canada – technology is not a core component of how people learn,” he says.
  • Rachel Henderson on 28 Feb 12
     
    another plug for e-texts
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