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Privacy is not about control over data nor is it a property of data.  It's about a collective understanding of a social situation's boundaries and knowing how to operate within them.  In other words, it’s about having control over a situation. It's about understanding the audience and knowing how far information will flow.  It’s about trusting the people, the situating, and the context.  People seek privacy so that they can make themselves vulnerable in order to gain something: personal support, knowledge, friendship, etc.

1) Security Through Obscurity Is a Reasonable Strategy 2) Not All Publicly Accessible Data is Meant to be Publicized 3) People Who Share PII Aren’t Rejecting Privacy 4) Aggregating and Distributing Data Out of Context is a Privacy Violation 5) Privacy is Not Access Control

Social norms can and are changing, but that doesn't mean that privacy has been thrown out the door. People care deeply about privacy, care deeply about maintaining context.  But they also care about publicity, or the right to walk out in public and be seen. 

Myth 1: Students Are Technology Wizards

In particular, students don't like to learn new user interface styles. They prefer websites that employ well-known interaction patterns.

Students often judge sites on how they look. But they usually prefer sites that look clean and simple rather than flashy and busy.

Here is the 10 mins video and a few notes, there are many more trends but I did not have more time. Thanks Robert for recording it.

You can think of building your own Personal Learning Network as an attempt to create this “learning loop” for yourself using the tools at your disposal. Instead of a bunch of teachers selecting challenging information for you, the Internet gives you access to a world of bloggers, tweeters, speakers, photographers, videographers, and colleagues who will teach you anything you want for nothing more than the price of your time and attention. All they ask of you is to think about it, question it, master the skills, and respond in a thoughtful way. You can participate in this conversation by writing your own blog, tweeting, organizing sources, speaking, and teaching others in the way that works best for you.

VideoClix production offers a hassle free way of producing clickable videos in record time. Simply provide the source video and tracking instructions and the VideoClix Smartrack technology adds all relevant hotspots to the video.

The Pirate’s Dilemma tells the story of how youth culture drives innovation and is changing the way the world works. It offers understanding and insight for a time when piracy is just another business model, the remix is our most powerful marketing tool and anyone with a computer is capable of reaching more people than a multi-national corporation.

Podio, where you work. For the first time ever you can create your own work tools and shape the way you work. No technical skills required. No dependency on IT.

First, and foremost, even though most of the social web action is personal, the revolution has been a communications revolution, first and foremost, not a business revolution. As a result of this irrevocable change in the what, where, when and how we communicate, businesses need to learn how to use these new communications channels – because that’s how their existing and potential customers are communicating. Its simple really.

1. Find out where they are communicating such as Twitter and Facebook as well as traditional channels (phone, email) and understand how to use those channels. Outreach, in other words.

2. Find out what they need from you to communicate and provide them with the channels to do that e.g. a service community. Inputs, in other words.

we're in a "venture capital revival.

there are several factors that have radically changed the investment landscape: Internet companies reach critical mass faster, for example, and capital markets are better informed

VC revival will require venture capital to change. He predicts a shorter investment cycle, for one, and an increasingly active secondary position market

You can think of the Mob4Hire crowd as a global community of people in over 152 countries, living a mobile lifestyle, that can do nearly anything you need them to (task must be ethical, of course), in exchange to being paid for their time and expertise. Our team of project managers makes sure you get quick results for your microtasks. And, thanks to our 128-bit encrypted escrow payment system, money will stay in our safekeeping until both parties agree that the tasks are complete. This guarantees your satisfaction!