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Interesting chart showing the negative effect "in copyright" has on book sales. Also talk by Prof Paul Heald explaining the effect.

Interesting post on why Google needs to focus it's tablet development by letting go  of Android.

"If you want people to find and read your research, build up a digital presence in your discipline, and use it to promote your work when you have something interesting to share. It's pretty darn obvious, really" The huge benefit of tweeting about your research.

Learner created Mooc - interesting development

Interesting - although I couldn't get it to work when I tried!

Interesting search engine that searches in 2 languages side by side. Useful for language learners.

Blog from libertarian perspective on how to manage the internet - some interesting articles - summaries of recent books etc. Check out Adam Thierer posts.

links to three interesting articles on rethinking lecturing as a teaching method including a new experimental college in the USA - the University of Minnesota Rochester

The core proposition is that with the unprecedented amounts of digital data now becoming  available about learners' activities and interests, from educational institutions and elsewhere online, there is significant potential to make better use of this data to improve learning  outcomes.

Interesting service being developed to allow you to mirror your flickr images on your own server / domain. Where is Yahoo going after Delicious. You might want to look at this and other solutions to make sure you aren't burned if Flickr does a Magnolia.

Interesting read

Looking at the Occupy Wall Street protests through the eyes of a developer. An interesting examination of the components of a protest or social movement.

Interesting video about games and storytelling.

some interesting tools I have never heard of e.g. Wolfram Alpha

"Last month I shared 40+ networks that you could consider depending on your niche or interests. As part of my commitment to this community, I shared that I will  expand on this list throughout 2012. So here is the first addition to that build!  The topic- Curation!"

Interesting idea designed to codify pedagogy and encourage discussions about teaching values. That last bit reminds me of Auckland Uni's Heart project.

Some at useful times for NZ and some interesting stuff. Real world examples, not just "Be open, it's cool".

Looks interesting - not had time to read through it yet but provides a rubric for evaluating different components of digital fluency.

"I've just been in an interesting panel discussion at the JISC Online Conference on the subject of 'digital literacy'. The recording of the Elluminate session is available. The session reinforced to me just how diverse people's views on digital literacies are. Most new to the field make the assumption that digital literacy is singular and consists of basic skills in the digital realm. In effect, digital competency. Those more experienced in the field, such as Helen Beetham, talk of the importance of this baseline - the 'ABC' of digital literacy as she called it, but higher-level skills as well."