University to Provide iPads to All New Students

via mashable.com Seton Hill University will supply a new Apple iPad and a 13″ MacBook laptop to every full-time student arriving at its Greensburg, Pennsylvania, campus in fall 2010. The giveaway kicks off the small liberal arts university’s Griffin Technology Advantage Program, which aims to cultivate digital literacy among its students. It also marks a…

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How Conceptual Metaphors are Stunting Web Innovation

Venkatesh Rao is a researcher in the Xerox Innovation Group, and the project manager for Trailmeme, a research beta technology that allows users to blaze and follow trails through web content and the Trailmeme for WordPress plugin. He blogs at ribbonfarm.com. As much as we focus on developing new technologies, it is also essential that…

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How to use Twitter responsibly (or NOT)

AS MORE marketers use social media such as Twitter and Facebook in their professional and personal lives, the lines between the official company line and private comment are becoming increasingly blurred. In the past few days a spat between a senior executive at IBM and a journalist was played out very publicly on Twitter. IBM’s…

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Is it naff to sign off an e-mail with ‘cheers’ or ‘best’?

I have recently moved jobs from a fairly traditional bank to a much less formal commercial bank, where the friendly approach to business is encouraged. In most regards, I feel I am settling in well, but I still feel that the tone of my e-mails is not quite right. I am looking for an e-mail…

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The Seed Salon | Albert-László Barabási + James Fowler

via salon.seedmagazine.com Barabási mathematically describes networks in the World Wide Web, the internet, the human body, and society at large. Fowler seeks to identify the social and biological links that define us as humans. In this video Salon, Barabási and Fowler discuss contagion and the Obama campaign, debate the natural selection of robustness, and ask:…

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De-Mystifying Webinars series

I’m running a series of webinars for AITD – the Australian Institute for Training & Development – 28 Jan & 18Feb. If you’re new to webinars this is a must!! – Hope to see you online! 😉 Read the blurb the below: De-Mystifying Webinars: Webinars are an effective way to engage with geographically dispersed learners,…

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