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Kindle Highlights Social Learning

March 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Highlight

When you look at the kindle edition of books on Amazon.com, you can now see what other people have highlighted in their editions of the ebook. This means you have a fabulous way to share what you’re learning and a socially-generated way to learn from others. It’s sort of like Cliff-notes for the digital era. While I’ve struggled with becoming an online book reader, this feature shows me possibilities that truly advance publishing into a more collaborative age. Rather than just look through ratings from other readers, I’m going to scan through the points that leaped out and resonated with previous readers. [...] Read more →

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All Creation is Co-Creation

March 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Co-creation

Many have this idea of the true innovator toiling alone. But this is not true. The best creative is not made in a vacuum. Creation of anything is always a collaborative process, regardless of how it seems from afar. Everything is derivative, no matter how original you think your thought is. So, when looking for true innovation remember that whatever you may have developed working alone, it could be made much richer by working with others. via Co-Creation :: Cube Grenades from gapingvoid art. [...] Read more →

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Social Media Demographics: Who Uses Which Sites?

November 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Social Media Demographics from Flowtown

Numerous social media sites have witnessed explosive growth of their user bases in the last several years, but it’s a known fact that the type of user a site attracts varies greatly. Have you ever wondered which sites attract the most educated of social media users, or those that pull in the highest income? This [...] Read more →

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Make the case for social business

May 4, 2011 By 1 Comment

[Updated last February 21, 2012] Recently I’ve been speaking with many organizations about the benefits of social business in the workplace. My talks are sprinkled with statistics about our changing world. There are for more interesting numbers and resources than I could ever reference so I’m creating this post (which will get revised over time) [...] Read more →

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