Posted on April 27, 2008 by joanvinallcox
The Future of Reputation is an interesting overview of what is happening to humans today as we become more and more enmeshed in our communications technology and culture. Solove says:
In the past, oral gossip could tarnish a reputation, but it would fade from memories over time. People could move elsewhere and start anew. The printed [...]
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Posted on April 26, 2008 by joanvinallcox
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My (New) Blogging Pattern
I used to try and blog once or twice a week - and felt badly if I failed to keep my blog current. My earliest blogs were long ruminations, almost essays, using academically correct formatting and referencing. I actually kept two, sometimes three blogs, trying to keep my professional, academic, [...]
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Posted on April 14, 2008 by joanvinallcox
This is a great little video talking about our new communication tool, the web, and how it changing us. The video also demonstrates how using simplicity can really add to communication.
With thanks to Julie Lindsay who shared it on Twitter, and Charles Leadbeater who created it
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Posted on April 11, 2008 by joanvinallcox
Cathy Moore helps people learn how to replace is/are/ etc. with more active verbs. Check it out - http://blog.cathy-moore.com/?p=207 - It’s short, it’s fun, and it makes its point clearly. (Am I contradicting her point? ;->
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Posted on April 10, 2008 by joanvinallcox
This video by Loic Lemeur is intimidating, inspiring and irritating.
Intimidating because he has such wide ranging use of the social media;
Inspiring because I get some idea what I want to spend more time with; and
Irritating because it pauses every few seconds and you have to wait for it to go on.
found through my Bloglines - [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2008 by joanvinallcox
People decide about what to read, on paper or on the web, before they de-code a single word. If the page looks dense and/or difficult, readers, unless they are highly motivated, will just move on. When people learn to write or to create a web page, they should, IMHO, learn about readability as the same [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by joanvinallcox
The web is a constantly changing space, and many people are afraid to dip their toes in the web stream for fear of being stung by a digital stingray. And rightfully so. In my experience, weaving through through the email flow, are false warnings and ugly offerings, fraudulent phishers, and identity thieves. The web is [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2008 by joanvinallcox
I have just had a fun couple of hours making and uploading my first screencast, just under 5 minutes long. You can see the results here:
I have found many people don’t know how to use Styles in MSWord, and many other word-processing applications, to automatically generate a Table of Contents. I think this is a [...]
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Posted on March 14, 2008 by joanvinallcox
It seems to me that for teachers and entrepreneurs, one of the most useful, and the easiest, web2.0 applications is the wiki. Many people who are new to web2.0 aren’t sure what a wiki is. It is an interactive website that can be edited without using HTML, just by using a set of icons, [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2008 by joanvinallcox
I’m finding it fascinating watching how the web is influencing the look and structure of newspapers. By the 1940s, magazines with their frequent images had begun influencing newspapers, as pictures became frequent, especially on the front page.
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Readers read by glancing at various headlines and choosing articles, and often reading [...]
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