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You’d think that certain things are obvious and don’t need to be explained. For example, a company like Intel deals with pretty cutting edge technology. This requires some fairly intelligent people. Apparently, even then, organizations have to tell their employees how to use social media: “These are the official guidelines for social media at Intel. [...]

Does the internet – social media in particular – act as a unifier? Apparently not, according to several researchers. Instead, social media amplifies existing social structures. Or, as danah boyd states, “pervasive social stratification is being reified in a new era”. Technology doesn’t (immediately) alter human nature. It provides new views (mirrors) for seeing what [...]

Trends can build and develop for long periods of time without significantly impacting status quo. Periodically, the trends coalesce and offer an expression of the nature of change. YouTube, for example, has had moments where it exerts its growing influence on existing political discourse (US presidential elections) and entertainment (pick any of the dozens of [...]

Alan Levine reflects on his experience attending an online seminar: “I recently felt like this wistful gal during a recent online seminar- isolated, lonely, and wishing to go outside and play. With nose-diving budgets and more work moving online, it’s time to raise the bar on how we run online events. Like a horrendously designed [...]

This should be fun (again): Stephen Downes and I will be offering Connectivism and Connective Knowledge 2009. I’ve posted a short introductory post on CCK09 on the course blog. We start on September 14, 2009. You can sign up for The Daily here. Even if you were signed up last year, you’ll need to sign [...]