Socialmedia | Learn to Adapt

Mar 12

L2A Links for March 12th

by Jeff Kelly

Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish | Video on TED.com – A great video from Dan Barber gives food for thought (ouch – bad pun) about sustainability and how we should give more thought to where we get what we eat.
Cheat Sheet For Social Media | Online Media Gazette – An interesting "cheat sheet" from Dre McLellan on how companies can leverage the various social media sites. Needs some review and validation…

Nov 15

by Jeff Kelly

Learning = getting the job done – Jay Cross provides a potpourri of ideas from DevLearn 09
Let’s Move Away From Social Media and Get Down to Business – ReadWriteEnterprise – Alex Williams has a good post (with a very funny video) about how social media has become status quo and the real business advantage coming from social computing. Good piece that looks beyond the hype and gets down to brass tacks (or at least Enterprise 2.0).

Oct 22

by Jeff Kelly

Disney’s Going Digital: Buy Once, Watch Anywhere – The slow boat of convergence is picking up speed.
U.S. Navy CIO: Social Media Should Be Part of Military IT Standard – U.S. Navy CIO Rob Carey wrote that social media is a resource for the American military that should be used to build trust and collaborate, both within and outside the organization.
How the Internet is Changing the Way We Will Watch TV: Scientific American – The slow boat of convergence continues to chug along…
Gartner: Loosen up on Social Networks, Security | Deep Tech – CNET News – The reality of enabling social networks marches on. From the article: "…corporate computing departments shouldn't block social networking and security shouldn't completely lock down communications with the outside world. And even if information technology authorities wanted to shut down such activity, they couldn't. "

Aug 26

by Jeff Kelly

STUDY: Social Media Is for Narcissists – I should really post this to Facebook to drive more traffic to my blog… ;o)
Multitasking Muddles Brains, Even When the Computer Is Off | Wired Science | Wired.com – A-ha! I told you so! OK – so maybe I've never told you, per se. But friends will tell you that "multitasking kills" has been a mantra of mine for years. Go back to single-threading and not only will your performance improve, but so will your mental well-being.

Aug 06

by Jeff Kelly

Mashable’s Twitter Guide Book Now Available for Download – And for those who are considering taking up the Tweet…
Why Teens Don’t Tweet – Interesting analysis by Ben Parr on why it might be that teens do not use Twitter.