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Aug 26

L2A Links for August 26th

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.

Jan 13

louisgray.com: What Social Media Is and What Social Media Is Not – Another great post from Mike Fruchter that looks at what social media is and is not. Takes a wider, less-personal perspective than his last post I shared (40 Key Elements…).
louisgray.com: 40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media – For those of you thinking about putting your personal shingle out on the social Web, Mike Fruchter provides detailed steps for becoming a social networking mover and/or shaker.

Dec 01

The Enterprise 2.0 Recovery Plan – Andrew McAfee posts a thoughtful (and log) review of the tenets and principles behind Enterprise 2.0 from the perspective of being "put in charge of IT as part of the turnaround effort at a big US automaker". A great review of E2.0 ideals
Biggest Battle Yet For Social Networks: You, Your Identity And Your Data On The Open Web – The identity convergence begins. And we all thought it would be OpenID…

Nov 12

TogetherLearn – From the site: "togetherlearn is a turn-key platform where knowledge workers can collaborate, solve problems, converse, share ideas, brainstorm, learn, bond, talk, explain, communicate, conceptualize, tell stories, help one another, teach, serve customers, clue in partners, keep up to date, meet, flirt, shout, forge partnerships, build communities, and distribute information."
A Critical Choice Regarding Innovation – O’Reilly Radar – Good post from Tim O'Reilly regarding innovation and the drivers behind it. It reminds us that collective intelligence is strong in problem solving and knowledge gathering, but there are other drivers at work behind successful innovation
Enterprise 2.0: Identify Problem, Find Solution, Then Tools | SocialComputingMagazine.com – Stephen Collins (who I had the great pleasure of teaming with to deliver Web 2.0 learning in Australia) posts an insightful entry on how technology is only the enabler for successful Enterprise 2.0: "Enterprise 2.0 is about the tools least of all – it's principally about people and organisations, the cultures within and among them…"

Aug 18

TV remains top source of news even as online grows –
Why We’re Failing in Math and Science – O’Reilly Radar – A great post from Tim O'Reilly reminding us how America is "dumbing down" just when we need to be building education and intelligence in order to compete in the global marketplace.
Do Social Networks Bring the End of Privacy?: Scientific American – SciAm considers how new Web behaviors are changing our ideas of privacy and ponders if "Existing law should be extended to allow some privacy protection for things that people say and do in what would have previously been considered the public domain."