Or how do we escape the ‘experts‘ in the echo chamber? Inspired by @jeffjarvis, whose recent post on TEDxNYed: This is bullshit got me thinking about this whole ‘expertise‘ thing again. Iconoclasts are the people who tear down the idols of faith. Traditionally this has been a religious activity, but the growth of a secular society has seen the development of secular idols of faith. … Continue reading Where have all the iconoclasts gone?
Social media and social networking do not reduce the need for good social skills. Rather, the disconnection from physical presence in online communication makes social skills (what some call EQ) even more critical. Some of the recent fracas rebounding across Twitter are a good example of this – covered well by various people including @kimota and @mUmBRELLA. The basic skills for building relationships include reciprocity, … Continue reading Real world social values and social networking
Spoke during the last session of the day at Media 140 Perth about realtime web and how it might evolve into an internet of connected people and things. Our evolution towards a networked and hyperconnected society is under way. The slides might be somewhat opaque without the commentary but please feel free to ping me with any questions. Media140 Perth – Realtime Really?http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=media140perth-100226013934-phpapp02&stripped_title=media140perth View more … Continue reading realtime really? my slides from #media140
Crowdsourcing is very trendy these days and is touted as the answer to many of the ills of poor design and the need to reduce costs. In these cash strapped days any way to make innovation better-cheaper-faster is extremely desirable. But crowdsourcing is just one of the many tools we have at our disposal, and each tool is suited to particular kinds of applications. To … Continue reading 5 reasons crowdsourcing is stupid
2009 ranks as both the year that social media went mainstream and as the year that we saw a seismic shift in the comfortable world of traditional media. Some evidence of the former is the fact that Dell made $6.5 million in direct sales via Twitter. Further evidence is the rise of the social media job, with titles like Emerging Media Manager, Senior Digital Strategist … Continue reading Social media 2009 and beyond
There are three areas that are relevant to both our society in general and to us as educators in particular. They are the: overall landscape in which we are operating; social implications of the changes being driven by technology and how we are using it; and changing models that are beginning to impact on educational practice. Landscape Before we leap into a look at the … Continue reading Social media, web 2.0 and implications for education
I really enjoyed the opportunity to present to the TAFE teachers of the Western Sydney Insititute recently about social computing and its implications for education. Slides follow and more detailed notes will be posted shortly. Social & Learning Implications http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=sociallearningimplications-091215185321-phpapp01&stripped_title=social-learning-implications View more presentations from Kate Carruthers. Continue reading Social computing and its implications for education
I had the pleasure of running into Jim Shomos the other night & he was telling me about his latest project – Mordy Koots. This project is amazing in the way that it brings together so many of the threads of film, gaming, web and social computing. Lots of the ideas that people have discussed, such as the shifting consumption patterns for new media, are … Continue reading Is Mordy Koots a glimpse into the future of entertainment?
I always like to keep up with what Dion Hinchcliffe’s thinking and recently he’s been talking about How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business, and particularly about how businesses are driving the change almost by accident, in spite of the IT department. For example: These days in the halls of IT departments around the world there is a growing realization that … Continue reading Web and the reshaping of IT
Spoke at the Bunbury ACS Chapter the other night (g’day to @Moist & @nezzle) – about the future of computing and the impact of social computing. We had a really interesting discussion about privacy (and the death thereof as I have been prone to argue) and the possible futures arising from the social computing revolution. My friend, Mark Pesce, has written extensively on the impact … Continue reading Who will be the makers if computing becomes a utility?
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