In which alternate dimension does this "More like Barbara Nixon" make sense? @PerezHilton? Huh? RT @TweetDeck: Posterous blogs on custom domains are suffering a DDoS attack, so the TweetDeck blog can currently be found here ... The Age-Old Question: Can I Pick Your Brain? By: Gini Dietrich | August 5, 2010 | Yesterday Jason Falls wrote a great blog post about incentive-based consulting and the age-old question in a service business…what do we do when someone asks “can I pick your brain?”
…for free. Jason makes a couple of points I’d like to illustrate. 1. A couple of weeks ago Peter Shankman tweeted the following: 2. 3. I think Jason’s blog post is less about incentive-based consulting and more about something that is rampant in the industries where people sell their brains for a living. On the second point, I know Kami thinks Peter’s tweet is arrogant and her post on the topic talks about how fame breeds arrogance. But I cannot say yes to everyone because almost all of it takes me away from my vision. They include: * Picking my brain by asking me a question on the Arment Dietrich Facebook wall – I answer one question, via video, every week. * Subscribing to the Arment Dietrich YouTube channel, where all of our free advice videos are stored.
Views: Teaching With Blogs. “It is my impression that no one really likes the new. We are afraid of it. It is not only as Dostoevsky put it that 'taking a new step, uttering a new word is what people fear most.' Even in slight things the experience of the new is rarely without some stirring of foreboding.” --Eric Hoffer, Between The Devil And The Dragon I tried the new in fall 2009, teaching with student blogs, (look in sidebar and scroll down) out in the open where anyone who wanted to could see what the students were producing.
The blogging wasn’t new for me. I’d been doing that for almost five years. The uncertainty about how best to assist the students once they had taken the plunge created an important symmetry between the students and me; we both were to learn about how to do this well, often by first doing it less well. Most of the students were quite awkward in their initial blogging. I'm crustier now than I was as a younger faculty member. A positive feedback loop can be created by this process. Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers | Ten Typefaces of the Decade. In 1998, in the middle of millennium-induced listmaking mania, I wrote a short piece for Letterspace, the newsletter of the Type Directors Club, on the “top 100 typefaces of all time.” The list was based on the historical, technological, or theoretical importance of each design rather than its aesthetics.
Initially, the list caused barely a ripple, but once it ended up on the TDC website (minus its introduction) several years later, it spread throughout the Internet. Most sites simply passed the list along without understanding its underlying premises, but 100types by Ben Archer sought to build upon it. Archer, who developed the site as part of his work towards a Masters Degree in Art & Design at AUT University (Auckland, New Zealand), tried to track down digital versions of each font. He then categorized each face six different ways: size, style, purpose, alphabetically, geographically, and chronologically. This list is not definitive. Clearview Retina Minuscule Magma Warnock Pro Freight Yale. Google Analytics blog - tips and best practices | Communications Conversations. When was the last time you checked your Google Analytics reports?
IF you’re like most, it’s not enough. We put so much time and effort into developing rockstar content for our blogs and promoting them, sharing and commenting that we don’t spend nearly enough time analyzing the data and adjusting our blogging approaches. I’ve made a concerted effort recently to change that (personally, for this blog, to be clear–I check client data weekly or daily in some situations). As I’ve been checking and playing with Google Analytics more, I’ve ran across a number of key metrics I find myself checking more often than others.
. * New vs. . * Visitor loyalty: This section is a treasure trove of stats. . * Referring sites: Great tool for identifying exactly where your blog traffic is coming from. . * Keywords: Quick, basic tip: Start strategically tagging and planning for keywords you want to be searched for using the Google Ad Keywords tool, and watch it pop up (hopefully) in this area. RT @GuyKawasaki: 10 things your waiter doesn't want you to know. Sorry for the delay in tweeting…some excitement aboard the. 5edhyp - Uploaded by prenotes. Share photos on Twitter. Work Out Anywhere | Women's Health Magazine. NASCAR To Abandon Racing Portion Of Business, Concentrate On Ads | The Onion - America's Finest News Source. Syllabus Scavenger Hunt « Becoming Learner Centered. In our discussion this morning, we chatted about our syllabi. The consensus was that (most) students don’t really read the syllabi in their courses. One strategy to get around this that I’ve implemented this year is having them complete a Syllabus Scavenger Hunt on the first day of class.
I briefly introduce the syllabus to the students, then I break them into small groups. Working collaboratively, they discover the answers to the following questions about the syllabus for the course. What is your professor’s name? Like this: Like Loading... The Elements of Style: Twitter Edition. I have at least four copies of The Elements of Style. Originally published in 1918 by William Strunk, Jr., this book has truly stood the test of time. It’s been a great writing resource for me over the years, even though there are still dozens of its rules that I break with each blog post. I recently read the book again and noticed how many of the rules are relevant for Twitter and other short-form, social media writing. Here are some guidelines for tweeting adapted from or inspired by The Elements of Style. I hope you find these suggestions helpful and entertaining: Elementary Rules of Usage in Tweets In a series of three or more terms, use a comma after each term except the last.
Elementary Principles of Tweet Composition Use the active voice. Elements of Style Rules You Won’t Find in The Elements of Style William Strunk, Jr., or E.B. Don’t use more than one hashtag at a time. This advice only helps you if you actually want your tweets to be represented as good writing. ‘Pants on the Ground' guy debunks rumors of his death. Seth's Blog: A post-industrial A to Z digital battledore. New times demand new words, because the old words don't help us see the world differently. Along the way, I've invented a few, and it occurs to me that sometimes I use them as if you know what I'm talking about. Here, with plenty of links, are 26 of my favorite neologisms (the longest post of the year, probably): A is for Artist: An artist is someone who brings humanity to a problem, who changes someone else for the better, who does work that can't be written down in a manual.
Art is not about oil painting, it's about bringing creativity and insight to work, instead of choosing to be a compliant cog. (from Linchpin). B is for Bootstrapper: A bootstrapper is someone who starts a business with no money and funds growth through growth. C is for Choice: I didn't coin the term the Long Tail, but I wish I had. D is for Darwin: Things evolve. E is for Edgecraft: Brainstorming doesn't work so well, because most people are bad at it.
I is for Ideavirus: A decade ago a wrote a book that was free. Do you Tweet or email 1st each morning? Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the Digital Age. Lines on Plagiarism Blur for Students in the Digital Age. At , the tip-off to one student’s copying was the purple shade of several paragraphs he had lifted from the Web; when confronted by a writing tutor his professor had sent him to, he was not defensive — he just wanted to know how to change purple text to black.
And at the , a student reprimanded for copying from Wikipedia in a paper on said he thought its entries — unsigned and collectively written — did not need to be credited since they counted, essentially, as common knowledge. Professors used to deal with plagiarism by admonishing students to give credit to others and to follow the style guide for citations, and pretty much left it at that. But these cases — typical ones, according to writing tutors and officials responsible for discipline at the three schools who described the plagiarism — suggest that many students simply do not grasp that using words they did not write is a serious misdeed. Digital technology makes copying and pasting easy, of course. Ms. A anthropologist, Susan D. Too due list. U.S. Travel. Um, is there something wrong with my dog? She's glowing. Twitter Cluelessness : The World. Social Media Engagement, Strategy, and Policy Development « Social Media Monitoring and Engagement – Radian6.
As we work toward making sense of online engagement it’s important we’re able to look to each other for examples of what’s working and what’s not, and speak with each other openly about our strategies and processes for managing our own conversations on the web. You’ve probably seen a few companies release their own internal engagement guidelines and policies for public consumption in an effort to be candid and transparent about their online interactions.
We applaud that openness and feel that kind of process sharing is invaluable to understanding the true potential social media integration holds for businesses. We’re throwing our hat in the ring this month and offering up our own monitoring and engagement playbook – yes, the one we use within the walls of Radian6 – to give you a taste of what engagement looks like for a company that lives and breathes through the power of the social web. Is there a car there? Hard to tell w/ that camouflage paint job! | TweetPhoto. Gulf Loop Current Stalls from BP Oil Disaster. YOWUSA.COM, 01-August-10Marshall Masters An Open System in Trouble The Loop Current is a clockwise flow that extends northward into the Gulf of Mexico and joins the Yucatan Current and the Florida Current to the Gulf Stream. Although at first glance the Loop Current appears confined within the Gulf, scientists define it as an “element of an extremely complex, open system”: as all other “elements” of the so-called “Earth System”, are not separable from the others.
These various “elements” of the Earth System (i.e., atmosphere, landmasses and so forth) are so strongly correlated to one another that at some point, they become indivisible. Why is this important to all life on the planet? The Gulf Stream is a strong interlinked component of the Earth's global network of ocean conveyor currents, which drive the planet's weather systems. The Corexit Curse The use of Corexit as a dispersant was first brought to the public's attention during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. However, what makes Dr. Olympic Swimmer Amanda Beard Finds Joy Out of the Pool. Locks Of Love. A Miracle on Wheels. AEJMC: Social Media in the Classroom. Golden Chegg Sweepstakes – Rent Textbooks and Win Prizes. First look at the Presentation Zen bento box (presentation kit in a box) - Garr's posterous. Idiocy and brilliance of American policy toward entrepreneurs. Listen to the story of Aye Moah.
She grew up in one of the poorest countries on earth. She shouldn’t have many opportunities. Yet here she was, talking with me at a Silicon Valley party after the Always On conference. The route she took? She went to MIT. How did she get in? But now keep listening. Yet she can’t work here in the United States. Let me get this right. Shame on America. Even if she were to get a work visa, it probably would be from a bigger company that would treat her poorly (I keep hearing stories of how immigrants are treated like crap and can’t leave, otherwise their work visa will be yanked).
But, standing next to her was Ronald Mannak. Here in Silicon Valley it’s different. So, here, in one video, you have a demonstration of how American policy is both brilliant and idiotic at the same time. It’s amazing how anti immigrant we’ve become. This is why I support the Startup Visa project and urge you to support it too. Podcast: Brian Hughes on Redesigning Course Materials to Reflect Social Media. Does Language Influence Culture? PilotHandwriting.com.
3 Common Craft Videos That Should Be In Your Training Library. New Skills For A New Generation. Last month, more than 100 academics from around the globe descended upon New York City at Edelman’s fourth annual New Media Academic Summit, hosted by New York University and Syracuse University. In case you weren’t able to make it, the panels and insights are posted on the website and definitely worth checking out. Between the panels featuring industry leaders, I participated on a panel of new professionals. Our discussion focused on what the industry is like for new professionals and how much our education prepared us for this field. Here are some of the highlights: New methods of research More than just new spaces for brands to execute campaigns, the new digital landscape also offers more opportunities for research and analysis of trends, conversations and opportunities.
Walk the walk, talk the talk Playing on Facebook and posting on Twitter doesn’t make you a social media expert. Curiosity and creativity The old skills are important, too.