Top 20 Mashable Reader Responses to "What is Social Media?" The Big QR > City of New York Blankets Times Square With Giant QR Codes. Cal State L.A. students want to study past 8 p.m. - latimes.com. Cal State L.A. students Stephanie Velasquez and Karla Chitay were stymied recently when they headed to the university library to study for a final exam: The facility had closed at 8 p.m. just before they arrived.
But a few feet away, scores of students were bent over laptops and textbooks in a makeshift open air study area. In Defense of Multitasking - David Silverman. By David Silverman | 11:50 AM June 9, 2010.
How (and Why) to Stop Multitasking - Peter Bregman. During a conference call with the executive committee of a nonprofit board on which I sit, I decided to send an email to a client.
I know, I know. You’d think I’d have learned. Last week I wrote about the dangers of using a cell phone while driving. 35 Great Social Media Infographics. 35 Great Social Media Infographics [Note: I recently updated this compilation to include some more recent visualizations... you can see it here.]
Here’s a collection of terrific social media infographics that might come in handy. As you probably know, infographics are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge. They illustrate information that would be unwieldy in text form and they act as a kind of visual shorthand, making information easy to understand and consume. The Tech Set. Listen to BLK JKS – ZOL! 50 Welcome Signs From 50 States. 10 Ways The Internet Wants To Get You Excited About The World Cup. Some of us don’t need any help.
Weeks ago, we could have told you the days, hours and minutes until South Africa faces Mexico in the FIFA 2010 World Cup’s first match—thanks to our ESPN World Cup iPhone app. Top 5 Social Media Myths Debunked. A First For a Smithsonian Institution Art Museum: The Hirshorn Releases iPhone/iPad/iTouch App « ResourceShelf. Do Open Academic Libraries Need Academic Librarians. I started the day by doing a quick dive into an open course on education futures.
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2010 World Cup: U.S. team's decades of futility. Listen to Kate Bush – Cloudbusting. TV. Faculty Burnout Has Both External and Internal Sources, Scholar Says - Faculty. By Audrey Williams June Washington Janie Crosmer, who recently earned a Ph.D. in health management at Texas Woman's University, wanted to know more about what causes faculty burnout.
So as part of her dissertation, she studied 411 full-time professors nationwide to find out. About half were tenured, 63 percent were female, and the average age of the respondents was 50. What Every New Generation of Bosses Has to Learn - The Conversation. By Robert I.
Sutton | 10:00 AM June 9, 2010 Recently, I posted a list of 12 Things Good Bosses Believe. Managing Yourself: Turn the Job You Have into the Job You Want. A 30-year-old midlevel manager—let’s call her Fatima—is struggling at work, but you wouldn’t know it from outward appearances.
A star member of her team in the marketing division of a large multinational foods company, Fatima consistently hits her benchmarks and goals. She invests long hours and has built relationships with colleagues that she deeply values. Resource List. Short List – New to transliteracy? Start here: Transliteracy: Take a Walk on the Wild Side, 75th Ifla General Conference And Council, 23-27 August 2009. How Political Campaigns Are Using Social Media for Real Results. The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. Gallery: Digitizing the past and present at the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress has nearly 150 million items in its collection, including at least 21 million books, 5 million maps, 12.5 million photos and 100,000 posters. The largest library in the world, it pioneers both preservation of the oldest artifacts and digitization of the most recent--so that all of it remains available to future generations.
I recently took a tour of two LoC departments that exemplify this mission: the Preservation Research and Testing Division in Washington, D.C., and the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Va. The library's preservation specialists use the latest technology to study and scan ancient books, maps and other historical artifacts. One process, called scanning electron microscopy, allows them to create elemental maps of manuscripts, identifying the chemical nature of inks and pigments, or the paper itself. Imperceptible changes made by artists appear plain as day when viewed using x-rays. The Death and Life of the Book Review. Wading through the year-end newspaper and magazine digests of politics and culture usually makes for dreary reading, and last year was no exception.
Some writers struggled to wring a drop of good news from the decade. Others strode to the bar and leveled indictments. The Internet Is Making You Smarter! HOW TO: Follow the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Twitter. For continuous World Cup coverage, check out Mashable's 2010 World Cup Hub, which will be updated throughout the games. The Both of It. Free 'NPR Music At Bonnaroo' Sampler. Unanimous faculty votes for institutional OA policies. The Small Stakes: Music Posters. Adidas Originals - Star Wars™ Cantina 2010. 2010 World Cup – The Ultimate Graphic and Data Resources Guide. The World Cup is coming!! 2010 FIFA World Cup: 3 Ways to Watch. For continuous World Cup coverage, check out Mashable's 2010 World Cup Hub, which will be updated throughout the games.
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