Spectacle at Web2.0 Expo… from my perspective

Last week, I gave a talk at Web2.0 Expo. From my perspective, I did a dreadful job at delivering my message. Yet, the context around my talk sparked a broad conversation about the implications of turning the backchannel into part of the frontchannel. In the last week, I’ve seen all sorts of blog posts and tweets and news articles about what went down. At this point, the sting has worn off and I feel that it would be responsible to offer my own perspective of what happened. First, context. Because of the high profile nature of Web2.0 Expo, I decided to write a brand new talk. A week before the conference, I received word from the organizers that I was not going to have my laptop on stage with me. When I showed up at the conference, I realized that the setup was different than I imagined. I only learned about the Twitter feed shortly before my talk. When I walked out on stage, I was also in for a new shock: the lights were painfully bright. Yes, I cried. So…. the Backchannel?

FREE PowerPoint Twitter Tools WARNING: From March 5th, 2013, Twitter will progressively drop support for RSS feeds, breaking the tools below (except the AutoTweet plugin, which I have updated to the new API). I will try to find a solution, but no guarantees, I’m afraid… Ever wanted to make presentations a more interactive, Web 2.0 experience? The PowerPoint Twitter Tools prototypes are now available. There are currently eight tools – you can easily cut and paste them into your own PowerPoint decks: PowerPoint Twitter feedback slides PowerPoint AutoTweet, PowerPoint Twitter voting — bar charts and pie chart PowerPoint Twitter ticker bar PowerPoint Mood meter PowerPoint Crowd meter PowerPoint Zoom text PowerPoint Twitter update bar Download the PowerPoint presentation with embedded PowerPoint Twitter Tools as a .zip file (Office 2007) Download the PowerPoint presentation with embedded PowerPoint Twitter Tools as .ppt file (Office 2003) NOTE: Windows Only . Display a feedback slide with questions and comments from Twitter

Eerste Nationale Dag van de Bibliotheekinnovatie, met Livestreams Free Videos by Ustream.TV Op donderdag 26 november 2009 vindt in de Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek in Rotterdam de eerste Dag Nationale Dag van de Bibliotheekinnovatie plaats. De dag is open voor iedereen die direct en indirect verbonden is met de branche, met vrije inloop van 10.30 tot 17.00 uur. De landelijke Dag van de Bibliotheekinnovatie op 26 november is live te volgen via onderstaande url's: www.ustream.tv/channel/goudklompjeswebcam1www.ustream.tv/channel/goudklompjeswebcam2 Twitteren met hashtag #gk09 Degenen die tijdens deze dag willen twitteren, kunnen hun berichten over deze dag van #gk09 voorzien. Mensen De toekomst zit niet in beleidsnota’s, technologische oplossingen of in innovatiemanagement, maar in mensen die elke dag serieus met hun werk bezig zijn. Meesterproef Hoe innovatie van onderaf er in de praktijk uitziet, kunt u op donderdag 26 november zien in Rotterdam. Bron

Tweetree - Birds in a tree. ALT-C 2010 Into something rich and strange Nottingham, UK, 7-9 September 2010 Welcome to the web site for ALT-C 2010, the 17th International Conference of the Association for Learning Technology, which was held at the University of Nottingham. Flyer for the conference [871 kB PDF]. CrowdVine web site for conference delegates. Detailed conference programme. Conference Co-chairs Vanessa Pittard, Director of e-Strategy, Becta, UK; Richard Noss, Professor of Mathematics Education at the Institute of Education, Co-director of the London Knowledge Lab, UK, and Director of the Technology Enhanced Learning phase of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. Speakers There was a welcoming keynote from Saul Tendler, the University of Nottingham's Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning, and Professor of Biophysical Chemistry. Keynote speakers Barbara Wasson University of Bergen, Norway Unfortunately, illness prevented Barbara from travelling to ALT-C and giving her keynote. Sugata Mitra Newcastle University, UK Invited speakers Exhibitors

Welcome | Hudson Valley Community College Radio 1 Wat wil het geval? Kroonprinses Victoria en haar verloofde Daniel Westling trouwen op 19 juni, en de prinses wil dat papa Carl Gustaf haar naar het altaar leidt. U mag dat heel gewoon vinden, maar Ingmar-met-de-pet denkt daar anders over. In Zweden is de vrouw namelijk geen "bezit dat van de ene aan de andere man overgaat". Dat is ook de mening van negen priesters, meldt de Zweedse nationale omroep SVT. Wat u misschien ook mag verbazen is dat de Zweedse kerk geliefden zowel voor God als voor de staat met elkaar verbindt. En nu we toch in de royaltysfeer bezig zijn, in de gespecialiseerde pers wordt Daniel Westling ook wel de 'sport hunk' genoemd.

iPad bezitters zijn rijk, hoog opgeleid en niet vriendelijk Wired heeft een (niet al te wetenschappelijk) onderzoek laten doen naar het profiel van de huidige i-Pad eigenaren. Op basis van een onderzoek onder 20.000 mensen heeft MyType de persoonlijkheden geanalyseerd. En wat blijkt: de eigenaren van iPad zijn extreem meer rijker, gesofisticeerder, hoog opgeleid, en boven gemiddeld geinteresseerd in zakendoen en geld, en verder minder dan gemiddeld scorend op altruïsme en vriendelijkheid. Volgens de typologie van MyType is dat dus "Selfish". Verder wisten we al van een eigen onderzoek van Yahoo dat de iPad gebruikers overwegend van het mannelijke geslacht zijn en vooral zoeken op: nieuws, sport, financiën en Flickr. Overigens critici van de iPad bezitten voor 96% het apparaat zelf niet en behoren volgens dat MyType onderzoek tot de categorie "independent geeks" categorie. Het lijkt erop dat dit iPad afzeiken voor deze categorie een vorm is om hun identiteit te verklarien.

The Learning Layer – Review The Learning Layer: Building the next level of intellect in your organization, begins with some solid insights on how learning is the key to performing in the networked workplace. Learning has been the traditional realm of HR while most systems are supported by IT. This means that HR supports the people who produce the tacit knowledge while IT supports the systems that store the explicit knowledge. Steve Flinn, the author, uses the analogy of knowledge as stock and learning as flow. An organization’s intellectual capital is a factor of both, which “makes it really clear just how inseparable the management of a business’s knowledge is from the learning processes”. The proliferation of current web technologies now presents us with two major opportunities: The knowledge and insights within the heads of people can be leveraged without overtly taking actions to make it so. The first three parts of the book are full of good ideas, insight and analysis, but Part 4 is a bit of a letdown.

Overview | Text 2.0 Google's Long History of Social Media Attempts [INFOGRAPHIC] Sure Facebook privacy issues can be frustrating, but what's the alternative? With more than 400 million users, no other social media platform has been able to touch Facebook's grip on person-to-person networking. But rumors have already started to fly that Facebook may soon face some stiff new competition. Google is supposedly getting into the market with Google Me, a not-yet-launched, oft-rumored social network that will directly compete with Facebook. Still, Google hasn't had the best track record when it comes to social media attempts. EDIT: The graphic has been updated to include Google Lively. More Google Resources from Mashable: - 10 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Google- 10 Must-See Google Street View Sightings- 5 Must-See Google Easter Eggs- 4 Ways Non-Profits Can Use Google Buzz- The Small Business Guide to Google Apps [img credit: Robert Scoble]

Twitter at conferences is (relatively) new and if the presenters aren't aware it is being used and skilled in how to intereact with it things can go terribly wrong. by cybertactix Dec 18