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Social media terms make ‘word of the year’

Social media terms make ‘word of the year’

Twitter, Facebook and Google make their presence felt in the ‘words of the year’…

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15+ resources to learn more about social media

Thanks to all who attended my seminar at the Create Conference today – ‘What is social media, and why should I care’? As promised, here are 15+ resources to learn more about social media…

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Responding to the internet revolution

Responding to the internet revolution

These two videos illustrate the rapid changes to our lives that are being driven by the internet. How should we respond?

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Study reveals technology driving generation gaps

The Barna Group have just completed a study exploring “how technology is shaping different experiences and expectations among generations.” The study was done in America, but the results and implications are similar (I think) in other countries, such as Australia. I suggest you read the overview, but here are a couple of things I found [...]

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Trying to understand technology

“First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII – and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we’ve realised it’s a brochure”.
- Douglas Adams (quoted in “The reason [...]

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A Delicious solution to managing your library

A Delicious solution to managing your library

With a large personal library containing many gems of wisdom, I wanted to make it a resource that friends from church, College and the like could really benefit from, without the stress for me of having to remember where the books have all gone, and then chase them up. Enter Delicious Library 2…

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