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| | DAVID WEINBERGER JULY 3, 2012 [2b2k]The inevitable messiness of digital metadata Neil Jeffries , research and development manager at the Bodleian Libraries , has posted an excellent op-ed at Wikipedia Signpost about how to best represent scholarly knowledge in an imperfect world. He sets out two basic assumptions: (1) Data has meaning only within context; (2) We are not going to agree on a single metadata standard. | ROSS DAWSON JULY 3, 2012 Rich insights into the state of social media today Here is a very good compilation of statistics, perspectives, and news on social media as at the middle of 2012: 2H12: The State of Social Media & Social Media Marketing in the Second Half of 2012. View more presentations from Esteban Contreras. Facebook has 71% of social network ad revenue. Google account for 44.9% of all US online ad revenues. | TED JULY 3, 2012 More than 75 TEDTalks showing women in science and tech “Science: It’s a Girl Thing!” That’s what is claimed in a goofy public service announcement, made by the European Commission, which aims to convince young women that science careers are in fact “cool.” In the interview, Seltzer says that she does think the public image of “scientists” as male affects young girls’ desire to join the ranks. | | | | | | | |
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ROSS DAWSON | TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012  Moving the CIO to the heart of strategy
My recent European speaking tour was divided around equally between deep dives into crowdsourcing and where it is going, and keynotes and workshops for Chief Information Officers on shifts in the business environment and how that will shape the future of the IT function. Click on the image for full-size pdf. Responsive. Extended. Networked. MORE >> -
JAY CROSS | TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012  What’s missing from the informal learning discussion
At mLearnCon, I chatted with Float’s Jeff Tillett for a few minutes about why people should be interested in my experiential learning workshop. You can hear the entire conversation on the Float Learning Blog. Jeff and I chat about mLearning, Tin Can, innovation, happiness, neuroscience, and my upcoming experiential workshop. Just Jay MORE >> -
LUIS SUAREZ | TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012  Social Task Management – When Social Business Got Down to Work – #e2conf Highlights
To get things going with the series of blog posts with highlights from the recent Enterprise 2.0 Cross-post from CMSWire …] Social Business (at long last!) is getting down to some serious work, allowing knowledge workers to become more effective and productive at what they already do, that is, excel at their jobs. Social Business is Maturing. MORE >> -
JAY CROSS | TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012  Oxford Debate on Informal Learning
A couple of years ago, several of us traveled to Oxford to debate whether Informal Learning was style or substance. Substance won out 5:1. Here’s a brief excerpt of my position. Related: The debate over informal learning. eLearn Magazine: The Oxford Union Debate on Informal Learning, Style or Substance? Just Jay MORE >> -
BETH KANTER | TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012  Balance the Spontaneous and Strategic of Social Media: Newsjacking and Obamacare
That’s because boards or senior management (or funders) don’t always understand these are part of a strategy that leads to the strategic results. Sometimes these early results are presented out of context and easily dismissed. Therefore it is very useful to show a logical path of results or describe in a logic model. MORE >>
- Pop quiz: What would you do if you knew Alzheimer’s disease was in your future? TED | TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012
- Boring = Good? Inspirational = Bad? BOB SUTTON | TUESDAY, JULY 3, 2012
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