Utecht’s Daily Links 09/25/2008
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Technorati: State of the Blogosphere 2008 – Day 2: The What And Why of Blogging
Why have blogs become a significant part of the media landscape so quickly? Just what is it that makes the medium of blogging so compelling? What are bloggers blogging about and why?
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Technorati: State of the Blogosphere 2008 – Day 1: Who Are the Bloggers?
Blogging is a global phenomenon
Although our survey was only administered in English, we heard from bloggers on six continents (although we’re sure someone is blogging from Antarctica). We had respondents from 66 countries, who publish blogs in 20 different languages.
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2¢ Worth » Being Measured — The State of the Blogosphere
This one struck me, though. 44% of bloggers are parents. Perhaps you might ask, during you next PTA meeting, how many in the audience have a blog.
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Design principles. From Google.
1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams.
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today’s and tomorrow’s business.
8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
9. Be worthy of people’s trust.
10. Add a human touch.(Link: Official Google Blog: What makes a design “Googley”?)
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But, I’ll say it again, what these condensed travels remind me is just how small the scope of all of this talk continues to be. The vast majority of those who I’ve been in rooms with the last three weeks have little idea of what is happening in the world and have given nary a thought to what this means for teaching and learning.
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Presentation Zen: Is education killing creativity?
British reporter Riz Khan put together a nice 20 minute interview last week with Sir Ken Robinson, our favorite creativity and education expert (and famous TED presenter). Even if you’ve seen Sir Ken’s 2006 TED presentation, you’ll find this interview an entertaining and thought-provoking refresher.
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The supply and demand curve isn’t a curve. It’s an abstraction of lots of individual behaviors.
And so, lots of organizations end up hitting a wall with no warning.
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The bigger point is that none of us are doing enough to challenge the assignment. Every day, I spend at least an hour of my time looking at my work and what I’ve chosen to do next and wonder, “is this big enough?”
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