Uncovering Steve Jobs’ Presentation Secrets

2 November 2009

For his new book, The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs, communications coach Carmine Gallo watched hours of Jobs’ keynotes. He identifies the five elements of every presentation by the Apple CEO

[Source: BusinessWeek]

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EDUCAUSE Live: Digitally Literate Storytellers

16 September 2009

For the student researcher, digital literacy is about navigation, assessment, citation, and incorporation of credible digital information from ever-expanding resources. But digital literacy extends beyond intelligent consumption to encompass production and storytelling—skills that are emerging as essential to teaching, learning, and scholarship. This seminar examined the importance of storytelling and related skills in teaching and learning. Some of the reources included:

[Source: EDUCAUSE Live!]

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100 Awesome Open Courses for New Media Scholars | Online Universities.com

22 July 2009

By Kathleen Baker

New Media Studies has become increasingly popular in as a college major with the ever faster implementation of new technologies in recent years. For those who are unfamiliar, New media studies explores the possibilities of new digital media in communication, education and other social, political and intellectual facets, though the field itself is quite open ended. These free open courseware offerings will serve those who are already studying new media, who have an interest in the subject, and even those who know nothing about it at all. Check out this list of 100 courses to learn more about the many facets of new media and gain a better understanding of the type of material it encompasses.

via 100 Awesome Open Courses for New Media Scholars | Online Universities.com.

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Howard Rheingold: 21st Century Literacies

19 July 2009

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Twitter Hack Raises Flags on Security of Web Tools – NYTimes.com

17 July 2009

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and BRAD STONE

Published: July 15, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — You might think your password protects the confidential information stored on Web sites. But as Twitter executives discovered, that is a dangerous assumption.

The Web was abuzz Wednesday after it was revealed that a hacker had exposed corporate information about Twitter after breaking into an employee’s e-mail account. The breach raised red flags for individuals as well as businesses about the passwords used to secure information they store on the Web.

On Web sites containing personal information like e-mail, financial data or documents, there is usually just a user name and password for protection. More individuals are storing information on Web servers, where it is accessible from any online computer through services offered by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, social networks like Facebook or back-up services like Mozy.

But password-protected sites are growing more vulnerable because to keep up with the growing number of passwords, people use the same simple ones on numerous sites across the Web. In a study last year, Sophos, a security firm, found that 40 percent of Internet users use the same password for every Web site they access.

via Twitter Hack Raises Flags on Security of Web Tools – NYTimes.com.

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loose wire blog: The Gap in Michael Jacksons Online Death

1 July 2009

Interesting post on the Loose Wire blog about how the game has changed for traditional media because so many amateurs and semi-amateurs are also playing now.

Michael Jackson is dead. You’ve probably heard that already. But where did you hear it?

Chances are you read about it on twitter. Or more or less anywhere except for the traditional media channels, unless you’re late riser and live in Asia.

Jackson’s death, more than any other news event since 9/11, has captivated the world. Everyone knows who he is/was, and everyone is affected, to some degree, by his death.

But his passing is as likely to be remembered for the manner of its telling as for anything else. Jackson’s death was an online death—at the heart of the West Coast, at the heart of the Internet.

Via Loose Wire blog, The Gap in Michael Jackson’s Online Death

http://www.loosewireblog.com/2009/06/the-gap-in-michael-jacksons-online-death.html

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The cost of open: $200 app that does nothing hits Android’s Market » VentureBeat

9 May 2009

MG Siegler | February 23rd, 2009

Ever since the launch of the G1, the first phone to use Google’s Android mobile operating system, key industry players and fans have been touting the platform’s “openness.” What they don’t tell you though, is that there’s a downside to openness — one that took mere hours to manifest itself in a small way in Android Market upon the launch of paid applications last week: Shady applications.

Let’s be clear: Apple has had its share of shady applications in the App Store’s brief history. But when an application like I Am Rich appeared, selling for $999 and offering users nothing except a red gem on the screen, Apple quickly removed it. But now, with the more open Android Market, guess what’s back? Yep, say hello to I Am Richer, the first true rip-off Android app. Notice, I said “first.”

via The cost of open: $200 app that does nothing hits Android’s Market » VentureBeat.

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