Everyone’s on Facebook (even my parents). You’ve got to have blog (even if no one reads it). How many tweets did you send today (3-so far, but I’ve had meetings all morning)? Social media is a buzzin’ (still) and will be for the foreseable future. Businesses all know that they’ve got to be in this space, but [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘web 2.0’
April 8, 2009
Real Education in Virtual Worlds that Will Blow Your Mind
When I say “virtual world,” what do you think about? To me, images of Star Trek’s “Holodeck” or the X-men’s “Danger Room” come to mind; in the “real world” I might point to World of Warcraft or Second Life (“SL”). Most of us would say those are just “games” and conclude that “virtual world” = [...]
March 12, 2009
Putting My Mom on Facebook
“What’s this Facebook?” my mom asked. “It’s a social networking site online,” I said. “Why?” She went on to tell me about a conversation she recently had with a distant relative through marriage. My mom was telling this person the latest news about my 2-month old son, Gilad. The distant relative through marriage responded, “oh [...]
April 14, 2009
Online A.D.H.D. (Purposeful Web 2.0 Browsing for the Ritalin Generation)
It seems like everyone has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (“ADHD”) these days (even though it only affects about 5% of the population). Our shortening attention spans are not helped in a Web 2.0 world where we are twittered down to 140 character status updates and keep connected with RSS feeds. As someone whose therapist has [...]
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