Informal Learning Flow

 An interesting list of articles and posts from Informal Learning Flow -  August 1, 2009 to August 30, 2009 Featured Sources.

Corporate Blog Design

Smashing Magazine has a good article on curent trends in corpoarte blog design

Google cafferine

Google are in the process of making the biggest overhaul of their search technology since 2006. They have recently made a preview of their system available at http://www2.sandbox.google.com. The UI remains the same, but there has been a major rewrite under the hood.

Communities, Networks and what sits in between

Nancy White speaking on communities and networks. 

http://www.fullcirc.com/wp/2009/08/06/communities-networks-and-what-sits-in-between/

Wisdom

IT TAKES A TRAIN

By Jeffrey Zeldman on wisdom

When asked why there’s so much pain Jesus and Buddha will tell me the same: “Shit happens, and people change.”

How to use social media Strategically

How To Use Social Media Strategically in the Federal Government on Howcast
This is an outstanding 3 minute video on Social Media from General Services Administation (GSA) and HowCast.com

The video provides 6 “how-to” steps to implementing social media for the purposes of collaboration, information sharing, information exchange, keeping pace of fast moving events in real-time, and harnessing the collective ingenuity of the public to support mission.

 

From: The Total CIO

How People spend their time

Great interactive graphic from the Times depicting how people spend their time.

IdeaEncore Network

IdeaEncore Network, an online marketplace for the sharing of ready-to-use tools, presentations, course outlines, templates, and project plans within and between nonprofit organizations. The system is designed to provide incentives for sharing and a range of intellectual property protections for shared materials.

Technorati launches Twittorati

Technorati just announced the launch of Twittorati. According to Technorati, “Twittorati is where the blogosphere meets the Twittersphere: what top bloggers are tweeting about, and how these trends compare to blogosphere trends. You’ll be able to filter tweets by topic, see the most tweeted blog posts, and compare leading blogosphere and Twitter trends.”