Florence Foster Jenkins Florence Foster Jenkins was a singer in the early 1900's who "became famous for her complete lack of rhythm, pitch, tone, and overall singing ability." What's interesting about Florence, is that she seemed to have no clue that she had no talent. Florence makes me wonder. It's easy to listen to her… Read More
Except for the Super Bowl, I never show much interest in TV commercials. But last week two new spots from Kaplan University got my attention. I don't know enough about Kaplan to know if they can deliver on these messages. What I do know is that these messages are on the right track. Education must… Read More
We’ve all heard stories about college graduates looking for jobs but getting “foiled” by their Internet presence. We know that employers routinely search online for us when we’re looking for a job. It’s generally accepted that the kind of information a prospective employer finds online can impact their willingness to offer us a job. But… Read More
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Options, options, options. Should developers of content products take a lesson from the Obama campaign, transition, and, hopefully, the administration? The lesson: Give people what they want, where they want it. Options people had to monitor the campaign included:• The Obama iPhone application (campaign related)• BarackObama.com • Twitter • Text messages• Facebook If you’re… Read More
Earlier in September I attended the Global Information Industry Summit (GIIS). In one of the sessions David Nicholas, Director, School of Library Archive and Information Studies (SLAIS) at University College London presented a study the College had done on “the digital fingerprints” left behind by digital natives browsing the Internet. As I wrote on the… Read More
My son told me he hated poetry. I showed him this. He wanted to show his teacher but YouTube is blocked at school. That’s too bad. It was a poem he liked!… Read More
For the second time this year I was at the Web 2.0 Expo and missed Clay Shirky’s presentation, but thank God for the Internet! Here are Clay’s presentations. They are both worth watching but if you’re a publisher, and you only have time for one, invest the 16 minutes and 20 seconds needed to view… Read More