Widgets are no longer imaginary.What's a widget? It's portable, distributable content...a mini application you can run on your blog, your desktop, your browser's homepage (like
iGoogle), even your mobile phone. If your website is a Chinese restaurant, offering widgets is having a barrel of free fortune cookies ...
James Robertson has point out the obvious weakness of wiki tools: Wiki markup has no future:
The lack of WYSIWYG editing is a big barrier to adoption within organisations, and on the wider web. There are only a limited number of users that have the time, skills and inclination to learn ...
It’s a special party for special people…
At least that’s what the email said.
I was invited to a private reception at the conference I just attended.
Per directions, I stopped by the main booth to pick up my party pass.
When I asked for the pass, I got grief from the woman ...
As many of you I am sure have heard, there will be postal rate increase coming up, effective this May 12th. Some of the highlights are below in this email. For add’l rate information, check out the following USPS link:
http://www.usps.com/prices/welcome.htm?from=bannercommunications&page=prices
In add’n to this rate increase, there will be add’l ...
My first Associations Now cover story!
I'm perplexed by the NAHB's decision to stop making political contributions out of their PAC until Congress comes to aid the new homes market. From
TheHill.com - Homebuilders’ pledge confounds K Street:"Lobbyists are shaking their heads over an apparent ploy by the homebuilders’ lobby to freeze its political ...
I don't know if the relationship among colleagues and even members in my industry is unique, as I've never worked in others; but there's definitely something special in ...
Off topic, but very cool, is this video of a prank in Grand Central Station:
Or maybe it’s not totally off-topic. I can see this on an expo floor as being pretty wild. Better yet, is there something different but equally cool you could do at your conference? I can’t think ...
As my recent Learning 2.0 eBook and other writings here make clear, I believe social media technologies can greatly enhance online learning opportunities. To me—and, I suspect, to most Mission to Learn readers—the equation seems pretty straightforward and obvious.
learning opportunity + social media = more effective learning opportunity
But I wonder ...
