Get off your Butt, or not!

Great ideas come form all sorts of places. I know you are going to say I am biased, but I really do think that TED and the TEDx idea has created an idea pool that is just waiting for people like you and me to jump into. Of course the idea is that some of [...]

LEGO to the hight tech rescue.

This is a fantastic video. 1. it reminds us that there are tools at hand today, toys in fact, that can have a very real purpose beyond fun 2. the video is a lesson to all students that maybe there is more to be done when creating, think education! 3. WOW is important in all [...]

Content Curator New Job Title

I don’t know how often you read Robin Good but there is no question if you are into tech applications and dare I say New Media, even convergence/divergence, this is a must read blog. Yes we need more local coverage of ideas and issues, maybe that means we need more journalists. But I dare say [...]

Welcome to the time of de-sensitization!

On Nightline we are now getting the response of people in the UAE to the nagging questions of the moment. Last night I asked the UAE how they felt about the growing global phenomenon to use video surveillance, whether it works or not, in public and private environments. The response was very interesting. While all were in agreement [...]

The New Face of Media-thinking.

TEDxDubai did many things and one of the most important things was give the UAE permission to push its media bar in a totally different direction. Leo Laporte made a wonderful daring presentation to TEDxDubai. The media is changing but are we ready? Do we believe the media environment is really changing? Call our media [...]

Designing a Convergent Media Space

If you could dream big and design the ultimate learning/lab space to transform the way we think and do communication today what would it look like? The problem, and there is a problem, is that the space needs to function as a classroom, lecture hall, studio, think tank, recording facility, technology incubator, and new convergent [...]

Technology re-think.

The greatest mistake you can make when it comes to technology is buying into something without knowing why! If you are getting on the technology train to be like the masses you are doing so for the wrong reason and are likely to resent the whole experience! -twitter -facebook -myspace -delicious -Vimeo -YouTube These are [...]

Do students want the education they need?

This may sound like a silly question with the obvious answer being YES, but wait a second. We are sitting on the break of an education revolution and the mobile environment is just the leading edge of the emerging wave. This Fast Company slide show tells us a lot about the very young student and [...]

It all depends how you look and read things.

This is a great piece of video that truly does make you think about not only what we see and think about but how we contextualize things. Content is important BUT context is also very important. Do you really listen? When you are listening do you get the point? Or do you hear what you [...]

Content is king!

Last night on Nightline I had a great conversation about content syndication! I am not talking RSS but how you can get content that is market ready into the market! Imagine that academic paper that can be reformatted and become a valuable business piece. How does this effect you? Are you a person who writes? [...]

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