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Jobs reveals new iPod line, Apple TV, iOS 4.1, iTunes 10
Steve Jobs had some interesting things to reveal today. In the iPod line, the Shuffle, Nano, and Touch get refreshes. No mention at all of the Classic line; I suppose they’ve had their day. The Shuffle moves forward by taking a step back—the new one resembles a smaller version of the second in form factor, bringing back the buttons everybody missed from the third, but with the Voiceover and other nifty features that people did like from the third. The Nano loses the physical controls and goes multitouch, looking like a smaller version of the iPod Touch (but without apps). Now we know what that mysterious small square t...
Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home - September 1, 2010 Author: Chris Meadows Tags: Apple Chris Meadows iPad iPhone iPod Touch Apple TV iOS iOS 4.1 Steve Jobs

The Business Case for Enterprise Social Bookmarking: $4.6 Million a Year in Cost Savings!
A couple of weeks ago, the amazingly talented Dion Hinchcliffe put together a blog post under the title of “The 2010 Social Business Landscape” that would probably classify as one of the most insightful, resourceful and essential articles published during the course of this year that everyone in the industry should be reading. Yes, in case you may not have seen it, it is that good! Worth while your time, for sure!, specially, if you are into some amazing graphicware like this one. But, there is something missing from that article, don’t you think? Something that, in my opinion, is one of the fundamental p...
Source: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog - September 1, 2010 Author: Luis Suarez Tags: Collaboration Communities Enterprise2.0 IBM Innovation Knowledge Management Knowledge Tools Learning Personal KM Productivity Tools Social Computing

Ping: "Facebook and Twitter meet iTunes" Except...
...as far as I can tell, they in fact don't ever meet. You can't leverage your networks on Facebook and Twitter in Ping. It's another closed Apple system, another Apple universe in a gilded gift box. It's not that Apple hates the web, it's just that Apple is better than the web. Apple doesn't need it. It seems Apple has it all figured out. I am sure Ping will get traction because it'll be fun, and if it truly helps folks discover more music, so much the better for all (especially iTunes sales). But I've a sneaking suspicion that Ping will soon be about more than discovering music - it will also be about discovering Apps an...
Source: John Battelle's Searchblog - September 1, 2010 Author: http://fmpub.net/contact.php?to=jb

#Socialscope for the #BlackBerry @socialscope
Socialscope for the Blackberry is one of the best apps I ever used on my Blackberry. It brings together Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and Flickr into one convenient package. It works much better than the native apps for Twitter and Facebook. Foursquare provides just a check-in function because socialscope does not have any built in location capabilities. It also allows you to post to multiple Twitter accounts and directly to Facebook pages. It is currently in a private beta but it is relatively easy to get an invite by going to getsocialscope.com . I do h...
Source: Baby Boomer Librarian - August 31, 2010 Tags: blackberry Flickr socialscope Twitter FourSquare

No more Facebook Profile Boxes
I’m not really heart broken over this change – but I also don’t understand the why behind it. Facebook has decided to remove all third party applications from our profiles. According to Facebook: Profile Boxes are the third-party applications that are featured in boxes on your profile. You can now add a “bookmark” to the left side of the Facebook home page for these applications. What will happen to my Boxes in the future? As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the user experience and promote consistency across the site, soon Facebook will no longer support profile boxes from applications...
Source: What I Learned Today... - August 31, 2010 Author: Nicole Tags: social networking

Links for 2010-08-30 [del.icio.us]
Capital Ideas: Selected Papers on Organizations & Markets - October 2009 - Neighbor Networks http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1039299428/bridging-structural-holes http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1039364628/associating-with-well-connected-people-brings-about Capital Ideas: Selected Papers on Decision Research - May 2008 - One Bird, One Stone http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1039406158/dilution-effect-says-its-not-always-better-to-kill-two Capital Ideas: Selected Papers on Decision Research - May 2008 - A Room With a Viewpoint http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1039583325/descriptive-norms-in-promoting-desired-social-...
Source: Library clips - August 31, 2010

Follow up on the new THOMAS Share Tools
In my previous post, I linked to an announcement of the new sharing tools from the THOMAS legislative web site. Here's an example of using one of the features.Suppose you need to send a link to a house or senate bill status page to one of your patrons. The new Share/Save toolbar makes this easy. Find the house or senate billClick on the Share/Save linkClick on the Save tabCopy the URL and paste it to your email, web site, blog, etc.Example: H.R.3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law No: 111-148). Click on the Share/Save link, Save tab, and copy the resulting URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legi...
Source: Lex Scripta - August 31, 2010 Author: Jennifer Stephens

My Top 10 Reasons Why I Bought an iPad
Late last week you would remember how I put together a blog post where I started collecting a number of the Daily #iPad Apps that I keep sharing across over in Twitter, for those folks who may be potentially interested. Also as a good reference for myself, i.e. as part of my own personal knowledge sharing experience, so that I can keep going back and forth over time and see what I may have shared and what not, just in case I may need it for a future reference. Then, my good friend Barry Leiba mentioned, in the comments, how he would be “interested in reading more about specifically HOW the iPad fundamentally chang...
Source: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog - August 30, 2010 Author: Luis Suarez Tags: Fun Stuff and Musings General Interest Learning Life Personal KM Productivity Tools Social Computing Tools and Gadgets iPad

Links for 2010-08-29 [del.icio.us]
Doctor Love | Fast Company http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1033584328/digital-oxytocin http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1033579580/social-networking-oxytocin-trust-social-capital http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1033570101/trust-scales
Source: Library clips - August 30, 2010

THOMAS Share Tools
The Library of Congress has announced a new tool for the THOMAS legislative service. Here's the introduction to the announcement:About the THOMAS Share Tool The THOMAS Share Tool allows you to print THOMAS pages and search results, subscribe to regular updates from THOMAS, and share THOMAS content in a number of ways. You can post THOMAS links on social networking Web sites such as Facebook or Twitter, send links by e-mail, and post links to or embed THOMAS content in your own Web site or blog pages. Read more at http://thomas.loc.gov/help/share.html
Source: Lex Scripta - August 30, 2010 Author: Jennifer Stephens

Older Adults and Social Media: Social networking Use among Those Ages 50 and Older Nearly Doubled over the Past Year
The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project has released Older Adults and Social Media: social networking Use among Those Ages 50 and Older Nearly Doubled over the Past Year. Here's an excerpt from the announcement: While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010. Between April 2009 and May 2010, social networking use among internet users ages 50-64 g...
Source: DigitalKoans - August 30, 2010 Author: admin

Pew Internet Report: Older Adults and Social Media
Older Adults and Social Media - social networking use among those ages 50 and older nearly doubled over the past...
Source: beSpacific - August 30, 2010 Author: Sabrina I. Pacifici - Tags: Internet

Blogging again
Even if some heat has gone out of the library blogosphere, there is still a fair amount of reading and writing going on. I was asked recently what I tended to look at, going beyond the well-known bigger names. Here are some of the blogs that came to mind - some others also come to mind, but they don't sustain the reasonable amount of output that these do. Go to Hellman Personanondata eFoundations The Book of Trogool Overdue ideas Synthesize, specialize, mobilize Martin Hamilton's Blog HangingTogether Bibliographic wilderness The Arcadia Project blog Many of these are written from within a library perspective. Some dip ...
Source: Lorcan Dempsey - August 29, 2010 Tags: Books, movies and reading ... social networking

Web 2 Summit Points of Control: The Map
(Cross posted from the Web 2 Summit Blog...) As themes for conferences go, Points of Control is one of our favorites. Our industry over the past year has been driven by increasingly direct conflicts between its major players: Apple has emerged as a major force in mobile and advertising platforms; Google is fighting off Microsoft in search, Apple in mobile and Facebook in social; and Facebook itself finds itself on the defensive against Twitter and scores of location startups like Foursquare. Nor are the Internet’s biggest players the only ones in the game – the rise of tablet computing has revived nearly every major ha...
Source: John Battelle's Searchblog - August 29, 2010 Author: http://fmpub.net/contact.php?to=jb

What will happen in the “blur”
In Mexico there is an area known as the ”blur”– the rare area where the water from caves underground mingle with water from the ocean. A recent post by Jon Becker, “Who are the Thought Leaders in Educational Leadership?” reminds me of that rarified space where two entities mingle and create something new. In his post, Jon challenged education leaders and scholars at the university level to connect with the social network of educators around the country. Partly why I haven’t been able to quit thinking about his post was that I consider myself a pretty well-informed high scho...
Source: Not So Distant Future - August 27, 2010 Author: futura Tags: Change Web 2.0 jon becker peer-reviewed journals

My Top 5 iPad Apps of the Week – Week #1
A couple of days ago, in another blog post, I mentioned how, just recently, I, finally, managed to get my hands on an iPad. This time around the 3G 64GB model, which I have been hunting down for a while now. Right from the moment I saw it, I knew that device would change completely the way I would interact not only with the Web and various social networking sites I use on a regular basis, but also with a good bunch of different applications. So, with that spirit, I thought, why not share those favourite applications across, as perhaps other folks may be able to benefit from them just as much as I am doing myself. After all...
Source: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog - August 27, 2010 Author: Luis Suarez Tags: Fun Stuff and Musings General Interest Life Productivity Tools Social Computing Tools and Gadgets Work Life Integration iPad #elsuapps

Friday Fun: Map of the Social networking World
I ran across this map of the Social Networking World while looking for something else and I thought I would share it with you. I am not sure what I would use it for other than for fun, conversation, and a possible PowerPoint slide. In other words perfect for a Friday post. 2010 social network Map by Flowtown The map was created by Flowtown as an updated tribute to XKCD’s ‘Map of Online Communities.’ The size of the countries/continents reflect the millions of users, for each service (as shown by the scale at the bottom of the image). It is kind of fun to look through and laugh over a few things like the YouT...
Source: The Krafty Librarian - August 27, 2010 Author: KraftyLibrarian Tags: Friday Fun Social Media

Of Amplified Authors and Unilibraries
The Bookseller’s FuturEBook blog has an interesting look by Chris Meade at how today’s authors have more power to promote themselves and build relationships with fans than ever before, leading to a new viability for self-publishing. The Amplified Author of 2010 (term coined for authors engaged in the social web) can sit at her desk and speak directly to her readership through a blog, can expand that circle of readers gradually by using Twitter and other social networks, can find an active readership interested in offering criticism and ideas, can publish work through print on demand and put it on the global bookshelf ...
Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home - August 27, 2010 Author: Chris Meadows Tags: Chris Meadows Library of the Future e-book ebook libraries publishing self-publishing social networks

New Report From Pew Internet: BIG TIME Growth for Older Adults and Social Media, A Tool to Bridge Generational Gaps
Released today by Pew Internet. The report was written by Mary Madden. Overview Page While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older nearly doubled—from 22% in April 2009 to 42% in May 2010. + Between April 2009 and May 2010, social networking use among internet users ages 50-64 grew by 88%–from 25% to 47%. + During the same period, use among those ages 65 and older grew 100%–from 13% to 26%. + By comparison, social networking...
Source: ResourceShelf - August 27, 2010 Author: resourceshelf Tags: Uncategorized

Technology Training at Amigos
Amigos has scheduled web-based technology training in our live online classroom. Available courses include the following titles. All times below are Central Time. Creating Mobile Websites September 28 & 30, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CDT Early Bird Registration Deadline: 9/6 http://bit.ly/cP5prd Know & Go: What is Google Up To? October 11, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CDT http://bit.ly/9Dinqo Tech Topics: QR Codes October 22, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CDT Early Bird Registration Deadline: 9/30 http://bit.ly/ct7ibI Tech Topics: Privacy and social networks November 5, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. CDT Early Bird Registration Deadline:...
Source: gmane.education.web4lib - August 27, 2010 Author: Christine Peterson

CommunityBuilders – Building and Sustaining On-Line Communities by Steve Dale
Where is my chocolate cake? Do you have all the nice and fresh ingredients that would be needed to make a delicious one? You do? Now, do you also have the talent to make a mouthwatering one? You do? Excellent! Then you are ready to build and sustain an online community, because that’s what it takes, folks… It’s all about making delightful chocolate cakes! Oh, oh, don’t worry; this blog is not going to turn itself into a food blog all of a sudden (Although it wouldn’t be that bad either!). It’s just that I thought I would take this opportunity to pick up on a superb analogy that my good f...
Source: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog - August 26, 2010 Author: Luis Suarez Tags: Collaboration Communities Enterprise2.0 IBM Innovation Knowledge Management Knowledge Tools Learning Social Computing

CollegeOnly, a Social network Just for College Students
Facebook began as a defacto college-only site, but morphed into a site where folks over 2o something frequent as well. Read about a new player called CollegeOnly that will be introduced at 7 colleges on August 26th. http://tinyurl.com/3x89dzj [rb]
Source: Midcontinental Region News - August 26, 2010 Author: liaison Tags: Uncategorized

In For a Penny, In For a Pound… My Promotion “Case for Support”
JUst before going away on holiday, I popped up a questionnaire asking for a little help working out what sort of impact – if any – I had on folk that could weave in to my promotion case for support… Thanks to all who took the time out to reply (it was very humbling:-) Anyway, for what it’s worth, here’s a draft of the Case for Support, which I need to submit tomorrow. Whilst I haven’t been able to add direct quotes from the questionnaire responses – the word limit is set at 1500 words – your responses did inform what I wrote: some of the words are very heavily loaded and more...
Source: OUseful Info - August 26, 2010 Author: Tony Hirst Tags: Admin... Anything you want promotion case

US Dist Ct Holds that Content on Social networks Visible Only to Restricted Users is Protected
From Law Technology News via Law.com:On May 26, a federal court issued an opinion in a discovery dispute that applies outmoded federal electronic privacy laws from the 1980s to Facebook and MySpace. The ruling could permanently change the way "social networking" sites are viewed by businesses and those involved in litigation. The decision also appears to offer the first in-depth analysis on the effect of "privacy settings" found on many social networking sites and whether information is protected from discovery by federal privacy laws. Read the full article for more on the implications of the 1986 Stored Communications Act...
Source: WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library - August 26, 2010 Tags: Courts

Dare I enter the heady world of self-publishing?
As I mentioned back in July, I’ve posted a couple of stories to Scribd just by way of trying out the service to see how well it worked. I’ve since ended up with a number of Scribd subscribers (including Slate writer Farhad Manjoo; I’m not sure entirely why), and my stories have been read a little over 70 times each. Now I’m wondering whether I should try writing another story—the idea for which came to me in a dream the night before last—and posting it there, for sale for $1. Would anybody buy it? How effective would promotion of it be through social networking and blogging? Would anybody care enough to check i...
Source: TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home - August 26, 2010 Author: Chris Meadows Tags: Chris Meadows Scribd self-publishing stories Storytellers Bowl

Links for 2010-08-25 [del.icio.us]
Civilization Systems: On Creating Communities (Part 1) community evolution groups decisionmaking selforganisation technology dunbar altruism hierarchy Civilization Systems: social networks & The Social Organism - Healing the Breach http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1010680650/the-ground-that-nurtured-the-social-network Civilization Systems: Civilization, Complexity & Collapse - The Search for Levers http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1010716716/biological-altruism-and-markets Civilization Systems: The Foundations of Authoritarianism http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/1011106607/the-rise-of-authoritarianism-was-due-to...
Source: Library clips - August 26, 2010

August 25th Stream
Shared Brain-Blasting Cerebral Sci-Fi Cinema, Chosen by You. Shared Mobile Maps Are Moving Indoors To Pinpoint Specific Items On Store Shelves. Posted Dolly_Parton: Find out who you are, and do it on purpose. Posted dmlcentral: “Humans in 2040…after 35 years of social networking.” Beginnings of an interesting discussion, people, links here: http://bit.ly/dkUJ6W. Posted rdlankes: RT @mitpress: RT @TheAtlantic: 10 Reading Revolutions Before E-Books: http://ow.ly/2uGvG. Shared North Star Games Extends Donation Offer!. North Sta...
Source: The Shifted Librarian - August 26, 2010 Author: jenny Tags: Lifestream

CollegeOnly Seeks To Be What Facebook Originally Was
PayPal co-founder (and early Facebook investor) Peter Thiel is backing a new social network, which restricts membership to students with verified college e-mail addresses—much like Facebook did in its first year and a half. CollegeOnly
Source: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian - August 26, 2010 Author: StevenB

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