The IBM Social Media channel on YouTube has been posted several videos to promote aSmarterPlanet.com, all with the common theme of using data, computing and analytics to make our world run smarter. It’s nerd-tastic!
Once you look past the unnecessary (and unfunny) humour that they include in these videos, this really is a nice little series. [...]
I’m a big fan of the VlogBrothers, two brothers who make daily youtube videos addressed to each other (but also to a wider audience). In today’s video one of the brothers, Hank, attempts to give the other brother – and the rest of the viewers – a quick overview of “Ecosystem Services“. To quote Hank [...]
Youtube annotations allow video creators to add clickable links to certain parts of their videos. This was originally designed to create simple transitions from one video to another, but as with all technologies the best results have come from putting it to previously unimagined uses.
Here are four of the best examples of how it’s done, [...]
My favourite examples of great thinking from the past month
1. Gerard O’Neil writes an article in The Times on the legalisation of drugs, and it’s many advantages.
2. Eireann go broke.
3. Clay Shirky’s apology to Amazon takes a fascinating look at the interplay and conflict between reason and emotion.
4. A great presentation on Social Media Stories
5. [...]
My favourite examples of great thinking from the past month
1. While other teachers have taken to banning laptops in class because they are a distraction, one teacher has taken a more novel approach.
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2. An insightful article by Gerard O’Neil: Debt is a Fact, Wealth is an Opinion.
3. And Two great questions:
Would Idaho [...]
