About Me
Joan works and plays on the web and is happy to speak to groups or individuals about the web's communication possibilities
Category Archives: digital economy
Twitter Means Business
I’m ambivalent about my title because I use Twitter mainly for learning, communication, and entertainment. I recognize, however, that business is becoming increasingly a part of Twitter. I recently posted a picture on TwitPic … and commented that it reminded me of a Liberty print. (I have fond memories of a dress made from material View Post
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Posted in ads, business, communication, digital economy, learning, socialmedia, social_web, Twitter, web2.0, webtools
Tagged business, learning, socialmedia, Twitter, WorkLiteracy
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Newspapers and Journalism: What's Happening?
Clay Shirky, in Here Comes Everybody says “for a hundred years after, the printing press broke more things than it fixed” (pg. 73). We are watching parallel occurrences currently. CBC’s Sunday Report broadcast this excellent informative description of what is happening to newspapers now. http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/2009/03/031509_4.html
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Posted in communication, digital economy, printing, web2.0
Tagged CBC, communication, newspapers
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Newspapers and Web Design
We are living in confusing times because we are living through the biggest change in human communications since the printing press, maybe the biggest change ever. You can see this in the small changes that happen as we leave an old technology for a new. It is clear that newspapers and magazines, even tv, are View Post
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Posted in business, communication, digital economy, Downes, Internet_use, organizing_information, reading_online, web2.0
Tagged communication, McLuhan, newspapers, Stephen_Downes
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Social Maps: How the Digital People Keep Connected
This video by Loic Lemeur is intimidating, inspiring and irritating. Intimidating because he has such wide ranging use of the social media; Inspiring because I get some idea what I want to spend more time with; and Irritating because it pauses every few seconds and you have to wait for it to go on. found View Post
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Posted in communication, digital economy, Internet_use, mindmap, organizing_information, PLE, RSS, share, social_web, web2.0
Tagged socialmaps, socialmedia
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Why Schools Need to Learn About the Digital Ecomony
The digital economy is part of globalization and will be a big part of the future Canadian economy, and we need to get it right. Michael Geist has written about what would enhance Canada’s digital economy in the Toronto Star today. I recommend the article. If you are interested in recognizing writing skills, check out View Post
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Posted in Canada, digital economy, Michael Geist
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