Making friends in social media

A little of humor, extracted from a material of Julius Solaris (“The ten commandments of online communities).

Enjoy it!

Interesting videos about internet, web 2.0,…, in ‘plain English’

Maybe you already know this set of videos that explain, ‘in plain English’, different concepts around Internet and Web 2.0.

What is social media? How does www run? And twitter? Why is social media useful? How to identify a phishing activity? How does Google Docs work?

I think they are a very didactical resource.

If you don’t know these videos, I’m sure you will find them very interesting.

I usually invite my students at university and business school (www.eada.edu) to review them.

I grouped them into different categories in order to facilitate their review

INTERNET

WEB 2.0

 

SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL NETWORKING

COLLABORATION

And of course, I invite you to visit the webpage of www.commoncraft.com, the authors ot these amazing videos.

The Worst Workplace Distractions (From BusinessWeek)

Some years ago, looking for material and resources about how to improve my produtivity and become more ‘organized’, I founded an interesting article in the Business Week website (www.businesweek.com): "The Worst Workplace Distractions”.

In this article, the author, Emily Keller listed 10 situations, technologies,… that cause distractions in our workplace:

• Overcommunication
• eMail
• Web surfing
• Loud coworkers
• Attempted sabotage
• Technology glitches
• Business lunches
• The egomaniacal boss
• Flirting
• Unnecessary meetings
• Intimidation
• Birthday celebrations

As the author said “Experts say workplace distractions are so widespread that even managers who extend their workday hours cannot avoid disruptions by colleagues, which come in the form of project requests, meeting reminders, last-minute or changing demands, emotional breakdowns, and even expressions of love”

I propose to you to read the complete article in http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/07/0719_distractions/index_01.htm

Microsoft’s Future Vision about Productivity

How will the future be?

What tools will we use in order to improve our productivity?

I invite you to visit this Microsoft’s webpage: http://www.officelabs.com/Pages/Envisioning.aspx

As they say: “Take a step into the future and get a glimpse into how technology may transform the way we live and work in the years ahead. Explore some of our concepts for how leading edge technologies might be used in real world settings – such as health care, manufacturing, banking and retail – over the next 5-10 years. “