For years, New York seemed more foreign and intimidating than Paris, Munich, Washington, or other cities I knew. Switchblades, peep shows, con men, crazies, bad neighborhoods, muggers, and way too much traffic. Worst of all were the prices. Everywhere else was cheap by comparison.
My first job out of Continue reading
This free tool is so cool that I was surprised to note that I had not blogged it. (reQall is not even listed among Jane Hart’s Directory of thousands of eLearning tools.)
Imagine I want to be reminded of something. I call reQall on my cell and say the date and item. reQall interprets what I said to Continue reading
Internet Time Blog is shifting its focus from learning to “getting things done in business.” Since this blog is my alter ego, I could just as well say that I am focusing more and more on helping people in corporations prosper, now and the future.
Both the blog and I are cutting back involvement with Continue reading
For Scientists, a Beer Test Shows Results as a Litmus Test
By CAROL KAESUK YOON
Published: March 18, 2008
Ever since there have been scientists, there have been those who are wildly successful, publishing one well-received paper after another, and those who are not. And since nearly the same time, Continue reading
Don’t tell anybody, because some people see me as a champion of this stuff, but the standard formats for reading RSS feeds bore me silly. Bloglines drove me nuts: you couldn’t even change the garish colors. Google Reader is the best I’ve found but even that becomes monotonous. So I rotate feed readers. Continue reading
Informed customers make informed decisions and end up much happier with their purchases.
Onlines demos are so cheap and easy to put together that retailers have no excuse for not providing them.
Here is J and R’s Lunch and Learn schedule:
And here’s a brief show-and-tell recording.
Every time Continue reading
Why do I hate RealNetworks? Let me count the ways.
#1 You must provide a credit card number even though you’re welcome to drop out before charges begin. They’re hoping you’ll forget….
#2 You can sign up online but you can’t sign out online. Sign up 24/7; sign off working hours only. Reminds me Continue reading
People are connecting with one another in increasing numbers, thanks to blogs, social networking sites like MySpace, and countless communities across the Web. Some companies are learning to turn this growing groundswell Continue reading
Not long ago, a client asked me to draw up a blueprint of a hypothetical informal learning platform for a large enterprise. My ideal chunk of content (article, video, mp3, whatever) in this future scenario had these characteristics:
What is the scope of our responsibility as learning professionals?
Most of us work for someone else, a corporation, school, client, or government. Our first responsibility is to apply our expertise to help our employers accomplish what they are trying to do.
Like doctors, we must take care never to Continue reading