Twitter Stages
From @jasonhiner: The Four Stages of the typical Twitter User. I’m trying to move from stage three to stage four.
From @jasonhiner: The Four Stages of the typical Twitter User. I’m trying to move from stage three to stage four.
This guy used it to get out of jail. Personally, I’d prefer not to have the opportunity to use it in that particular fashion, but at least it sounds useful. I’m trying to make my use of twitter both productive and fun by mentioning my blog posts but connecting them also with interesting things through…
Apparently, there’s to be a sort of rush, according to TechCrunch.
I find people’s reaction to various technological tools somewhat baffling. If your child is about to use a hammer, you’ll likely give her some pointers. There’s a learning curve. If it’s a power tool, the instruction may be more careful. When the tool is technological, we tend to fear it and decline to spend the time actually learning to use it.
Social media and other technology is taking over the way you get information. Learn and take control.
I posted on March 23 about how security and convenience conflict. I just found some numbers on one of my favorite sites, FiveThirtyEight.com. Their article The Trouble With Leaving Facebook Is That We Like Facebook explains the data.
I subscribe to Inside Higher Ed’s RSS feed, which delivered notice of an article by Alex Golub titled The Flaws of Facebook. Now while I’m going to react negatively to a portion of his work, there are some valid issues he’s addressing. If you’re a professor who might need to place more than one level…