Archive for the ‘Social Networking’ Category

Music and the Mobile Device

Music is coming to your fingertips.  Looking at your iPod, you might think it’s already there, but really it’s only a few thousand files. With sites like MySpace Music, imeem, and Last.fm, we’re approaching a place where all the world’s music is available online for free.  Users are increasingly becoming comfortable with the idea that they [...]

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The 4G classroom – Learning together in Vancouver, Barcelona and everywhere in between

I am in Barcelona now where I was immersed for 4 days in the online education community that makes up the IMS Global Consortium. My partner, Dana-Lee is travelling with me. She has just enrolled in two, semester long, online courses. Her backpack is weighed down by her MacBook, iPod and Blackberry phone. These are [...]

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Application Interoperability…Why does it matter?

Hmm, let’s see…I have been in this business long enough to remember that cell phones did not used to work everywhere.  Does anybody else remember the mid 80s when roaming was almost impossible and cost more than your monthly service?  Dating myself too much?…OK then do you remember the 90s in the US when you [...]

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