ItsDevelopmental - content + technology + people

A new way of browsing the web

Thanks to @digitaldivinity for pointing to this talk on a conceptually very different way of browsing the web.

A guide to Facebook developments

Thanks to @adders for pointing to this round-up of Facebook developments.Worth a look - they will have quite an impact.

Video: Jeff Jarvis talks learning (and other stuff)

Some really interesting points here . . . well worth a watch.

Facebook usage in the workplace - the case for social learning?

According to recent research, Facebook is by far the most visited website by employees. The implications for learning within the corporate firewall seem clear:

• Increasingly employees are used to visiting and engaging with social media sites (whether in or outside of the workplace)
• That means employees are conversant with the engagement techniques that come with such platforms
• And if they are comfortable with engaging on such platforms then it is time for businesses to start using these engagement techniques to improve engagement around learning

Seems like employees are making the case for social learning loud and clear.

This video is useful in explaining Facebook's engagement techniques.

Video: Advertiser versus consumer

Thanks to the Employee Factor for pointing to this . . . it may be two years old but I think it highlights some of the ways brands fail to understand the consumer and consumer needs.

Transcript of the first Cameron, Clegg, Brown TV debate

Here is the transcript of the first TV debate of the leaders of the three main political parties - David Cameron of the Conservatives, Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats and Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Labour, which took place on Thursday 15 April.

Video: SEO at Google

Using social networks to spread positive behaviours

How about applying this research to the workplace? A lot to be gained from using internal networks not only to share/co-create but to spread positive behaviours . . . especially useful in the learning and development
 space . . .

Presentation: The History Of The Button

Great presentation on the history of the button from Bill DeRouchey. Many thanks to Juras Vetrau for pointing to it.

History of the Button

View more presentations from Bill DeRouchey.

Low carbon + technological change = economic renaissance

Fantastic film by Newsnight's Paul Mason (a former colleague of mine on Computer Weekly) on changing economic models.

It is well worth watching and having a think about the implications. The film challenges how we have done things and how we could do them in the future.

Lots in it to think about. I loved the line about making things is good - which is the whole reason we need apprenticeships!

On a personal level I like the idea of 'enough' profit. Rather than maximising margins we should be optimising business to provide enough. It is this notion of optimising  - borrowed from nature - that could define a different type of workplace - one that is more engaged with the production process, the customer, the owner. And one that provides a different kind of reward culture.