Monthly Archives: December 2011

4 Tools to Present Information from the Digital Stream

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Just before the end of this exciting year I remembered two of the most publicized predictions about new developments in digital media:

Video and Data Curation tools are going to make big waves in 2011

While video certainly continues to gain importance on web sites, blogs and Social Media I don’t see anything you would call an amazing game changer.
However I would like to take this opportunity to introduce some of my favourite data aggregation and curation tools.
We often struggle to keep track of the bits of information we find along the way. In the true spirit of Social Media we want to share the knowledge with as many others as we can. Sometimes we simply want to find these data bits at a later date.

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Panel Discussion: Social Media and Democracy

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From the Arab Spring to the Recent Municipal Elections - the Social Media Revolution is reshaping our democracies - or is it?
Is Social Media a fad? Are the changes in the way we perceive and report politics less dramatic than they seem?
How do we deal with the influence of digital media channels?

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In Real Life

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I am deeply touched that Rawle’s views of the role of Social Media in our lives match mine. I am so glad that I met this man who put into such beautiful words how fear can make us push away the opportunities that lie in the new ways to connect with people all over the world.

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