Rob Cottingham of Noise To Signal recently put together a very entertaining cartoon slideshow of everything that has gone on with social media during 2009. The slideshow comes in at just under 8 minutes…but feels more like 2. Like I said, it’s entertaining…see below: 2009 In Social Media from robcottingham.ca View more presentations from Rob [...]
For decades upon decades, the formula for teaching students went like this: you sit with a book in front of you, while a teacher talks and you take notes. It’s also a formula…due largely to the Internet…that’s on it’s way out. Take for example Abilene Christian University, a private university in Texas. Last year they [...]
URL shorteners are all the rage these days…they allow you to take a really long URL and shorten it to just a few, cryptic, characters. They are must haves if you are posting long URL’s to Twitter or sending them in emails. And now Google/YouTube has joined the game with their own URL shortener for [...]
Fede Alvarez was an unknown filmmaker from Uruguay. He spent around $300 to make a short video about a robot invasion in his country’s capitol. It was 4 minutes long and he called it Ataque de Panico!, which translates to panic attack. He uploaded the video to YouTube on a Thursday. By Monday he said [...]
YouTube has announced the top 5 most watched videos of 2009. What are they? Just look below: #1 – Susan Boyle – Britain’s Got Talent (81+ million views) #2 – David After Dentist (37+ million views) #3 – JK Wedding Entrance Dance (34+ million views) # 4 – New Moon Movie Trailer (23+ million views) [...]
