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| | TRENDS IN THE LIVING NETWORKS APRIL 16, 2012 The MegaTrend of Distributed Attention is driving everything Yesterday I ran Getting Results From Crowds and Crowd Business Models workshops in Sydney, the first in a global series of crowdsourcing workshops. In opening the Crowd Business Models workshop, I ran through some of the driving forces that are shifting business models to crowds. We cannot expect that this trend is going to stop and turn around. | | | | | | | | | |
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KNOWLEDGE JOLT WITH JACK | MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012 Should we benchmark?
Another fun, quick read. This time from James Lawther on the topic of Benchmarking: the Easy and Hard Way. Benchmarking is a beguiling idea. You look at how your competitors do things, work out what is the best practice and then implement it. Benchmarking should create real competitive advantage. fabulous concept, what's not to like? MORE >> -
 Some more LILAC links #lilac12
Here are some more links to reports and content from the LILAC information literacy conference last week. 2nd photo by Ruth Stubbings (on Flickr) showing the LILAC team with speaker Tara Brabazon. target="_blank". lilac12 Information Literacy MORE >> -
WEB WORKER DAILY | MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012  Coworking spaces team with universities to bridge the gap between classroom and practice
With tuition costs mounting, the national student loan burden growing and employers complaining about a lack of certain job skills, no one is really in love with the current university education system. But with frustration comes creativity, as initiatives of all sorts attempt to dream up a better way. Should we go back to an apprentice system ? MORE >> -
 Some changes to this blog
I have added a couple of pages (see the tabs above) with a list of my publications, and links to some of my other web-based content (Slideshare, Youtube etc.). think I should probably also add a bit more about "what is information literacy", so I might put up a page on that in due course. Weblogs MORE >> -
WEB WORKER DAILY | MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012  Tax day for independent workers: The best last-minute tips
Yes, the day you’ve been dreading has arrived. Still, even if you’re among the most tardy and disorganized of freelancers, at least you can count on the media to help out, offering their annual onslaught of articles peddling tax tips for the self-employed. to find the few less expected gems. Primary among them this year is the SEP IRA. MORE >>
- Bill Waddell Q&A from Santiago Velasquez KNOWLEDGE JOLT WITH JACK | MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012
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