A few weeks ago I wrote about what crowdsourcing is useful for, breaking it down into three main categories: Work, Input and Organizing. Crowdsourcing is a way of getting work done that can help you save time, money and free you up to get to other work at hand. Technical Tasks. Translation. Try MyGenGo. Transcription. Try CastingWords. Try  Trada. MORE >>

Tweet Anthropologist  Michael Wesch , noted for his studies of YouTube and video sharing states, “ when media change, then human relationships change&#. For example, what does mobile technology do to how we seek knowledge, make sense of it and share with others ? MORE >>

Clayton Wright has done his amazing list of conferences again this year and has asked me to post again. Past years eLearning Conferences 2010 , eLearning Conferences 2009. You can contact him at: crwr77@gmail.com. This list is focused mostly on the first half of the year: January to June 2011. And it covers a broad range of types of topics. link]. MORE >>

Peter Bromberg over at ALA Learning is asking about how you create a culture of curiosity , something that's been on my mind of late. He points out that curiosity is the. only known antidote to the single biggest block to learning: the idea that we already have the answer (and it’s 1 st cousin, “I don’t care about the answer”.)  and what if? MORE >>

Doyen of internet analysis Mary Meeker of Morgan Stanley has provided some great data and insights in her presentation at Web 2.0 today. She has framed it around 10 questions Internet executives should ask themselves (and answer). Russia, while not as populous as its neighbors, still has plenty of scope of growth. Internet Trends Presentation. MORE >>