Although Google+ is still only a few months old, there seem to be plenty of people willing to write it off as doomed, or close to it. If anything, it is only beginning to show its real power. Is Google+ fatally flawed? Far from it. Google might not know it yet, but from the outside, it’s clear that G+ has started to die. Can Facebook offer that? MORE >>

My session described a rigourous, transparent process based on evidence from users and content bases, testing against realistic scenarios, and consultation on gaps and accuracy, NOT opinion! Here’s the slide deck. Taxonomy_Bootcamp_Empirical_Approaches_full_slides.pdf. MORE >>

A nice video titled On the Brink of a Networked Society , shown below, has just been launched by Ericsson. It includes a series of excellent interviews exploring some of the many implications and directions of a connected world, including health, industry structure, how we socialize, and far more. It’s well worth watching. am an optimist. MORE >>

Siobhán Duvigneau (Information Literacy Manager, BLDS - British Library for Development Studies) writes "BLDS has developed an information literacy programme over the past two years which includes course materials and an online network for trainers and practitioners to share best practice. evaluation Africa Pedagogy Information Literacy MORE >>

Last night I attended the Social Media Club of Boston 5 th Anniversary Celebration: The Evolution of Social Business. It featured a panel with Alistar Rennie, General Manager, Social Business and Collaboration Solutions, IBM; Andy Carusone from Lowe’s Home Improvement; and Ric Fulop, North Bridge Venture Partners. Command and control will be gone. MORE >>