since 2007, and this semester is the first time that I’ve actually had a full week on Twitter (well, microblogging and lifestreaming to be specific). Before, I treated it sort of as an afterthought, including some information on Twitter during the two weeks that I covered blogging. I’ve been teaching a class on Web 2.0 MORE >>

Here inHonolulu, It has been fun to meet some online buddies (from blogs, Twitter, etc.) After all, it was a presentation. View more Keynote presentations from Nancy White. Tags: community events learning online interaction communities edmedia groups Hawaii networks Pictures slowly arriving on Flickr ). MORE >>

Among the many things my colleague Jane Hard does for our community is to compile the Top 100 Tools for learning each year. I think it’s a very interesting exercise, showing how we ourselves learn, and the fact that it’s been going on for a number of years provides interesting insight. meta-learning social technology MORE >>

While I’ve noted the advanced Twitter search operators in the past, but wanted to spend some quality time looking at them in more detail. Keep in mind that most of these same search queries work equally well in Twitter search and various other applications, like TweetDeck and Monitter. Standard Operators. Location. Dates. Links. MORE >>

Most of you know that Twitter can be used for much more than just announcing what you ate for breakfast. Many of you already know Twitter’s value in business, but you can still take it further and use it to land gigs, market your business, grow your network and gain free publicity — all in 140 characters or less. Marketing. MORE >>