by Derek Morrison, 18 June 2009 In my 2008 online essay Take me to your thought leader! (Auricle, 28 January 2008) I highlighted work that suggests that despite the egalitarian vision and, arguably, the hype, the opportuntities for user creation offered by the Web 2.0 world appears to be grasped by relatively few accolytes. Download […]
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An “Amazing” business model
June 17th, 2009
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by Derek Morrison, 17 June 2009 While some are wondering if the digital zeitgeist will obliterate their ‘traditional’ business models others are looking at how the they can enhance theirs. One such new kid on the national UK digital radio/ internet radio block is called Amazing Radio which is broadcasting test transmissions at the time […]
On the video – a reflection on YouTube and friends (part 3)
November 20th, 2008
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by Derek Morrison, 20 November 2008 In parts 1 and part 2 of On the video – a reflection on YouTube and friends I reflected on the some of the affordances and constraints associated with online video ‘cloud’ services such as YouTube. Part 3 adds a couple more video sources particularly for those interested in […]
On the video – a reflection on YouTube and friends (part 2)
November 13th, 2008
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In On the video: a reflection on YouTube and friends (part 1) I considered some of examples of online video usage some explicitly intended to be relevant to Higher Education and some originally created for other purposes. In part 2 I consider some of the hills and valleys of using – and not using – […]
On the video: a reflection on YouTube and friends (part 1)
November 6th, 2008
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by Derek Morrison, 6 November 2008 In the menu of this blog you will find I’ve created a new link category in Auricle for what I’ve called “YouTubes”. At the moment it contains links to a diverse collection of videos archived on YouTube which have caught my attention because I think they are potentially useful […]
Storm Clouds?
September 9th, 2008
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by Derek Morrison, 9 September 2008 (addendum added 26 September 2008) The recent release of Google’s Chrome is not intended to offer just another web browser to a marketplace already largely segmented by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox, or the eponymous Opera (plus a few other more minor players). No, Chrome is meant to advance […]
