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Not unique.just prophetic.(and a Fletch quote)

Mark Oehlert

We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic." Everyone loves that movie. Waaaaay back in 2005, Bill Gates gave a speech to the National Governor's Association. Then what is it? They are cracks in the dam. They are canaries in the mine.

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Alternate Reality Games Part 1 – A Good Fit for L&D?

Janet Clarey

Back then (and today still) they were used to promote movies, video games and music. 2005) This Is Not A Game: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gaming (2 nd Digital Edition) (2005) Lulu.com. ARG stands for alternate reality game (not to be confused with augmented reality). ARGs have been around for ten years. Szulborski, D.

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eLearning Thought Leaders: Jane Bozarth – DevLearn Preview

eLearning Weekly

eLW: In 2005 you published the book E-Learning Solutions on a Shoestring and now your latest book is Social Media for Trainers. eLW: Think rock-n-roll / pop music, specifically live music–what was the first concert you ever attended and what was the most recent? I like Shazam for music ID.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Lots of great articles in SCIENCE.that you cant see.

Mark Oehlert

I thought it might be fun to pause in our never-ending (albeit well-deserved) beatings of the music and movie industries totally mystifying refusal to understand that the market is changing and that maybe they shouldnt do dumba$$ stuff like sue their customers and that maybe they need to think about changing their biz models.

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mLearning

Clive on Learning

I'm not the easiest person to convince about m-learning (with or without the hyphen or the capital L) - my commute can be measured in feet, I don't travel on business all that much, I don't like small devices with fiddly little buttons (you should see the size of my calculator) and I find background music distracting.

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): Clay Shirky, Andrew Keen and the Luddites

Mark Oehlert

is defending the status quo of the industries that have grown up behind movies, music, and publishing. We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay He is not defending culture or art or literature.he books futures Web 2.0

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e-Clippings (Learning As Art): The Kindle: Tom Crawford Executes a Perfect Double Rebuttal with a Twist

Mark Oehlert

While at the airport I can read reviews online, [link] download the books and have entertainment in flight, besides the movie. We are plainly witnessing a restructuring of the music and newspaper businesses, but their suffering isn’t unique, it’s prophetic."--Clay It is a 13 hour flight and no time to research and shop for books.