Partnerships in business are a delicate dance. They give us the opportunity to break into new markets, generate more sales, and target new customers. Their success is quite literally your success and their loyalty to your organization is solely dependent on the experience they have with it. MORE

Now, the torrent of information generated by the ever increasing stream of new developments has rendered this impossible. Other tools I could not do without: Google Desktop Search: find anything on your computer or web sites really, really fast. Feeling lost? MORE

Turns out that there is this site, Textbook Torrents, that is using BitTorrent to distribute free copies of expensive textbooks. Also turns out that right now the site is down and/or removed from its host but that is not really the point. So I was reading this post on Slashdot about a Chronicle of Higher Ed article on the growing piracy of textbooks. MORE

The hybrid model worked for many, but unless your customer base are blue-collar, or front-line and thus have to physically be on site, then it is out the door. Check out any site related to consumer spending indicies or the latest info on it. Like I said about iTunes, Apple came out of the gate charging 99 cents per MP4, whereas the competition was multiple dollars and those who weren’t paying and going via Torrents, were staying clear. L&D. Training. MORE

On the conference's social network site the conference backchannel tool Twitter is announced as "what it means to embrace a truly free and open stream of communication in the digital age." Very quickly the harsh comments began to pop up on the Twitter stream, and very soon they became a torrent of abuse, disparaging remarks that took on a more and more personal hue, turning the event into a 'car crash keynote'. It became a phenomenon in 2009. No, not Twitter. MORE

Design (via CSS Juice ) GoWare (personal mobile portal) Article on Bitlet (Bit Torrent extension for Firefox) via Webware Animoto looks very cool. Walk2Web.yes, another one from the fine folks at WebWare.this one starts at whatever URL you enter and then looks for incoming and outgoing sites from that starting point and then lets you "walk" along those paths in a really, visually interesting way. MORE

Here are the top sites from Informal Learning Flow for September 2009. Textbook torrents a-crashin’ - Abject Learning , September 11, 2009. Featured Sources. The following are the top items from featured sources based on social signals. The Awesomeness Manifesto - HarvardBusiness.org , September 16, 2009. An Operating System for the Mind - Half an Hour , September 19, 2009. MORE

With 70% of millennial men using social networking sites, according to Nielsen, the opportunity is clear. Using sites such as Facebook and YouTube to promote posts can extend your reach significantly and deliver meaningful engagement. The endless torrent of posts across social channels can help people discover – or rediscover – that video. MORE

It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the house-tops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.” Please share your examples with us through our social media sites. “All children, except one, grow up.” Barrie, Peter Pan (1911). MORE

Turns out that there is this site, Textbook Torrents, that is using BitTorrent to distribute free copies of expensive textbooks. Also turns out that right now the site is down and/or removed from its host but that is not really the point. Posted by: boete hypotheek | March 16, 2009 at 01:50 AM I predict an outcome similar to Napster for sites like Textbook Torrent. That means Facebook, the most popular site on college campuses after the filesharing sites. MORE

The rise of Electronic Learning, or eLearning , broke down some of those boundaries: it helped make learning more interactive and also allowed learners to learn off-site in remote locations. Few people can absorb a torrent of information in a single course or lesson but breaking it down into smaller parts is clinically proven to make it absorbed more efficiently. MORE