information

Nonsense At Work

James McIntosh — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:21:03 -0400

Information is job power:

In this era of frantic job hunting, many people make one of two choices about job information - to share it or to hog it.

I have been a guest speaker at a number of job hunting networking groups. I noticed a remarkable openness about sharing job opportunities and related information. People who had already lost much explained that they share what they know because sharing works. A number had found new jobs this way.

History of Information

David Smith — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:30:10 -0400

The flow of information has always interested me. In high school and college, I studied journalism, which in turn introduced me to advertising. I quickly migrated to the media side of the ad market as I loved the study of media patterns, demographics, sociographics and trends. Trends seem to be coming at us faster and faster these days, as exemplified by the growth of the Web site, followed by blogs, followed by social networks and now social news.

Privacy and Security Issues in Social Networking

Brendan Collins — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:30:04 -0400

When it comes to privacy and security issues on social networks, "the sites most likely to suffer from issues are the most popular ones," Graham Cluley, Chief Technology Officer at UK tech security firm Sophos says. But security issues and privacy issues are entirely two different beasts. A security issue occurs when a hacker gains unauthorized access to a site's protected coding or written language. Privacy issues, those involving the unwarranted access of private information, don't necessarily have to involve security breaches.

Worker, Interrupted: The Cost of Task Switching

Kermit Pattison — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:30:07 -0400

Why study interruption?

I became interested in it from my own personal experience. I moved here from Europe back in 2000. I was stunned by the amount of multitasking that I was doing here in the U.S. and I was wondering if other people were experiencing it as well. Anecdotally, people were reporting they were crushed by all of these different projects. People's lives as information workers involve different kinds of technologies, and they create even more of a force for interruption and different places where we can focus our attention.

Guide to Marketing Information Online: The best online sources even marketers don't know about

Matt Lee — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:05:14 -0400

Marketing gets the word out about your company – hopefully in a fun and exciting way. But, as is the case with most important things, you’ll have better luck if you go into it with some background information. Marketing should be exciting, but it should also be well-informed.

It's time for a mindset change for educators

Patrick Tay — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:06:46 -0500

Not too long ago, educators are expected to teach students about what they know. Students, on the other hand, are expected to listen, absorb the information and transform them into knowledge.

This style of teaching or rather, educating the young, is changing.

Both educators and students are both beginning to realise that something is missing from this style of teaching. There are many factors that have emerged in recent years that seem to reinforce this belief, as follows: