Spoofs

As it is the start of the school holidays I thought I would post a couple of  spoofs both courtesy of Bobbie Johnson the technology correspondent at the Guardian.
We have all seen the Mac versus PC adverts.  Here is a nice rap spoof on the same theme.  If you can remember using a MacPlus or [...]

IBM takes on social networking

ITPro:  News: IBM takes on social networking:
This is an interesting article in the IT Pro magazine.  It outlines plans by IBM to introduce a suite of social networking tools for the corporate environment.
It is branded as Lotus Connections is being marketed as social software for business.
It comprises of Profiles -Find the people you need.
Communities -Work [...]

Del.icio.us

Del.icio.us is a great tool. I use it on a daily basis to collect and collate web sites I come across. It’s also a good way of collaborating and sharing information with colleagues. Here is an example of a school using it successfully to share and compile a list of useful web sites.

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Highland Leadership via Web 2.0

I spend three days in Dingwall this week with a great bunch of colleagues working on courses to develop leadership skills.  The coures was led by Tony van Der Kuyl and Roddy Stuart
What is a different with this programme compared to the usual leadership courses is that the individual participants are responsible for developing areas [...]