Why Would Social Networks Be Linked to Affect and Health Practices? Those with more diverse social networks (higher in social integration [SI]) are healthier than those with less diverse networks. SI may alter health because it affects responsiveness to the social influences of others. (tags: socialcontagion health smoking alcohol) Prospective Associations of Co-Rumination With Friendship […]

Peer to Patent, Community Patent Review Peer-to-Patent opens the patent examination process to public participation for the first time. Help the USPTO find the information relevant to assessing the claims of pending patent applications. Become a community reviewer and improve the quality . (tags: socialsoftware copexample patents innovation) Groklaw – Digging for Truth Large and […]

Using Elgg as an ePortfolio Mechanics of using Elgg as an ePortfolio repository. (tags: eportfolios video) NDLR Modern Languages’ Community of Practice » About This blog is for the Modern Languages Community of Practice (CoP) in the HEA-supported National Digital Learning Repository (NDLR) project. It is a site for anyone who is involved in teaching […]

html2wiki – Convert HTML text to wiki markup Speaks a dozen different wiki dialects! 🙂 (tags: wiki html converter tools) Reinventing the conference, blogger and new media style (tags: conference interesting2007)

We live in an interconnected world where machines log on to other machines to do work on our behalf. That’s what del.icio.us now does every night: it gathers up all the tagging I did during the previous day and posts it on this blog. It’s part of a mashed-up, service-oriented world. I’m writing this posting […]

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TaskStream – Tools of Engagement (tags: eportfolios education software) NEJM — The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years (tags: socialNetworkAnalysis health research obesity) Kevin Kelly — Street Use (tags: technology hacks) del.icio.us/settings/smithjd/blogging/posting (tags: blogging widget) Community Leader Survey The “most valuable” option was a world-wide face to face meeting, with […]

Shirley Williams and I heard about the book at the same time, but she read it right away and I’m still wending my way through it. Andy Mulholland, Chris S. Thomas, Paul Kurchina with Dan Woods, Mashup Corporations; the End of Business as Usual; A chronicle of Service-Oriented Business Transformation (New York, NY: Evolved Media […]