Cognitive surplus

August 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky

I’m on holiday for a week so I’m taking some time out to be creative, reassess things and catch up on some reading. I’ve had Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky for a while but I’m only now getting going on it. It isn’t a long book but it is one of those where each page contains thoughts and ideas that you want to mull over. As such it may take me a while to read it.

I’ll give it a proper review once I’m done but so far I have been struck by the similarities between the printing revolution and the digital revolution. It seems like the book is a must read for anyone involved on media… whatever that may mean!

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E-book trends to look for

August 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment

There’s an interesting post about trends in the e-book arena that I’ve linked to below. They give 10 trends to keep an eye on. I think the main one, from a publishers point of view, is how an author can now ‘publish’ without the publisher. All publishing houses need to look at what they can bring to the table. The following are the most likely, but how many ‘new’ authors will feel the need for them?

  • Editorial expertise
  • Marketing
  • Advances

Do let me know if you have any other ideas in the comments.

Online Colleges

 

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Google plus, Filefly and Primadesk

July 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment

There is nothing like a good cold to get you organising the things on your desk. The same can be said for my online existence. A good cold has helped me discover and play with three potentially productive sites.

Google+

The first is google plus. Unless you’ve been living a net free existence for the past few months you’ll know that google+ is their answer to Facebook. A social networking site that lets you divide your interactions with specific groups. So if you want to keep your work friends and your family apart, you now can. At the moment you need an invite to join but google keep allowing more onto the network each day.

Filefly

The next is an app for Facebook, Filefly. Not only does it sound like the best short-lived sci-fi show of all time, but it is also a quite nifty idea. The app lets you upload and share a file with others on Facebook. It gives you 2GB of space so the files aren’t restricted to the size of gifs and txt.

Primadesk

The third and final site is Primadesk. This site allows you to link all those cloud based sites and access the files and move them around as if they were all on one site. This could be a really handy site, especially for those who have files here there and everywhere. The photo aspect of the site isn’t finished yet, but they have a neat little app that sits on Facebook and currently handles your images.

So I had a cold, but I have found a few sites that could prove useful once I’m feeling better.

Filed Under: Digital, Productivity, Websites
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