blogbrevity's posterous http://blogbrevity.posterous.com social media musings in 140 words or less {& a bit of inspiration} posterous.com Thu, 10 May 2012 20:53:00 -0700 SeeSaw and the Visual Revolution: The Future of Twitter Chats? #ideachat 5/12 http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/seesaw-and-the-visual-revolution-the-future-o http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/seesaw-and-the-visual-revolution-the-future-o

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In this video, Robert Moore gives us the scoop on Internet Media Labs' tool, "SeeSaw". SeeSaw is a visual discovery tool for Twitter that lets you "see" photo or video links in tweets all at once. 

SeeSaw Joins the Visual Revolution

With the new tool SeeSaw (@SeeSawMe), all the pictures and videos shared on Twitter can be viewed simultaneously when searching a hashtag, keyword or username. The result looks like a picture gallery of tweets. The "see" function in SeeSaw displays a "real-time" stream of tweets. The "saw" function allows you to create an archive.

On your regular Twitter timeline, you view a limited amount of tweets for photos and videos links in the vertical stream. SeeSaw explodes all the photos and videos at once in a horizontal view, giving you an entirely new perspective of Twitter.  A couple things struck me right away after testing SeeSaw myself:

  • Your eye quickly filters and goes to the most interesting visual tweets--whereas you might have completely missed them in your regular stream.
  • You get an immediate sense of trends.
  • Brands will love this.

Some of the most visual searches via SeeSaw are for #instagram, #pinterest, #infographics, #fashion, #cats and #dogs. "Searching #pinterest on SeeSaw is a great way to find new boards to follow, " says Moore.

SeeSaw Lets You Visualize a Twitter Chat 

Moore says SeeSaw could also change the dynamics of a Twitter Chat because people will be able to "see" what is shared in the chat. During a recent #winechat, Twitter Chat participants shared their favorite Côtes du Rhône wines. SeeSaw displayed a cornucopia of wine labels shared in the tweets.

Moore will be debuting the SeeSaw platform at the #140montreal conference where tweets from the conference will be streamed as a visual wall.

SeeSaw is not the only tool Moore and his team are working on. They also have a Twitter hashtag tool called Chirpaloo, and are building an all-in-one Twitter Chat tool that will simplify the Twitter Chat process for moderators and their guests. 

Moore wants to crowdsource your ideas at #ideachat May 12th! 

  • How could Twitter Chats be improved?
  • What features would you like to have in a Twitter Chat tool?
  • What is the future of Twitter Chats?
The May12th #ideachat will be your opportunity to voice your wishes for the ultimate Twitter Chat tool and share your ideas for the "The Future of Twitter Chats."  Join us 9 am ET and the time in your part of the world (World Clock)!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Tue, 08 May 2012 15:08:00 -0700 What is the Future for Twitter Chats? #Ideachat Invites Creative Thinkers May 12th http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/what-is-the-future-for-twitter-chats-ideachat http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/what-is-the-future-for-twitter-chats-ideachat

The above Prezi, "Innovators are Conversation Architects,"  is from my presentations on Twitter and curation in 2010 both at Realtime in New York and the IDEAGORAS conference for Healthcare Social Media in Madrid.

 

This framing post is a look back to look forward for the May 12th #ideachat: "What is the Future for Twitter Chats?" Come share your ideas for the future, this Saturday at 9 am ET! 

The Growth and Power of the Hashtag Conversation

The first Twitter Chats I participated in were #blogchat, #prchat and #journchat in early 2009. To me, the real benefits of conversations on Twitter crystalized in these early chats around shared learning and common interests. It is through these chats that I realized the power of the #hashtag for connecting people on Twitter.  

I saw that "curating" content around strategic hashtags could also become a powerful means of community-building and branding. I thought about the power an individual could have for innovation, and the many opportunities conversation architects could create with global hashtag conversations.

Idea for Hashtags as "Interest Graph" 

I remember going to the first TWTRCON in May 2009, and trying to explain my "interest graph" idea to a top executive from Twitter without much success. Funny, how Twitter doesn't get Twitter. =) I was excited to share my theory for "circles of influence". My vision for a person's interest graph was intersecting circles, like a Venn Diagram, of strategic hashtags. This was early 2009, and all the big dogs in social media were talking social graph. 

On Twitter, I was also engaging weak ties to grow my community. I explained this to Jeremiah Owyang, @jowyang, whom I also met at TWTRCON. He did listen thoughtfully to my ideas. I suggested he follow some folks outside of his normal "power" circle and test for serendipity. I remember that conversation, and that Jeremiah said he would try it out. He also said he would start by following me. I knew then I had to stick with my ideas. I may have been relatively new to Twitter back then, but I was not new at studying social behavior. 

Hashtag for a Virtual Nightclub 

In the summer of 2009, I experimented growing a #hashtag for a virtual nightclub on Twitter with some artist friends. Known as #ffparty, the hashtag celebrated the #FollowFriday or #FF ritual with a focus specifically on the creative community. Through #ffparty, we collectively curated and shared the best work of creatives--artists, photographers, designers, writers, poets, musicians, DJs, etc. Instead of a one-hour Twitter Chat, the #ffparty hashtag was shared every Friday on Twitter starting at Happy Hour UK time and ending after Happy Hour U.S. time. I experienced the global reach of Twitter as friendships were made around the world. 

I loved connecting people and it made me happy to make beneficial connections. The more serendipitous connections I made, the greater my diverse, but interrelated, community on Twitter grew. I connected many artist friends to those outside the "arts" world. Some sold their work or made partnerships from these connections. I came to learn this was "network weaving."

Idea for Sponsored Twitter Chats

Around this time, I also became fascinated by the work of Scout Labs and its analysis of the social web.  I told a social agency for whom I was consulting that the work of Scout Labs was the future. (Lithium bought Scout Labs in May 2010.) I also recommended that this social agency host a "physical" group of bloggers at their Jacksonville office to participate in #blogchat together with the virtual community--the company had a community of bloggers they were trying to grow. I suggested that maybe they could even sponsor #blogchat. They never did see the possibilities of what was to come. Funny enough, I believe #blogchat did become the first Twitter Chat to get paying sponsors! 

Healthcare Twitter Chats Take Off

At the end of the summer at 2009, I ended #ffparty when I got my first big project in social media--to grow a community for an executive recruiting firm in healthcare communications. The healthcare community had already gotten into the Twitter Chat arena with the #hcsm chat, and Europe was now starting its own chapter, #hcsmeu. As the recruiting company's community manager, I was among the first participants (and only American) in the first European chat which required getting up very early in the morning. By regularly participating in global healthcare Twitter Chats, I grew the reputation of a small boutique recruiting firm in Jacksonville, Florida, to an international brand with global placements. I also became a Twitter Chat evangelist.

Did you know healthcare is one of the most robust and organized industries participating in Twitter Chats? Healthcare benefits from the work of Symplur and its Healthcare Hashtag Project tracking almost 60 million tweets!

Going from Participant to Moderator of Twitter Chats

In August, 2010, I wrote a post on using content curation to become a "Thought Leader D.J". I showed the similarities between being a D.J. and "curation". The post was widely shared netting almost 50K views. It resonated because people had not thought of Twitter organized around their "interest graph." Most were confused by how to use Twitter, personally and for business. Chris Jones @sourcePOV asked me to moderate a Twitter Chat on this topic for his social media chat, #smchat. I became a student on how various chats were run, and what made each successful in growing a community. 

#Ideachat Launches

In October 2010, I decided to launch my own Twitter Chat around my passion for ideas--#ideachat. A monthly Twitter Chat on creativity and ideas, #ideachat takes place on the Second Saturday of the month at 9 am ET. A year after attending my first TWTRCON, I found myself being asked to "present" on Twitter Chats and curation. The above Prezi is part of the presentation I shared at Realtime NY (formerly TWTRCON) and IDEAGORAS in Madrid in 2010: "Innovators Are Conversation Architects." 

Back in November 2010, there were only about 250 organized Twitter Chats, now there are easily 1,500. I am grateful to the #Ideachat community that has grown and evolved into a warm community of creative thinkers from many diverse fields, from entrepreneurs and the arts to education and medicine. Statistics for the last #ideachat showed a reach of more than 327K and you can catch up on transcripts on the #ideachat scoop.it page.

So, my favorite question is always--what's next?

What Do You See as the Future for Twitter Chats?

This is the main question for the May 12th #ideachat. Our guest will be Robert Moore @medialabrat of Internet Media Labs who is working on some new Twitter tools--one for Twitter Chats, and also a new visual discovery tool called SeeSaw. #Ideachatters can sign up for a SeeSaw invite!

Come share your ideas at #ideachat on May 12th, 9 am ET:
  • How could Twitter Chats be improved? 
  • What do you like about Twitter Chats? What do you dislike? 
  • Are you participating more or less in Twitter Chats? 
  • If you could design a tool for Twitter Chats, what features would it have--both for participants and moderators? How would you improve a tool like Tweetchat.com?

To "see" SeeSaw and an interview with Robert Moore:

SeeSaw Joins the Visual Revolution

 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Tue, 08 May 2012 15:04:48 -0700 Government Gets Creative: 10 Design Principles by GOV.UK http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/government-gets-creative-10-design-principles-5537 http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/government-gets-creative-10-design-principles-5537

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Design Principles of GOV.UK 

Click on each principle to link to more information on each concept.

1. Start with needs*

2. Do less

3. Design with data

4. Do the hard work to make it simple

5. Iterate. Then iterate again.

6. Build for inclusion

7. Understand context

8. Build digital services, not websites

9. Be consistent, not uniform

10. Make things open: it makes things better 

Discovered this via another interesting piece on Design Thinking:

"Welcome to the Era of Design."

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:07:32 -0700 Beautiful Yoga on the Beach http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/beautiful-yoga-on-the-beach http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/beautiful-yoga-on-the-beach

Inspiration

This weekend, I watched someone spontaneously practice yoga on the beach. 

She was oblivious to anyone around her, and I found the moment inspiring.

It made me realize I could be more creative in where I practice.

Sometimes, we worry too much about what other people may think. 

Julien Smith says we should start to care less. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:30:00 -0700 Artist's color diary matches his mental and emotional state for the day: @ChromaTweets http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/artists-color-diary-matches-his-mental-and-em http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/artists-color-diary-matches-his-mental-and-em

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ChromaTweet is an ongoing nano-blogging project where each post consists of a single color tone. The daily moods, feelings, and experiences are compressed into one piece of information: color.

What color visualizes your day?

ChromaTweet is a project of New York based visual artist Aleksandar Maćašev. The color selected is meant to express the artist's emotional and mental state at the end of the day.

"Since I often use an intimate blog/diary form in my practice, I decided to start a diary where I would mix a color tone that would summarize my entire day. I was interested in moving beyond Twitter's micro-blogging format of 140 characters, to compress my online communication even more. So all these ideas converged into a nano-blogging experiment. And I started posting just one color tone a day, which began to create a sort of personal, emotional footprint," explains Maćašev.

Rules:
One chromatweet per day, every day.
No white (FFFFFF) or black (000000).
The title of every post is the hexadecimal code of the color.

If your day was a color, what color would it be?

The color for Tuesday, April 24, 2012 is 94154E, a rich deep pink. Must have been a happy day!

You can follow the daily ChromaTweets by Maćašev on Twitter at @ChromaTweets.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:49:48 -0700 Creativity eBooks: Aspindle by @tannerc http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/creativity-ebooks-aspindle-by-tannerc http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/creativity-ebooks-aspindle-by-tannerc
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Because everything around us started with an idea, and we believe that everyone has the ability to change the world with their ideas. 

Since Posterous has been bought by Twitter, I have been looking into preserving some of the ideas shared on this blog into an ebook or two. I came across Aspindle.

In late 2010, with nearly two decades of creative ventures under his belt, Tanner Christensen set out to start Aspindle and build a resource and incubator of creative ideas. Think of us as a spindle for ideas. 

Authors get:  
  • 75% of revenues for their ebook.
  • Free digital formatting.
  • Free marketing and promotion.
  • Experience digital publishing.
Specifically, Aspindle looks for authors who:
  • Have published a book or blog before.
  • Are as passionate about creativity as we are.
  • Are serious about promotion.
  • Aren't afraid to explore new topics.
  • Have an active social presence online.
  • Want to independently publish
  • Want to inspire other creatives.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:34:00 -0700 Creativity Exercise: The Hero's Journey Interpreted by @MarionChapsal http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/creativity-exercise-the-heros-journey-interpr http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/creativity-exercise-the-heros-journey-interpr

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My friend Marion Chapsal @marionchapsal is a speaker coach. She uses figurines to help her clients identify with a hero/heroine and map their own "Hero's Journey".

 

I use plas­tic (yes, plas­tic!) fig­urines, toys rep­re­sent­ing fairy tales heroes and heroines, frogs, princes and witches, and also car­toon char­ac­ters dur­ing my coach­ing ses­sions. To pre­pare for each of the TED Talks, I had asked each speaker to choose a fig­urine which would res­onate with her, or him and sym­bol­ize the resource most needed. Here’s a pic­ture of the Hero’s Jour­ney, illus­trated by fig­urines at each dif­fer­ent stage. ~ Marion Chapsal

Creativity Exercise: Which character would you identify with to tell your story? Why? 

Without hesitation, Florence chose as a "Talisman", the one which most resembled her childhood heroine, Heidi from the Alps, an enthusiastic little girl, who sees the world like a playful human adventure ... (continued)

excerpted from The Writer's Journey

The Hero’s Journey is a pattern of narrative identified by the American scholar Joseph Campbell that appears in drama, storytelling, myth, religious ritual, and psychological development.  It describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero, the person who goes out and achieves great deeds on behalf of the group, tribe, or civilization.

1.    THE ORDINARY WORLD.  The hero, uneasy, uncomfortable or unaware, is introduced sympathetically so the audience can identify with the situation or dilemma.  The hero is shown against a background of environment, heredity, and personal history.  Some kind of polarity in the hero’s life is pulling in different directions and causing stress.

2.    THE CALL TO ADVENTURE.  Something shakes up the situation, either from external pressures or from something rising up from deep within, so the hero must face the beginnings of change. 

3.    REFUSAL OF THE CALL. ... (continued)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:44:00 -0700 Here's to the Crazy Ones - Think Different Narrated by Steve Jobs http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/heres-to-the-crazy-ones-think-different-narra http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/heres-to-the-crazy-ones-think-different-narra

Here's to the Crazy Ones

The misfits
The rebels
The troublemakers
The round pegs in the square holes
The ones who see things differently
They're not fond of rules
And they have no respect for the status quo
You can quote them 
disagree with them
glorify or vilify them
About the only thing you can't do is ignore them
Because they change things
They push the human race forward
While some may see them as the crazy ones
We see genius 
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world
Are the ones who do

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:22:00 -0700 Some Creativity People/Blogs to Follow for #WCIW http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/some-creativity-peopleblogs-to-follow-for-wci http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/some-creativity-peopleblogs-to-follow-for-wci

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There are a lot of great and commercial blogs and people to follow on creativity. However, in the spirit of World Creativity and Innovation Week, #WICW, I thought I would share some interesting people you may or may not know who specifically share on the topic of creativity. This list is not meant to exclude anyone as I follow a lot of creative people including artists.

These people consistently engage with me on Twitter about creative practice, and they will talk back to you. :)

As Kira Campo says, "Exploring and expressing creativity does not come with an instruction manual." However, let these folks be your guide!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Tue, 17 Apr 2012 04:35:00 -0700 Creative Thinking and Self Discovery: 100 Questions in One Hour http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/creative-thinking-and-self-discovery-100-ques http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/creative-thinking-and-self-discovery-100-ques

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Make a List of 100 Questions that are Important to You

This creative thinking exercise comes from Michael Gelb's "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci". He suggests making a list of 100 questions that are important to you. This exercise will help you in self-discovery and finding your passion. It's also a great way to start an "Idea Notebook."

Write the list of 100 questions quickly and in one sitting. Aim for one hour. 

Why 100 Questions?

"The first twenty or so will be 'off the top of your head.' In the next thirty or forty, themes often begin to emerge. And, in the latter part of the second half of the list, you are likely to discover unexpected but profound material," predicts Gelb. 

When you are finished, read over your list to uncover themes. Consider your themes without judging them. 

Identify a theme on which to focus. 

Pick ten power questions around this theme, make a new list and rank them. 

Identifying themes is a powerful way to begin crafting your story. 

What did you discover about yourself?

This week is World Creativity and Innovation Week. Follow @worldcreativity and the hashtag #WCIW on Twitter.

 

 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:24:00 -0700 Celebrate Creativity: Keep an Idea Notebook like Leonardo da Vinci http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/celebrate-creativity-keep-an-idea-notebook-li http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/celebrate-creativity-keep-an-idea-notebook-li

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Today is Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday: Celebrate creativity and start an idea notebook!

Eighteen sheets of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks were purchased by Bill Gates for $30.8 million in 2004

If you consistently keep track of your ideas in a notebook, you will have material from which to be inspired, create content and take action on your dreams. Any type of a notebook will do. "The important thing is to carry it with you everywhere and write in it regularly," advises Michael J. Gelb, author of "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci."  Like Leonardo, "use your notebook to record your questions, observations, insights, jokes, dreams and musings," encourages Gelb.

I love technology, but it is different to write with the tactile feeling of pen on paper. Ideas flowing from your head to your hand are part of the creative process. There is something artistic in the flow. You can switch between text and more visual elements--doodles, diagrams, drawings, arrows and boxes. 
We now only know about the whereabouts of half of da Vinci's notebooks.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:26:00 -0700 Network Weaving Begins with Mindfulness: Part 2 with June Holley #ideachat http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/network-weaving-begins-with-mindfulness-part http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/network-weaving-begins-with-mindfulness-part

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Pictured above is one part of the Network Weaver Checklist from the new "Network Weaver Handbook" by June Holley. 

What are the most important skills for network weaving? Holley says it starts with being mindful, deep listening and asking good questions.

I think the most important skill for a network weaver is simply to be present with other people. What that means is that people are really listening to each other, they are asking questions that bring intelligence out of a person, and they are thinking about who they can connect that new person to, so that this new twosome--I call them "twosies"--can begin doing something fresh and creative together.

Asking questions is so important. 

You need to ask questions that get people to recognize that they care about things deeply, and really identify their own strengths and challenges. It's often by identifying the challenges that they can really connect with another person who is complimentary.

Questions provoke people to think in new ways. We don't really realize how small our worlds are, how much we're leaving out, and how vast the world is out there full of different ways of looking at things. It's by really connecting with those differences that we're going to make the breakthroughs that we need. 

Connecting is not just introducing two people. 

You have to really think carefully about the different energies, do they use different kinds of language, are their backgrounds different? Especially, as we work globally, this becomes something that people need to pay attention to ... it's not personal, but more cultural. 

What does it mean when a network weaver closes a triangle? 

Closing triangles is so wonderfully simple, and yet so powerful. 

What it means is that you are connected to two people who don't know each other, and then, you connect them. Of course, they need to be two people who have something in common. Then those two individuals can then interact without your presence. 

There are many ways to close a triangle. The most important thing is that you check up to make sure that the triangle, in fact, has been closed. And if not, why or why not.

Network weavers need to notice nuance. 

Network weavers are always having to notice what's going on, and make sense of what is going on. 

Who is being left out? Who will provide a really great perspective on what we're doing and make it work more effectively? Is there enough diversity in the network? 

Also, are there quality connections? Are our relationships deep enough? Have we taken the time to know each other, so that we have realistic trust. A network weaver helps us develop these types of relationships, so we can take risks with each other.

In this new world, relationships are going to be more rewarding, more precious, and more valuable to us. 

I love Holley's energy and generosity. She sets a standard for network weaving and authenticity, and wants us all to harness our own network weaver to create a better world.

June Holley will also be our guest for #ideachat, this Saturday, April 14th at 9 am ET. 

Ask your questions about network weaving as June Holley joins #ideachat, April 14th. #Ideachat connects people from all over the world. Check the world clock to see what time #ideachat is in your part of the world and join in! 

Just log in to http://tweetchat.com, sign in with Twitter and enter "ideachat" as the room. You never know what connections you'll make!

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:59:00 -0700 What is network weaving? Learn from June Holley Part One for #ideachat 4/14 http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/what-is-network-weaving-learn-from-june-holle http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/what-is-network-weaving-learn-from-june-holle

When most people think of network weaving, they think of "connectors". Connectors are individuals who bring people together who don't know each other, but would be better off if they did.

June Holley, who has been a network weaver for most of her life, says there are actually four "types" of network weavers. She has put her years of study on network weaving in communities and organizations into a comprehensive "Network Weaver Handbook." Just released, Holley's guide has already sold hundreds of copies from people who want to learn and improve their skills for building networks in today's highly connected world.

Even though network weaving is something everyone does, people don't realize what they are doing. I wrote this book to help people be more aware of the networks around them, and what they can do to make those networks healthier and more effective.

Holley believes network weavers have the ability to transform the world. She hopes her handbook can provide network weaving techniques and ideas to anyone who wants to learn. "We are all network weavers," she says.

To me transformation is about changing the way people relate to each other. And the idea of networks is that we can all relate to each other as peers in just an incredibly creative way that can create a world that is good for all of us. Networks are just about relationships and reaching out to others who can enhance our own creativity.

Can network weaving be learned? "Pretty easily," says Holley. 

In the handbook, I have a network weaver checklist people can take, and I have never had anyone who gets zeroes on everything. People already have some skills in network weaving ... It's a lot about paying attention to things you haven't paid attention to. And once somebody points out that's really valuable, and you've actually done that--paying attention to who is relating to whom--you just see all kinds of new possibilities.

You can watch Part 1 and Part Two of my video interview with June Holley for more valuable and fascinating insights to enhance your network weaving and visit Holley's website at http://networkweaver.com which is full of great resources. 

June Holley will also be our guest for #ideachat, this Saturday, April 14th at 9 am ET. 

Ask your questions about network weaving as June Holley joins #ideachat, April 14th. #Ideachat connects people from all over the world. Check the world clock to see what time #ideachat is in your part of the world and join in! Just log in to http://tweetchat.com, sign in with Twitter and enter "ideachat" as the room. You never know what connections you'll make!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:32:00 -0700 Competition Among Memes in a World with Limited Attention for Ideas http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/competition-among-memes-in-a-world-with-limit http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/competition-among-memes-in-a-world-with-limit

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A new study was released using Twitter to identify how memes are spread in a world with limited attention.  

The wide adoption of social media has increased the competition among ideas for our finite attention. We study whether such a competition may affect the popularity of different memes, the diversity of information we are exposed to, and the fading of our collective interests for specific topics. 

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Visualizations of meme diffusion networks for different topics. Nodes represent Twitter users, and directed edges represent retweeted posts that carry the meme. The brightness of a node indicates the activity (number of retweets) of a user, and the weight of an edge reflects the number of retweets between two users. (a) The #Japan meme shows how news about the March 2011 earthquake propagated. (b) The #GOP tag stands for the US Republican Party and as many political memes, displays a strong polarization between people with opposing views. Memes related to the ‘‘Arab Spring’’ and in particular the 2011 uprisings in (c) #Egypt and (d) #Syria display characteristic hub users and strong connections, respectively. 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:00:00 -0700 Some of the Most Beautiful Eggs in the World http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/some-of-the-most-beautiful-eggs-in-the-world http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/some-of-the-most-beautiful-eggs-in-the-world

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One of 80 Giant Eggs curated by Tim Grosvenor from artists around the globe for Obere Mühler.

My friend and artist Tim Grosvenor designs and curates some of the most beautiful eggs in the world. Visit Tim's blog to see a selection of some of the Giant Eggs on show for the next two weeks in the Obere Mühler, Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Some of you may remember the "Collective Egg", a Twitter and Posterous project we coordinated two years ago. If not, treat yourself to egg beauty from the creative community on Twitter: "Artists, Writers, Architects, Photographers, Poets, Working together to help Save the Rainforests of Madagascar. Inspired by the Largest Egg Known to Science. That of the now extinct Elephant Bird."

Tim has served for many years as the Artistic Director for the annual Fete D'Noeuf in St. Antonin in the southwest of France where an entire town mobilizes for an Easter Egg Festival you can see in this wonderful little video.

Follow Tim Grosvenor on Twitter @elephantbird, and see his work on Google+ and on display at Open Studio, Easter weekend.

 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:51:58 -0700 Beyond Mobile: What A Future Without Apps Could Be http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/beyond-mobile-what-a-future-without-apps-coul http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/beyond-mobile-what-a-future-without-apps-coul
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From the blog of Luke Wroblewski @LukeW

"In his Beyond Mobile presentation at TL;DR Conference in San Francisco CA, Scott Jenson @scottjenson made the case for moving beyond mobile applications and illustrated what a future without apps could be. Here’s my notes from his talk: ..." 

More apps won’t be good long term. Size and cost reductions are giving us to a lot more devices that require more apps. This model will hold us back.

We need a new discovery protocol to enable us to locate and interact with things that are relevant to us in the real world. This service needs to be on demand –it can’t be pushing to you all the time.

This future requires an ecosystem of devices to broadcast identities out and a set of devices to read that information.

TL;DR Conference: "We are in the early days of major new technology cycle driven by Post-PC devices and HTML5."  
 

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What immediately strikes you about Clay Christensen is that he is a very humble man. You can see for yourself in this great interview where he explains his idea of disruptive innovation. He is also the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.


Christensen wrote an essay in Harvard Business Review on "How Will You Measure Your Life?" The essay was based on his advice to the Harvard Business School Class of 2010 who faced uncertain futures when the economy began to tank. Many changed their life's priorities. 

Christensen has expanded his ideas into a book, penned along with James Allworth and Karen Dillon, also called "How Will You Measure Your Life?" coming out in May 2012.

The aim was not to provide you with any easy answers — but instead, to prompt you to consider the most important questions you’ll ever face.  

I love his definition of being humble. I never looked at humility as a reflection of the esteem with which you regard others. Enjoy this excerpt!

I got this insight when I was asked to teach a class on humility at Harvard College. I asked all the students to describe the most humble person they knew. One characteristic of these humble people stood out: They had a high level of self-esteem. They knew who they were, and they felt good about who they were. We also decided that humility was defined not by self-deprecating behavior or attitudes but by the esteem with which you regard others. Good behavior flows naturally from that kind of humility. For example, you would never steal from someone, because you respect that person too much. You’d never lie to someone, either.

It’s crucial to take a sense of humility into the world. By the time you make it to a top graduate school, almost all your learning has come from people who are smarter and more experienced than you: parents, teachers, bosses. But once you’ve finished at Harvard Business School or any other top academic institution, the vast majority of people you’ll interact with on a day-to-day basis may not be smarter than you. And if your attitude is that only smarter people have something to teach you, your learning opportunities will be very limited. But if you have a humble eagerness to learn something from everybody, your learning opportunities will be unlimited.

Follow @claychristensen and @measureyourlife on Twitter.

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:14:00 -0700 Making Ideas Infectious: Knowledge Exchange from the Edge and Across Disciplines http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/making-ideas-infectious-knowledge-exchange-fr http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/making-ideas-infectious-knowledge-exchange-fr

Bringing people who have different types of knowledge together is the only way we are going to tackle some of the big problems.

We need to involve individuals from different knowledge backgrounds and we need to exchange knowledge between them so that we can learn from each other. 

More and more, the evidence is that innovation comes from looking from the outside and intersecting disciplines. 

Also, listen to this great interview from NPR with Jonah Lehrer regarding his new book, "Imagine." Lehrer describes how Steve Jobs purposefully merged all the disciplines at Pixar's offices, and positioned only two available bathrooms in a central area, so people would have to collide on a daily basis. The results were fruitful discussions on work ideas and solutions. "Everyone has a great bathroom story," he says.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:37:00 -0700 Adapting Ourselves to Adaptive Content by Karen McGrane at #ias12 http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/adapting-ourselves-to-adaptive-content-by-kar http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/adapting-ourselves-to-adaptive-content-by-kar Adapting Ourselves to Adaptive Content
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/45507/blogbrevity.png http://posterous.com/users/1gB22czMC1b Angela Dunn blogbrevity Angela Dunn Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:33:00 -0700 Beach Meditation: Ebb and Flow with "Hokusai Says" by Roger Keyes http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/beach-meditation-ebb-and-flow-with-hokusai-sa http://blogbrevity.posterous.com/beach-meditation-ebb-and-flow-with-hokusai-sa

Take a break, meditate. Breathe with the ebb and flow. Enjoy this beautiful poem, "Hokusai Says" by Roger Keyes.

Hokusai says look carefully.

He says pay attention, notice.

He says keep looking, stay curious.

He says there is no end to seeing.

He says look forward to getting old.

He says keep changing, you just get more who you really are.

He says get stuck, accept it, repeat yourself as long as it’s interesting.

He says keep doing what you love.

He says keep praying.

He says every one of us is a child, every one of us is ancient, every one of us has a body.

He says every one of us is frightened.

He says every one of us has to find a way to live with fear.

He says everything is alive –shells, buildings, people, fish, mountains, trees.

Wood is alive.

Water is alive.

Everything has its own life.

Everything lives inside us.

He says live with the world inside you.

He says it doesn’t matter if you draw, or write books.

It doesn’t matter if you saw wood, or catch fish.

It doesn’t matter if you sit at home and stare at the ants on your verandah

or the shadows of the trees and grasses in your garden.

It matters that you care.

It matters that you feel.

It matters that you notice.

It matters that life lives through you.

Contentment is life living through you.

Joy is life living through you.

Satisfaction and strength is life living through you.

Peace is life living through you.

He says don’t be afraid.

Don’t be afraid.

Look, feel, let life take you by the hand.

Let life live through you.

Hukusai is a Japanese artist whose most famous print is "The Great Wave off Kanagawa". I did not know this when I paired these words with the ocean. 

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