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More About Me

I'm passionate about

Literature. The books, film, religion and other narratives that shape our thinking and understanding of the world.

An idea worth spreading

I once heard the former president of Peru (Alejandro Toledo) speak about "The Economics of Inclusion" and the missed opportunities that occur from ignoring emerging markets in the world. It helped me realize that the world is a much better place when everyone is at the table.

Talk to me about

Curation, real-time web, data science, visualization, Big Data

People don't know that I'm good at

I've been drawing wicked comic book characters since I was 9.

My TED Story

I found myself in a conversation with Sergey Brin (Founder, Google), Jay Adelson (Founder, Digg), and Evan William (Founder, Twitter) at TED. One of these things was not like the other. ;-)

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• A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: Haha, I didn't change it TED's staff did!

• A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: Jump in!
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  A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: James have you herd of the following companies: DataSift.com, AboutEcho.com, or Swiftly.org? I only ask because all three do just what you've described with real-time content. In full disclosure, the last one (Swiftly) is one of my projects.

• A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: I find NetVibes a little heavy on the browser, however it's a great tool and gets the job done.
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  A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: That's really interesting. I'd never heard of Twitter being used as a back channel for the classroom, but it absolutely makes perfect sense. The reality is, the amount of information stimuli is growing exponentially so it really is a valuable skill (and thus one worth teaching) to be able to multi-task and actively multi-process.
  
  And I like your point about 'rest', and I'd even add 'play' as being equally important. I'd be interested in hearing more about your own experiences with Twitter in the classroom. I came across this post about Monica Rankin and Kim Smith after reading your post - http://derekbruff.com/teachingwithcrs/?p=250

• A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: Awesome! I use Flipboard in a similar way on iPad and Google Reader for the desktop. I don't pull all of my tweets into Reader but then again, I'm only on Twitter to catch what I can when I need to, the other content I can casually ignore.
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  A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: Yes, this is where search becomes really useful. Not necessarily looking for stuff you know is there, but for sifting through the stuff that you *don't* know is there.

• A comment on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: Do you all think there's a place for better filters in specific industries? For example Health Care, Finance, Government...they all have massive amounts of information, yet they continue to make what some would say are the 'same mistakes'. Is this a data problem or a human problem?

• A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: What feedreader or app are you using Alexander? I use Google Reader

• A reply on Conversation: How do you deal with data deluge (too much email, too many tweets, etc.)?

  Jun 27 2011: Right on, I learned this lesson fairly early on running a massive open source project. I t wasn't until I started making videos that anyone ever really 'got' what the project was and started participating.