Some stuff I’m reading this week…
Unlocking iMovie ‘08: How to fade audio within a clip
Great tutorial on adjusting audio levels in iMovie 08. Sounds like Apple needs to bring some stuff back from 07.
[ECAR 2007 Winter] Nicole Ellison - Facebook Use On Campus - Oren Sreebny’s Weblog
Survey items about FB intensity. Facebook intensity is a good predictor of bridging social capital. Bridging social capital may be especially important in the period of emerging adulthood (18-25). They found that FB helps students with low esteem build bridging social capital more than students with high self esteem. In 2007 students reported 4 hours Internet use a day and 54 minutes a day on FB.
Better Together, an initiative of the Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America, Kennedy School of Government
Social capital is built through hundreds of little and big actions we take every day. We’ve gotten you started with a list of nearly 150 ideas, drawn from suggestions made by many people and groups. Try some of these or try your own. We need to grow this list.
Timberland
The Path of Service⢠program provides every Timberland employee 40 hours paid leave each year for community service. The Path of Service⢠program had humble beginnings, but has revolutionized our company.
Book Excerpt: The Seven-Day Weekend, Corporate Culture Article - Inc. Article
Semco has no official structure. It has no organizational chart. There’s no business plan or company strategy, no two-year or five-year plan, no goal or mission statement, no long-term budget. The company often does not have a fixed CEO. There are no vice presidents or chief officers for information technology or operations. There are no standards or practices. There’s no human resources department. There are no career plans, no job descriptions or employee contracts. No one approves reports or expense accounts. Supervision or monitoring of workers is rare indeed.
Canadian Tech History: Internet Pioneers
When it comes to online pioneers, the names of Americans like Vinton Cerf, creator of transfer protocols, Tim Berners-Lee, father of hypertext, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg are often bandied about, and deservedly so. But what about Canadians?
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The Canadian tech history article was interesting. I had almost forgotten iCraveTV.com, but 1999 does seem a long time ago in internet years. I was surprised not to see Research in Motion listed.