February 2010
31 posts published in February 2010.
- Question 59 of 365: When is Judgement better than Feedback?I speak a lot about the value of perpetual beta or the need to emphasize process over product, so this maybe an entirely hypocritical thing to…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 58 of 365: How are local and crowdsourced opposing forces?The folks in my local network are amazing. They are the ones who will babysit for my children, or hang out after work with my family. They are the…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 57 of 365: Who is doing the asking?As I have been asking a lot of questions of late, I thought it was time for me to see who else is doing the same. I should have something in…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 56 of 365: How can we make openness tangible?I have written about openness before in a more theoretical sense. I have talked about open as “the space between.” And yet, I never explored just…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 55 of 365: What is the unit of measurement for an idea?We measure and rate everything. We measure how much things weigh, how many calories we consume, what rating a movie should have based upon…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 54 of 365: Why are we digital amnesiacs?Image via Wikipedia I was going to say that we may be digital goldfish, but then I did a little bit of research and it looks like goldfish have a…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 53 of 365: Who are our board of directors?All organizations have a Board to govern them. They check in on what the org is doing and they have a unique perspective to see the whole rather…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 52 of 365: How do we unfollow in the physical world?We have embarked on exploded the word “friend” with many new online connotations as well as redefined the word “space” to mean anything we want it…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 51 of 365: What do we model in our networks?I believe that I am not modeling the uses of my network that I actually use my network for. If I have created my network, I have done it wrong.…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 50 of 365: How do we know when we are safe?Safety is something that we can feel. We know when it is present and when it isn’t. We can feel when others feel safe too. Those around us share…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 49 of 365: Is there space for us?Image by Cyprien via Flickr I was just in Nebraska working with some online teachers at one of the best facilities I have ever experienced. From…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 48 of 365: How can we encourage shoe swapping?Image via Wikipedia While this question may seem ridiculous on the surface, it is one that I have been considering for quite some time. I believe…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 47 of 365: To whom are we beholden?I ask this question on the periphery of a lot of the questions that I pose. I would like to know just to whom we owe our talents and our learning.…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 46 of 365: How do users become customers?I don’t usually use these terms, but I have continued to use them after reading a really interesting white paper on why Freemium models don’t…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 45 of 365: What is the most important data?Image via Wikipedia This kind of question requires a lot of energy. Energy that I don’t have right now. But it is a question that haunts me,…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 44 of 365: What parts of us are fragile, perpetual and renewable?We Are All We Need View more presentations from bhwilkoff. We would rather be: Skeptical, Wise, Steadfast, and Stable. But we aren’t. We Lack: The…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 43 of 365: What is the true nature of spam?Google Buzz has brought this back for me in a big way, but I have always been concerned with just how Spam has made its grand entrance into our…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- KC TechNet Keynote Presentation and Live StreamI am honored to the keynote for the KC TechNet conference this year, which happens to be in a very cool high school in Liberty, MO. I am…
- Design with Forever in Mind: KCTechNet editionHere is the slide deck for my presentation on Design with forever in Mind: Design With Forever In Mind View more presentations from bhwilkoff.…
- Question 42 of 365: How can you frame a question so that it actually gets answered?Participation matters. Above all else, if you expect people to come to your blog, read your feed, follow your buzz or engage in your web…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 41 of 365: When is vigilante infrastructure justified?Being a vigilante in any organization creates a reputation. You are known for being on the cutting edge but also for being a lone wolf. You are…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 40 of 365: Why can't we focus on making something, rather than the something itself?It is the product that we are after: the book, the video, the iPhone, the worksheet, and the report. These products are the result of a huge…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 39 of 365: What data points are we missing?All of the data points matter. The ones that fit neatly inside of your daily life are just as important as the ones that lay way outside of it.…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 38 of 365: How does color influence our actions online?I am not a graphic designer. I am not a marketing guru. I am not a color snob. However, I did run across a really interesting reverse image search…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 37 of 365: What should you do if Google decides to compete directly?Google competes with our jobs. We are only kidding ourselves if we believe otherwise. All of the knowledge that was known as expertise and was…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 36 of 365: How does distribution change the message?There are new devices popping up all over that are shifting the ways in which we get our content. Blu-Ray players no longer just play the discs…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 35 of 365: How should we react to budget cuts?The pressure of budget concerns is absolutely crushing us right now. It is the reverberating hum in all conversations. In meetings is reaches…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 34 of 365: Is hope the great pacifier?We have all kind of bought into the idea that hope can lift a people up and can make us yearn for something better, but I’m not entirely sure that…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Good Tip: Get an e-mail when your students take a quiz in MoodleI have found it to be really frustrating in keeping up with things if I can’t get e-mail notification when things happen in courses that I am…
- Question 33 of 365: Why should we jump off a cliff?My experiences attending the Boulder/Denver new technology meetings, and more recently Educon 2.2, have really gotten me thinking about just how…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer
- Question 32 of 365: What are the assumptions we make in signing up?It has almost become a default position that we will be signing up for a new web application or interesting looking web service nearly every week…365 Questions That Google Can’t Answer