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"I use some tricks to maximize my attention so I can stay on top of tons of massive amounts of scattered information across the market. Specifically, a custom dashboard that that works on each side of the firewall to surface relevant movement from those two worlds."

A lovely slideshare about social and why people should take note of it. Packed with stats too…

A set of resources around information literacy: "Information Literacy is the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information."

Teens do use Twitter. Not all of them. Because they are not a single homogenous swarm. Danah Boyd looks at how the bad use of data's twisting the debate…

OMG, web abbreviations and slang are entering the common lnaguage. Srsly. LOL!

"Consider that wills once existed for the sole purpose of ceding ownership of physical objects, and quests for immortality – things like cryonics, transhumanism, fountains of youth and religion (ahem) – remained firmly planted in the realms of fantasy, but as the lines between our real and digital worlds continue to blur, these customs have changed. The things we leave behind, from virtual businesses to entire online lives, now have an immaterial existence and longevity all their own."

"Among the active journalists there are some of the common ways to use Twitter:

* Research (30 per cent)
* Getting story ideas (23 per cent)
* Find out what micro blogs are (28 per cent)
* Get feedback from readers (12 per cent)
* Get in contact with sources and do interviews (13 per cent)
* Promotion and branding (17 per cent)
* Building network with other journalists (15 per cent)
*Private use (29 per cent)"