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Linguistic Miracle = Text Messaging
The spread of text messages can be considered evidence of an expanded linguistic repertoire. An entirely new language has essentially developed through the use of mobile technology. Linguists like Mr. McWorter describe this as a “linguistic miracle.”[read more]
Fill Your “Texts From Hillary” Void by Following These 5 Tumblr Blogs
You know you have a good blog going when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wants to submit a photo of herself with the caption “ROFL @ ur tumblr! G2g –scrunchie time. ttyl?...” to it. And she’s completely serious too. The blog in question is not so serious. Inspired by a photo taken last year of Clinton on a flight en route to Libya, completely engrossed with her PDA, the Tumblr account Texts from Hillary used said photo to depict Clinton writing influential power players snarky notes...[read more]
Social Media U: Making the most of social tools in the classroom
Education and social media are converging in more powerful ways than ever these days. And I’m not talking about Mark Zuckerberg’s recent $100M donation to Newark, NJ schools. Rather, more and more academic circles are recognizing just how much social tools can impact learning. And they’re right. But in their excitement to...[read more]
Texting as a Business Power Tool
It's so easy to dismiss the realm of mobile phone texting as "just for teenagers," that it hasn't yet seen widespread use in business. As a company studying and creating business communication strategies for other businesses, Calvert Creative is finding texting to be a powerful and compelling tool worth a second look. 1. It's politeMiss...[read more]
“I have a question. Can Big Data be utilized for Brick and Mortar or Click and Mortar organizations too? Or is Big Data mainly only usable for online retailers? Just curious/feedback would be awesome. Thanks!”
“I like to copy the full title of the person and then paste into Google after entering "site:linkedin.com" for example site:linkedin.com Sales Manager at xxxxxx.This searched for the phrase with Google but only searches the site Linkedin.com. I think this activity is calles "x-raying"I find this works for me and I don't need to log out of Linkedin.”