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“What If’s…”: …there were NO more Printed Newspapers, Magazines, etc..?

Lee Graham — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:38:53 +0000

Print journalism has been one of the largest dying industries for years now! There are reports that state that Journalism Degrees are in serious decline. Newspaper, magazines, book publishers, etc… have cut number of staff, publications and budgets dramatically. Many have even closed their doors within the last 36 months for a multitude of reasons including:

They can’t deliver printed content in a timely fashion. Due to the rising number bloggers, news channels that have gone online and social media site.
People do not want to pay for their news when it is freely available online and on-demand.
The overhead (resources, payroll and materials) to print content costs at least 50% (if not more) than a digital publication.

So I propose “What If” this time next year no traditional newspapers, magazine and book publishers exist, but rather all of your news, information and entertainment came directly to your email or mobile device? How would that change your life? Would it be better? Would it be worse?

Digital technologies such as blogs, website, content management systems, RSS feeds, etc… have given the information publishing businesses an incredible edge that is not only greener, but less time consuming and better Return-On-Investment (ROI).

eLearning 3.0 Blog Launched! (elearning30.com)

Lee Graham — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:49:06 +0000

eLearning 3.0 blog dedicated to the wonderful world of eLearning technologies and methodolgies. I began the eLearning30.com blog because of the numerous emails i received in response to a post (eLearning 3.0 = “Edutainment”) I made on my this blog.

About the eLearning 3.0 Blog

While the term “eLearning 3.0″ not clearly defined YET the purpose this elearning 3.0 blog is to hopefully shed some light on what it will be and introduce the new methodologies & technologies that will improve the realm of digital learning for both the students and the trainers.

A few of the topics that will be covered in this blog collaborative learning, edutainment, social learning, the history of eLearning, and so much more. We will post interviews with industy leaders, as well as help keep you up-to-date on news and events happening in the eLearning world.

Flash & Flex Developer Magazine

Lee Graham — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:10:43 +0000

I’ve had the privilege to be a Community Editor of a new and upcoming developer magazine, Flash & Flex Developer Magazine (FFDMAG) for almost a year now. If you are not familiar with FFDMAG, they provide step-by-step tutorials for building applications, source code, software reviews and many other great resources.

Lee Brimelow said, “This magazine is the only one that is devoted entirely to what we do. ”

Click here to view a sample digital issue OR pick up the latest edition at your closest Barnes & Noble. Next edition is due to be hitting shelves January 5, 2009. The topics that will be covered are:

Flash CS4 New Features…
What to expect with Flash 10′s “Astro”…
SpicyNodes – New Technology for Better Navigation in the Information Sea…
Introducing the XMLLoader Class…
Will You Flex?…
Getting Started with Google Maps in Flash…
Visualizing GeoSpatial Data using Vector Maps…
Socialbloom A Look At Flex Data Driven Applications…
In bed with Flash and HTML: Embedding Flash content with SWFObject 2…
Increasing Flash and Flex Search Engine Optimization…
Flex Application Accessing Microsoft Analysis Services to Retrieve OLAP Cube Data…
Contextual Awareness Parsing the Stack Trace…
Weather Flash Plus…
XML-based Photo Gallery & Slideshow…
How to Develop Flash Games for the Nintendo Wii…

eLearning 3.0 = “Edutainment”

Lee Graham — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:04:07 +0000

The Problem!
Ok, when most people here eLearning they associate it with boring computerized, voice-over PowerPoint presentations on sexual harassment. Sure its cheap to produce, but who really learns from these training products?

Want a solution?
In the next version of eLearning its going to be more about “edutainment”.

3 Suggestions for eLearning 3.0:

Add humor
Make the training interactive.
Build a training community, so that learning continues after the training is done.

If you need some help with this or want to bounce some ideas off me, you can contact me via email (donaldleegraham-at-gmail.com) or drop me a tweet on Twitter .

Image courtsey of videocrab on Flickr.

What the F**k is Social Media

Lee Graham — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:20:29 +0000

I was just on Twitter and saw a post from @TDefren to this SlideShare.
[slideshare id=496437&doc=whatthefissocialmedia070208-1215026815612657-8&w=450]

It put the “What” & the “Why” of Social Media out there in Layman’s terms, plus it gives a great laugh.

Created by @mzkagan of The Secret Diary of a Bonafide Marketing Genius

Out of the Ashes: From Cambrian House to VenCorp

Lee Graham — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:17:39 +0000

Crowdsourcing is definitely an interesting concept, and there have been a few successes and a few failures over the past couple of years. One of the most interesting was Cambrian House, a platform for crowdsourcing business ideas.

However, it is time to make way for something better. VenCorps (currently in Alpha) is up and coming.

Help Firefox 3…

Lee Graham — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:16:12 +0000

Help Mozilla Firefox set the World Record for most downloads in 24 hours.

To participate simply click on the logo below and then click on the “Pledge Now” on their home page.

Net Neutrality… What is it?

Lee Graham — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:42:25 +0000

According to Wikipedia.org, Net Neutrality is, “a principle that is applied to residential broadband networks, and potentially to all networks. A neutral broadband network is one that is free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, on the modes of communication allowed, which does not restrict content, sites or platforms, and where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams.” – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality

In laymans terms there is the rumored possibility that large Internet Service Providers (ISP) are planning on regulating the internet to better benefit their companies.

Here is a group from Belgium I believe that are very enthusiastic about this particular topic. Here is a video they created on posted on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2XPiqhN_Ns

I’m doing more and more research on this topic to become better informed of what is going on.

The Power of Community

Lee Graham — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:35:47 +0000

Most people have the innate wanting to be apart of something larger than themselves. A way to give back and improve quality of life for themselves as well as those around them.

I find myself at this point right now! I want to be apart of something large than I. Not in a bragging fashion I know that I’m a fairly bright individual with so many ideas on topics such as business, education, and how to improve my community/world. I’ve been reading a fabulous little book, "We Are Smarter Than Me" by Barry Libert & Jon Spector

I’ve realized a couple of issues there with me having ideas…

First, I am only one person. As a single unit, an individual, I am limited to what I can do in the time I am awake in a days.

Second, there are millions of people out there like me! People around the world have absolutely brilliant ideas, but like me they run into an issue they are one single individual. Its difficult, not impossible, to get your voice heard as an individuals, but now imagine get 10 people shouting the same thing. That reaches out to another 5 people. Now there are 15 people shouting. Naturally the more people shouting the louder they will be heard.

Third, I am a smart fellow, but not the smartest. This was humbling, but in the same sense extremely encouraging! While I may not be the smartest, I still have value ideas and I come from a different viewpoint that some other people because of my upraising, technical background, friends, personal experiences, place I’ve visited, etc… Think of it as everyone has a story, some similar and others totally opposite. Different places, characters, timeframes, education, but thus everyone still has a story. This story affects the way they approach problem solving.

THIS IS THE POWER OF A COMMUNITY. A community can makes social changed faster that any one individual.

This has provoked me to start planning a community of contagious discussion to hopefully impact the world’s food issues, medicals problems, energy crisis, and the faulty educational systems.

I , myself , can’t do this myself, but WE can! If you are interested in helping please leave a comment hear and we will connect and we can discuss how we are going to do this.