A good piece on finding balance by observing boundaries and making space.
Good list of vignettes from around the business world of top leaders making tough decisions.
A very good post about leadership and the qualities needed to sustain a high-performance organization. I like the way he closes the post:
"As you look for ways to improve your organization,” says O’Malley, “it would not be outlandish to take a step back and ask yourself, What would a bee do?"
The StudentAdvisor.com research team continuously collects information on how active and effective each school is at engaging their audiences on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media tools, such as iTunes and podcasts. The ranking methodology also takes into account the size of each school's population, as well as other metrics, to gauge overall reach and effectiveness. The team then produces a strictly quantitative score for each school based on this information, and updates the findings regularly.
" A recent survey of almost 2,000 teachers found that half think that using Twitter (and Facebook) in the classroom "is harmful to the learning experience." But, Los Angeles history teacher Enrique Legaspi disagrees with the naysayers. Last year he went to a workshop that discussed ways to use Twitter in teaching and now his students—even the shy ones—at Hollenbeck Middle School in East L.A. are speaking up more."
This is a very good introduction to the impact of social media on society.
The whole suite of apps - messaging, collaboration, photo editing, RSS readers etc.
Good tips for making sure the internet doesn't take over your daily schedule
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