Archive for the technology Category
What Type of Social Networking Personality Are You?
Posted in technology on 02/08/2013 by mark novelli
Mashable recently published an article and infographic with findings of a social behavior study by MyLife of 890 adults ages 18 and older. Pretty interesting stuff. What’s your social networking persona? (CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR A HIGHER RES IMAGE)
(HT: Michael Novelli)
Best iPhone Apps for Kids
Posted in learning, technology on 11/10/2012 by mark novelli
This article is a good resource for parents and educators, also might gives some good holiday gift ideas?
Imagery rules across social media
Posted in communication, story, technology on 10/23/2012 by mark novelli
[HT: M BOOTH]
Infographic: Graduating with Technology
Posted in technology on 08/30/2012 by mark novelli
Provided by: www.learnstuff.com
96% of 16-24 year olds prefer texting to talking.
Posted in communication, technology on 07/20/2012 by mark novelli
96% of 16-24 year olds prefer sms and Facebook to talking, according to study in the UK by Ofcom. Although I may share this preference at times, it makes me wonder what the social ramifications might be for our upcoming generation.
A Brief History of Video Games
Posted in creativity, technology on 06/13/2012 by mark novelliThis took me back in time.
An abridged history of video games in under three minutes. Made using only sounds, music and video from the video games themselves.
Incredible mobile technology stats
Posted in technology on 05/30/2012 by mark novelli
I am always a little skeptical of stats – but these caught my attention:
- There are 7 billion people on Earth. 5.1 billion own a cell phone. 4.2 billion own a toothbrush. (Mobile Marketing Association Asia, 2011)
- It takes 90 minutes for the average person to respond to an email. It takes 90 seconds for the average person to respond to a text message. (CTIA.org, 2011)
- 91% of all smart phone users have their phone within arm’s reach 24/7 – (Morgan Stanley, 2012)
- 44% of Facebook’s 900 million monthly users access Facebook on their phones. These people are twice as active on Facebook as non-mobile users (Facebook, 2012)
- It takes 26 hours for the average person to report a lost wallet. It takes 68 minutes for them to report a lost phone. (Unisys, 2012)
- 9 out of 10 mobile searches lead to action, over half leading to purchase. (Search Engine Land, 2012)
Read the full article HERE at Viral Blog.
20 somethings switch media 27 times per hour
Posted in marketing, technology on 04/11/2012 by mark novelli
A recent study found that 20 somethings (digital natives) switched media (from smart phone to tv to tablet to computer and back, etc). about 27 times per non-working hour. This is 35% more than older “digital immigrants”.
The article explores what this might mean for advertisers. The question it raised in me is, what does this mean for teachers and media creators?
It also reminded me of this scene from Portlandia.
Read the full story here.
[ht: michael novelli]
Are we trying to fit old things into the new form?
Posted in communication, culture, technology on 01/27/2012 by mark novelliInteresting thoughts from Marshall McLuhan.
“When any new form comes into the foreground of things, we naturally look at it through the old stereos. We can’t help that. This is normal, and we’re still trying to see how will our previous forms of political and educational patterns persist under television. We’re just trying to fit the old things into the new form, instead of asking what is the new form going to do to all the assumptions we had before.”
How might this apply to the internet? To the way we gather?
[HT: Michael Novelli]
