KerryJ’s Neotenous Tech

This is my longest blog post ever, but the way I see it - the future of the internet is at stake here, so I wanted to gather my thoughts and resources in one spot and ensure I understood what was going on.
First up, it’s all fang’s fault for pointing me towards this “open source documentary” on net [...]

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The executive summary to Marie Jasinski’s research for the Flexible Learning Framework on the environment necessary to embed e-learning into mainstream practice made for an excellent read this morning and a great start to my week.
The key messages for me were:
1) Early adopters or innovators are not necessarily the best leaders when it comes to [...]

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Using the internet for politics has gotten a fair amount of press recently, but I think the recent US use of “You Tube” in the presidential debates got it all wrong. 
The candidates should have each been instructed to post a video response to an issue and then users could have rated the vidoes and commented upon [...]

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I’m headed back to uni this month to start my Masters Degree in eBusiness and Communication from Swinburne.
I’m in the process of tracking down some used textbooks and would love to hear from you if you’ve got any ideas.  I’ve looked on delicious and done my Googling, but have only found four sites and two of [...]

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A recent report from the NPD group shows that just over the past two years, the starting age for using electronic devices has dropped from just a click over 8 years old to about 6 and a half years old.  Plus the ownership of personal digital media players, portable video games and digital cameras is on [...]

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