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By jdupuis on July 23, 2011.
  • The Cornucopia of the Commons
  • Discouraging EDU Lessons from Netflix Streaming
  • A gentle introduction to Twitter for the apprehensive academic
  • Setting the Agenda: Key Issues for Scholarly Publishing
  • Of Hybrarians, Scholar-Librarians, Academic Refugees, & Feral Professionals
  • An ex-Googler's inside view on Google+ vs. Facebook
  • Six Reasons Tablet Devices Will be Owned by 20% of Incoming Freshmen in U.S. Higher Education by Fall 2012
  • Tips for being a great blogger (and good person)
  • Is It Cold in Here?
  • Rock Stars and Superheroes
  • If this is the future, count me out
  • Warning! Social Networks Are Made Out of People!
  • Solving The Scoble Problem In Social Networks
  • Why We Need the New News Environment to be Chaotic
  • Users for Sale: Has Digital Illiteracy Turned Us Into Social Commodities?
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