Search trends are fun, and give you an idea of what the mass population is into during a specific slice of time without always giving much of an explanation for why; the intent of their search could be merely informational or it could be commercial or for some other reason.
Reading, Writing, ‘Rithmetic & Twitter?
The horrors of war and the odd perversions of the Victorian era might be a little much for an eight year old. But Twitter, blogging, podcasting, and Wikipedia might just be the 21st century ticket to learning.
Educators in Britain are mulling proposed changes to primary school curriculum that would require kids be taught modern Web-based communication and information retrieval skills instead of teaching them about World War II. War they can learn about in high school.
Recommended Online Marketing & PR Reading List
At ad:tech last week, fellow PR/new media marketing practitioner and blogger, Rohit Bhargava and I were talking about his new book, “Personality Not Included – Why Brands Lose Their Authenticity and How Great Companies Get it Back”, and he mentioned that I should send him a list of recommended reading for a new bookstore feature he’s adding to his blog.
Google Reader & Offline News Reading
In the first week of June Google launched a program called "Google Gears" that expands the already impressive capabilities of Google Reader (Google’s free news reader) to allow offline viewing. Here is a quote from Google’s related blog posting:
Tracking RSS Reading Trends With Google Reader
Google’s added a nifty little tool to Google Reader that allows you to view stats on your RSS reading trends.
River Reading With Google Reader
I have been keeping up with my Feed Reading lately and posting the best stuff to my link blog. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t reading as many feeds lately because it just wasn’t fun.
Companies Blocking Employees from Reading RSS
I dream of a world without prejudice. Wars will be a distant memory. No child will go to bed hungry. A organizations will trust their employees enough to let them subscribe to RSS feeds.
Internet Popularity: What Are People Reading
When surfing the net for stories, you never know what’s going to grab the public’s curiosity. Some stories are a sure bet, but others, like say puggles, make you scratch your head bit.
Take a Blog Reading Break
Bloggers read blogs on a very regular basis. Blog writers are among the most frequent visitors to other blogs.
Reading of Khodorkovsky’s Verdict Concludes
The reading of Yukos Founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s verdict has finally concluded, and he was found guilty of six out of seven charges of fraud and tax evasion.