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Me and my profession

As a qualified educator, and educator of the educators, I am a communications expert; understanding how and why information delivery works and doesn't work. I have experience with technology and consider myself an information-futurist. I am a dreamer!

Now, enough of that wank and onto some more...I have been a teacher of modern English and literature, taught people the skills of learning, teaching and communicating. A can look at big and little pictures and advise on getting from point A to point B. I can read maps!

I am an excellent facilitator, negotiator and have, on many occasions in the past, presented to small and large groups alike. I am a talker!

My experience in commercial enterprise has helped me take a leap from the structure and politic of government back into the real world. I am a thinker!

But I am a teacher; was a teacher of skills and knowledge, and now, like most of us, just a teacher.

Specialties:

Information and communication developer, reviewer and planner, advice on learning, elearning and services online. I see the past and dream the future. I can use smart and dumb tools. A sharer and a listener. A strategist and a dreamer. I can negotiate with people from all walks. I know where I am at and where you want to be. I can read maps!

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'Facebook makes you sharper but Twitter makes you thicker' | News | News.com.au

FACEBOOK makes you sharper but Twitter makes you thicker, a psychologist has said.

The social networking site boosts a part of intelligence that is vital to success in life, while tweeting away may have the opposite effect.

Keeping up to date with Facebook may have the same effect as playing video war games and solving Sudoku, said Dr Tracy Alloway of Scotland's University of Stirling.

It hones the ability to remember information and to use it, known as "working memory".

via news.com.au

So it appears that I am just little bit thicker than a whole lot of other people! Facebook has never really been my thing - heck - I still only have about 5 people connected! As for the multitude of websites, images and quips my few hundred connected twitter-friends often share - I guess it just doesn't add up.

Consider me the dummy my Facebook Smartypants's!

Sylvestor
www.twitter.com/Sylvestor - you can probably find me on facebook too ;)

Filed under  //  Facebook   Intelligence   Memory   News.com.au   Psychology   Social Media   Technology   Tracy Alloway   Twitter  
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Posted 6 months ago

Everything old is new again for internet-weary young adults

By Stephen Lunn

The Australian

July 14, 2009 12:01am

Gen Y
Better connections ... young Australians want more face-to-face time with friends and family / Lindsay Moller
  • Gen Y culture shift
  • Study reveals a "new nostalgia"
  • Young Australians crave less complex times

NEXT thing you know, all the young men will be using Brylcream, the girls will be in bobby sox and everyone will be learning to jitterbug.

A study of young adult culture reveals a "new nostalgia" among Australia's 16-30 year olds, who pine for less complex times, The Australian reports.

Communicating with friends online has lost some of its lustre even from as recently as a year ago and they now want to have more face-to-face time.

And they increasingly prefer to do that at home rather than going out to noisy, potentially dangerous pubs and nightclubs, according to the annual Urban Market Research survey compiled by youth marketing agency Lifelounge.

The survey of more than 1600 young adults finds those still living with their parents (about half) have noticed the global financial crisis's impact on the family and pared back their lifestyle in response.

It also shows their love affair with technology is heading for a break-up, with time spent online down 30 minutes a week from last year, while their consumption of newspapers increased by the same amount.

Facebook and Twitter are also still on the rise, but losing some of their cachet.

via news.com.au


Frankly, what a load of BULL! Is this an attempt by old-school media to try and make people believe that online tech is losing its way for people? If anything, its growing at an even great rate than ever!!! According to my circle of friends and their few degrees of separation.

Lets not confuse adaptation and acceptance of tech as a part of normal everyday life as a "turning away". Give it up old-school-journo's! You are losing a battle that should be seeing you on the front lines.

Get with the times! That includes you Mr Lunn!

Sylvestor (a 38 year old who is still full of tech-lustre!)
www.twitter.com/Sylvestor

Filed under  //  Computers   Facebook   Gen Y   Generation   Internet   Social Networking   Technology   Twitter  
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Posted 8 months ago

It’s kind of like a World of Warcraft quest except instead of winning

t’s kind of like a World of Warcraft quest except instead of winning the Magical-Shield-of-Reckoning it ends with blow-j0bs and unfettered access to the internet
via thebloggess.com

Agree whole heartedly, unfortunately, at 8pm "Central" - assuming this is US time, on Friday - I won't have an opportunity to give anyone a...oh never mind...I will probably be asleep! Oh well, such is life ;)

Sylvestor
www.twitter.com/Sylvestor

Filed under  //  blogs   blow jobs   internet   twitter  
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Posted 9 months ago

Yes Kevin, You Really Do Bore Me!

Politicians are not silly or stupid people. Generally speaking. The people that work for politicians are equally not stupid or silly people, one would expect. But Kevin, please stop now, you are really boring, and the "economic downturn" in Australia may be the result purely of Australia simply falling asleep!
 
Flatline!!!!!! Paddles, STAT! Australia, we need a kickstart!
 
And none so perfect an example as Mr Rudd, our illustrious??? Prime Minister, keeping on going with his??? attempts at Social Networking online.
 
They all did it. For election and campaigning reasons back in the good "old economic times". But do they respect it, the people that connect with them, the purpose and its future? Of course not. In fact, when you look at KRudd's current Twitterage, its an appallingly good example of SNFAIL in politics.
 

 
twitter.com/newscomau reports "The Prime Minister has entered the world of Twitter, but critics say his online persona could be even duller than the real thing." (http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,25373173-5014239,00.html) - and yes folks, its absolutely true. "New media expert Fleur Brown, chief executive of Launch Group, said Mr Rudd deserved points for trying." But does he? Really?
 
If it really is Kevvie doing his twittering (twitter.com/kevinruddpm) then he really needs a kick up the ass and a good slapping down with a trout. It truly is appalling, and offensive. If it is not Kevvie doing the tweets on his way from here to there (like Malcolm Turnbull does - twitter.com/turnbullmalcolm) then he still deserves a kick up the ass etc.
 
At least the leader of the opposition does truly engage. Is our Prime Minister so out of touch with the people that the only method of engagement is a clinical and costly "suburban-cabinet" style meet-n-greet over scones? Sad, very sad.
 
Get with it KRudd or get off now! You risk putting the rest of Australia to sleep!
 
Sylvestor
twitter.com/sylvestor

Filed under  //  Comment   Politics   Prime Minister   Social Networking   Twitter  
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Posted 10 months ago