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A Computer To Teach You Not To Act Like A Computer | Co.Exist

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Technology enthusiasts who spend their days playing with computers and robots often have the amount of social graces of the machines they’re programming. So it’s either a brilliant or incredibly off-base intervention that an MIT graduate student has designed computer software to attempt to teach the socially-maladjusted how to be more sociable, via a Siri-like virtual conversation coach.

The program, called My Automated Conversation Coach (MACH), “uses a computer-generated onscreen face, along with facial, speech, and behavior analysis and synthesis software, to simulate face-to-face conversations,” according to a press release. “It then provides users with feedback on their interactions,” for example, how good was their eye contact, which words did they emphasize, how did their voice rise and fall.

via A Computer To Teach You Not To Act Like A Computer | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation.

BrandYourself: A Positive Move for Your Online Reputation | Information Space

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Branding yourself has become more important than ever.

Employers often now turn to Google to search for potential employees and interns. Unfortunately, typing someone’s first and last name into Google does not always guarantee a result of accurate content, and that is the exact reason that BrandYourself.com was created.

See the full article: BrandYourself: A Positive Move for Your Online Reputation | Information Space

Brand Yourself

How to Create an Instagram Video in 7 Simple Steps | Mashable

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How to Create an Instagram Video in 7 Simple Steps | Mashable

See the article for the step-by-step guide, with pictures! Its Instagram…so guess what!…of course you can filter(ize), frame and caption your videos for that personal touch. Instagram will record from 3s to 15s.

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10 Private Social Networks for Discreet Interaction | Mashable

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If you want to trim down your social networking, or if you would rather not friend your Aunt Josephine or your boss on Twitter and Facebook, consider switching to a more private network.

via 10 Private Social Networks for Discreet Interaction | Mashable.

The private social networks recommended include:

  1. Everyme
  2. 23Snaps
  3. Notabli
  4. Nextdoor
  5. Yammer
  6. Couple
  7. Path
  8. FamilyWall
  9. Edmodo
  10. Photocircle

What is Entrepreneurial Librarianship? | Information Space

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Most librarians don’t think of themselves as entrepreneurs, but there is a growing interest in entrepreneurial librarianship, the abstract idea connecting social entrepreneurship with the services librarians provide every day.

See the full article: What is Entrepreneurial Librarianship?  | Information Space.

The Social Library Case Studies at UBC Library | UBC Library

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The Social Library Case Studies at UBC Library | UBC Library

The Future Of Technology Isn’t Mobile, It’s Contextual | Co.Design

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Next up: Machines that understand you and everything you care about, anticipate your behavior and emotions, absorb your social graph, interpret your intentions, and make life, um, “easier.”

via The Future Of Technology Isn’t Mobile, It’s Contextual | Co.Design: business + innovation + design.

Top Ten (10) Social Media Competencies for Information Professionals | The Search Principle

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Top Ten (10) Social Media Competencies for Information Professionals | The Search Principle

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Top Ten (10) Social Media Competencies for Information Professionals (2013)

  1. Understand, explain and teach others about the principles and trends of social media, web 2.0 (and library 2.0 / archives 2.0)
  2. List major tools, categories and affordances of social media
  3. Apply social media to solve information problems, and communicate digitally with users
  4. Use social networking sites for promotional, reference and instructional services in libraries
  5. Navigate, evaluate and create content on social networking sites
  6. Follow netiquette, conform to ethical standards and interact appropriately with others online
  7. Explain copyright, security and privacy issues on social media to colleagues and user communities
  8. Understand the importance of digital identity and reputation management in a social media age
  9. Explain related terminology such as collaboration 2.0, remix and open source
  10. Renew social media competencies, advocate for institutional strategies and policiesand build evidence base in social media

Social Collaboration Platform For Students Kolab Opens Public Beta To First 15K Users | TechCrunch

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If you whipped Google Docs, Facebook Messenger, and OneNote around in a blender, the resulting concoction would look something like Kolab, a new Canadian startup that is vying to become the ultimate social collaboration platform for students. via Social Collaboration Platform For Students Kolab Opens Public Beta To First 15K Users | TechCrunch.

The Immersive Information Professional – Next Steps | The Search Principle

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“The challenge in this whole virtual continuum is assessing whether any of these trends are worth our time and intellectual energies.”

via The Immersive Information Professional – Next Steps | The Search Principle