Sage on the Stage
A satiric reminder of why Powerpoint presentations suck. In case we forgot. *via [Conference Basics](http://www.conferencebasics.com/2012/01/video-the-average-presentation-is-like-this-and-it-sucks/)*
Category: digital culture
Read/Writing
>Reading a book should be a conversation between you and the author. Presumably he knows more about the subject than you do; if not, you probably should not be bothering with his book. **But understanding is a two-way operation;** the learner has to question himself…
Fireside Chat: Starting a Learning Network in Your City
*This article is cross-posted on the [Hive Learning Network NYC blog](http://explorecreateshare.org/2011/12/15/fireside-chat-starting-a-learning-network-in-your-city/).* This week the [Hive Learning Network in New York City](http://explorecreateshare.org/) held a [virtual fireside chat](http://lanyrd.com/2011/mozilla-hivelearning/) about **[how to start a learning network in your city](http://www.slideshare.net/hivelearningnyc/mozilla-hive-fireside-chat).** The chat was led by Hive NYC’s director [Chris…
I Work For the Internet
[I Work For the Internet](http://iworkfortheinternet.org/) is freshly launched campaign by [Fighting For Freedom](http://fightforthefuture.org/) against harmful internet blacklist legislation, [SOPA](http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/112%20HR%203261.pdf), making it’s way through Congress **right now**. A coalition including the EFF, Mozilla, Creative Commons, Wikimedia, and many other organizations [have been rallying](http://americancensorship.org/supporters.html) internet users to…
Internet Studies‽
As a lover of the interwebs and someone who’s followed the research from the likes of AOIR and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society (see Tim Hwang’s great piece on the Berkman school of thought), a recent discussion about the merits of “internet studies”…