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Where do you go?

Linda Johannesson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:11:26 +0000

The conversation with a co-worker was simple enough. Knowing that I’m more than a digital-dabbler, she posed the question, “where do you go to keep up to date on the latest in digital”. I rattled off a few resources then said I’ll send you a list.

When I really started pondering it, the list just kept growing and growing.

It includes online publications, websites, blogs, people. I’ll detail a number of them here in a future post for your reference.

But, the more I thought about it, the more I kept coming back to the simplest of answers. When asked the question “where do you go to keep up to date on the latest in digital?” What I should have said then and am definitely saying now is, “I go to the latest in digital.”

You can read and intellectually digest all you want around the latest digital developments (and I certainly encourage you to do so), but the real learning, the intimate knowledge, the true understanding comes from actually using these tools. Trying them on for size, going through the growing pains of determining what they can and can’t do, seeing how they connect, what happens in the background, coming up with your own ideas on how to improve them or finding new uses for them is where the real learning happens.

I wholeheartedly believe that to gain a real understanding (and vast appreciation for) digital tools you have to jump in, roll up your sleeves, observe a little, play a lot and learn even more. Like most things in life, you can only learn so much from sitting on the sidelines.

So, if you want to learn the digital basics on through to the latest in digital developments, you’re going to have to “do digital”.

Questions of the day:

What digital tools have you tried lately? What have been your observations? What would you recommend trying and why?

Have you got a minute?

Linda Johannesson — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 20:24:12 +0000

For all those companies, for all those people, for all those who still don’t embrace digital, or who scoff at the power or the potential of online, or who say they’ll get to it once something more important is done, or those who say it can’t help me or my what I do, I say, “JUST STOP, take a minute, just one minute to see things differently, to see the opportunity, to be open to embracing it”.

Because sometimes all it takes is a minute. And, really, according to these stats, do you really have another minute to waste?

Questions of the day:

Which of these stats surprise you most? Or suggest the biggest opportunity for you and/or your business?

P.S. I think I might just start developing apps to fund my retirement!

Digi-me

Linda Johannesson — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:11:25 +0000

Here’s my digital snapshot compliments of Intel.

Want your own personalised infographic? Intel has just the tool.

What about me gives you a graphic glimpse into your digi-life.

Here’s mine:

A snapshot of my digi-life

Questions of the day:

What does yours say about you? Any surprises?

Facebook Pages Some Useful Changes

Linda Johannesson — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:02:07 +0000

Facebook is promising improvements to Pages that include: better communication, more opportunities for expression, improved relevancy…and it’s not even Christmas!

Want the official Facebook explanation? Here you can also preview the changes and get started using them.

For all the details around Facebook pages, take a peek here

Questions of the day

Will these changes change how you use pages? If so, how?

‘Nuf Said

Linda Johannesson — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:49:18 +0000

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