Any casual observer of current trends in the use of technology will notice some or all of the following:

Content is accessible by everyone on an unprecedented scale
Everyone can publish content
It has become typical for online content to be updated frequently
A major challenge for users is processing the vast amount of content and assessing its validity

These [...]

I alwasy thought of YouTube primarily as a place where quirky (often involving dogs or kids) and occasionally informative videos could be viewed (and, of course, posted) but I never gave it serious consideration as a tool for supporting performance. That is, until a few days ago.
I am doing pre-work for a workshop about understanding [...]

I recently invested an hour and a half of my time watching a video of the announcement of Google Wave to developers at the Google IO Conference, and I have to say it was one of the best uses of my time in recent memory. When it debuts later this year, Google Wave will truly be [...]

I spent some time today playing with WolframAlpha, a relatively new option for searching the vast knowledge base that is the Internet. Rather than offer up links to various sites that may contain relevant information like Google or other mainstream search engines, WolframAlpha makes intelligent inferences about what you want to know and offers additional [...]

Related to my earlier post about using Twitter as a workgroup collaboration tool, enterprise solutions are also emerging, tailored to the needs of a corporate environment. Yammer is one example. With much of the look and feel as well as the functionality of Twitter, it offers a simple way for companies (or any workgroup for [...]

By now, nearly every one knows something about Twitter, even if they aren’t using it themselves. The uses of Twitter are evolving rapidly and in a year, we may be seeing uses no one has yet dreamed of. But even now, uses are emerging that can benefit those of us concerned with human performance beyond [...]

As a follow-up to my Twitter post of a few days ago, I ran across an interesting article in Training magazine about using social media to lead virtual teams–a phenomenon that is gaining popularity for a number of reasons. Most of the consulting work I do is with people I’ve never met face to face. Last [...]

Stephen Malinowski has created a music animation machine that adds a visual element to complement what we hear. This video shows an example from Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor for organ. What impact does this have on the performance of listeners/viewers? I’m still pondering. What do you think?