How do we deal with the never ending onslaught of new technologies, resources, and media? How can we face this brave new world without a sense of dread? Is there an app for that? "Keeping up" is a myth, and the way of dealing with this is creating, sustaining, and being in your extended networks of friends, colleagues, and even people you don't know. Likewise, one cannot readily assess the value of new technology from the outside "looking in." This presentation will lead you through a range of examples of ways to practice more "being there-ness" so you can face the technology fire hose with a child-like sense of wonder.

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URLS mentioned in presentation

• Being There (1979) starring Peter Sellers
• We Knew the web was big... July 25, 2008 Google announces trillionth page indexed
• Technorati's State of the Blogosphere
• Daffodil Photo on flickr (march 23, 2007)
• Daffodil Day in Ireland calls for improved services (article on NowPublic.com)
• Number of flickr photos of daffodils posted between March 18-31, 2007
• Number of flickr photos of daffodils posted between March 18-31, 2010
• Number of flickr photos of roses posted between March 18-31, 2010
• Vegafitti group on flickr
• Unknown Flowers and The Most Amazing Story of Web Serendipity
• Dullest Blog in the World (twitter precursor?)
• Twitter search for "lunch"
• Twitter in Mom English (explaining twitter to my Mom)
• Twitter Life Cycle
• Twhistory
• your.flowingdata
• Such Tweet Sorrow
• twistori
• Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense (Wired, June 2007)
• Blabberize
• Web 2.0 Expo NY: Clay Shirky (shirky.com) It's Not Information Overload. It's Filter Failure.
• Google Alerts
• Google Custom Search
• Free Media Custom Google Search
• WolframAlpha
• WolframAlpha: Compare food consumption USA, Japan, and India
• delicious sites tagged "waterrights"
• How To Effectively Follow 15000+ People On Twitter Using These Tweetdeck Tricks
• Readtwit
• Stephen Downes web site / OLDaily / Half and Hour blog
• Alec Couros twitter / blog
• Judy O'Connell blog / twitter
• Larry Ferlazzo blog / twitter
• Jane Hart Pick of the Day / SocialMedia / Learning Tools Zone / twitter