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Comment on Tutoring: does it work? by Tutoring: WHY does it work? | Jiva Technology

Tutoring: WHY does it work? | Jiva Technology — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:59:50 +0000

[...] popular wisdom and look for hard evidence, not only that tutoring actually works (see my earlier post on this subject) but to get some idea of how it works. This is more than just an academic exercise [...]

Comment on Where is this revolution in digital media taking us? Part 2. by Nic Bottomley

Nic Bottomley — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:21:04 +0000

Hey Kevin,

Fascinating post which I confess I only came across as one of our team spotted your mention of our shop (Mr B’s). We’ve now got a gift product (a book subscription service called the Mr B’s Reading Year) which is doing really well that takes the time invested in discovering or becoming aware of an artist out of the equation. The recipient fills in a short questionnaire on their tastes and then hands over their reading choices to us for the year (1 book per month then arrives on their doormat/desk for the next year with a note from us as to why we think they’ll enjoy it). It’s a blend of the convenient and the personalised. Not sure how interesting an example that is for your discussion of the digital market, but it works for some book-lovers it seems.

Yours
Nic

Comment on Grrr.. people keep using technology in different ways by Exploring the e-essay « Digital by Default

Exploring the e-essay « Digital by Default — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:39:46 +0000

[...] – I like the idea of having commute-ready articles on hand when I need them (similar to what Kevin was talking about) and I still have a healthy respect for good, well written and researched journalism. I have other [...]

Comment on How many books can you read in your life? by Where is this revolution in digital media taking us? Part 2. | Jiva Technology

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:37:36 +0000

[...] less of an issue than it is if you make a bad book choice (as an aside, it’s not hard to calculate how many books you can read in your life). Thirdly, it suggest to me that one of the weakest parts [...]

Comment on Where is this revolution in digital media taking us? Part 1. by Where is this revolution in digital media taking us? Part 2. | Jiva Technology

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:37:15 +0000

[...] the end of part 1, I signed off in search of a mythical final blog post by Steve Jobs. In it, he outlined his grand [...]

Comment on Abolish VAT on ebooks by Adrian Pillinger

Adrian Pillinger — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:45:51 +0000

I whole heartedly agree!

Comment on Why start-ups focused on education are so important. by Education, the iPad and Step-change Innovation | Jiva Technology

Education, the iPad and Step-change Innovation | Jiva Technology — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:55:46 +0000

[...] emergence of clever, education focused applications. I’ve blogged before about the heaps of cool start-ups focusing on education and the US VC’s that have been backing them with [...]

Comment on XMPP, Jabber, BOSH and all that by Tutorhub | Journal | Stefan Goodchild

Tutorhub | Journal | Stefan Goodchild — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:49:51 +0000

[...] to connect tutors and students. Built on a number of cutting edge technologies detailed over at the Jiva website this is something new in the market place and allows secure one to one tutoring sessions to take [...]

Comment on XMPP, Jabber, BOSH and all that by Jiva Gang Launch Tutorhub Beta « Matt Jukes

Jiva Gang Launch Tutorhub Beta « Matt Jukes — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:42:47 +0000

[...] vision was going to be a royal pain in the arse to actually implement (some of the reasons why are mentioned in this post) and I guess I expected it to go in a different direction after I had gone – if for no other [...]

Comment on Beanbag Learning and the Creative Commons by Peter Ferne

Peter Ferne — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:53:59 +0000

I know you are talking about a wider issue but it's probably worth pointing out that the content on Beanbag, including the learning resources, is already released under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA).

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