Digital Collaboration and the 21st C.
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Examines the connectivity possible for global knowledge participative creation and sharing.
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A 17-year guide to building the world’s best pandemic and protest trackers highlights how easy - and sometimes painful, long, tedious - it is to aggregate data to provide true picture of what's hap...

A 17-year guide to building the world’s best pandemic and protest trackers highlights how easy - and sometimes painful, long, tedious - it is to aggregate data to provide true picture of what's hap... | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it

The coronavirus pandemic and the protests sparked by the May 25 murder of George Floyd have been the defining events of 2020 so far, and in both cases one 17-year-old has played a major role online: Avi Schiffmann, the creator of the web’s preeminent covid-19 case tracker and, more recently, a protest tracking site.


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Farid Mheir's curator insight, June 13, 2020 10:10 AM

WHY IT MATTERS: 17 years old and he manages to build 2 very popular and useful websites. Not rocket science just a lot of elbow grease and time. Little or no money though. Little or no experience though. There is something to learn for all of us "digital transformation experts" out there...

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The end of 3rd party cookies: what it means, what is the impact and why it may not be such a big thing to improve privacy after all

The end of 3rd party cookies: what it means, what is the impact and why it may not be such a big thing to improve privacy after all | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it

Since Google’s announcement last month that starting in early 2022, third-party cookies will no longer be allowed in Chrome, the industry has been up in arms. While third party cookies have been outlawed in Firefox and Safari for some time now, 30% of the market wasn’t enough for us to fret about - it’s only now that Chrome has set a 'Time To Live' that hysteria has set in.


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Farid Mheir's curator insight, February 17, 2020 12:51 PM

WHY IT MATTERS: 3rd party cookies are used by advertisers to track down users across websites. The end of support will require new solutions for marketers to continue tracking us all...

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The Best #Web #Resources for #Makerspace Project Ideas - Global Digital Citizen

The Best #Web #Resources for #Makerspace Project Ideas - Global Digital Citizen | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it
Makerspaces are becoming a big deal for schools all over the world. In these unique areas, student ingenuity takes the lead. From primary to senior grades makerspaces drive innovation, creativity, and critical thinking. Since their popularity is increasing, you can source makerspace project ideas from lots of educators and entrepreneurs who have had success with them.

If you’re new to the idea, this video gives a simple description of what makerspaces are. The key ideas behind them are geared toward creativity and problem-solving. This is why they’re on the rise in education (and why shop class isn’t just for the big kids anymore).

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Website design and optimization - The basics in articles and tools via @BDC

Website design and optimization - The basics in articles and tools via @BDC | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it

Your website is your online store-front open 24/7. Learn how to come up with a winning website that attracts visitors and turns them into customers.


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Farid Mheir's curator insight, March 2, 2020 7:24 PM

WHY IT MATTERS: most of this is very basic but for those that need it, this is a good starting point.

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9 web design trends for 2020 highlights the importance of design to fight #fakeNews via @Webflow

9 web design trends for 2020 highlights the importance of design to fight #fakeNews via @Webflow | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it

Design is about how it works. So with this year’s web design trends, we’re looking past the grids and gradients to focus on what really matters.


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Farid Mheir's curator insight, January 4, 2020 1:16 PM

WHY IT MATTERS: digital transformation often means moving legacy solutions to the web, which makes a good web design crucial. This article highlights some important trends, including some regarding the impact of design to help fight fake news. Worth reading. Not too technical.

Srikanth Kumar's comment, January 13, 2020 2:40 AM
A puzzle with dice of discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation and evolution—in real-world scenarios when clubbed to solve it in a structured method is termed as Design Thinking, in other words, “its a problem solving framework”. https://walkingtree.tech/all-about-design-thinking/
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10 urgent actions to take #today to remain in control of your digital life @fmheir #PrivacyAware 

10 urgent actions to take #today to remain in control of your digital life @fmheir #PrivacyAware  | Digital Collaboration and the 21st C. | Scoop.it

In this post I share 10 urgent actions that must be taken immediately to manage, secure and protect your digital-moi.

Digital-moi is a unique concept that I have developed since 2013, centered on the impact that digital technologies have on our lives and the need to protect our digital self. Read more about it in this introduction post “We all have a digital twin“. This post is a complement to the conference “digital-moi.com: how to manage and protect your digital self“.


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Farid Mheir's curator insight, January 28, 2017 6:41 PM

This is Data Privacy Weekend and I recommend you take time this Sunday morning to read through the actions in this blog post and put at least once in practice right now - my recommendation is #4

Wo's curator insight, January 31, 2017 3:05 PM
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