Hello,

As part of a posting on Terra Incognita titled Fun at ADEC, VideoAnt, and OER In Mexico, I mentioned an interesting tool that I saw presented at the ADEC meeting. You can go into the VideoAnt site and easily play because they provide a sample video to work on, or if you have a URL, you can test the tool out on your own video. Here is the bit from the post:

I also want to point you to an interesting Video Annotation technology that was demonstrated by David Ernst, who serves as the Director of Academic and Information Technology at the University of Minnesota’s College of Education & Human Development. VideoAnt is a web-based video annotation application that is still in early development, but shows a lot of promise. Right now it only deals with FLV (Flash video) files and it has a relatively small development team working on it, but it shows great promise. I hope that this project goes the OSS Community route and supports more non-proprietary file formats to maximize its impact on education. To learn more and have some fun, visit the VideoAnt site and try it out. Feel free to tell us what you think.free to tell us what you think.

Remember, no jokes about software bugs!

You might be interested in some of the materials on this page.

www.jimcarroll.com

The Master of Business Innovation is interesting, I’ve just printed off 10 Great Words.

www.jimcarroll.com/ideas.htm

Have any of you read First, Break All The Rules
“What The World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently”
By Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman

I’m intrigued by the summary from www.bizsum.com/articles/art_first-break-all-the-rules.php

Here’s something to whet your appetite

Based on a mammoth research study conducted by the Gallup Organization involving
80,000 managers across different industries, this book explores the challenge of
many companies - attaining, keeping and measuring employee satisfaction. Discover
how great managers attract, hire, focus, and keep their most talented employees!

Key Ideas:
1. The best managers reject conventional wisdom.
2. The best managers treat every employee as an individual.
3. The best managers never try to fix weaknesses; instead they focus on strengths
and talent.
4. The best managers know they are on stage everyday. They know their people are
watching every move they make.
5. Measuring employee satisfaction is vital information for your investors.
6. People leave their immediate managers, not the companies they work for.
7. The best managers are those that build a work environment where the employees
answer positively to these

12 Questions:

a. Do I know what is expected of me at work?
b. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?
c. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best everyday?
d. In the last seven days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
e. Does my supervisor or someone at work seem to care about me as a person?
f. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
g. At work, do my opinions seem to count?
h. Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?
i. Are my co-workers committed to doing quality work?
j. Do I have a best friend at work?
k. In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?
l. This last year, have I had the opportunity at work to learn and grow?

I saw this documentary project featured on the Morning Show and it looked really interesting. Its a chorus of seniors in their 70’s, 80s, and 90s that are singing unexpected/more contemporary songs from Cold Play, the Ramones, etc. Inspiring and Innovative.

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/20/sunday/main4029409.shtml

This video of Fred Knittle (in his 80’s) singing Cold Play’s Fix You has over 800,000 hits on youtube.