What is the Internet Doing to our Brains?

In the following RSA presentation, Dr Paul Howard Jones assesses whether the latest scientific findings support popular fears about what technology is doing to us. The RSA is:

“an enlightenment organisation committed to finding innovative practical solutions to today’s social challenges.”

The video isn’t short but hopefully you can listen to it in the background as you do other work (the content is fascinating). To listen to the audio only go to the RSA Website.

Alexis Ohanian – How To Make A Splash In Social Media

In a funny, rapid-fire 4 minutes, Alexis Ohanian of Reddit tells the real-life fable of one humpback whale’s rise to Web stardom. The lesson of Mister Splashy Pants is a shoo-in classic for meme-makers and marketers in the Facebook age.