Jay Cross helps
organizations improve performance by marrying informal
learning to web 2.0. His book on Informal Learning convinced
thousands of people that most learning takes place outside
of workshops and classes. His new book, Learnscape
Architecture, addresses how corporations can take advantage
of informal learning over the long term. Find out more
about Jay and his work at
jaycross.com.
Jay's Top 10 Tools as at
11 August 2008
Firefox --
remains my window on the world. Because it's open
source, it keeps getting better and better.
Delicious
-- hopping from one person's categories to another's
makes this an incredibly rich research tool
WordPress
-- my primary way of communicating with the world.
Skype
-- free phone calls and conference calls but also
the ability to record (instand podcasts!).
pbWiki
-- has replaced my former website. It encourages
collaboration, too.
iMovie
-- Apple's entry-level video studio is great for
simple edits. I'm using video more and more these
days.
Ning
-- because it's a Swiss Army Knife community
application. It does many things quite adequately
and requires no technical skill.
Google
Specialized Search
-- lets me refine the sites I want to search from. I
have a Google search box that searches for stuff
across all my blogs, wiki, and community.
Apple Keynote
-- similar but superior to Microsoft's Powerpoint,
it's also handy for packaging webinars and video.
Wikipedia
-- an unparalleled reference work. It's alive.
