Saturday, December 1, 2007

Week #6 Post #14

The Discovery Exercises called for exploring the advanced search by typing "Learning 2.0". In the Keyword Search--Exact Phrase--6,215; Tag Search--1,999; and, Blog Directory Search--551.

I took this further into my design interests. About a year and a half ago the American Society of Interior Designers began a discussion within their body of knowledge concerning "Aging in Place".

http://www.asid.org/knowledge/Aging.htm

Along with sustainable design, they are probably two of the hottest topics in design these days.

I executed the same search as "Learning 2.0" with "Aging in Place". In the Keyword Search--Exact Phrase--57; Tag Search--58; and, Blog Directory Search--11.

The popular blogs, searches and videos were interesting to read. I scanned the top 100 blogs and learned about "Boing Boing". Technorati.com ranks it as the most popular blog in the world. It won the Lifetime Achievement and Best Group Blog awards at the 2006 Bloggies ceremony. And being a news addict, I also enjoyed this section's "Top News".

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