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Greg Petsko on open access
The October 14 issue of Current Biology contains a wide-ranging interview with Greg Petsko, Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry and Director of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center at Brandeis University. (Accessible only to subscribers.) At one point CB asked him about open access. [CB] What do you think about the 'electronic revolution' and the push for free access to papers? [GP] I support it so strongly that I'm on the editorial board of the
From FOS News on October 23, 2003 at 10:48 p.m..
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More on the PLoS Biology launch
David Malakoff, Opening the Books on Open Access, Science Magazine, October 24, 2003 (accessible only to subscribers). A detailed and serious survey of the open-access movement, long enough to be useful, focusing on PLoS and PLoS Biology. Among other things, Malakoff compares the processing fees charged by six open-access journals from six publishers, compares PLoS to other open-access publishing initiatives, flags the OA journals t
From FOS News on October 23, 2003 at 10:48 p.m..
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More on the October 24 issue of Science
The October 24 issue of Science, volume 302, number 5645, contains a total of three "News Focus" contributions on open access, by David Malakoff, pages 550-554. In addition to the contribution that outlines the PLoS model and focuses on the cost per article, there are also brief comments on definitions of open access, and on the changes in publishing models by JHEP (see: Announcement on recent changes concerning JHEP) and BMJ (see: Paying for bm
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Personas: Setting the Stage for Building Usable Information Sites
Alison J. Head describes the use of personas in design processes.
From owrede_log on October 23, 2003 at 10:47 p.m..
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An open letter to Steven Den Beste of USS Clueless :...
From The Art of Peace on October 23, 2003 at 10:46 p.m..
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'Big Mac' supercomputer one of world's fastest
A supercomputer built by Virginia Tech from 1,100 dual-processor Macintosh G5 PCs looks likely to rank with the five fastest machines in the world, despite costing a relative pittance.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 10:45 p.m..
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Instant Blogging
So, I'm with some major players for a major CMS right now and I'd like to send out a "Does anyone have any questions they want to me to ask?" post but because blogging doesn't have that IM capacity (rss is v. asynchronous, isn't it?) it's pointless really. Somebody build an RSS IM device, please, then I can IM my subscribers for stuff like this... even better collaboration / sharing methinks!
From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on October 23, 2003 at 9:48 p.m..
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New series of open-access journals from U of California
The University of California eScholarship Repository has launched a series of open-access, peer-reviewed repository journals. A repository journal uses the institutional repository as the journal infrastructure. Submissions are deposited in the journal as preprints, and accepted articles are redeposited as postprints, labelled to show that they have been peer-reviewed. (PS: At other institutions, these are called From FOS News on October 23, 2003 at 9:48 p.m..
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Experiment with open access?
In my mind, a free introductory offer to a journal doesn't amount to open access, even brief open access. But what about six months of free access? Is that a long introductory offer or an experiment with open access? You decide. The American Geophysical Union will launch Space Weather next week (October 28), and make it freely available online for the first six months of its existence.
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Nieman Foundation Report: Weblogs and Journalism
For one of the most comprehensive looks at all angles of the Web logs as journalism story check out the Nieman Foundation report which features no less than 18, that's right, 18 essays on the effects that blogs are having. For me, this is incredibly interesting stuff that I am definitely going to bring to my class. For even non-journalists, I think it's required reading because like it or not, journalism IS where Web logs are having the most profound effect right now, at least in as much as they are stirring real debat
From weblogged News on October 23, 2003 at 9:47 p.m..
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Atom as a replacement to RSS?
Robin Cover writes about the Atom specification, slated as a replacement to RSS. To quote: The Atom Project, to the extent that anyone can declare authoritatively what it is, or is quintessentially meant to support, is "an initiative to develop...
From Column Two on October 23, 2003 at 9:47 p.m..
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the electronic library
Check out this story published online at Wired before in print about Amazon's amazing new searchable book archive. Amazingly cool.
From Lessig Blog on October 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..
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Senate to ponder permanent Net access tax ban
It will consider as early as next week a permanent ban on taxing people's Internet access bills, a measure that has sparked concern among state tax regulators.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..
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IBM offers Java video software license
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 9:45 p.m..
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Swarthmore Crackdown on Protesting Students Reaches New Low
According to the Why War? website, Swarthmore's crackdown on students engaging in Electronic Civil Disobedience has reached a new low (Targeting Diebold with Electronic Civil Disobedience). Now, Swarthmore is allegedly terminating the internet connection of any student who links to...
From The Importance Of on October 23, 2003 at 8:52 p.m..
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The work-blog interface, redux
I almost swallowed my tongue when I read Ed Cone's weblog entry earlier today. Especially after I had just recently ranted about "When work and blogging don't mix". I have no intention of becoming a corporate blogger--at least not without appropriate renumeration. And since Ziff has a policy against paying its employees to do freelance work for the Ziff Internet site, that's not going to happen anytime soon. The words on my weblog pages belong solely to me. I will not call Ziff Davis, or tech, or anything els
From Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist on October 23, 2003 at 8:50 p.m..
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Apple's Knowledge Navigator revisited
During my session at BloggerCon I referred to Apple's famous Knowledge Navigator concept video. I first saw that video in 1988. Today I tracked down a copy and watched it again. It stands the test of time rather well! Certain elements of that vision are now routine -- for example, Google found me the video and WiFi delivered it to a PowerBook which, whe
From Jon's Radio on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 p.m..
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Tech Challenge Met: CC Metadata Validator
On October 6 we posted a list of technology challenges that we hoped would inspire developers. It did inspire one: Nathan Yergler has already created and made a few rounds of improvements to a web app that validates and extracts license metadata, just as called for. As an example of w
From Creative Commons: weblog on October 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..
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Licensing against Slashdotting
Earlier today, Steven Garrity's excellent essay on Mozilla branding was Slashdotted, bringing his server down for several hours (it's a common effect). What is interesting about it is that I personally could not reach the server to read the document, but thanks to the attached Creative Commons license and the license provisions that allow for redistributi
From Creative Commons: weblog on October 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..
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Gateway readies a business Profile
The PC maker prepares to launch the Profile 5, a business-oriented version of the Profile desktop that incorporates a larger LCD screen and is designed to be easier to repair.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..
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Security woes hit Microsoft balance sheet
The software giant says companies were reluctant to sign new long-term contracts in the most recent quarter amid concern over the MSBlast worm and other security issues.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 8:45 p.m..
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Looking into the Connected Future
VentureBlog has a good report the recent conference at Dartmouth, Unleashed: The Summit on Wireless and Mobile Computing, and what the future may hold for digital connectivity (Ubiquity Breeds Utility). The article notes how Dartmouth has led the way in...
From The Importance Of on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 p.m..
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The Fragility of Data
The Shifted Librarian reminds us how fragile modern data storage devices are by pointing to a librarian and archivists guide to preserving CDs and DVDs (Please Do Not Feed the DVDs). The HTML guide can be found here (Care and...
From The Importance Of on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 p.m..
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jupiter - sun_flower
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Electronic Culture - Welcome to Electronic Culture!
Electronic Culture - Welcome to Electronic Culture! Our first Plone Course Blog on a subject near to our heart, the Electronic Culture. Luara Trippi is a professor at Simon Frasor University. Via Tom Hoffman...
From EdBlogger Praxis on October 23, 2003 at 7:50 p.m..
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netvironments |
netvironments | Simon Frasor U Professor Laura Trippi also has a blog besides her Plone college course. Much is on the recent Plone conference in New Orleans. Interesting read....
From EdBlogger Praxis on October 23, 2003 at 7:50 p.m..
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Scot's Dot
Scot's Dot Scot Andrews is a communication and EFL teacher in Barcelona, Spain. He posts useful information for his collegues and students. He works with adolescents and adult learners. Good resources posted! Wishing Scot success!...
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Cuba or Bust
For 40 years or so, with the exception of a five-year gap in the late 70s/early 80s, American citizens haven't been allowed to travel to Cuba. It's not bad enough that the government takes our money and spends it with abandon. They have to make up rules that govern our choices, too. And if we don't play along? We get...
From Don't Back Down on October 23, 2003 at 7:49 p.m..
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Just For the Record . . .
. . . I'm not dead. Just really busy with preparing to go to Educause and to move into my new condo within the same week. It's making me very grumpy. Pity my poor officemate who has to spend eight...
From Ten Reasons Why on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 p.m..
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Open Source Democracy
This week's featured content is Douglas Rushkoff's new essay entitled Open Source Democracy. It's a 70 page essay (available as a free downloadable PDF) that explores the future of politics in an interactive world. It was created for the UK thinktank Demos, and is available under a Creative Commons License. For those unfamilia
From Creative Commons: weblog on October 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m..
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Net2Phone dials in Puerto Rico cable company
The company snags a first customer for its new business: selling hosted VoIP dialing to cable operators that don't have the resources to add phone capabilities to their networks.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m..
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Son of MSBlast on the way?
A program that exploits a software vulnerability recently described by Microsoft could spell trouble for companies that haven't quickly patched their system, security experts say.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 7:45 p.m..
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Losses continue for Gateway
The hardware maker misses analysts' expectations by a penny and reports a net loss of 20 cents a share. Revenue was slightly higher than estimates.
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Airline Security: Ineffectual As Usual
Freedom to Tinker points (Rescorla on Airport ID Checks) to the Educated Guesswork blog, which notes an incredibly stupid airline ticket verification protocol (Airport ID checks: a broken protocol). The article shows how, even if you were Osama Bin Laden,...
From The Importance Of on October 23, 2003 at 6:52 p.m..
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Lohnt sich eLearning? Neue Wege in der virtuellen Aus- und Weiterbildung
So ziemlich das "Schwierigste", was sich in letzter Zeit gelesen habe. Der Autor beklagt zu Recht didaktische Defizite in der aktuellen e-Learning-Praxis. Aber ob seine D.E.S.-Methode (Dramaturgische e-Learning-Strategie) die Lösung ist, möchte ich bezweifeln. Bei mir überwiegt der Eindruck, als...
From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 p.m..
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Event Update
Big Bear City Renaissance Faire (California)
From the Directorie Update on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 p.m..
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Event Update
California City Renaissance Festival (California)
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New Event
NJ Family Medieval Festival (New Jersey)
From the Directorie Update on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 p.m..
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Updated Event
Joust - a Weekend of Mediaeval Mayhem (England)
From the Directorie Update on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 p.m..
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Google considers online IPO auction
From ResourceShelf on October 23, 2003 at 6:49 p.m..
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Australian report endorses open access archives
John Houghton, Colin Steele, and Margaret Henty, Changing Research Practices in the Digital Information and Communication Environment, Department of Education, Science and Training, Commonwealth of Australia, August 2003. Excerpt: "We find that there is a new mode of knowledge production emerging, changing research practices and bringing new information access and dissemination needs. Adjustments will be required to the existing research information and scholarly communication system to accommodate these
From FOS News on October 23, 2003 at 6:48 p.m..
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More on the Sabo bill
Meredith Salisbury, Killing the Copyright, GenomeWeb News, October 22, 2003. On the Sabo bill, and the passionate support and opposition it has triggered among scientists and scientific organizations. Salisbury endorses improved access, probably including open access, but thinks critics of the bill have good questions about its scope --questions that careful drafting could have answered. "Perhaps the good thing that will come from it now is the debate it's sparked on how best to arrange for public a
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Australia gives $12 million to support open access
Today the Australian government gave a network of institutions $12 million to improve Australia's research infrastructure. Four major projects will share the funds: (1) Meta Access Management System Project (MAMS), (2) Towards an Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories (APSR), (3) The Australian Research Repositories Online to the World (ARROW), and (4) Australian Digital Theses Program Expansion and Redevelopment (ADT). All four, but especially the last three, will greatly accelerate the
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More on the Berlin Declaration
Quirin Schiermeier, Open Access Wins German Support, Nature, October 23, 2003. A short note on the Berlin Declaration. Excerpt: "Open-access backers say this is the first time that they have won formal support from all major research organizations in a large nation. The [Max Planck Society], for example, is changing scientists' employment contracts, requiring them to return the copyright of their work
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More on the Berlin Declaration
Today's issue of CORDIS News contains a brief summary of the Berlin Declaration.
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More on the Elsevier Cell Press boycott
Alison McCook, Researchers Boycott Cell Press, The Scientist, October 23, 2003. A good overview of the thrusts and parries. Quoting Peter Walter, one of the boycott organizers, on the prestige of some of the boycotted titles: "There's no point to having the little gold star attached to your papers, if your colleagues can't read them." Quoting Karen Butter, librarian at the University of California, San Francisco: the boycott should make Elsevier "think twice about their pricing strategy...because we can't afford i
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More on Amazon book searching
Today Amazon launched its service for full-text searching of books. Currently it applies to 120,000 books from more than 190 participating publishers. That comes to more than 33 million pages, and undoubtedly Amazon will add more over time. The first search will show all (participating) books containing the search term. Users may then pick a book and follow-up and search for all occurrences of the term in that book. Search returns provide a small amount of context for each hit, and registered users can preview a limited number whole pages. While the preview pages are images, Amazon still
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CSS Solutions
Welcome to the wonderful world of Cascading Style Sheets. The CSS saga started in 1994. On October 10th of that year, HÃ¥kon Wium Lie published a proposal called Cascading HTML style sheet. From its humble beginnings, CSS has emerged as a powerful tool for the web designer.
From kuro5hin.org on October 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..
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APOLLO Sherlock Search Prototype
I've just put together a prototype Sherlock channel for APOLLO. Easy peasy tool to write (actually, 99% of it is the default Sherlock channel template file, with a couple of minor tweaks. This is starting to feel much more useful (to me, anyway). An all-in-one application interface for searching and viewing learning objects. Next, I want to complete the tool to use a SOAP interface (rather than the DOM-based screen-scraping it's using now) so I can have a little more control over what gets sent where. Sherlock made the screen-scraping version much easier than the SOAP version, though
From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..
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Hottest Items for the Holidays
How much they're spending and what they're buying — predictions for the big 2003 shopping season.
From CyberAtlas on October 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..
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PC sales bolster Microsoft profits
The software giant reports earnings that narrowly topped Wall Street expectations as sales rose 6 percent from a year ago.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..
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Sun, Fujitsu eye tighter alliance
The two rivals, which have servers that are united by a common processor design and operating system, are in discussions that could mean a tighter alliance.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 6:45 p.m..
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VoIP Update - Int'l Regs, McLaughlin, Wash Post Summary
Once again, lots of news on the VoIP front. The Washington Post has a good article summarizing most of the recent events on the VoIP front, with a few new tidbits, such as noting that California isn't convinced that VoIP...
From The Importance Of on October 23, 2003 at 5:52 p.m..
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Free WiFi Makes Good Business Sense
Computer World has a great article on the many uses companies are putting free 802.11b access to (Free hot spots pay dividends). Guerilla marketing, conventional marketing, keeping customers around longer, saving money on ethernet installation, are all uses of free...
From The Importance Of on October 23, 2003 at 5:52 p.m..
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Haikudu like you do
RandomComments.comHaiku: Any topic (0 replies)Haikudu like you doposted by bolton_crew on Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:53:07 PMHaiku is my life, I deserve Nobel prizes, Absurd verbal fun! ...
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A bit OT
Sorry if this message is a bit offtopic, if so I express my regret. I am lookin
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E-Learning vor dem Höhenflug?! - Status Quo und Ausblick
Einen ausführlichen und kompetenten Überblick über den derzeitigen Entwicklungsstand geben Wolfgang Kraemer und Peter Sprenger von der IMC in diesem Interview (das mehr ist als ein Interview ...). Stichworte sind die Bedeutung ganzheitlicher Lösungen, die Integration und Konvergenz der Systeme,...
From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 23, 2003 at 5:52 p.m..
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Genial: kaefer.de
"Passt gut zusammen. VW Käfer und Feinkost Käfer haben sich diese Web-Adresse geteilt. Nun haben Sie die Wahl." Sehen Sie...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 5:51 p.m..
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Hooked! How Scammers Almost Got a Phish on the Line
Don't be fooled by a false sense of security -- small e-commerce entrepreneurs are just as vulnerable to online scams as individuals. After all, business accounts and credit card info are just as valuable to criminals as personal data.
From E-Commerce Guide on October 23, 2003 at 5:46 p.m..
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IBM should indemnify open-source customers
Forrester Research's Julie Giera has some advice for those that are considering doing business with companies that refuse to indemnify their open-source software customers.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..
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Innovations need to work technically, too
This guy's agenda is so obvious, you could drive a truck through it without touching the sides.Adding to DNS is not innovation if it breaks what's below it. Period.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..
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Hotmail tries to fry more spam
Taking a new twist on an old antispam method, Microsoft previews a system for singling out mail from approved addresses. It plans to use the system in its free Hotmail e-mail service.
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Marketing Science, Marketing Ourselves
The point of this article: "We need to ask whether we really want or need to proceed further down the market-driven path. Is some implacable economic mechanism forcing us to do so - is the deck stacked?" Enthusiasm for the pre-Cold War model of noncommercial academia, writes the author, stems from the idea that the academic has a committment to open enquiry, separated from personal or national prejudices. This has produced a heritage of credibility - "It is difficult to imagine this level of believability being awarded to a politician, a lawyer, or a corporation executive, let alone a car sale
From OLDaily on October 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..
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AAUPHYPHENARL Statement on Scholarly Communication
Statement by the Association of American University Presses (AAUP) and Association for Research Libraries (ARL) that mostly preserves the status quo, with a slight nod toward open access: "What each library and press does complements the work of the other and completes the cycle of scholarly communication, for readers without access to scholarship are as crippled as scholarship without access to readers." By Various Authors, October, 2003 [Refer][From OLDaily on October 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..
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National Occupational Classification
Some discussion in the DEOS list on competencies is producing some interesting links. This one, for example, is the result of Human Resources Development Canada's (HRDC's) efforts in 2001 to describe all occupations in Canada (for fun - select the first link on each page, and be treated to the description for 'cabinet minister'). Another link on the same topic is the ASTD Models for Workplace Learning and Performance. By Various Authors, Human Resources Developme
From OLDaily on October 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..
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Why We Must Stand On Guard Over Copyright
This brief article outlines why many nations - including Canada - are reluctant to adopt the strong copyright protections demanded by the U.S., and describes some of the tactics being employed to widen this regime despite these nations' reluctance. The author suggests that the less stringent copyright regime desired by these nations may be sacrificed in ongoing trade negotiations in order to obtain concessions in other areas. It would be a mistake to sacrifice any current leverage we may have in the information economy in order to obtain short-term and illusory gains in more primary indus
From OLDaily on October 23, 2003 at 5:45 p.m..
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Search Inside the Book
Amazon.com's new 'search inside the book' service provides a granularity of search that the designers of learning object technology have so far only dreamed of. I wonder where they got the licenses to search inside all those books. By Unknown, Amazon.Com, October, 2003 [Refer][Research][-->
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How to Hate Microsoft
This is one of those articles where the comments are much, much more interesting that the item itself. In the new Longhorn Blog Microsoft employee Robert Scoble asks readers for feedback on the forthcoming Longhorn operating system in an effort, he writes, to create a system users can't hate. It has resulted in an outpouring of raw sentiment, including a longish post on digital rights and content distribution from myself. By Robert Scoble, The Scobleizer LonghornBlog, October 22, 2003 [Re
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G.A.Z.I.
RandomComments.comSociety: People (1 replies)G.A.Z.I.posted by bolton_crew on Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:43:28 PMWe oppose this, and have joined a local political organisation, namely the JELLY BABY PARTY and i am ...
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Live aus dem Gerichtssaal
Nachricht der Woche beim JIPS ist die Live-Berichterstattung im "Sniper"-Verfahren (vgl. schon Beitrag hier vom 15.10.2003). In diesem Zusammenhang wird...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 4:50 p.m..
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Presenting Jenny
You can now view online my two presentations from last week's ILA conference. For the first one, I was part of a panel on wireless (you can also view Alex's and Georgeann's presentations, too), and the second one was just me talking about -->
From The Shifted Librarian on October 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m..
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Moblogging
Gebe zu nicht das gesamte Interview gelesen zu haben, wenn ich den Beitrag zitiere, dann deswegen, weil einerseits viele a...
From thomas n. burg | randgänge on October 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m..
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Radio Book
Darauf - Handbuch/Doku von kompetenter Hand zu Radio Userland - habe ich schon gewartet, seltsamerweise ist es auf am...
From thomas n. burg | randgänge on October 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m..
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blogIntegration
QuestionPro.com just another online survey ASP hat sein Service in Richtung Blog-Integration erweitert. Ganz verstehe ich ...
From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on October 23, 2003 at 4:47 p.m..
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AT&T sets Wi-Fi aloft in Philly airport
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 4:45 p.m..
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School Sucks
RandomComments.comRecreation: Hobbies (5 replies)School Sucksposted by bolton_crew on Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:56:37 PMmy maths class rocks, when the teacher leans over the desk to help other people, i slide bags behind ...
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Albert and the Mystical Dream
RandomComments.comRecreation: Hobbies (0 replies)Albert and the Mystical Dreamposted by bolton_crew on Thursday, October 23, 2003 1:11:11 PM1) After his escapade with Euell, Albert had taken a lengthy holiday in Switzerland, the land of che ...
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Online Reputation Systems
Some like to think of the Net as a digital village, but in fact it's closer to a digital city. The ability to interact with a billion people on the Net comes with its own costs: Dealing with strangers is risky, and verifying their trustworthiness is expensive HYPHEN especially on a case-by-case basis. That all changes when people can check each other's reputation in advance, and publicize the quality of any interaction afterwards.
From Release 1.0 on October 23, 2003 at 3:52 p.m..
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Merkwürdiger Duchsuchungsantrag
Ein US-Bundesgericht hat einen selbst für FBI-Verhältnisse ungewöhnlichen Antrag abgelehnt. Die Fahnder wollten die Erlaubnis einholen, Kopien einer bestimmten Computer-Datei...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 3:51 p.m..
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tBLOG - BlogHeads
tBLOG - BlogHeads Nancy Peralta's Intro to Blogging site for the students at her school Great way to motivate thier students to blog....
From EdBlogger Praxis on October 23, 2003 at 3:51 p.m..
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Testing MT-Blacklist Alpha
I have been testing an alpha version of the next update to Jay Allen's MT-Blacklist plugin. The changes coming are impressive and make it easier to filter and easily de-spam weblog crud. You can check and protect both comments and/or trackbacks, and it makes it a one clikc operation. Lots of new options coming in v1.5. It might be interesting to see what happens with publicly available blacklist files, maybe some sort of P2P sharing of spammers (the blacklist is a list of nearly 400 fi
From cogdogblog on October 23, 2003 at 3:47 p.m..
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Good News on Good News
Cory notes that Wired will soon have an article out to balance this one on the proposed broadcast flag mandate. In the meantime, here's what they'll likely be writing about.
From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on October 23, 2003 at 3:45 p.m..
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Apple cracks open the iPod, slightly
While stopping short of sharing its OS or freely offering a developer's kit, the Mac maker has been working with companies to boost the number of add-ons that attach to the music player.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 3:45 p.m..
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Geographic area codes on the way out?
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 3:45 p.m..
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Macromedia sinks on sales news
Shares in software maker Macromedia drop more than a third amid analyst downgrades and lower-than-expected sales.
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This is a test
All you have to do is type.
From autounfocus on October 23, 2003 at 3:45 p.m..
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ASTD Webinars
This post is a little late now, but ASTD is offering a series of Webinars in conjunction with WebEx on a number of topics related to eLearning.Here's the schedule of the seminars from ASTD's siteASTD -> Publications-> August 03Aug. 27 Using E-Learning - William Horton Sept. 10 Selling E-Learning - Darin Hartley Oct. 1 Leading E-Learning - William Horton Oct. 8 Implementing E-Learnin
From e-Learning Eclectic on October 23, 2003 at 2:52 p.m..
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Open Source Learning Management Systems
Open Source LMSI've been interested in developments in Learning Management Systems amongst the Open Source community. It seems that there are an increasingly large number of Open Source LMS solutions under development. I also note that more of these Open Source systems are incorporating SCORM standards into their mandates. As these solutions become stable and mature, I see them as an important alternative to off-the-shelf LMS products from such vendors as Saba and Docent.Her
From e-Learning Eclectic on October 23, 2003 at 2:52 p.m..
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Docent Reports Third Quarter Results; Click2Learn Merger
Docent Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2003; Announces Merger of Equals with Click2learn: "Docent's third quarter 2003 revenue was $7.0 million, an increase of 16 percent from $6.1 million reported in the third quarter of 2002. On a GAAP basis, the third quarter 2003 net loss was $2.7 million, or 20 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $3.9 million, or 28 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2002. "
From e-Learning Eclectic on October 23, 2003 at 2:52 p.m..
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Century 21 & Verizon to Receive Pioneer Awards at TechLearn 2003
Century 21 & Verizon to Receive Pioneer Awards at TechLearn 2003; Both Companies to Be Recognized for the Development & Pursuit of Comprehensive e-Learning Strategies: "The MASIE Center today announced that Century 21 and Verizon will be the recipients of the 2003 TechLearn Pioneer Awards for their outstanding efforts in enterprise-wide learning. " The awards will be presented at TechLearn 2003 to be held at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, FL,
From e-Learning Eclectic on October 23, 2003 at 2:52 p.m..
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Plateau and Lectora to be bundled
Plateau 4 LMS and Lectora Publisher(TM) Offer Organizations a Standards-Compliant Solution to Efficiently Create and Manage Enterprise e-Learning Content Plateau and Trivantis have agreed to bundle their software. Clients can now purchase Plateau LMS and the Lectora Authoring tool from a single source.
From e-Learning Eclectic on October 23, 2003 at 2:52 p.m..
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Pitch: New Instructional Technology Journal
Pitch Journal Stephen Downes has a plug on his Blog for a new online journal devoted to instructional technology. The site is run by the Open Sustainable Learning Opportunity Research Group (OSLO) which is involved with MIT's Open Courseware initiative. The first issue is slated to go online in November. Check the site to subscribe or get information on contributing.
From e-Learning Eclectic on October 23, 2003 at 2:52 p.m..
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Saba Strikes Back
Jay Cross has a great post where he copies a letter that Saba sent to its customers regarding the recent merger of Click2Learn and Docent. In the letter Saba states: "Companies and partners dealing with Click2Learn or Docent should immediately question the vendors on the implications of this announcement and its impact upon product direction, product support, company leadership and viability." Ouch. Saba's not going to win Miss Congeniality this year... See Ja
From e-Learning Eclectic on October 23, 2003 at 2:52 p.m..
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Macromedia inks $65M deal to purchase eHelp
This Internet Times Article details Macromedia's attempt to purchase eHelp. San Diego-based eHelp's is a privately-owned firm best known for its RoboHelp Web authoring tool and RoboDemo, a Flash-based software demonstration product. The Macromedia/eHelp proposal will still have to be scrutinized by shareholders and the U.S. government but Macromedia chairman and CEO Rob Burgess says he expects the deal to resolve by the end of December.
From e-Learning Eclectic on October 23, 2003 at 2:52 p.m..
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Adobe to Release 3D Authoring tool for the Web
This IT News Article talks about Adobe's upcoming release of "Atmosphere", which is to be a 3D authoring tool for use on the Web and embedded in PDF docs. The product will cost $399 USD and is scheduled to be available for download from the Adobe site on November 19th.
From e-Learning Eclectic on October 23, 2003 at 2:52 p.m..
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Blood test can warn of heart attack
RandomComments.comCurrent News: All of it (0 replies)Blood test can warn of heart attackposted by gardav on Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:45:15 PMThis is good news. Doctors ushered in a new era of heart disease detection Thursday with a report o ...
From RandomComments.com on October 23, 2003 at 2:51 p.m..
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Web-based Outliner
http://demo.weboutliner.com/weboutliner/ This was just too cool not to post on - a web-based outliner that produces OPML files. I have been a long-time fan of outlining software ever since I was first introduced to MORE on the Mac, way back in the day. It was actually one of the things that made me adopt Radio as a blogging tool at first (Dave Winer was also involved heavily with MORE, and Radio has a built-in outliner). As regular readers will know I finally ditched Radio as a blogging tool, but now miss having the out
From EdTechPost on October 23, 2003 at 2:51 p.m..
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McGill's Portal Project site
http://www.mcgill.ca/dp-cio/portal-selection/ This is a great example of what a website to facilitate an institution-wide IT selection process should look like if you want to create as much transparency as possible. Nice looking site too. - SWL - via [Shoulder to the Wheel]
From EdTechPost on October 23, 2003 at 2:51 p.m..
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Stimmt die Rechtsform noch?
Tatsächlich gibt es gute Gründe, die einmal gewählte (Rechts-)Form wieder zu verlassen. Nicht nur, dass Berlin zum 01.01.2004 erneut die...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 2:51 p.m..
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Die Krisengewinner
Das Handy von RAin Angelika Amend spielt den Toreromarsch aus der Oper "Carmen". Die entschlossene Melodie passt gut zu der...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 2:51 p.m..
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NewsTrove - News Search Engine
NewsTrove - News Search Enginehttp://www.newstrove.com/NewsTrove.com was launched in January of 2001. It provides a news search engine that indexes and categorizes news articles gathered twenty-four hours per day from over 7,000 individual high-quality news sources. The news sources are English-language publications primarily from the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, and India, plus English editions of publications from the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America. The news database is
From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 23, 2003 at 2:50 p.m..
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The_Circle
The_Circle A Collaborative Blog started by Nancy Peralta and a fifth grade teacher . The Circle Website dedicated to Literature Circles. Next week I will begin working on Literature Circles with a 5th grade classroom. The teacher is excited about using Literature Circles and will begin with the book "The...
From EdBlogger Praxis on October 23, 2003 at 2:50 p.m..
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Usability guidelines: visual simplicity
Visual simplicity can harm usability. Balancing visual and structural complexity in interaction design. "How visual simplicity can harm usability: Usability is based on principles such as 'Less is more' and 'Keep it simple, stupid.' But there is more to simplicity than meets the eye. By reducing visual complexity at the cost of structural simplicity, you will give your users a hard time understanding and navigating the content of a web site." [xBlog: Th
From Bill Brandon: eLearning on October 23, 2003 at 2:48 p.m..
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Earnings alert: PeopleSoft tops sales estimates
The software maker surpasses sales and revenue estimates...a profit follows three years of loss for Lucent...Time Warner sees growth despite its sagging AOL unit.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 2:45 p.m..
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Definition of 'e-learning'
Here's what Google says.
From EdTechPost on October 23, 2003 at 1:51 p.m..
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KFZ-Kennzeichen in Domain-Namen
Der Kollege RA Heng hat eine umfangreiche Linkliste zum Thema der vergangenen Tage zusammengestellt, auf die der Einfachheit halber verviesen...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 1:50 p.m..
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Search Inside the Book
Search Inside the Bookhttp://www.amazon.com/Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) today announced the launch of its latest innovation for customers, Search Inside the Book, an entirely new way for customers to find and discover books by searching the full text inside them, not just matches to author or title keywords.In collaboration with publishers, Amazon.com is enabling customers to find books at Amazon.com based on every word inside more than 120,000 books -- more than 33 million pages of searchable text. Customers can
From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 23, 2003 at 1:50 p.m..
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Special Needs Resources
The special needs resources on this site include articles on special needs learners; information on assistive and adaptive technologies; and links to associations supporting special needs learners and their teachers....
From Adult/Continuing Education on October 23, 2003 at 1:49 p.m..
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Innovative Toy "Connects" Families Across America & Gives Scholarships To Assist With Education At Any Level
There's a new toy in town. Toobeez, marketed as The Ultimate Giant Construction Building Toy, was officially introduced to homes across the United States last week. Toobeez is the flagship product of Connectable Color Tubes, LLC (CCT), a privately held company based in Pennsylvania. [PRWEB Oct 23, 2003]
From PR Web on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 p.m..
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Copyright + Civil Liberties No Zero Sum Equation
What I belabor here, attorney Daniel Ballard conveys powerfully and economically here: "We are told that copyright owners are entitled to this unprecedented subpoena power so they can effectively exploit their copyright monopolies. We are not told why that right--or that monopoly--is more valuable than the privacy and due process rights those subpoenas invade."
From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on October 23, 2003 at 1:45 p.m..
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Amazon turns a new page on search
The online retailer launches a new service that lets consumers search through pages of thousands of books available on its online store.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 1:45 p.m..
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Pop!Tech considered
Arnold Kling was at Pop!Tech and instead of simply spewing into his blog (as some of us did), he thoughtfully expounds on what he learned....
From Joho the Blog on October 23, 2003 at 12:48 p.m..
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Another Rulemaking Ahead
The broadcast flag is well-covered here. I've got nothing more to add, except for the fact that I can't believe we're actually moving towards this sort of tech mandate.  Earlier this year, I thought organizations like this were going to step up and help the public interest groups in this regard.  Guess not. In any case, I want to point out that the DMCA Rulemaking is right around the corner
From A Copyfighter's Musings on October 23, 2003 at 12:47 p.m..
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Please Do Not Feed the DVDs
Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists (PDF version here) "This report describes in nontechnical language the various types of CDs and DVDs now in use, how they are made, and how they work. It then distills current industry knowledge about disc longevity, conditions that affect life expectancy, and how to care for optical media. The guide is amply illustrated and i
From The Shifted Librarian on October 23, 2003 at 12:47 p.m..
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Portfolio @ Duke : Home
Quote: "The Duke Student Portfolio is your space to create an ongoing record of your original work and accomplishments and to present yourself professionally."Comment: This Duke site is actually an adaptation of DSpace of all things.  Interesting idea.
From Serious Instructional Technology on October 23, 2003 at 12:46 p.m..
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Ugg Boots
All I can think when I see these boots on the streets of NYC is, "Uggh!! Why are you wearing those stupid fucking boots?!"
From megnut on October 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..
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Valenti to (College) Kids: Internet Too Powerful
Jack Valenti, chairman and CEO of the MPAAto a group of Penn State college kids: "I think we're in a great state of crisis because we believe in this country that the Internet is so all-powerful--and it is--that there's no limit to what you can do. And there is a limit." Ah--college life. It's all about learning when to close the door to new possibilities. 
From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on October 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..
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Toshiba adds VoIP to handheld
The company launches two updated Pocket PC handhelds, including one business-oriented model that features built-in wireless networking with voice over Internet Protocol capabilities.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..
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AT&T, T-Mobile heed FCC portability call
The two carriers announce their plan to let subscribers who have switched from AT&T Wireless to T-Mobile, and vice versa, keep their phone numbers.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..
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PeopleSoft sales climb; buyout spurs loss
The enterprise software maker reports third-quarter revenue that exceeded expectations, but the company's overall earnings were affected by its buyout of J.D. Edwards.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 12:45 p.m..
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Swarthmore Actively Opposes E-Civil Disobedience Campaign
As noted yesterday ((Electronic) Civil Disobedience at Swarthmore), students at Swarthmore have begun an electronic civil disobedience action to keep on hosting internal memos about the security failings and knowledge of same from the electronic voting machine manufacturerer Diebold. Diebold...
From The Importance Of on October 23, 2003 at 11:51 a.m..
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Rerun is dead
RandomComments.comCurrent News: All of it (0 replies)Rerun is deadposted by TheBull on Thursday, October 23, 2003 9:45:54 AMhttp://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/10/22/rerun.obit/index.html ...
From RandomComments.com on October 23, 2003 at 11:51 a.m..
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Breaking News: Amazon Debuts Full-Text Search For 120,000 Titles
From ResourceShelf on October 23, 2003 at 11:48 a.m..
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Broadcast Blogs Thread
Richard MacManus usefully pulls together some of the threads weaving about on broadcast, conversations and the future of blogs. He cites the latest from Clay which continues to make a point that strikes me as clearly right: At a certain point, a blog may have so many readers that it can't be as interactive with them as a less-read blog can be. Why this idea ruffles feathers puzzles me, although I have seen people (mis)take Clay as saying that all small blogs are necessarily interactive. People also seem to think Clay is saying that the "tail" isn't as important or...
From Joho the Blog on October 23, 2003 at 11:47 a.m..
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The Goldeneye Method of Gaming
One of the most fulfilling victories I've had beating a shooter was finishing Goldeneye on 00 agent mode. For anyone not familiar with this game, it was the best game for the Nintendo 64, and probably any console system at that time. I've played dozens of shooters, but why was beating Goldeneye such an accomplishment? Because the game wouldn't let you quicksave and quickload in the middle of a mission.
From kuro5hin.org on October 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..
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Acer: Microsoft Tablet PC fees hard to swallow
Senior executives of Taiwan PC maker Acer on Tuesday took swipes at Microsoft during an event marking the first anniversary of the software giant's Tablet PC operating system.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 11:45 a.m..
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Microsoft Haters - MS Wants to Hear From You
Robert Scoble, who is blogging for and about Microsoft's next major operating system, Longhorn, on the Scobleizer LonghornBlog, has posted a piece soliciting Microsoft haters to actually help Microsoft improve its products (How to Hate Microsoft). It is an interesting...
From The Importance Of on October 23, 2003 at 10:51 a.m..
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Stowaway ships self in cargo crate
RandomComments.comCurrent News: All of it (1 replies)Stowaway ships self in cargo crateposted by Lord Vladamir on Thursday, October 23, 2003 7:02:03 AMThat WOULD be a site to see. ...
From RandomComments.com on October 23, 2003 at 9:52 a.m..
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Spam: Hurting e-Mail and Degrading the Internet Environment
Spam: Hurting e-Mail and Degrading the Internet Environmenthttp://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=102A new report entitled "Spam: Hurting e-mail and degrading the Internet environment," by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, includes scores of stories gathered in a Web-survey by the Washington-based Telecommunications Research & Action Center about how spam has affected people's experience with e-mail and changed their views about the value of e-mail.The huge
From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 23, 2003 at 9:51 a.m..
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Diebold Met with 'Electronic Civil Disobedience'
Saying they are defending the right to a fair election, two student groups, Why War? and the Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons, are rejecting Diebold Elections Systems' cease and desist orders and are initiating a campaign of electronic civil disobedience that will ensure permanent public access to the controversial leaked memos.
From kuro5hin.org on October 23, 2003 at 9:45 a.m..
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Pisa für alle?
Nach den Schülern soll nun die gesamte Bevölkerung der OECD-Staaten ihre Fähigkeiten unter Beweis stellen Das Volk hatte die Sache gleich verstanden. Nachdem die Pisa-Studie vor knapp zwei Jahren den deutschen Schulen ein miserables Zeugnis ausgestellt hatte, forderten Leserbriefschreiber prompt "Pisa für Politiker" und "Pisa für Manager". Seitdem sind die vier Buchstaben – die Abkürzung für Programme for International Student Assessment – zur Metapher für groß angelegte Wissensinventuren geworden. Experten e
From BildungsBlog on October 23, 2003 at 8:50 a.m..
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Die Hüter des Neuen
Patentanwälte müssen nicht nur die Gesetze kennen. Verlangt wird auch ein naturwissenschaftliches oder technisches Studium. Wer die Ausbildung durchhält, kann...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 8:50 a.m..
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Kommissare und Advokaten
Das Duell zwischen einem Häuflein wackerer Eurokraten und einem Großaufgebot von Anwälten und Mitarbeitern des Softwarekonzerns Microsoft steht kurz bevor....
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 8:50 a.m..
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Top 20 der Software-Lücken
Immer wieder verwenden Online-Angreifer die selben Einfallslöcher, um Bedrohungen wie Viren und Würmer auf den PC oder in ein Netzwerk...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 8:50 a.m..
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Mooter Search Engine
Mooter Search Enginehttp://www.mooter.com/The Mooter Search Engine employs artificial intelligence based on psychological modelling to process and understand the information users seek. Mooter analyses the choices you make while searching, then reorders the results based on what you are actually looking for at that moment without you having to go back and rephrase your exact needs. So instead of giving users long lists of scrambled results, Mooter displays simple, sensible categories of information. As users search, the al
From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 23, 2003 at 8:50 a.m..
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Open Source CMSs
EdTechPost points to a new open source LMS (ouch, got over that a while back ;o) Interactive Learning Environment and another Open Learning Management System (O-LMS) Wonder whether educational institutions will follow the Microsoft model (interesting new tack from them on Longhorn) or if we're in for something different. De
From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on October 23, 2003 at 8:48 a.m..
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When blogs get really popular - D. Weinberger, JoHo the Blog
While there are a hell of a lot of blogs and blog readers, blogs aren't even close to being a mainstream phenomenon the way email is. It'll happen. And here are some guesses (note: guesses) about what they'll look like when they do: 1. The word "blog
From Techno-News Blog on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..
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Wi-Free and Easy: for Radio Reporter, Wi-Fi Technology Makes Life Easier - Bob Schmidt, ABCNEWS.com
... Now, with Wi-Fi, a radio reporter is able to file stories from the field with pristine, digital quality sound simply by lugging a laptop to Starbucks, or McDonalds or to one of the many hotels and other venues that offer a wireless Internet connect
From Techno-News Blog on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..
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Intel chip gear aims to detect disease - Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com
Can equipment that's used to make semiconductors help detect the early stages of cancer? Intel and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are going to try to find out. The chipmaker will construct a device, called a Raman Bioanalyzer System, at th
From Techno-News Blog on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..
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On the cutting edge - Michelle Mullins, Southtown Economist
.... At the lab, seventh- and eighth-grade students learn hands-on about advanced topics such as computer graphics and animation, aviation, architecture, electricity, energy, engineering, engines, robots and rocket science. With the assistance of inte
From Educational Technology on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..
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Universities starting to offer mental health services online - Kelli Kennedy, Boca Raton News
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From Online Learning Update on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..
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Students Find $100 Textbooks Cost $50, Purchased Overseas [or online] - TAMAR LEWIN, NY Times
Richard Sarkis and David Kinsley were juniors at Williams College, surfing the net for a cheap source for their economics textbook, when they discovered a little known economic fact: the very same college textbooks used in the United States sell for ha
From Online Learning Update on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Last year on this day: "I called both of the creators of the RSS Validator yesterday, Mark Pilgrim and Sam Ruby, to congratulate them on a very nicely done piece of software and to thank them for making a very positive contribution to the success of RSS."
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..
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Untitled
As I write this at 7AM Eastern, it's snowing in Boston. The first snow of the year gets me out of bed, just like a kid. New England townies snicker about the newbie. "He's a fucking retahd," they say.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Scoble: How to Hate Microsoft.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 8:46 a.m..
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HP's Adaptive Enterprise: A 'Star Trek' script?
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says Carly Fiorina's recent explanation of Adaptive Enterprise was enough to reduce even the most hardened McKinsey consultant to a state of dribbling catatonia.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 8:45 a.m..
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Edward the emu promotes reading
16 May 2001 - National Simultaneous Storytime, Thursday 2:00pm (AEST) Popular Australian storybook, Edward the emu is the focus for the National simultaneous storytime being held as part of Library and Information Week 2001. Children from around the country will gather at their local public and school libraries to hear the ever-popular tale of Edward the emu who is bored with the zoo. Written by Sheena Knowles and illustrated by Financial Review cartoonist Rod Clement, this charming book is a ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Connecting Australians...
16 May 2001 - The library and information sector is calling for commitment from all levels of government in relation to improved funding for Australian libraries. There is a key role for the federal government in providing leadership in this area,with state and local government encouraged to match federal funding. For a knowledge nation dependent upon electronic information and services, gaining internet access, and being able to effectively use the internet, is becoming a social justice as well as a ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Get online at your local library
16 May 2001 - Library and Information Week 2001, Online Day, Friday 18 May Libraries around Australia are celebrating Online Day on Friday 18 May. Australia is becoming a knowledge nation. Information and services are increasingly being provided through the internet. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey data shows that in 2000, half of all adults in Australia accessed the internet - this is an impressive 9.6 million adults. While a third accessed the internet at home and a quarter accessed ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Pay Equity Test Case gives library workers sweeping win
28 March 2002 - After a major Test Case, the first decision by the New South Wales Industrial Relations Commission under the state's Equal Remuneration Principle today handed library workers a sweeping victory. And ALIA's qualification standards have been written into law as the formal criteria for recognition of librarians and library technicians in NSW. A Full Bench of the Commission has: found that librarians and library technicians' responsibilities have been historically undervalued despite very ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Update to Pay Equity Test Case
3 April 2002 - The complete decision of the NSW Industrial Relations Commission Full Bench is now available. Full reasons for the decision are set out in the Full Bench's 34-page judgement through the NSW Attorney General's Department website. New rates of pay can be found at Appendix 8 and translation to the new structure is set out at Appendix 9. Appendices can be accessed via the link at page 31 of the judgement. The decision directly adjusts the rates for all librarians, library technicians and ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Developing a civil society in East Timor
5 August 2002 - The role of libraries in building civil societies: the East Timor Project Geoffrey Barker of the Australian Financial Review recently described the struggle of developing Pacific nations as the 'little game', compared with the 'big' game elsewhere in the world where the major powers' strategic, political and ideological interests collide. But the difficulties faced by the new nation of East Timor in establishing a civil society with a stable judiciary and administration whilst nurturing ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Bright and funky librarians...
6 November 2002 - ...guide you through the information maze. Librarians of today are bright: Intelligent, lateral thinking problem solvers with a sense of humour - and funky: Willing to take risks, be optimistic and with a generosity of spirit. They help you find accurate, timely information and teach you how to use it effectively. The Australian Library and Information Association's Bright and Funky New Librarians' Symposium in Brisbane in December is a world first. Over 150 new and young librarians will ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Power your mind!
9 May 2003 - Library and Information Week, 12-18 May 2003 Australian Library and Information Week (LIW) celebrates the tremendous contribution that library and information services, and the specialist staff who work within them, make to educate, inform and entertain all Australians. The United Nations has proclaimed 2003-2012 as the decade of literacy, and to coincide, LIW 2003 has the theme 'Information literacy: power your mind'. What is information literacy? Information literacy is more than ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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ALIA celebrates LIW 2003 with launch of 5th-generation website
9 May 2003 - Library and Information Week 2003 at the Australian Library and Information Association Libraries and information services around the country will be celebrating Library and Information Week from 12 to 18 May 2003. The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) will be celebrating LIW2003 by launching its 5th-generation website, its new web-based membership system, and a new partnership program which will support and encourage research in the sector. The launch will take place on ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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ALIA Federal Budget Analysis
15 May 2003 - Each year senior staff of ALIA national office produce a Federal Budget report. These reports analyse the budget and in particular the parts which have an impact on the library and information industry. Mid-term Budgets are often the least interesting - especially when Government's are well-established. A treasurer's standard approach to the electoral cycle is: do the hard stuff in the first Budget; don't scare the horses in the second; offer a lump of sugar in the third so that they rush to ...
From ALIA media releases on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Feedback
[23 October 2003] The response to aliaNEWS is still very positive, more so now that we offer it in a multitude of formats (e-mail, html, xml, rss). As always, though, we would like to know your thoughts on what you would like to see in this broadcast, and how you would like to see it. Send your comments to Ivan Trundle, manager, communications and publishing.
From aliaNEWS on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Reminder of ALIA National Office change of address
[23 October 2003] ALIA National Office's postal address is now PO Box 6335 Kingston 2604 (and is no longer PO Box E441, although mail will continue to reach us at this address). Note also that ALIA National Office's main phone number is 02 6215 8222. The members-only Freecall number is still 1800 020 071 and the fax number is still 02 6282 2249. All office staff now have direct-call phone numbers.
From aliaNEWS on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Call for nominations
[23 October 2003] Nominations are called for ALIA vice-president (president-elect) and three positions on the ALIA Board of Directors as incorporated under Corporations Law. Nominees should be personal members of the Association and will represent the interests of the organisation as a whole rather than those of a particular constituency. The elected vice-president and directors will assume office immediately following the 2004 Annual General Meeting. Nomination forms are available from ALIA National Office, or via ALIAnet. Nominations close at 5:00pm AEDT 2 February 2004. Nomination forms an
From aliaNEWS on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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Australian Interlibrary Resource Sharing Code
[23 October 2003] ALIA is seeking your feedback on changes to the prices recommended in the Australian Interlibrary Resource Sharing Code. Comment by all libraries, members and groups should be sent to susan.magnay@alia.org.au.nospam (please remove the '.nospam' from address) by 30 October. It is proposed to commence the new charges on 1 January 2004. The changes are relatively minor and are based on today's direct costs. They will make the recommended prices in the ILRS Code simpler to interpret. The changes are endorsed by the National Resource Sharing Working Group. The recom
From aliaNEWS on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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ALIA submission to Digital Agenda Review
[23 October 2003] ALIA supports the retention of the s.18 definition of the Copyright Act which applies the library copying provisions to all non-profit libraries. Contracts which exclude or modify copyright exceptions should not be enforceable. As a member of the Australian Libraries' Copyright Committee, ALIA supports all of the points made in the ALCC submission. Our response to the Review complements the ALCC submission. Read the entire submission through our Advocacy pages.
From aliaNEWS on October 23, 2003 at 7:52 a.m..
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CPD - good or bad?
[23 October 2003] Barrie Brennan, an honorary fellow at University of New England, is undertaking a research project into 'bad' experiences with CPD activities and welcomes input from ALIA members. When has a CPD activity 'not delivered the goods' because of poor presenters or notes or technology that did not work? When has the environment or the lack of time to socialise with other participants prevented you from making more from an activity? The reasons are probably as numerous as the people concerned. Let Barrie know at bbrennan@pobox.une.edu.au.nospam (please remove the
From aliaNEWS on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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CIPS: the ALIA co-operative information purchasing service
[23 October 2003] ALIA CIPS, a new value-added service for institutional members, provides enhanced and cost-effective access to electronic information resources through establishing co-operative buying groups among its members and negotiating pricing and licensing for these co-operative groups. Co-operative purchasing offers now available for ALIA CIPS members include: From RMIT Publishing: Australian Medical Index database. From Thomson Gale: Gale Virtual Reference Library with over 85 eBooks available from 30 October 2003. More offers are under negotiation. ALIA CIPS is provided in partners
From aliaNEWS on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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NSCF Round Table Workshop 31 October 2003
[23 October 2003] The National Scholarly Communications Forum invites us to take up the broadband challenge and attend Strictly Broadband, a roundtable workshop to be held in Melbourne on the opportunities presented by broadband communication networks for scholars in the humanities, social sciences and creative arts. Strictly Broadband will showcase broadband technology and its relevance to teaching and research practice. A registration fee of $120.00, which includes all catering, will secure your place at the Round Table. Places are strictly limited and the deadline for registrations is 25 Oc
From aliaNEWS on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Library and Information Week 2004
[23 October 2003] Get ready for next year with the news that LIW2004 will be held in the last week in May, from Monday 24 May to Sunday 30 May 2004. More information on activities and themes to come soon.
From aliaNEWS on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Indigenous education inquiry
Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee [last updated: 28 July 1999]
From ALIA inquiry watch on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Competition Review of Australia's Intellectual Property Framework
Minister for Industry, Science and Resources [last updated: 20 August 1999]
From ALIA inquiry watch on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Inquiry into the prices of books in Australia
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [last updated: 20 May 2000]
From ALIA inquiry watch on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Inquiries by Senate Committees into the GST and a new tax system
Select Committee on a New Tax System; Community Affairs References Committee; Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education References Committee; Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References Committee [last updated: 19 January 2001]
From ALIA inquiry watch on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Review of Schedule 5 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992
Deptartment of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts [last updated: 25 July 2003]
From ALIA inquiry watch on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Inquiry into Local Government and Cost-shifting
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, Finance and Public Administration [last updated: 1 August 2003]
From ALIA inquiry watch on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Australia/United States Free Trade Agreement
Minister for Trade, Mark Vaile [last updated: 1 August 2003]
From ALIA inquiry watch on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Review of the digital amendments to the Copyright Act 1968
Phillips Fox Consultants [last updated: 18 August 2003]
From ALIA inquiry watch on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Inquiry into Current and Future Skills Needs
Senate Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Education [last updated: 15 October 2003]
From ALIA inquiry watch on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Information access officer
Employer: Australian National University [closing date: 16 September 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Senior training professional
Employer: Australian National University [closing date: 16 September 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Technical support services co-ordinator
Employer: Local Government Authority, Sydney metropolitan area [closing date: 15 September 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Collection services officer
Employer: University of Wollongong [closing date: 19 September 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Events co-ordinator
Employer: Australian Library and Information Association [closing date: 30 September 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Education and training administrative officer
Employer: Australian Library and Information Association [closing date: 7 October 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Branch manager - Casuarina Library
Employer: Darwin City Council - Community Services Department [closing date: 6 October 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Library manager
Employer: Burwood Council [closing date: 20 October 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Collection development librarian
Employer: Darwin City Council - Community Services Department [closing date: 20 October 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Manager (Resources and Access)
Employer: State Library of Tasmania [closing date: 24 October 2003]
From ALIAnet LIS jobs on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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The latest aliaNEWS broadcast was sent ...
23 October 2003: The latest aliaNEWS broadcast was sent out to 6500 subscribers today. Now also available as an RSS/XML newsfeed. Is there no end to the different way that digital news can be sent? [keyword: alianews]
From ALIAnet: what's new on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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RSS newsfeed
For those with RSS newsreaders: the latest site additions, employment vacancies, media releases and Inquiry Watch are available as RSS/XML newsfeed channels. aliaNEWS, ALJ and inCite to follow...
From ALIAnet on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Senate inquiry
The Australian Government Senate's Inquiry into the Role of Libraries in the Online Environment has finally been tabled.
From ALIAnet on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Conferences?
Plenty have been held recently: The Library Technicians; The Specials, Health and Law; and Information Online earlier. New Librarian to come.
From ALIAnet on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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New postal address
ALIA National Office's postal address is now PO Box 6335 Kingston 2604 (and no longer PO Box E441).
From ALIAnet on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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SARS
A summary of the current legal, health and safety issues relating to SARS in the workplace - for employers and employees alike.
From ALIAnet on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Information Literacy Kit
Building information-literate communities, this information kit is available for download.
From ALIAnet on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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CPD activity
Become an ALIA CPD member and have your professional development activities acknowledged.
From ALIAnet on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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REAP
The ALIA Research Exchange and Partnership (REAP) initiative was launched on 15 May 2003. REAP is a network of peers working together to exchange ideas and information.
From ALIAnet on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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National Simultaneous Storytime 2003
...was held at 11:00am AEST (Friday 5 September). How did your storytime go?
From ALIAnet on October 23, 2003 at 7:51 a.m..
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Open Learning Management System
The Open Learning Management System is an 'open code' system developed at the University of Utah Department of Psychology. It allows teachers to draw on content from learning object repositories such as Merlot, the Harvey Project, -->
From Collaborative Learning on October 23, 2003 at 7:50 a.m..
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MetaLog
Mit Metalog v2.0b steht ein durchdachtes System des sog. "Semantic Web" zur Verfügung. Derzeit liegt es für Windows und...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 7:50 a.m..
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The Genomics Jump Station
The Genomics Jump Stationhttp://www.highveld.com/pages/genomics.htmlThe Genomics Jump Station: The ultimate Web page for information and links on all aspects of Genomics Research. Institutes and groups involved in functional genomics, companies involved in functional genomics, publications on functional genomics, analysis of protein sequences, analysis of DNA sequences.
From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 23, 2003 at 7:50 a.m..
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Revolutionary Calling
I heard an interesting piece on Marketplace yesterday afternoon. It was about the proliferation of cell phones that come with built-in cameras. A fad only a year or so ago, they are now everywhere. There has been more than one suggestion of banning the devices. While I can see a certain logic to that, it seems that there are some...
From Don't Back Down on October 23, 2003 at 7:49 a.m..
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Feds to Fight Digital TV Piracy
Regulators in coming weeks will adopt strict limits on sending digital television programs over the Internet to avoid the problems now plaguing the music industry, officials said Tuesday.
From Wired News on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m..
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Images of Space Get Second Look
Stunning photographs of space taken by unmanned space probes are getting a second look. A panel of scientists, writers and artists meet to discuss whether these images can rightfully be called art. Erik Baard reports from New York.
From Wired News on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m..
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Join the 8-Bit Music Revolution
For the latest in authentic underground music, the subculture hacker who created the Sex Pistols looks at a low-tech alternative to Pro Tools mixes. It's called chip music. Can you play lead Game Boy? By Malcolm McLaren from Wired magazine.
From Wired News on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m..
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Survey Confirms It: Spam Sucks
A new report reveals what most had already suspected: People hate getting spam. And a number of them are using e-mail less frequently because of it. By Katie Dean.
From Wired News on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m..
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Get Ready to Ring in the Holidays
Vendors and manufacturers say the wireless phone technology that will hit stores before the end of the year will be mainstream and affordable. Michael Stroud reports from Las Vegas.
From Wired News on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m..
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The Case for Coolie Labor
American IT people cost too much, so U.S. companies continue sending jobs overseas, where grateful workers happily toil for a fraction of the cost. The folks who think that's a good idea make their pitch. Amit Asaravala reports from San Francisco.
From Wired News on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m..
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Plumbing Depths of Data Mining
The goal is to protect Americans from terrorists, but at what point do these efforts begin to hurt us? A panel of experts points out that it's going to be hard to draw that line. Noah Shachtman reports from Washington.
From Wired News on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m..
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eLearning Policy Insights: Reports for eighteen countries online now! - Anja Balanskat, European Schoolnet
What are the new policy priorities and practice framework conditions for eLearning in schools in 2003? What is the state of play after more than a decade of ICT and eLearning policy in education in most of the countries? The Insight country reports on
From Educational Technology on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m..
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BPCC student becomes La.'s 100,000th online learning customer - Melody Brumble, Shreveport Times
Elizabeth Brossette thought the unusual e-mail in her in-box was spam. "The subject line said '100,000th student' with the ellipsis after it," Brossette said. "But it came in my student e-mail, so I wondered how it could be junk mail." But the messag
From Online Learning Update on October 23, 2003 at 7:46 a.m..
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Johnny Investigates Bioethics for Salon
We stood there on the concrete steps of the U-Haul self-storage in South San Francisco, johnny and I, watching the cars accelerate onto 101 South and waiting for a locksmith to come and drill the padlock that stood between us and several boxes of Acts so we could get back in our borrowed Isuzu Trooper and haul ass down that same 101 to the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. To pass the time, and apropos of nothing much, johnny told me the story of how his oldest daughter went extravagantly, cinematically insane one day.
From kuro5hin.org on October 23, 2003 at 7:45 a.m..
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100 Percent Virus-Free Mac OS X Adds More Privacy And Security
If you hadn't realized it yet, a 100 percent virus free computing environment is not as far fetched and away in the future as most Windows users would think. Mac OS X, due to its natively-secure architecture and limited popularity has been consistently able to keep itself untouched by the ocean of security issues, threats, virus and worms epidemic which have become instead Windows-users daily worry and preoccupation. But more than this, Apple has now aggressively targeted a large set of issues that make working and collaborating with Macs a truly secure and reliable experience. If there i
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 a.m..
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Student klagt gegen Universität
Steven K. verklagt die Humboldt-Universität. Der 21-Jährige will Zahnmedizin studieren und wurde bereits zum zweiten Mal abgelehnt. Jetzt versucht er,...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 a.m..
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Bundesanwalt unter Beschuss
Der Prozess gegen drei junge Linke aus Magdeburg, denen die Bundesanwaltschaft "Mitgliedschaft in einer terroristischen Vereinigung" vorwirft, begann gestern mit...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 a.m..
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MooterSearch
"Please be gentle with our Beta server - who'd have thought a brand new search engine that did what it...
From Handakte WebLAWg on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 a.m..
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Metalog 2.0b Released
Metalog 2.0b Released http://www.w3.org/RDF/Metalog/ Metalog 2.0b is a reasoning system built for the Semantic Web that adds a query layer on top of RDF. Developed by Massimo Marchiori, Antonio Epifani and Samuele Trevisan, Metalog is user friendly and makes reasoning and thinking about the Web easy through an interface similar to natural language. Download Metalog for Windows and Linux. Free source code is available.
From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 a.m..
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NCBI Human Genome Resources
NCBI Human Genome Resourceshttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/human/A challenge facing researchers today is that of piecing together and analyzing the plethora of data currently being generated through the Human Genome Project and scores of smaller projects. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI's) Web site serves an an integrated, one-stop, genomic information infrastructure for biomedical researchers from around the world so that
From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 a.m..
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O'Reilly Hack Series
O'Reilly Hack Serieshttp://hacks.oreilly.com/O'Reilly's Hacks Series reclaims the term "hacking" for the good guys - innovators who explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, create useful tools, and come up with fun things to try on your own. Each Hacks book offers 100 industrial-strength tips and tools, contributed by experts who apply what they know in the real world every day. Each Hack can be read in just a few minutes, but can save you hours of research.
From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on October 23, 2003 at 6:51 a.m..
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Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text Do...
From ResourceShelf on October 23, 2003 at 6:49 a.m..
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GPO Announces Winner of Federal Depository Library of the Year Award
From ResourceShelf on October 23, 2003 at 6:49 a.m..
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Guide to Institutional Repository Software Released by OSI
From ResourceShelf on October 23, 2003 at 6:49 a.m..
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Kinderuni Berlin-Lichtenberg...
Am 22. Oktober ist die Homepage der Kinderuni-Lichtenberg online: Unter den Adressen http://www.sowieso.de/kinderuni-lichtenberg/spip/ oder http://www.kinderuni-lichtenberg.de Gibt es das Vorlesungsverzeichnis, Anmeldeformulare und weitere Infos.
From BildungsBlog on October 23, 2003 at 5:51 a.m..
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Closed Event
Renaissance Pleasure Faire (North) (California)
From the Directorie Update on October 23, 2003 at 5:51 a.m..
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Wired: Sim Soars as Learning Tool
Wired: Sim Soars as Learning Tool "Of course, there's a lot about flying a plane that you can't learn in front of a computer. You can't learn how the controls feel, how the plane handles, or how to use your muscles to control it. But for many tasks in flying, Flight Simulator can be a great help to the learning process."
From elearningpost on October 23, 2003 at 5:47 a.m..
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Global meet stresses importance of e-learning
From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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IntraLearn Fuels Online Learning Services Market with 30th License
From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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The Sloan Consortium Honors Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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Virtual schools task force to meet in Point
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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House Overwhelmingly Approves Hoekstra Higher Education Bill to Strengthen Graduate Education, Build On Efforts to Train Highly-Qualified K-12 Teachers
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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Pathlore Software Underpins Training at ARUP Laboratories
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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The Changing Face of GMT
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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BPCC [Bossier Parish Community College] student becomes La.'s 100,000th online learning customer
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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Ball State President To Become CEO Of U21Pedagogica
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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Virtually School
From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on October 23, 2003 at 4:49 a.m..
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Diebold Can't Keep These 'Secrets'
When a company gets people riled up enough with policies and actions that seem aimed at stifling debate about a...
From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 23, 2003 at 4:47 a.m..
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New Boutique Builds Schools in Afghanistan
Solace International's Afghanistan Girls' School Project opens their doors to the public in Portland today. [PRWEB Oct 23, 2003]
From PR Web on October 23, 2003 at 4:46 a.m..
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STI co-Sponsors Local Students to Wire Orlando's Convention Center
Students from Sussex County Technical School will be traveling to Orlando this December to demonstrate their Network Wiring and Cabling skills in ACTE's inagural Cabling Lab. Over 7,000 attendees expected to observe the event. [PRWEB Oct 23, 2003]
From PR Web on October 23, 2003 at 4:46 a.m..
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Re: RSS with Audio Content
... iTunes keeps its playlists in a plist format XML file at ~/Music/iTunes/iTu
From rss-dev on October 23, 2003 at 3:51 a.m..
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Re: RSS with Audio Content
... I'm the author of mod_streaming, and oddly enough, have just been approach
From rss-dev on October 23, 2003 at 3:51 a.m..
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Our Web Tenth Anniversary (Aluminum Gifts, please)
Somewhere in the hustle and bustle of this month I missed a significant milestone. A tenth anniversary worthy of a gift of aluminium (this would be nice but this will do) as tradition goes. It was sometime in October 1993 at our Ocotillo Technology Showcase ("Expose Yourself to Technology"). Demonstrations likely included laser discs, HyperCard, Toolbook, our text based Electronic For
From cogdogblog on October 23, 2003 at 3:48 a.m..
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Número 7 de Interactive Educational Multimedia
Está en línea el número 7 de Interactive Educational Multimedia (IEM), publicación electrónica del Grup de Recerca en Ensenyament i Aprenentatge Multimèdia del ICE de la Universitat de Barcelona. En este nuevo número de IEM se publican los siguientes trabajos: -«Evaluation of the Introduction of New Technologies as a Support to Learning». Elba Leiva Madariaga, Mónica Maldonado Rojas & Gustavo Hawes Barrios. -«Use of The ICTs and the Perception of E-Learning among Univer
From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on October 23, 2003 at 2:51 a.m..
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The Broadcast Flag and Libraries
FCC Mulls Digital 'Flag' to Sink TV Pirates "U.S. regulators in coming weeks will adopt strict limits on sending digital television programs over the Internet to avoid the problems now plaguing the music industry, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The Federal Communications Commission will likely adopt rules that will allow programmers to attach a code to digital broadcasts that will in most cases bar consumers from sending copies of popular shows aroun
From The Shifted Librarian on October 23, 2003 at 1:47 a.m..
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Let the pretty little would be rebels and thugs who like...
From The Art of Peace on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Rice is a clue
Condoleezza Rice is a clue, like Colin Powell. It isn't how they look, or how they act, it's what they do that matters. Powell lied when he went before the UN to talk about the weapons of mass destruction. I assumed he was telling the truth. My mistake. So many people choose their candidates on warm fuzzies. Rice, even though she's -->
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Three years ago: "Welll, the Mets lost, and I'm sure I'm not the first to say they deserved to lose."
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Cory is upset that Wired News ran an "idiotic" Reuters story about The Broadcast Flag. I was just about to point to a bit by Joi Ito correcting a pi
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
RSSWeather forecast for tonight: "Showers changing to snow showers near midnight."
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Motley Fool interviews Yahoo CEO Terry Semel.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Kaye Trammel: How do you blog an event?
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Redhead: "I saw Condoleezza Rice on Oprah. She seemed like a lovely person. It kills me to see her following Dubya around. It kills me." Why? Because she's a beautiful soft-spoken intelligent successful woman? More.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Blog of Ages is a blog about a book called Book of Ages.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Playing with a new template for the Scripting archive.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
After last week's meeting, I wrote a new manifesto for Berkman Thursdays, which can be summarized in two words: Branch Out. Tomorrow I will be in Canada during the Thursday evening meeting, and I've left no instructions on how to have a meeting without me. I expect something interesting to come from it. And today I had a great lunch with Berkman founder <
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Yossi Vardi's talk, reviewed by John Palfrey, is available in several formats, including MP3.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Off to Canada tomorrow. Prince Edward Island. Media conference -- Friday & Saturday. Bloggers conference -- Sunday. Weather: Cloudy, high of 56, low of 42.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
In five days it'll be 500 days since I quit smoking. I still have guilty dreams, but in reality, haven't had a single cigarette in all that time. Not one.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
London blogger's meetup with Dan Gillmor.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Well, I stand corrected. ";->"
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
Betsy Devine is now working for Feedster. Scott and Betsy are both wonderful, sweet people. Is it a surprise? Yes it is!
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Untitled
48 hours later, and the esteemed Columbia Journalism Review still has the history of weblogs all wrong.
From Scripting News on October 23, 2003 at 1:46 a.m..
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Intel chip gear aims to detect disease
Can equipment used to make semiconductors help detect the early stages of cancer? The chipmaker and a cancer research center are going to try to find out.
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 1:45 a.m..
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Mixed feelings about the CIT conference
Fine conference, overall. Met many great people doing great things for community college students. Discussed with a few colleagues that most sessions were too "entry-level." How are faculty expected to make the necessary next move when they attend conferences that contain the same sessions, or session topics, as previous years? I think it's time to realize that there are many of us who have been actively using technology in our teaching. We don't need more "this is the tool and this is how to use the tool" sessions. What we would benefit from is a "here
From carvingCode on October 23, 2003 at 12:46 a.m..
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Speaker Urges $12.9 Billion for School Building Projects
The proposal by City Council speaker Gifford Miller was a direct challenge to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who must propose his own capital plan next month.
From New York Times: Education on October 23, 2003 at 12:46 a.m..
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Appeals System Is Urged for Regents Exams
A member of the State Board of Regents said that an appeals system should be created to allow some students who fail Regents exams to graduate from high school.
From New York Times: Education on October 23, 2003 at 12:46 a.m..
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A Troubled School's TV Milestone
On Friday, in the first high school football game broadcast live on national television, Evangel Christian Academy is stepping out at a time when it might prefer to lay low.
From New York Times: Education on October 23, 2003 at 12:46 a.m..
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Yale Graduate Students Felt Pressure on Union
Many graduate students who have supported forming a union have felt threatened or intimidated by faculty members, a panel of professors and legal experts concluded.
From New York Times: Education on October 23, 2003 at 12:46 a.m..
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Fewer Students Are Enrolling for Tutoring
For the second year in a row, tens of thousands of New York City public school students who qualify for free tutoring under federal law will not get the extra help.
From New York Times: Education on October 23, 2003 at 12:46 a.m..
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For Techies, School Bells Mean 'Let the Games Begin'
Cellphones, PDA's and other gadgets have become magnets for in-class mischief and distraction, but teachers don't seem to realize it.
From New York Times: Education on October 23, 2003 at 12:46 a.m..
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Retracing Steps of a Student in the Hours Before He Died
At Fairfield University, dazed classmates, friends and football teammates were struggling to come to terms with the death of a vibrant sophomore.
From New York Times: Education on October 23, 2003 at 12:45 a.m..
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Speaking Out on Hazing, a Parent Becomes a Target
These are tense times on the slice of the South Shore where three football players at Mepham High School stand accused of sodomizing younger teammates.
From New York Times: Education on October 23, 2003 at 12:45 a.m..
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New York to Lower the Bar for High School Graduation
New York State plans to loosen the demanding testing requirements it has imposed for graduation, including the standards used to judge math proficiency.
From New York Times: Education on October 23, 2003 at 12:45 a.m..
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Utility computing standard faces obstacles
From CNET News.com on October 23, 2003 at 12:45 a.m..
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Nittany Newspaper Nonplussed by File Sharing
The Digital Collegian at Penn State has more information on the soon-to-be unveiled experimental digital streaming music service at Penn State (Details on file sharing could come next month). This is supposed to be one of the big experiments that...
From The Importance Of on October 22, 2003 at 11:52 p.m..
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"Rerun" is dead
RandomComments.comEntertainment: Television (0 replies)"Rerun" is deadposted by gardav on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:16:38 PMThis dude was funny. Actor Fred Berry, best known as "Rerun" on the 1970s TV show "What's Happening ...
From RandomComments.com on October 22, 2003 at 11:52 p.m..
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Blogrolls: What's wrong with them?
Thought this morning... "Bloody hell, better update my blogroll... I've got 82 off sites in my aggregator and about 30 on my roll". Then thought "Um, so I'm basically doing that out of respect / courtesy to the people who write all the great stuff I read... that's a pretty cool kinda-karma system isn't it" Then "But I reckon it's missing something, I mean, I get so many google hits (well, a few ;o)  and so many people visit this blog and see the list and it's, well, just a list of names... doesn't help people explore very well and not
From James Farmer'apos;s Radio Weblog on October 22, 2003 at 11:49 p.m..
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Just When I thought it was safe to dump IE...
Darn! I was that close to being able to complete use Safari for my Mac browsing (love the tabs, the rendering, the bookmark menus on the toolbar..) but alas, another hitch appears. This morning trying to post my latest entry, I kept getting timeout errors on MovableType Rebuild. I tried copying/pasting to a new entry. No. Tried rebuilding the archives one section at a time (individual, monthly...) No, it crapped out on the category archives. I checked the MT support forums and read a
From cogdogblog on October 22, 2003 at 11:48 p.m..
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