Edu_RSS ~ January 13, 2004

Most recent update: January 13, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: BS8426: A code of practice for e-support in e-learning systems From ScotFEICT on January 13, 2004 at 10:50 p.m.. (44128) Why REST, HTTP and HTML have triumphed over distributed objects - because they can evolve without changing standards Makes perfect sense. By the way, PO in the following quote means "purchase order" which is an arbitrary example object. From Web services = or != distributed objects? QUOTEYou would think that given the arbitrary extensibility of a dist-obj style interface, this would have taken off. But there is something that is not expressed in the interface which is incredibly important. It's perhaps one of the biggest reasons why systems that focus on contracts rather than From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 13, 2004 at 10:49 p.m.. (44127) Online Activist Seeks Offline Insight Steve Cisler has been online since 1985. As of Sunday, and for at least the next several months, he'll be cutting his direct links to cyberspace. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 13, 2004 at 10:46 p.m.. (44126) AVCC Priorities for 2004 The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee provides a list of its priorities for 2004. From EdNA Online on January 13, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44125) Web services: Making connections A Web service is a software application available over a network that uses a standardized XML messaging system and is not tied to any one operating system or programming language. From CNET News.com on January 13, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44124) Internet telephony: Talk is cheap Voice over IP is a technology for making phones calls using the Internet Protocol, the world's most popular method for sending data from one computer to another. From CNET News.com on January 13, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44123) Utility computing: Turning on the spigot Utility, or on-demand, computing is the idea of delivering applications, storage or processing power on a pay-per-use basis. From CNET News.com on January 13, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44122) Security: Trouble in mind From viruses and worms to spam, fraud and theft, security problems have become perhaps the biggest headache in the high-tech industry today. From CNET News.com on January 13, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44121) What labor shortage? Experts at Wharton find that conventional wisdom about the impact of a smaller baby bust and an aging population of boomers is misleading--if not outright wrong. From CNET News.com on January 13, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44120) Inequality and what we can & can't do about it. Shirky providing some VERY interesting ideas building on the idea of inequality in networks (which I'm still struggling with). Anyone who's read power laws will find this stimulating and anyone who hasn't darn well should... and then read it! He repeats his assertion that inequality is inevitable but then, more importantly, offers some ways of affecting it. Hey you can use a smaller network, violate heterogeneity, get rid From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on January 13, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (44119) Medscape Readers Overwhelmingly Favor Open Access A reader opinion poll on open access is taking place at Medscape. The polling question: "Movement toward open access publishing, or free access to peer-reviewed research articles, has recently gained momentum in some areas. Do you favor or oppose open-access publishing?" The poll runs Jan 8 thru Jan 15. Currents numbers indicate that open access is favored by a whopping 94%. From FOS News on January 13, 2004 at 9:48 p.m.. (44118) Designing for limited resources Laura S. Quinn has written an article on designing for limited resources, which looks at how constraints can be managed as part of the design process. To quote: ... good online experience design must accommodate real-world limitations. From a purely... From Column Two on January 13, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (44117) Analysis / Spector tapes not new, but straw firm frauds still hover From Haaretz: News on January 13, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44116) Local councils sink into poverty From Haaretz: News on January 13, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44115) Fearing gunfire, air force cuts back chopper flights over PA From Haaretz: News on January 13, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44114) One dead, three wounded in West Bank shooting ambush From Haaretz: News on January 13, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44113) MKs warn: Court is trying to spark a 'constitutional crisis' From Haaretz: News on January 13, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (44112) Malcolm Knowles and Andragogy Why is Dr. Malcolm S. Knowles one of the most frequently cited theorists in adult education, and why is he frequently referred to as "the Father of Adult Learning?"... From Adult/Continuing Education on January 13, 2004 at 8:49 p.m.. (44111) Sexual Services for the Disabled When the taboos of prostitution and sex of the disabled meet, there's bound to be plenty of controversy. In Germany, the Dutch prostitute Nina de Vries stands at the center of this debate. She offers erotic massages to mentally retarded clients and trains others to do the same. Recently she attempted to create a network of sexual caregivers in Zurich and was rebuffed. The article describes her work and the issues involved. From kuro5hin.org on January 13, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (44110) iCommons UK launched The International Commons project expanded this week to include the launch of UK license discussions. Those interested in participating can check out the draft license and mailing list for details. From Creative Commons: weblog on January 13, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (44109) Weblog Awards Hey, didn't know about these weblog awards looking at the categories... anyone fancy me for best aussie blog ;o) Sadly there isn't an educational category :o( If there was though I'd nominate Stephen, Anne, Will, Seb, Pam, Maish, and everyo From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on January 13, 2004 at 7:48 p.m.. (44108) Diplomarbeit über Weblogs... "zdwalter" schreibt gerade eine Diplomarbeit über Weblogs: "Der Wandel des Journalismus durch neue Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien. Weblogs im Internetangebot professioneller Medien." Der aktueller Stand seiner Diplomarbeit wird stets als PDF-Datei in seinem Weblog "the story of blogs" veröffentlicht. From BildungsBlog on January 13, 2004 at 6:51 p.m.. (44107) Intranet Peers in Government (Sydney, Australia) Just a quick reminder that it's now less than a week until the early-bird rate expires for the upcoming Intranet Peers in Government event to be held in Sydney on 19-20 February 2004.... From Column Two on January 13, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (44106) Introductory Usability Evaluation (Canberra, Australia) This is a new-years reminder about our Introductory Usability Evaluation workshop to be held in Canberra on 11 March 2004. With numbers strictly limited to 20 places, you'll want to get in early, as we expect it to sell out.... From Column Two on January 13, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (44105) Livejournal Statistiken Manchmal ist das interessante so nah, aber keiner schaut hin. Martin Röll hat es getan. Sehr fein. Ich wünschte andere Blog-Hoster könnte ihre Daten ähnlich zur Verfügung stellen. Livejournal-Umsätze . Der Blog/Diary-Diens... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 13, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (44104) MoveableType als Intranetl–sung WeblogSoftware als Intranetlösung, sehr schön, weg von den speckigen Monsterlösungen. Hätte nur unsere EDV ein wenig mehr an Innovationsfreude und mehr Mut zum Risiko gehabt, wir hätten alle davon profitiert: Donau-Uni => ... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 13, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (44103) New Digital Initiatives Have Import For All Higher Education From the short article: "One - the Distributed Open Digital Library initiative - will make more holdings of major research libraries accessible universally in an online, collaborative digital library. The second initiative - the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program - will engage multiple institutions in R&D work on ways to ensure long-term access to digital resources." By Unknown, CLIRinghouse, November, 2003 [From OLDaily on January 13, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (44102) The Death of Micropayments? What can go wrong with micropayments? Just about everything. Consider what happened to those companies that tried and failed: ""Some were platform dependent, or asked for unreasonable percentages of the take, or relied on putting everything on a centralized site, which would make them a portal. It seemed like every one of them offered a different road to hell." But that does not entail the end of micropayments. It tells us, though, that any such system must be platform neutral, inexpensive, distributed, and simple. By Elizabeth Millard, E-Commerce Times, January 12, 2003 [From OLDaily on January 13, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (44101) E-Discussion Toolkit Good overview resource outlining the major steps involved in hosting an online discussion. Each step is described, with additional resources offered. Navigation is at the top of the page, so you'll have to scroll back up to find the next page. Via elearningpost. By Unknown, World Bank, January, 2004 [Refer][Research][ From OLDaily on January 13, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (44100) RSS Support in CourseForum and ProjectForum Evidence of the wider adoption of RSS in the e-learning world is provided here as CourseForum now supports RSS feeds. "Starting with version 3.2, an existing RSS feed from a website can be included directly inside any forum page.... This might be the easiest way for you and your colleagues to collect and share up-to-date information with each other, without visiting multiple web sites individually, without downloading extra software, and without everyone even needing to know what RSS is! And of course, the headlines are embedded into your existing forum, along with other things you're wor From The Importance Of on January 13, 2004 at 5:52 p.m.. (44097) UPEI 486V The Customer Revolution - eBay the Perfect Store a discussion Download file Here is an experiment. Robert Peters, Audrey Pyke and I have recorded 50 minutes of conversation about the ideas contained in the first set book for the course, The Perfect Store by Adam Cohen. The file is an... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 13, 2004 at 5:52 p.m.. (44096) Weblogs: eine Webkultur des Wissens Der Artikel gibt eine gute Einführung ins Thema "Weblogs und RSS" und stellt eine Reihe von Anwendungsbeispielen für Weblogs in Unterricht und Weiterbildung, als Expertennetze und Informationsfilter vor. Dabei unterstreicht der Autor die Bedeutung von Weblogs für eine selbstorganisierte Kultur... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 13, 2004 at 5:51 p.m.. (44095) Dearth of content I don't know what's happened around here, I just seem to have lost all interest in posting. Usually this urge (or lack of urge) passes, and it doesn't concern me. But perhaps I should now be concerned? Perhaps after 4.5 years, the megnut bug has gone? Well no matter, in order to hoist some content up here, I'm falling back on the old tried-and-true technique of just making a list of stuff. Herewith, a list of things I've enjoyed in the past few weeks, with links as appropriate: --> From megnut on January 13, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (44094) US Army War College Report: Iraq War Unnecessary The Army War College has published a report, which strongly criticises the Bush administration's Global War on Terror (GWOT), and especially the invasion and occupation of Iraq. "Bounding the Global War on Terrorism" (PDF) notes that the original purpose of the GWOT has grown from a search for justice for the thousands of Americans lost in the 9.11 attacks, in to something far too ambitious, and completely unrealistic. According to the report, the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary, and a strategic error. From kuro5hin.org on January 13, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (44093) Ready, Steady, Brand By revealing the methods successful rock bands have used for decades to build up their fan base, a new book offers lessons on how small businesses can improve customer loyalty. From E-Commerce Guide on January 13, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (44092) What are the OLS/EduCommons meetings? In three parts: First, what are OLS and EduCommons? Second, what is the status of the projects? And third, what is the purpose of the January meetings? From autounfocus on January 13, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (44091) Google Adds Number Search Tool Google Add Number Search Toolhttp://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/13/HNgoogletools_1.htmlGoogle Inc. added more weapons to its query cache this week, rolling out tools that allow users to access travel updates and search by numbers for information on shipment tracking, patents and vehicle identification, for example. Using the new search by number feature, Net users looking to track packages can now enter a United Parcel Service of America Inc. (UPS), FedEX Corp. or U.S. Postal Ser From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 13, 2004 at 4:50 p.m.. (44090) Wanted: CMS with blog like simplicity for page oriented websites not post oriented websites Sounds like a market and business opportunity. Based on my experience and reading the 61 comments so far, nothing out there has blog like simplicity, emits good standard based HTML and is page based rather than post based like blog systems. Or to be a contrarian, what's wrong with a post based system? [SOURCE: mezzoblue] QUOTEWanted: recommendations for a proven, but simple open source CMS that's web-standards friendly. The ideal candidate will work with LAMP (Linux/Apache/MySQL [or PostgreSQL in t From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 13, 2004 at 4:49 p.m.. (44089) Peter Drucker - outsourcing greatly improves the quality of the people who still work for you Amen! McGee finds the coolest stuff. People should do what they are good at! [SOURCE: McGee's Musings] Peter Drucker: QUOTEThe inefficiency of knowledge workers is partly the legacy of the 19th-century belief that a modern company tries to do everything for itself. Now, thank God, we've discovered outsourcing, but I would also say we don't yet really know how to do outsourcing well. Most look at outsourcing from the point of view of cutting costs, which I think is a delusion. What outsourcing does is g From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 13, 2004 at 4:49 p.m.. (44088) We Media report on participatory journalism I'm joining the parade a little late - should have blogged this eons ago. In last September the excellent duo of Shayne Bowman and Chris Willis of Hypergene wrote a thorough report on participatory journalism called "We Media: How audiences are shaping the future of news and information.". (Dan Gillmor wrote the foreword.) This is an excellent piece of work, surely the most well-researched around at this From Seb's Open Research on January 13, 2004 at 4:47 p.m.. (44087) Brief Hiatus I've got a number of pressing projects to attend to, and likely won't be able to return to Copyfight for another few days. Here is where I would visit, were I --> From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 13, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (44086) DRM as Protectionism One of the main reasons that Hollywood has been such a proponent of DRM (such as fighting to protect CSS) is not simply to protect against internet movie piracy (which remains a minor irritation at best), but to protect region... From The Importance Of on January 13, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (44085) Kroll Ontrack Die neue Case Law List für Dezember 2003 (Kroll Ontrack), getrennt nach Rechtsprechung und Thema (jeweils PDF), liegt vor.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44084) Bitácoras como categoría Una breve revisión de la categoría bitácoras o weblogs en español en los directorios temáticos de algunos buscadores revela una impresionante desactualización, habida cuenta de las 7.342 que registra hoy el Blogómetro. Alexa (200) Altavista (10) Biwe (106) dmoz Weblogs... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 13, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44083) Comments are down My web host (friends of mine) unplugged the comments module after the first 1,000 spams came in within two hours. I think you can still read comments but you can't write them. I'm going to try installing David Raynes' script that lets you turn off comments on scripts older than n days until I can install James Seng's script that will require commenters to type in a verification code displayed on the page. Thanks to BurningBird, who also offers a MySQL command that will strip out all comments between two named times. In the meantime, if you need to reach... From Joho the Blog on January 13, 2004 at 3:48 p.m.. (44082) Aimster Case Finally Nearing an End The Supreme Court denied cert to Aimster today (via Ernest).  As I've said before, I think this is good news.  We'll see if they actually take it to trial. From A Copyfighter's Musings on January 13, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (44081) Interesting Upcoming Harvard JOLT Items The other day, they hosted Howard Bashman (they should be posting video).  Jason just pointed out to me that they're bringing none other than SCO's Darl McBride to campus on Feb 9, 2004.  And March 19-20, they are having a symposium entitled "--> From A Copyfighter's Musings on January 13, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (44080) Another Cautionary Tale for Car Renters Hiawatha Bray points me to this New York Times horror story about a man who was charged more than $3,000 for a car rental because he took the car out of state without realizing that would violate his contract. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 13, 2004 at 3:46 p.m.. (44079) Versteckte Google-Tools Natürlich haben Sie schon einmal etwas vom legendären FaganFinder gehört. Aber kennen Sie auch GAPS, WebQuotes, Visual Search? Falls nicht,... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (44078) Congressmen criticize RIAA subpoenas David Becker, Congressional leaders promise action on tech, CNEt News, Jan. 10, 2004, reports on criticisms of RIAA made by Sen. John Sununu (R-NH) and Sen. Joe Barton (R-TX) at a panel of the recent Consumer Electronics Show. Sununu described the RIAA subpoenas as "heavy-handed" and "not what the DMCA was intended to do." Barton was paraphrased as remarking that content providers "need to come up with business models that accomodate modern technology and attitudes," rather than alienating a whole generation of customers. From Seb's Open Research on January 13, 2004 at 2:46 p.m.. (44076) Stefano's Linotype Stefano Mazzocchi (whom I mentioned previously here and in a post titled "The challenge of getting people to author metadata") has been blogging sporadically for a while now. It's time I found out about it... This list of past post titles looks awesome. From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 13, 2004 at 2:46 p.m.. (44075) UK Celebrates With Text Holidays and sporting events are top texting days in the UK. From CyberAtlas on January 13, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (44074) Makers of Copy Protected CDs Engaged in Piracy Ah, the wonders and intricacies of copyright law. Many of the new "copy-protected" CDs on the market are so-called "double session" CDs that have two copies of a recording on the CD. One copy is in the traditional CD format... From The Importance Of on January 13, 2004 at 1:52 p.m.. (44073) Aimster Fails to Get Supreme Court Cert C|Net News reports that the Supreme Court of the United States has, unsurprisingly, denied cert with regard to the Aimster case (High court turns deaf ear to Aimster). Given the procedural standing of the case (appeal of a preliminary injunction),... From The Importance Of on January 13, 2004 at 1:52 p.m.. (44072) Computerausfall bei RA Der Ausfall eines Computers und ein dadurch verschwundener Entwurf eines Schriftsatzes ist nicht vorhersehbar und nicht vermeidbar. Die Richter des... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (44071) Canadian Elearning Workshop 2004 This is just pretty amazing. The level of detail that Raymond Yee has managed to get in his notes from the Workshop. How'd he do that? -- BB Raymond Yee's notes from Canadian Elearning Workshop 2004. http://raymondyee.net/wiki/CanadianElearningWorkshop2004 Well, I can't be there myself, but reading Raymond's notes in his wiki is the From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 13, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (44070) Tools for building tutorials Tool for building tutorials and demos. Qarbon Viewlet is a relatively lightweight java applet for giving narrated demos or tutorials for software. Examples are provided, and Craig Burton used it for Radio tutorials. [Ken Novak: XML and software] From Bill Brandon: eLearning on January 13, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (44069) PNAS study explores cost and benefits of institutional site licenses for online journals Carl T. Bergstrom and Theodore C. Bergstrom, "The costs and benefits of library site licenses to academic journals, PNAS Early Edition, January 8, 2004 (abstract freely available). A study published in PNAS last week examines insitutional site license subscriptions to online journals and whether users benefit from such arrangements. They report: "If a journal is priced to maximize the publisher's profits, scholars on average are likely to be worse off when universities purchase site licenses than they would be if acces From Seb'apos;s Open Research on January 13, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (44067) Will 'Conservatives' Denounce Powerful Right-Winger's Genocidal Rantings? Genocidal rantings by right-wing owner of Washington Times get no criticism from conservatives. What a surprise. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 13, 2004 at 1:46 p.m.. (44066) Upgrading MacOSX I had to ignore my unwritten rule about never ever installing MacOSX as an "Upgrade Install". I have always used either "Erase and Install" or "Archive and Install" to avoid issues wrt versions, overwriting etc... When I upgraded the OS on commons.ucalgary.ca, I didn't have a spare drive to use (well, I have the drive, and it's sitting in the server - it just isn't hooked up) so I did an upgrade. Big. Mistake. Most of the stuff works fine, but I just tried upgrading the installed MovableType to use MySQL rather than BerkeleyDB (which has a corrupt record in... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on January 13, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (44065) Users Shrink, Sites Expand Unique visitors to health, fitness and nutrition sites spiked the first week of 2004. From CyberAtlas on January 13, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (44064) A Beam in Hollywood's Eye Once again, Hollywood insiders are to blame for piracy. When will the movie studios take action against the thieves in their own midst, particulary when they hide in such obvious places as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?... From The Importance Of on January 13, 2004 at 12:52 p.m.. (44063) Peer Resources Peer Resourceshttp://www.peer.ca/mentor.htmlPeer resources is a very comprehensive site dedicated to latest resources for mentoring and starting and maintaing a mentor program or service. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 13, 2004 at 12:50 p.m.. (44062) Chinese Academy of Sciences signs Berlin Declaration The Chinese Academy of Sciences has signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. From FOS News on January 13, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (44061) More on the Elsevier cancellations Eric Ferreri, Colleges ax journals deal, the Durham NC Herald-Sun, January 12, 2004. Excerpt: "Having grown weary of the continuously escalating prices of academic journal subscriptions, four local universities [U of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke, North Carolina State U, and North Carolina Central U] are taking something of a stand against the world's major publisher of scholarly research....Spokesmen for Elsevier did not respond to repeated requests for comment for this article....'It's been steadily getting From FOS News on January 13, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (44060) Environmental Health Perspectives converts to OA Starting this month, Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) will be open access. EHP is a peer-reviewed journal published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a division of the NIH. For more information, see the EHP open access page or press release. From FOS News on January 13, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (44059) Spreading the T3 Love Larry Sloma works at the Moraine Valley Community College Library, one of my members I'm proud to say, and his family got him a Tungsten T3 for Christmas. He loves it as much as I love my Treo 600, so he's devoted his entire personal home page, Arbitrary Content, to it for the moment. On it, he explains why he loves it so much, lists the software loaded on it, and provides screenshots of some of the software. His exact phrase is "I loaded it to the gills with useful From The Shifted Librarian on January 13, 2004 at 12:47 p.m.. (44058) Assistance Requested from QuickTime Gurus Yesterday I embedded a short QuickTime video in an item on this blog, and got several complaints from people who... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 13, 2004 at 12:47 p.m.. (44057) Moving pictures I wanted to demonstrate the SpamBayes plug-in for the school, and I realized I ought to try the screen-capture feature of the free Windows Media Encoder 9. The results were stunning. I set up a new session, pointed it at Outlook's main window, and began encoding. Then I talked through a demonstration of SpamBayes' configuration manager, its Delete and Recover toolbar buttons, and my techniques for integrating SpamBayes with Outlook's filtering and foldering. Along the way I pointed with the cursor to items of interest, opened and closed dialog boxes From Jon's Radio on January 13, 2004 at 12:47 p.m.. (44056) Kerkorian vs. DaimlerChrysler Wann der Milliardenprozess Kerkorian vs. DaimlerChrysler weiter geht, ist zwar noch offen. Der Autokonzern aber ist nach dem Spruch eines... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (44055) Law Scout Law Scouthttp://lawscout.uakron.eduLegal Research Guide: Starting Points for Law, How To Perform Legal Research : The University of Akron, School of Law Library offers this searchable directory of legal research guides. Browse the directory by legal topic or search it using a variety of criteria. Entries include information about the research guide as well as a link to it. If you register (not necessary to browse or search the directory), you can save your search. (gt, gk, et) From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 13, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (44054) Social Science Research Network William Watson, Napster for Nerds, Montreal Gazette, January 13, 2004. On the Social Science Research Network (SSRN), a multi-disciplinary eprint archive, which provides OA to most of its contents and priced access to some. (PS: Watson doesn't understand the economic distinctiveness of giveaway literature and falls back on platitudes of his field, economics, that apply best to more conventional sectors of the economy. Moreover, ei From Joho the Blog on January 13, 2004 at 11:47 a.m.. (44052) Mod-Chippers Win in Italian DMCA Case IP Justice reports: "In an important victory for Italian consumer rights, an Italian court has rejected the seizure of Sony Playstation game consoles that use modified chips to permit unauthorized uses of the game systems. The case is one of the first to be brought in Italy under the new European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD), which is modeled on the controversial US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)." The judge tells it like it is - Sony's p From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on January 13, 2004 at 11:47 a.m.. (44051) What Good is the Second Amendment? Does the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States mean anything anymore? No. From kuro5hin.org on January 13, 2004 at 11:45 a.m.. (44050) Keine Immunität (mehr) für Berlusconi Das italienische Verfassungsgericht hat heute das Gesetz für ungültig erklärt, das den höchsten Repräsentanten des Staates während ihrer Amtszeit Immunität... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (44049) Aktuelle Gesetzgebung Aus dem heutigen deutsprachigen Lenz-Blog: "Aktuelle Gesetzgebung wird vom BMJ in Zusammenarbeit mit JURIS seit kurzem auf dieser Seite dargestellt.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (44048) Digital Opportunity Channel Digital Opportunity Channelhttp://www.DigitalOpportunity.org/Digital Opportunity Channel is jointly edited by Kanti Kumar of OneWorld South Asia in New Delhi, and Andy Carvin of the Digital Divide Network in Washington, DC. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 13, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (44047) VIP and VIP Eye VIP and VIP Eyehttp://www.vivavip.com/VIP is a monthly publication focussing on information products and information people. VIP is available by paid subscription and includes product reviews and comparisons, interviews with senior information industry figures and monitoring of research to identify future trends.VIP Eye is a twice-monthly subscription email service analysing business information news announcements.VIP and VIP Eye are by FreePint Limited techno From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 13, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (44046) Competitive Intelligence Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide Competitive Intelligence Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.http://www.InternetMiniGuide.com/http://CompetitiveIntelligenceResources.BlogSpot.com/Competitive Intelligence Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide has just been updated and is now available at the above URLs for purchase and immediate download. This 39 page Internet MiniGuide has the following table of contents: Research Sources From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 13, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (44045) BMC competes with Elsevier Excerpt from Yvette Essen's financial report in today's issue of The Telegraph: "Publishing group Reed Elsevier was left on the shelf, shedding 5 to 451p. Traders speculated that the Anglo-Dutch group, which hit a peak of 550p last June, could face increased competition from UK independent publishing house BioMed Central, which is meeting with Lehman Brothers and fund managers today." From FOS News on January 13, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (44044) Elsevier woes Andrew Porter, Has Reed's Mr 10% lost his golden touch? Fears over growth at Crispin Davis's empire, London Times, January 12, 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). On Elsevier's slowing rate of earnings growth. Excerpt: "And there has been another problem, also in America: the science-publication division has been hit in a revolt by academics and institutions....In addition, there has been unrest in the scientific community about some of Reed's methods of doing business. In America, the Public L From FOS News on January 13, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (44043) Speak spoof to power So, the Club for Growth runs this ridiculously nasty commercial that slips into self-parody as a couple says: "I think Howard Dean should take his tax-hiking, government-expanding, latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving...[etc.] freak-show back to Vermont." The Dean blog responds by posting the ad and a new version with dubbed voices so that the couple is now explaining why they're supporting Dean. It's a totally amateur job, and is intentionally funny because of that. Now the blog is hosting a make-your-own-postcard page where you can make your own list of the sort of Dean supp From Joho the Blog on January 13, 2004 at 9:47 a.m.. (44042) "Educational Technology Update: Weblogs" An article from the University of California probing the use of Weblogs in education. Not much new here, but it is interesting how many of these there seem to be lately... In education, weblogs are being used in a variety of ways, including providing students an avenue for expressing themselves and for reflecting on what they have learned. They are also used to create collaborative communities for students and instructors as they progress through a course or work on shared projects. They act as a kind of knowledge management system that keeps track of who's doing what as well From weblogged News on January 13, 2004 at 8:47 a.m.. (44041) Crackdown on illegal downloads could spur online sales - Alex Veiga, The Associated Press ....More than 19.2 million digital tracks were sold online in the last six months, according to Nielsen Soundscan, helping to narrow the music industry's losses last year. Overall North American music sales were down 0.8 percent last year over 2002 wh From Techno-News Blog on January 13, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (44040) Survey: Internet Grows as Campaign News Source - Reuters The Internet has emerged as an important source of presidential campaign news for many Americans, on par with weekly news magazines and television talk shows, according to a survey released Sunday. While television remains dominant, the audience for b From Techno-News Blog on January 13, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44039) American Web Sites Speak the Language of Overseas Users - BOB TEDESCHI, New York Times The National Football League will roll out a Chinese-language version of its Web site this month in yet another move by American entertainment and media organizations to capitalize on overseas Internet audiences. The new N.F.L. site, which the league pla From Techno-News Blog on January 13, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44038) Distance Learning Increasingly Popular - KAUZ Wichita Falls More and more schools are using satellite technology in the classroom. It's not uncommon now to have students learning from a teacher who's dozens of miles away. Distance learning is becoming increasingly popular among the smaller schools because it saves From Educational Technology on January 13, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44037) New video-conferencing service for schools in New Zealand A new video conferencing bridge service will be available to 72 schools throughout New Zealand for the start of the 2004 school year with a further 17 schools linking in later in the year, Education Minister Trevor Mallard announced today. The video co From Educational Technology on January 13, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44036) Excelsior: Average Age is 40; Almost All Are 'Transfer' Students They complete degrees at home, at work, even on battleships; the student body average age is 40; and almost all are transfer students at Excelsior College, the Middle States-accredited, nontraditional college that answers the needs of adults who have b From Online Learning Update on January 13, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44035) China, Russia, and the United States jointly launch global computer network ring .... The new network is known as Little GLORIAD (Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development), and will be used to improve the reliability and flexibility of researchers in jointly addressing scientific issues, such as natural and man-mad From Online Learning Update on January 13, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44034) Online learning a must at Deakin - GLEN BERNOTH, the Standard (Australia) Deakin University has taken online learning to the next step with every student now required to undertake at least one unit of their degree via computer. The move to make online learning compulsory is believed to be a world first and is binding across From Online Learning Update on January 13, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44033) Radio as SMS-Gateway Was im Sommer als eine Wette begonnen hat, ist jetzt zu einer ausgewachsenen SMS-Gateway Lösung für Radio Userland geworden. Über die letzten Tage habe ich eine Suite entwickelt, mit der es einfach möglich ist GSM Handys zu verwalten und SMS zu lesen und zu verschicken. Jetzt stellt sich die Frage, wie ich diese Suite konkret veröffentlichen soll. Ein Wermutstropfen dabei ist, da das alles nur mit Mac OS X funktioniert. From Seblogging News on January 13, 2004 at 7:48 a.m.. (44032) IBM attacks unstructured data - spins for business From Semantic World on January 13, 2004 at 6:47 a.m.. (44031) Simple Computers for Hard Lives The Indian-designed Simputer handheld was hailed as the computer that anyone could afford when it first appeared in 2001. It took a few years, but the price has finally dropped low enough that it might prove useful in the developing world. From Wired News on January 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44030) Mars Rover, Send Wheels on Over The Spirit rover, which landed on Mars over a week ago, still hovers above the planet's surface, unable to roll off its lander and go for a spin. The process of unfolding and deploying the rover is proving more difficult than expected. From Wired News on January 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44029) Guns, Germs and Software A networked strategy can defeat epidemics -- if the world will let it. Wired magazine's Bruce Sterling outlines the new plan for viral containment. From Wired News on January 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44028) Keen Eye for the Nano Guys Serious concerns exist over the health threats posed by nanotechnology, but now a new microscope allows scientists and doctors to see the impact for the first time. By Daithí Ó hAnluain. From Wired News on January 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44027) CAPPS II Stands Alone, Feds Say The Department of Homeland Security is denying reports that a screening system for airline passengers will be merged with another program that fingerprints and photographs visitors to the United States. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on January 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44026) Gadget Jacket Charged by the Sun The latest in high-tech fashion is a jacket that not only cloaks and carries every gadget imaginable, but also uses the sun to recharge them all. By Kari L. Dean. From Wired News on January 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44025) Random Acts of Spamness One of spammers' latest tricks is messages that include random lists of words. This type of message may have no meaning, but it certainly has a function -- defeating filters. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on January 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44024) Hewlett-Packard: No WMA for IPod Contrary to reports, HP's version of the iPod music player won't support Microsoft's Windows Media Audio format for downloadable music. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on January 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44023) and the winners are MoveOn's Bush-in-30-Second campaign has announced its winners. They are in four categories, and each is brilliantly done. I hope the same is done by the other side, when the Democrats finally find a candidate. Because what's great about this is that it marks the real beginning of iPolitics -- bottom-up media made real. Citizen-bloggers and digital media -- when Madison finally returns to "Madison Avenue." I understand that --> From Lessig Blog on January 13, 2004 at 6:45 a.m.. (44022) Themes and Trends for 2004 Die Meta-Zusammenfassung, was Technologie & Lernen betrifft. Von e-Learning, über Internet, Mobile Phones, Search Engines, Learning Objects, bis zu Weblogs und RSS. Umfassend. Graeme Daniel, WWWTools for Education, 12 Januar 2004 [Kategorie: Trends in der Weiterbildung] Aus. Vorbei. Das war's.... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 13, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (44021) From Paris In the last four days, I have published many French posts (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11) on my personal weblog from Autrans and Paris. I had the honor of attending The "Autrans 2004 - Internet Society". This conference hosted three hundred people, all with... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 13, 2004 at 5:49 a.m.. (44020) Virtual mind, or Virtual body?If you were offered ... Virtual mind, or Virtual body?If you were offered physical immortality as a "Wallerstein brain" (a human brain maintained in a jar interfacing to a virtual reality through its sensory and motor neurons), would you accept it? The question came up in an email dialogue about reincarnation between Ray Kurzweil and Steve Rabinowitz, a practicing attorney in New York City (which he says may explain his need to believe in reincarnation). ---- [Kurzweil AI]Sounds crazy? Not really, people kno From Meta on January 13, 2004 at 5:49 a.m.. (44019) What Is A Wiki? Cindy sollte vielleicht an den in dieser Woche im JuraWiki und bei den Network-Lawyers stattfindenden Online-Seminaren teilnehmen ...... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (44018) Migration, Flüchtlinge und Integration Das Bundesamt für die Anerkennung ausländischer Flüchtlinge gibt eine Schriftenreihe heraus, die Hintergrundinformationen zu Fachthemen des Asyl- und Ausländerrechts liefert... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (44017) Internet am Arbeitsplatz In der neuesten JurPC wird der Frage nachgegangen, worauf beim Einsatz des Internet am Arbeitsplatz insbesondere aus Gründen des Datenschutzes... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (44016) Au-Pair-(Arbeits)Verhältnis? Grundsätzlich liegt einem Au-pair-Verhältnis kein Arbeitsvertrag zu Grunde und die Arbeitsgerichte sind für Streitigkeiten aus einem solchen Verhältnis nicht zuständig.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 13, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (44015) Click2learn Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter and ear-End 2003 Results From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 13, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (44014) Teachers captivate students with Mars mission From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 13, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (44013) Report provides contract help for 'e-learning' From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 13, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (44012) OU [Open University] enrols record student numbers From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 13, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (44011) Support Services That Matter: An Exploration of the Experiences and Needs of Graduate Students in a Distance Learning Environment From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 13, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (44010) First Ever ROI Tool for Integrated Work/Life and EAP Programs Introduced by Workplace Options. Workplace Options, the leading provider of work/life programs to corporate America, through partnerships with employee assistance (EAP) companies, today announced an ROI consulting model that helps employers measure the business value of Work/Life programs delivered through an EAP. [PRWEB Jan 13, 2004] From PR Web on January 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44009) Entertainer Puts Comedians on the Fast Track Revolutionary new program teaches individuals how to develop and market their sense of humor for a part-time or full time high paying comedy career. [PRWEB Jan 13, 2004] From PR Web on January 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44008) ecto 0.1.9b - Post entries to weblog... ecto 0.1.9b - Post entries to weblog systems. (was Kung-Log) [MacUpdate - Mac OS X] Comment: This guy is serious!... From Disruptive Technology on January 13, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (44007) A Bright New Day for the Telecom Industry, if the Public Will Go Along From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 13, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (44006) Five ways to identify intranet usability issues January's KM Column features an article by Donna Maurer on ways of identifying intranet usability problems. To quote: This article provides five techniques to identify likely usability problems in your intranet. Some techniques provide indications about where the main problems... From Column Two on January 13, 2004 at 3:47 a.m.. (44005) Sources of CMS uncertainty The first of my CM Briefings for January looks at sources of CMS uncertainty. To quote: In the context of limited budgets and timetables, organisations must identify the most uncertain aspects of a CMS project, and concentrate management efforts on... From Column Two on January 13, 2004 at 3:47 a.m.. (44004) Choosing an intranet project sponsor The second January CM Briefing discusses choosing an intranet project sponsor. To quote: Lack of project sponsorship is one of the greatest causes of IT project failure. For an organisation-wide platform such as an intranet, the need is even greater.... From Column Two on January 13, 2004 at 3:47 a.m.. (44003) BlueRadioTool Das klingt famos, zumal ich seit kurzem auf Max OS X umgestiegen bin. Ich nehme andie SMS werden via Handy versendet, oder? Radio als SMS-Gateway. Was im Sommer als eine Wette begonnen hat, ist jetzt zu einer ausgewachsene... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on January 13, 2004 at 3:47 a.m.. (44002) The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute To Launch New Website With January 12 Media Conference CallWeb Site Project Brings Civil Rights History to the World The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) in partnership with BellSouth Corporation today announced a media conference call on January 19, 2004 to inform media of BCRI's newly designed Web site project. The Web site, www.bcri.org, features the BCRI oral history project, a collection of videotaped interviews with participants in the civil rights movement of the 1960's such as Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who will also participate in the call. The site will not only contain information about the American Civil Rights Movement, but also about current international human rights issues From PR Web on January 13, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44001) Funny depressing, not funny haha Jeff Jarvis has some excellent transcriptual commentary on the unintentionally hilarious Tim Russert segment on blogging.... From Joho the Blog on January 13, 2004 at 2:48 a.m.. (44000) Texas A&M Ban on 'Legacies' Fuels Debate on Admissions Local politicians had been outraged that the university continued to give special treatment to legacies, but ending preferences for legacies was not their goal. From New York Times: Education on January 13, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (43999) Report Faults Charter Schools In New York State evaluators issued a grim assessment of New York State's three charter schools, citing poor test scores, inconsistent progress and inadequate financial management. From New York Times: Education on January 13, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (43998) Joseph Church Dies at 85; Shed Light on Growing Up The child psychologist whose groundbreaking books in the 1950's and 1960's shattered conventional notions on the ways young children mature and acquire language, died on Dec. 23. From New York Times: Education on January 13, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (43997) Samuel Nabrit, 98, Scientist and a Pioneer in Education, Dies The marine biologist and scholar was the second president of Texas Southern University in Houston. From New York Times: Education on January 13, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (43996) Wiki as assignment posting platform After an exercise I learned from Andrew Wimmer, students in one of my classes this term will be posting responses to readings weekly, and a rotating team of two students will digest the weekly posts and present the highlights to the class. This is an exercise that could also be carried out by email, but the wiki allows everyone to read as many classmates as they wish. There doesn't seem to be any good reason to switch this particular task over to a weblog, except perhaps that the... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 13, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (43995) Dog/Blog House Updates Part Deux More changes I forgot in the MovableType structure of CDB. Previously, when I had a poor grasp on MT templates, I had separate index templates for each of my category RSS feeds, thinking there was not a way to generalize... From Movable Type on January 13, 2004 at 12:49 a.m.. (43994) Dog/Blog House Updates Part Trois Another squirrely thing about MovableType right out of the box is that the category archive templates it create is more or less a never-ending appending of your posts to a long scrolling archive. It hardly seems useful once you have... From Movable Type on January 13, 2004 at 12:49 a.m.. (43993) I'm online... send me a message :o) Finally, finally, finally thought I'd sort out this IM thing on your weblog thingy, well, now you can IM me through Yahoo no problemo. Wonder if I should pop an ICQ and MSN one on too or is that just overkill? I wonder if anyone'll ever use it! From James Farmer'apos;s Radio Weblog on January 13, 2004 at 12:48 a.m.. (43992) Dog/Blog House Updates Part Deux More changes I forgot in the MovableType structure of CDB. Previously, when I had a poor grasp on MT templates, I had separate index templates for each of my category RSS feeds, thinking there was not a way to generalize that. This was sloppy, requiring new templates for every category I decided to add, and the more index rebuilds you ask MT to do, it seems to get a bit clunkier. Here is how I created generalized RSS feeds (okay, they are still RSS 1.0, but I've yet to figure out why I need 2.0 or pie or Atom or whatever else it is called these days. I am open to having my paw From cogdogblog on January 12, 2004 at 11:47 p.m.. (43991) Dog/Blog House Updates Part Trois Another squirrely thing about MovableType right out of the box is that the category archive templates it create is more or less a never-ending appending of your posts to a long scrolling archive. It hardly seems useful once you have blogged say 10, 20 entries in a category, much less if you have written long pieces and/or embedded images. Previously I wrote about my funky strategy for creating two sets of category archives, the recent 20 linked to "all the rest", but I ha From cogdogblog on January 12, 2004 at 11:47 p.m.. (43990) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]