Edu_RSS ~ February 4, 2004

Most recent update: February 4, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Mini-hard drive specialist lands $51 million Start-up Cornice, a maker of tiny hard drives, gets a multimillion-dollar second round of funding, a sign of momentum for both tech investment and for hard drives in consumer devices. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (47565) Check Point warns of firewall flaws Two flaws in Check Point Software's flagship firewall software could allow an attacker to crash or compromise its firewall products, the company warns. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (47564) Prime Minister terms referendum on settlement evacuations `a good idea' From Haaretz: News on February 4, 2004 at 9:52 p.m.. (47563) TinyURL.com and HugeURL.comThey are all useful som ... TinyURL.com and HugeURL.comThey are all useful sometimes to do some tricky things. :) From Meta on February 4, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (47562) Cory Doctorow's Second Novel Hits Shelves in Meatspace, Cyberspace Congrats to Cory on the publication of his new novel, "Eastern Standard Tribe" -- and on his way of publishing what he writes. More on that here. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 4, 2004 at 9:47 p.m.. (47561) Guest-worker visas come under fire L-1 visas and other guest-worker visas have been misused by companies to harm U.S. workers, witnesses tell a congressional panel. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (47560) Cray launches services business From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (47559) SunnComm buys music antipiracy company CD copy-protection company SunnComm Technologies says it has agreed to buy another firm that would help move music antipiracy efforts to a new level. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (47558) Applied powers up chip energy efforts Applied Materials is promoting its "low-k" technology among chipmakers that need to better control the electricity that flows through their products. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (47557) Municipal strike enters fifth day with no end in sight From Haaretz: News on February 4, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (47556) Analysis / Not a solution to all Sharon's problems From Haaretz: News on February 4, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (47555) Prime minister terms referendum on settlement evacuations `a good idea' From Haaretz: News on February 4, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (47554) Background / Often considered, never tried From Haaretz: News on February 4, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (47553) Police to question PM Sharon today From Haaretz: News on February 4, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (47552) Historischer Kalender der... Der Historische Kalender der Universität Bonn ist eine jährlich neu erscheinende Zusammenstellung von Daten, die an Jahrestage in der Geschichte der Bonner Universität erinnern soll. Er basiert auf der HIstorischen DAtenbank der Universität BOnn (HiDaBo), die vom Universitätsarchiv gepflegt wird. Neben den Jubiläen der Geburtstage und Todestage von Bonner Professoren erinnert der Historische Kalender an Jubiläen bekannter Alumni der Universität oder an besondere Ereignisse, die mit der Geschichte der Universität verbu From Archivalia on February 4, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (47551) Buried in Toronto I have been a poor host this week and will remain so for the rest of the week. I am here in Toronto on a project and I am stealing time from my sister's pc. Next week Home for a... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on February 4, 2004 at 7:52 p.m.. (47550) What does buyer-centric mean? A wonderful new resource for me on what I feel is the central issue for organizations today. What is the correct perspective to see the customer? Chris Lawer is the blogger Snip: "The first question posed is simply, what is... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on February 4, 2004 at 7:52 p.m.. (47549) Dave Pollard Does it Again - What is really going on? Dave is a must read - a problem is that he is the Mozart of thinkers about organizations today - the music simply pours out of him and it is hard to keep up some times with the volume of... From Robert Paterson'apos;s Weblog on February 4, 2004 at 7:52 p.m.. (47548) Verkäufe aus dem Staatsarchiv... Ist ein alter Hut, war mir aber bislang unbekannt: Die Chronik des Hieronymus Fröschel konnte im Original nicht eingesehen werden. Auf Anfrage teilte das Staatsarchiv Marburg, wo sich die Schrift bis in die zwanziger Jahre dieses Jahrhunderts befand, daß die Chronik um 1925 an das Staatsarchiv Darmstadt abgetreten wurde. Mitte der dreißiger Jahre veräußerte dieses Haus einen Teil seiner Bestände, darunter auch die Chronik Fröschels. Sowohl die Verkaufslisten des Staatsarchivs als auch die Gegenüberlieferung des zuständigen Minist From Archivalia on February 4, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (47547) Catwalk? SiteBites?Nufo? This is better than "RSS"? According to Amy Gahran, RSS needs a better name. These are suggestions for a new colloquial name for RSS, since acronyms are inherently geeky and tend to alienate nontechnical people. The intention of this contest is to come up with a common-usage term that will help make RSS more accessible to a mass audience – similar to how the term "World Wide Web" fosters greater popular interest than "HTML." Huh? How exactly does one equate 'World Wide Web' to 'HTML'? Oh yes, I always get mixed up and say From cogdogblog on February 4, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (47546) Those Other Alternative Biz Models The current trend in digital media services is the Digital Music Store - more or less, you pay to download or stream copies of songs.  Whether you pay by the song or by the month, you're paying that particular service to give you access to those copies. Though people now have the ability to spread copies far and wide, these services hope that that won't be a major problem.  To an extent, the Stores are predicated on a combination of technology and law making P2P distribution and downloading significantly costly to the user.  In this way From A Copyfighter's Musings on February 4, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (47545) IE security patch nixes some apps Some Web developers are complaining that a Microsoft patch meant to foil Internet scams is disabling some applications that didn't put a premium on security. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (47544) Summary of the 2004 SIIA Information Industry Summit Nice summary of this conference which gives the reader a good glimpse into the thinking and sense of the software industry. One senses some movement on things like licensing, copyright and patents. And excerpt: "Information vendors need to come up with better ways to price products. There may be X million people who use the FLICC (Federal Library and Information Center Committee) intranet. But there may be only a few people who need to use a particular product from a particular vendor. Any pricing that tries to license the millions instead of the actual users is not going to fly." If the Pilot From OLDaily on February 4, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (47543) ICSEP Latin American Workshop II Subtitled 'Strengthening Scientists and Editors Capabilities in Electronic Publishing', the proceedings from this conference signify a growing awareness of - and support for - open source publishing in Latin America. Papers and presentations are available on the conference website, mostly in Spanish, but some - such as Erik Sandewall's presentation of the CDSI recommendations. Not available yet on the site is a From OLDaily on February 4, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (47542) Study: Broadband 'Killer App' Found PwC has this one right - whomever can create an application that gives people an easy way to work with video will have the next 'killer app'. Well, one of them anyway. This is key: the killer application "will not be distribution of professionally produced content, such as today's TV and movies, but rather the addition of video to existing applications such as conferencing, messaging and gaming and the development of applications that rely on user- and community-provided video content." People often forget, the internet is a communications medium. Nice to see PwC getting From OLDaily on February 4, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (47541) Learning Technology The January issue of this newsletter is out. Lots of good stuff on learning objects, learning portals, community, learning teams and games. But since it's only available (which appears to be a new policy) in that ridiculous PDF format I cannot link to individual articles. By various Authors, February, 2004 [Refer][Research From OLDaily on February 4, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (47540) New Practices in Flexible Learning: Framework for Rights Enabled Learning Object Exchange Trial A significant set of resources looking at digital rights management (DRM) in the Australian context. "The rights-enabled Learning Object Exchange (LOX) has been specifically designed to demonstrate possible technical, legal and business issues concerning the exchange of learning objects within the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector." Worth noting especially is the Project Report, a detailed examination of DRM issues and proposed solutions. Significantly, "DRM systems must embrace From OLDaily on February 4, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (47539) "Manchmal braucht man kein teures LMS, Google reicht" In diesem Interview mit Donald Clarke (Epic) werden eine ganze Reihe interessanter Punkte angesprochen: eine Generation Lernender, die mit Computerspielen heranwächst; die Finanzierbarkeit von Simulationen; Corporate Training vs. bottom-up Learning; Offshoring in der Contententwicklung; Google als LMS-Alternative. Lesenswert! "Es ist... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on February 4, 2004 at 6:51 p.m.. (47538) PubSub Offers a Neat Twist on Eating RSS Feeds I've just taken a brief look at PubSub following some mentions at the RSS Winterfest. This service takes a different angle on aggregating feeds, almost "Downse-ian" like EduRSS in that you can track among thousands (they say) of RSS feeds for particular keyword searches. And the results are presented to... From EdBlogger Praxis on February 4, 2004 at 6:50 p.m.. (47537) PubSub REST API Very cool. I wanted to have my script ready for the public launch of the PubSub REST API but I haven't had the time. Definitely going to play with this. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 4, 2004 at 6:50 p.m.. (47536) Most people use 2 word phrases in search engines OneStat has published statistics on the number of words entered into search engines. The results at a glance: 2 word phrases 32.58% 3 word phrases 25.61% 1 word phrases 19.02% 4 word phrases 12.83% 5 word phrases 5.64% 6 word... From Column Two on February 4, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (47535) WeblogKurs und Journalismus Nach meiner Kenntnis des Marktes in Österreich - vor 4 Jahren haben wir mal eine Marktstudie gemacht, bei der sich herausgestellt hat, dass wir 85% des Volumens bzgl. ähnlicher short-term Kurse abdecken - wird die spannend... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 4, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (47534) The FBI Called Again Our network was shut down by DDOS attacks for 4 hours a day, three days in a row. Today we got a message from the FBI. Apparently they are investigating: My name is [snip] and I'm an FBI Agent in [snip] investigating a distributed denial of service attack affecting several different companies around the U.S. and in some foreign countries. I'm writing to ask for your help. Please call me at your earliest opportunity. Thanks! From kuro5hin.org on February 4, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (47533) AT&T looks for an image makeover In a $200 million advertising campaign, the company aims to trade in its old Ma Bell look for one more suited to the Internet age. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (47532) PubSub Offers a Neat Twist on Eating RSS Feeds I've just taken a brief look at PubSub following some mentions at the RSS Winterfest. This service takes a different angle on aggregating feeds, almost "Downse-ian" like EduRSS in that you can track among thousands (they say) of RSS feeds for particular keyword searches. And the results are presented to you via RSS! PubSub lets you filter over one million weblogs and information streams to find the content you're looking for, in real time. It's like searching the f From cogdogblog on February 4, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (47531) Spam das Alltags Gewagter Schritt, ich bin noch nicht soweit, wäre möglicherweise auch arbeitsrechtlich ein Thema - bei mir jedenfalls. Ich gestatte es mir, mich nach 4 Wochen mal nach dem Befinden zu erkundigen. Ich verbringe etwa 1h tägl... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 4, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (47530) XML 1.0 Third Edition Is a W3C Recommendation 2004-02-04: The World Wide Web Consortium today released the Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 Third Edition as a W3C Recommendation. The third edition is not a new version of XML. It brings the XML 1.0 Recommendation up to date with second edition errata, and clarifies its use of RFC 2119 key words like must, should and may. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on February 4, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (47529) XML Infoset Second Edition Is a W3C Recommendation 2004-02-04: The World Wide Web Consortium today released the XML Information Set, Second Edition (Infoset) as a W3C Recommendation. The document updates the Infoset to cover XML 1.1 and Namespaces 1.1, clarifies the consequences of certain kinds of invalidity, and corrects typographical errors. The Infoset defines a set of eleven types of information items in XML documents. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on February 4, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (47528) XML 1.1 and Namespaces in XML 1.1 Are W3C Recommendations 2004-02-04: The World Wide Web Consortium today released Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 and Namespaces in XML 1.1 as W3C Recommendations. XML 1.1 addresses Unicode, control character, and line ending issues. Namespaces 1.1 incorporates errata corrections and provides a mechanism to undeclare prefixes. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on February 4, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (47527) HP to bolster utility computing effort with buyouts The company plans to acquire two makers of systems-management software and add their technologies to its OpenView program, a basic element of HP's Adaptive Enterprise initiative. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (47526) Spyware cures may cause more harm A CNET News.com investigation finds that some "spyware killers" install the same type of programs they promise to erase. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (47525) Insolvenzen Die im Zuge eines Insolvenzverfahrens erforderlichen öffentlichen Bekanntmachungen wie der Beschluss über die Eröffnung des Insolvenzverfahrens oder die Entscheidung über... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 4:51 p.m.. (47524) Repositories Folly (FoD Syndrome) Previously on CDB, on the doubts of "Learning object repositories"... "The folly is that educators will give up some time to share information about resources they have created or used". Now a different slant. I had lunch recently with a colleague working on a new grant funded project-- creating discipline-specific "learning objects" and yes, their project was also going to build Yet Another Repository. The definition of "learning objects" was so vague, it was almost white text on white paper. From cogdogblog on February 4, 2004 at 4:47 p.m.. (47523) Fading Ways Music, indie label, announces 2004 releases will be CC! Fading Ways Music, an indie record label based out of Toronto, announced their 2004 releases will be sold under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike licenses. Fading Ways Music is the first internationally-distributed label to adopt Creative Commons licensing for its new physical CD releases. Fading Ways articulates its philosophy for open-licenses nicely on its mission page. Neil Leyton, the label&a From Creative Commons: weblog on February 4, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (47522) Commentary: New, improved Wi-Fi security? From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (47521) eLearnInternational 2004: Feb 18-19 Many of the world's leading thinkers on eLearning are engaged with eLearninternational 2004 to develop the Edinburgh Scenarios in ongoing activity leading up to the February Summit, being staged in Edinburgh. eLearninternational 2004 will provide a platform for specialist interests and debate across academia, the public sector and corporate communities, with global reach, relevance and outputs. This site contains abstracts for the refereed papers to be presented at the conference. From Elearnopedia on February 4, 2004 at 3:54 p.m.. (47520) RSS Winterfest SocialText Wiki - Authenticated, Encrypted RSS Here's my two cents on the RSS Winterfest SocialText Wiki - Authenticated, Encrypted RSS page: The page isn't clear enough (or perhaps my brain isn't clear enough :-) ! ). The only viable option for secure (authenticated and encrypted) RSS today is RSS over SSL with basic authentication (hopefully we will have something better in the future). As far I can tell, only MyST and Blogware wi From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 4, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (47519) Truth in curriculum Truth in curriculum descriptions? When I saw this brief clip from Brian's post, I thought he was being critical of collaborative learning. Turns out he's being critical of the time-honored practice of having TA's "deliver" courses but charging the same tuition as if the courses were being taught by tenured (and presumably expert) faculty. I think it's worth a read, and I also doubt whether universities will change their less-than-honest practices any time soon. Toward the end, he asks a really good question: "Why not From Bill Brandon: eLearning on February 4, 2004 at 3:49 p.m.. (47518) More on trade embargoes and publishers Potter Wickware, US pressures publishers to honor trade embargoes , Nature Medicine 10, 109 (February 2004). (Access restricted to subscribers.) The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is another agency that has responded to the trade embargo ruling by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department and will not accept papers from Sudan, Libya and Iran and Cuba. The article quotes ASM editors who are unhappy with the policy, one of whom remarks on the potentia From FOS News on February 4, 2004 at 3:49 p.m.. (47517) The myth of RSS compatibility I would like to publicly apologize for my previous misstatements. There are not 7 different and incompatible versions of RSS; there are 9. (2230 words) From dive into mark on February 4, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (47516) Why 802.11 is underhyped Venture capitalist J. William Gurley sees parallels in the history of how the x86 architecture and Ethernet unfolded to dominate their respective markets. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (47515) Commentary: For downloads, things are looking up The combination of lawsuits to deter music pirates and well-designed legal download services makes legitimate music downloading one of the fastest-growing digital phenomena ever. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (47514) Janet Jackson's flash dance tops Web search The pop diva's fashion fiasco during the Super Bowl halftime performance results in record-setting numbers on search engines. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (47513) Capitalizing on IBM's 'on demand' From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (47512) Sun brings StarOffice into desktop Solaris orbit The company's productivity software, a competitor to Microsoft's Office, debuts on Sun's desktop version of Unix. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (47511) Schwerbehindertenrecht der Zukunft Am 01.07.2001 trat das SGB IX in Kraft. Es regelt umfassend die Rehabilitation und stellt dabei die Teilhabe behinderter Menschen... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 2:51 p.m.. (47510) Safer Internet Day Das Juristische Internetprojekt Saarbrücken (JIPS), remus und das JuraWiki veranstalten zum "Europäischen Safer Internet Day" am 06.02.2004 einen Chat, so... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 2:51 p.m.. (47509) Don't be afraid to say "training" Don't be afraid to say "training." You can read my comment on Evan's weblog. My feeling is that it's a waste of time to get hung up on what to call what we do. The question really ought to be, "Does my work enable people to make their lives better?" -- BB Training... yikes!. Evan's got a good --> From Bill Brandon: eLearning on February 4, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (47508) OA's effect on libraries Barbara Quint, The Great Divide, Searcher, February 4, 2004. Acknowledging the benefits of OA but also the drawback for libraries --in this sense remarkably similar to Scott Plutchak's editorial in JMLA, which also appeared today. Excerpt from Quint: "The 'Open Access' movement for freeing scholarship from commercial control has now spread From FOS News on February 4, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (47507) Results of PNAS author survey on OA Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, Kenneth R. Fulton, and Diane M. Sullenberger, Results of a PNAS author survey on an open access option for publication, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101, 5 (February 3, 2004) p. 1111. I'd love to see this, but it's accessible only to subscribers. From FOS News on February 4, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (47506) Open data sharing in psychology Tori DeAngelis, Data sharing: a different animal, APA Monitor on Psychology, February 2004. On OA to data in psychology, a disscussion meant to accompany a companion piece by DeAngelis that I blogged the other day. Mary Bullock is the associate director for science at the American Psychological Association. She thinks there are three reasons why open data sharing is not used as widely in From FOS News on February 4, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (47505) Sanmina taps into Nortel connections From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (47504) Linux lab signs up Japan's NTT From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (47503) Sprint turns to IBM for customer service The two companies announce a deal that builds on an existing alliance, as Big Blue takes over the management of several Sprint call centers. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (47502) Linux Networx signs new execs From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (47501) Pew Internet & American Life Project How frequently do students and teachers go online? What information needs are being met by the web? How many college students play computer games during class?The Pew Internet & American Life Project has conducted surveys answering these and other questions. Among the many papers listed here, check out "The Internet Goes to College: How Students are Living in the Future with Today's Technology," and "Let the Games Begin: Gaming Technology and Entertainment Among College Students." From Elearnopedia on February 4, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (47500) A Brief Reflection of the Mini-Game: What is a Mini-Game? This article describes mini-games. Mini-games are easy to develop, and are practical for e-learning solutions. From Elearnopedia on February 4, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (47499) Blogging to Radio UserLand from FeedDemon Blogging to Radio UserLand from FeedDemon. Chris Brody shared the following tip in our newsgroups about posting to Radio UserLand from FeedDemon:RadioExpress allows you to post content from any web page to your blog:http://www.news From Seblogging News on February 4, 2004 at 1:49 p.m.. (47498) More on the Journal of Algorithms resignations Donald E. Knuth, David S. Johnson, and Zvi Galil, the former editors of the Journal of Algorithms, have written a public statement explaining their decision to resign from the Elsevier journal and launch a new journal with the ACM. Their letter is online now and will be published in March 2004 issue of SIGACT News. For most of the details on their reasons, they cite From FOS News on February 4, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (47497) The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, January 2004 E-mail inboxes groaned under the 60 percent spam volume, along with the most financially destructive worm the Internet has known. From CyberAtlas on February 4, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (47496) Microsoft launches 64-bit preview OS Athlon 64 and Opteron computer owners can now get a free look at a new version of Windows XP 64-bit Edition. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (47495) eLearnInternational 2004: Feb. 18-19 Many of the world's leading thinkers on eLearning are engaged with eLearninternational 2004 to develop the Edinburgh Scenarios in ongoing activity leading up to the February Summit, being staged in Edinburgh. eLearninternational 2004 will provide a platform for specialist interests and debate across academia, the public sector and corporate communities, with global reach, relevance and outputs. This site contains abstracts for the refereed papers to be presented at the conference. From Elearnopedia on February 4, 2004 at 12:52 p.m.. (47494) E-Justice Auf der Hamburger Seite E-Justice finden sich u.a. eine Online-Urteilsdatenbank, Informationen zum Elektronischen Rechtsverkehr, Zwangsversteigerungstermine und vieles mehr. Neu auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (47493) Changing the Culture with ICT From ScotFEICT on February 4, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (47492) Valparaiso Declaration for Improved Scientific Communication The presentations from the recent meeting in Chile, Strengthening Editors and Scientists Capabilities in Electronic Publishing (Valparaiso, January 14-15, 2004) are now online. During the conference, the 120 participants from 15 countries drafted the Valparaiso Declaration for Improved Scientific Communication in the Electronic Medium, which was released today. Excerpt: "Journals must improve their production processes by using online technologies in order to reduce their publicatio From FOS News on February 4, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (47491) Isenberg: WTF? David Isenberg has posted more about his free-form gathering of interesting people. It's called WTF and it doesn't stand for anything yet.... From Joho the Blog on February 4, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (47490) Table of Contents von BlogTalks ist fertig! Das Buch BlogTalks wird so in etwa in 2 Wochen erhältlich sein. Ich habe das Inhaltsverzeichnis mal schnell als Outline angelegt und auf meinem neuen BlogTalksWiki , das wäre es schön wenn sukzessive die Versionen, die onl... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on February 4, 2004 at 12:47 p.m.. (47489) Weak ties strengthen innovation Although it doesn't deal with politics, this item connects strongly with the post below. Guess what, turns out cultivating diversity in your network is good for you if you're seeking to innovate. This is actually the insight that guided a good part of my thesis work, in which I asked, "what kinds of web technologies would best enable innovators to create and cultivate weak ties?" From Seb's Open Research on February 4, 2004 at 12:46 p.m.. (47488) Untitled "Feel the fear and do it anyway." - Susan Jeffers (via D. Gurteen) From Seb's Open Research on February 4, 2004 at 12:46 p.m.. (47487) Politics in the Classroom: Ito and Iraq Dennis Jerz, my colleague right down the hall at SHU, posts an interesting deconstruction of press "spin" regarding Elizabeth Ito, a teacher who was terminated for promoting her views against the Iraq War in the classroom. Ito is predominantly seen as a victim in most media treatments of this event.... From PEDABLOGUE on February 4, 2004 at 11:52 a.m.. (47486) Schröder: "Ich hätte nicht studieren können,... In der ZEIT 07/2004 gibt es ein Interview mit dem Bundeskanzler, in dem Schröder sich für mehr Wettbewerb unter den Hochschulen, aber kritisch gegenüber Studiengebühren äußert. Die Pressemitteilung mit Vorab-Zitaten gibt es hier. From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on February 4, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (47485) Medical librarian supports OA Scott Plutchak, Embracing open access, Journal of the Medical Library Association, January 2004 (an editorial). Excerpt: "The reason to embrace the open access movement is that it promises to be a very good thing for society, not that it will be a good thing for libraries....I do not worry as much about the general public's access as I do about the doctor in rural northwest Alabama who is running a hospital on a shoestring....Some of the society publishers respond to this by pointing out that they already make th From Seb'apos;s Open Research on February 4, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (47483) Cory's new book released Cory Doctorow's second novel, Eastern Standard Tribe, has been released. The draft I saw was brilliant, and it was only a draft! The book is for sale in bookstores and online. And it is also available as a free download, under a Creative Commons license. From Lessig Blog on February 4, 2004 at 11:45 a.m.. (47482) Oblix buys into Web services management The maker of identity management software plans to acquire Web services management start-up Confluent Software, accelerating consolidation in the marketplace. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 11:45 a.m.. (47481) (Südost-)Asien Ein wohl einzigartiges Verzeichnis kommentierter (rechtlicher) Internetquellen aus dem südost-asiatischen Raum wird angeboten von Robert Eng, seines Zeichens Geschichtsprofessor (!)... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (47480) Portal or VLE? (continued) I'm still working on why I'm so concerned about our lemming-like tendency to accept, or even actively promote, what is becoming nearly a monoculture of a few MLE/VLEs within our institutions. But as I suggested in yesterday's article there are glimmers of hope in the form of SAKAI. Today, I went back through some of the... From Morriblog on February 4, 2004 at 10:49 a.m.. (47479) Duke University ponders OA journals Cindy Yee, Open-access journals debated, The Duke University Chronicle, February 4, 2004. Excerpt: "Although Duke administrators are wary of endorsing the open-access publishing movement, they agree that a drastic change is in order.... 'The industry needs to rethink its cost structure and find more cost-effective way of delivering services and processing their publications,' [Patricia] Thibodeau [associate dean for library services at the Duke Medical Center] said. She cited open-access models From FOS News on February 4, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (47478) My slides online I've put a few recent sets of presentation slides online, including those from yesterday's talk: Sébastien Paquet's presentation slides. (Apologies for the large size of the files.) From Seb'apos;s Open Research on February 4, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (47477) Peer to Peer's Big Bandwidth Savings Last week, Lindows Inc. began offering Lindows Live, a version of the Linux operating system, free online. But the company isn't the only one offering the software: Its users are becoming part of the distribution process. That's because Lindows is using peer-to-peer networks, where users share online content with each other -- the same networks that music and movie moguls call dens of piracy. There's another side to these services, as I hope a federal appeals court panel understood when it --> From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 4, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (47476) The fallacy about patents Raw numbers may impress, but IBM's Nicholas Donofrio says the focus should instead be on the application of invention as a meaningful measure of success. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (47475) Oracle raises PeopleSoft bid--again The database maker increases its offer for rival PeopleSoft to $26 per share and extends the offer's window by another month, to mid-March. From CNET News.com on February 4, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (47474) Strategien für ein integrationsorientiertes Bildungsmanagement Nachdem DETECON bereits 2002 ein White Paper mit dem Titel "eLearning. Die zweite Welle" veröffentlicht hatte, liegt jetzt - pünktlich zur Learntec - die Fortschreibung vor. Während man sich vor gerade mal 14 Monaten noch mit der vorherrschenden "Ernüchterung"... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on February 4, 2004 at 9:51 a.m.. (47473) Udo Corts: „Das war heute die rote Karte für... Unions-Wissenschaftsminister wollen „Elitecampus Deutschland“ und Deregulierung der Rahmenbedingungen im Hochschulbereich In einer Pressemitteilung erklären die WissenschaftsministerInnen der Unions-Länder: Die Wissenschaftsminister der CDU- und CSU- regierten Länder haben heute bei einem Treffen in Frankfurt fünf Leitsätze zur Verbesserung der Bildungssituation an den Hochschulen formuliert. Hessens Wissenschaftsminister Udo Corts begrüßte... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on February 4, 2004 at 9:49 a.m.. (47472) A case study in publication ethics A news item, Journal rejects article after objections from marketing department by Owen Dyer in BMJ 2004; 328: 244-b, together with the rapid responses to the item, provide a noteworthy example of case study in publication ethics. One of the responses, Correction and addition, includes a reply from the Associate Publisher & Director of Marketing for the Journal ( From FOS News on February 4, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (47471) A case study in publication ethics A news item, Journal rejects article after objections from marketing department by Owen Dyer in BMJ 2004; 328: 244-b, together with the rapid responses to the item, provide a noteworthy example of case study in publication ethics. One of the responses, Correction and addition, includes a reply from the Associate Publisher & Director of Marketing for the Journal (Dialysis & Transplantation). An exc From FOS News on February 4, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (47470) Poetry blog Pete the Beat who has been blogging his poems in my back pages (um, comments) has started his own blog, Beat Way Down. Here's how one entry begins : The art of highballs and cocktails cannot reach Mars on Main...... From Joho the Blog on February 4, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (47469) Campaign of optimism With only 10% of the total delegates needed to win a Democratic Party nomination awared, the Howard Dean campaign is optimistic about reaching it's goal. Dean is looking toward future, delegate rich states to give him wins. (By the way, Dean is still 2nd in total number of delegates awarded, and as such is still very much in the race.) Comment: I'm disturbed by the trend in media to pick winners before people have had the chance to vote. This has happened in actually elections and is happening in this campaign. Only 10% of the delegates have bee From carvingCode on February 4, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (47468) Familienhandbuch Das Online-Familienhandbuch (9-sprachig!) richtet sich an Eltern, ErzieherInnen, LehrerInnen, FamilienbildnerInnen sowie juristische Praktiker und Fachleute, die sich mit Familien befassen.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (47467) Wetter RSS Das Programm rssWeather, noch in BETA, zeigt alle Wetterdaten der Welt an, u.a. auch jene von Wiebaden, Frankfurt und Saarbrücken... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (47466) The limits of organized learning There are, in contemporary society, more organised opportunities for learning than at any other time in history. But, it is this very universality of institutionally authorised learning which can mislead people into believing that everybody's ideas about learning are much the same. Paradoxically, this assumption, that we know exactly how it is for others, co-exists with the deep-seated conviction that our own significant learning experience are unique.. Indeed, many people feel that most of their 'real learning' has taken place outside the realms of organised educ From Seblogging News on February 4, 2004 at 8:49 a.m.. (47465) Hotspots for the Home Network User - Eric Griffith, Wi-Fi Planet In an industry first, home broadband users will soon be getting direct marketing for Wi-Fi hotspots. T-Mobile, the mobile arm of Deutsche Telecom (Quote, Chart), is teaming up with Comcast (Quote, Chart) in a marketing and promotions deal. The 5 milli From Techno-News Blog on February 4, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (47464) Virus Writing: Not Fun, Not Funny - Chris Nerney, Internet News There was an amusingly understated headline on one of Jupitermedia's sites last week. It read: MyDoom Testing Your Patience? Why, yes it is. It is indeed. In fact, all of the Internet's various cyber-nuisances -- virus writers, hackers, spammers -- ar From Techno-News Blog on February 4, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (47463) Microsoft site appears to weather MyDoom attack - Bernhard Warner, Reuters Microsoft appeared to have survived the worst the MyDoom worm could throw at it on Tuesday. Experts say the virus, a variant of the MyDoom.A virus that knocked out another company's Web site on Sunday, was programmed to fire continuous volleys of debil From Techno-News Blog on February 4, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (47462) Nex Mexico Gov's Program Will Provide Laptop Computers To 7th Graders Governor Bill Richardson today announced his innovative new program, the Governors Laptop Learning Initiative, that will provide laptop computers to New Mexico 7th graders and their teachers. More than 700 students and 80 teachers will receive laptop c From Educational Technology on February 4, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (47461) The Promise of Online Simulations - Bjorn Billhardt, Chief Learning Officer Online simulations have the potential to add enormous value to corporate training environments. Simulations are fun and engaging and allow learners to internalize knowledge by applying new skills in a risk-free environment. This can dramatically increa From Online Learning Update on February 4, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (47460) Europe's Digital Library This European website is dedicated to addressing digital preservation problems so that those involved can better plan for future research and development. A key concern is that digital information, and specifically "cultural heritage and scientific From Online Learning Update on February 4, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (47459) Barcelona exportará el modelo del ''Cibernarium'' en un proyecto de cooperación internacional para difundir Internet El Ayuntamiento de Barcelona exportará el modelo del "Cibernarium", un equipamiento que ofrece formación y acceso libre a Internet a ciudadanos y empresas, a ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on February 4, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (47458) Standards whose Standards? The ability to be able to transfer material from one e-learning system to another is very important. The advent of interoperability specifications and standards should, theoretically, reduce anxiety about 'lock in' of learning material into one virtual learning product or another. But what is the actual experience? I have recently been looking at how easy it is to move small amounts of content in and out of systems; all claiming IMS compliance. These are WebCT 4.1, Blackboard 5 and... From Morriblog on February 4, 2004 at 7:49 a.m.. (47457) Bredesen state educators talk pre-school, technology - Judith R. Tackett, Nashville City Paper Gov. Phil Bredesen got right to work Tuesday after his State of the State address Monday, holding a roundtable with state educators to talk about his education plan. Two of the main issues he discussed with K-12 educators representing 11 Tennessee s From Educational Technology on February 4, 2004 at 7:46 a.m.. (47456) Strong latte and an e-course to go, thanks - Eric Wilson, SMH Australia Virtual laboratories, cheaper exam fees, e-learning cafes and customised gap training - these are the innovations two of the nation's largest IT trainers will use to keep people churning through their turnstiles. Although John Rogers, Spherion's direct From Online Learning Update on February 4, 2004 at 7:46 a.m.. (47455) (Anwalts-)Statistiken Die BRAK hat folgende Statistiken veröffentlicht: Fachanwaltszahlen, Mitgliederstatistik (einschließlich der Zu- und Abgänge), Anwaltsdichte, Statistik Jurastudenten (inkl. Prüfungen, Rechtsanwälte) und... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (47454) Rückfallstatistik Um nähere Informationen über Häufigkeit von Rückfällen zu erhalten, hat das BMJ daher erstmals eine umfangreiche Statistik in Auftrag gegeben.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (47453) Delicious has appetite for bookmarks Delicious is a new Web site which describes itself as '... a social bookmarks manager. Using simple bookmarklets, you can add bookmarks to your list and categorize them.' Because it's an alpha stage project at the moment I'm not recommending this as a solution for use in anger. Nevertheless, it implements some useful concepts. After registration a simple addition to a browser's link bar enables any url, keywords and annotations... From Morriblog on February 4, 2004 at 6:49 a.m.. (47452) Europe Catches Mars Fever The European Space Agency details plans to fly to the moon by 2025 and to Mars by 2035. Says a space agency project manager, 'This is the most exciting space adventure.' From Wired News on February 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (47451) Microsoft 1, MyDoom.B 0 The software giant fights off an attack designed to cripple its website. But a security expert warns that the virus could be just a taste of malicious code to come. From Wired News on February 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (47450) Gadgetry With Cars Attached The latest cars are packed with so many cool gadgets that the actual driving seems almost secondary. Also, Lexus tries to give the SUV a friendlier image. John Gartner reports from the Philadelphia International Auto Show. From Wired News on February 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (47449) The Man Behind the Bucks at GE Nanotech? Check. Molecular medicine? Got it. General Electric's Jeff Immelt is building the future, one billion-dollar business at a time. A Wired magazine Q & #038;A by Spencer Reiss. From Wired News on February 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (47448) Pentagon Kills LifeLog Project The experiment designed to record absolutely everything a person sees, reads, buys or does in daily life is dead. But relieved civil libertarians remain wary, worried that the government may perform data-mining projects elsewhere. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on February 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (47447) Travel Privacy Probe Spins Wheels Agencies involved in the transfer of airline passenger data to the government fail to cough up documents, and a promised report is long overdue. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on February 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (47446) Create a Hoax, Earn Damnation A harmless little joke about turning a shiny new Power Mac G5 into a PC unleashed a torrent of bad tidings, including death threats. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on February 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (47445) Politicos React to Wave of Smut Racy TV and radio antics -- Janet Jackson's Super Bowl exhibition being the latest example -- drive lawmakers to draft bills to curb on-air indecency. Surely it's just a coincidence that it's an election year. By Randy Dotinga. From Wired News on February 4, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (47444) Cross-Over-Spende Die Ãœberkreuz-Lebendspende von Organen könnte sich nach dem Urteil des BSG vom 10.12.2003 in Deutschland etablieren, berichtet die Ärzte-Zeitung. Vermutlich... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (47443) Verabreichen von Betäubungsmitteln Der BGH hat sich zum Verhältnis des § 30 I Ziff. 3 BtMG (Verabreichen von Betäubungsmitteln mit Todesfolge) einerseits sowie... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (47442) Downes: más allá de los objetos de aprendizaje «En este artículo discuto la idea de que, al suministrar contenidos de aprendizaje en línea, debemos mirar más allá de los objetos de aprendizaje, en primer lugar porque cualquier recurso digital puede servir para apoyar el aprendizaje, y en segundo lugar porque muchos recursos no digitales también pueden considerarse recursos de aprendizaje.» Downes argumenta que toda esta gama de recursos disponibles, que no son objetos de aprendizaje en sentido estricto, podrían integrarse en un entorno virtual de enseñanza/aprendizaje por medio de los metadatos adecuados. Aunque, en su opinión From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on February 4, 2004 at 4:51 a.m.. (47441) Rechnungsähnliche Vertragsangebote Der BGH hat in einem jetzt veröffentlichten Urteil einen Freispruch in einem Fall sog. "offiziell wirkender Rechnungen" aufgehoben und an... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (47440) Is Ad-Supported RSS the Next Big Thing? Hmmm. Going to have to check this out! QUOTE The use of RSS (define) technology has been touted as a spam-free alternative to e-newsletters but the concept of has been dogged by certain limitations. Chief among them, for publishers, is an advertising model to support the popular feeds. A new online ad network, RSSAds, is gearing up to help publishers get over that hurdle. The San Francisco-based company is hoping to capitalize on the growing buzz surrounding RSS, the XML-based technology that pulls headlines and text from Web sites an From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on February 4, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (47439) Yorkville University HYPHEN Canada's Newest University From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (47438) Campus on a keyboard: Does online learning deprive students of important classroom experience? From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (47437) Learning (and Teaching) in the Technological Age From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (47436) Computer-Mediated Communication: A Vehicle for Learning From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 4:48 a.m.. (47435) Former State Trooper and Now Motivational Speaker Teaches Kids to Be Someone Through Chess Orrin C. Hudson,founder of Be Someone, Inc www.besomeone.org two-time chess champion and now motivational speaker has dedicated his life to helping others.Mission is to build character,hope and inspiration among disadvantage youth. [PRWEB Feb 4, 2004] From PR Web on February 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (47434) "Building a Culture of Peace for the Children of the World" opens at the United Nations in NYC, 45th and First Avenue. Exhibit Celebrates the Limitless Potential of the Individual to Build Peace in Today's World, Open to the Public, February 5 to 27, Weekdays, 9am to 4:30pm A multi-media exhibition emphasizing the ways ordinary people can create peace will be installed in the Public Lobby of the United Nations, Visitors entrance, 45th and First, Monday through Friday. Peace builders from around the world will be feature and there is a special section for children. [PRWEB Feb 4, 2004] From PR Web on February 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (47433) Howard Dean Wins the iVote Internet Primary Over 129,000 iVoters casted their vote in protest of the current unfair primary process and selected Howard Dean the winner of the iVote.com Internet Primary. [PRWEB Feb 4, 2004] From PR Web on February 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (47432) iRATE Radio Application reads MP3 files to identify CC licensed songs iRATE Radio, an open-source application that sends users free-legal MP3s through its radio client, is now able to read the ID3 tags of MP3 files to identify Creative Commons license information. Enabling this kind of feature is exactly why Creative Commons put forth its MP3 embedding strategy many months ago, which defines a standard way to embed Creative Commons metadata in the ID3 tag of an MP3. Our hope was that file-sharing networks, and applications like iRATE, would read the I From Creative Commons: weblog on February 4, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (47431) 3r Congreso Internacional: Docencia Universitaria e Innovación Los Institutos de Ciencias de la Educación de las universidades de Barcelona, Autònoma de Barcelona, Politècnica de Catalunya y Girona organizan conjuntamente el 3r Congreso Internacional: Docencia Universitaria e Innovación, cuyo objetivo es recoger y compartir experiencias de mejora de la calidad docente». Uno de los temas en los que se centrará este congreso es la enseñanza semipresencial: «La tradicional docencia presencial va cediendo espacio y tiempo al trabajo personal y grupal fuera del aula y a la semipresencialidad. Por lo tanto, es del From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on February 4, 2004 at 3:52 a.m.. (47430) Charlie Brown: Outkast Tempting the collective wrath of Vince Guaraldi, United Feature Syndicate, the RIAA, the Charles Schulze estate, and the American Broadcasting Company, two guys who call themselves Venis Productions have overdubbed scenes from "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with Outkast's "Hey Ya." Watch it HERE. And best watch it right away... because the closing plea from creators Ryan King and Dan Hess ("Please don't sue us") is unlikely to get a sympathetic hearing from the humorless crew above, with the possible exception of Outkast. [Tip via Lawrence Lessig's blog] Note: Another inspired use From The Columbia-Union on February 4, 2004 at 3:52 a.m.. (47429) Betreiber von Diskussionsforen Im Februar bei JusData: Ein Bericht über die "Verantwortlichkeit der Betreiber von Diskussionsforen" in Deutsch und Französisch.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 3:51 a.m.. (47428) Erläuterungen zu SPAM von der EU Die Kanzlei Heyms & Bahr teilt heute mit, dass die EU-Kommission seit kurzem eine erläuternde Mitteilung über Spam (32 S.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 4, 2004 at 3:51 a.m.. (47427) Skype costs $.01/customer, Vonage is $400/customer and Skype is not a toy Stuart blogs another great Skype post. Ha! Skype is not a toy. It's no more a toy than the original Honda Civic was a toy or blogs are a toy. Hossein E of AT&T's attitude is reminiscent of the Detroit auto executives who thought the Japanese would never catch them. Dream on! QUOTE A great article in last weeks (Jan 26th) Fortune written by Dan Roth on Skype. He travels to Estonia and bey From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on February 4, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (47426) Tivo, get me a hanky MTV is crying crocodile tears, neo-Puritans are crying foul, the NFL-FCC are crying wolf, and Janet (whose new album was advertised immediately after the incident) is crying all the way to the bank... From The Columbia-Union on February 4, 2004 at 2:51 a.m.. (47425) Message-Of-The-Day From Mein Schuster on February 4, 2004 at 2:51 a.m.. (47424) New SCT Matrix Student Management Suite Helps Universities Connect with Constituents Across Campus Boundaries From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (47423) Comprehensive HIV website launches in South Africa From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (47422) Expanding Distance Learning Program Using Innovative Video System From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (47421) Two Under the Radar EFF Items 1.  "Record Industry Cuts Corners in Crusade Against File-SharersPublic Citizen, Electronic Frontier Foundation and ACLU Say "File Lawsuits Properly". The groups do not question the seriousness of the illegal activity alleged by the record companies, but object to the process the companies have tried to use to obtain the file-sharers' identities." I'm glad they are sticking to their guns and ensuring that this entire process is carried out as fairly as possible.  At the s From A Copyfighter's Musings on February 4, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (47420) Digital Media Trends in Asia-Pacific Renny Hwang reports in what one will be one of many Digital Media Project papers coming out in the near future.  Highly recommended reading. From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on February 4, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (47419) Debate Begins in France on Religion in the Schools France's prime minister urged passage of a bill to ban most religious symbols from public schools, saying Muslim head scarves undermine the the country's secular ideals. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47418) Building Plan Adds Schools and Reduces Their Size The Bloomberg administration revised its $13.1 billion school construction proposal so that it calls for building 90 schools with a capacity of 66,000 students. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47417) Across Europe, an Outcry Over Paying for College Students have held demonstrations across Europe in recent months as governments discuss raising tuition to meet operating costs at their universities. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47416) Metal Detectors and Pep Rallies: Spirit Helps Tame a Bronx School In the past, John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx had more horrifying tales than success stories, but now Mayor Bloomberg is proclaiming it a tamed school. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47415) For Lesser Talents, It's the Hard Way Every Time While some of his teammates have been enjoying the blue-chip college tour, Brian Johnson belongs to a second wave of football players gearing up for their own search. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47414) Education Chief Defends Policy and Past Education Chief Rod Paige, former superintendent of schools in Houston, speaks out on Bush law and the Texas model. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47413) Chancellor Urges Broad Changes in Way Teachers Are Paid Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein called for sweeping changes in the way teachers are paid in New York City, advocating bonuses based on student achievement. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47412) Snowstorm Closes Schools Across the City Schools will be closed throughout New York City Wednesday, officials said Tuesday night as snow blanketed the city in yet another winter storm. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47411) Principal's War Leads to a Teacher Exodus Dr. Lee D. McCaskill, principal of Brooklyn Technical, one of the city's elite high schools, has been at war with many of his teachers. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47410) Trustees Hear Pleas to Keep Harlem Charter School Open Parents and educators urged the trustees of the State University of New York to give a failing Harlem charter school two more years to turn things around. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47409) Shunning Stereotypes, a Reality Show Stars Blacks Among the eight students picked to live together on the first season of BET's reality show "College Hill," race simply doesn't come up. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:46 a.m.. (47408) So This Is a Cooking Class? The freshest and most instructive cooking classes are private ones offered by young chefs who have opted out of the restaurant industry to teach in students' home kitchens. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (47407) Principal Sees Mistake in Plan to Hold Back 3rd Graders When Dr. Golubchick read of Mayor Bloomberg's new policy to hold back every third grader who failed the city's reading test, he thought, "Big mistake." From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (47406) Film Makes SAT Villain, and Students Can Relate The president of the Educational Testing Service, the organization that produces the SAT, is looking into security with the release of "The Perfect Score." From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (47405) CC at O'Reilly Etech Creative Commons will be an exhibitor at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego next week. Etech is regarded by many as the best tech conference of the year, always in step with the latest creations and aspirations of the alpha geeks, having evolved from the Peer-to-Peer Conference in early 2001 and P2P & Web Services in late 2001 to the current multi-tracked annual conferen From Creative Commons: weblog on February 4, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (47404) New Doctorow novel out under license Cory Doctorow, author of the acclaimed sci-fi book Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, has a new novel out in stores called Eastern Standard Tribe. Like Down and Out, it is both available for purchase as well as for free download, under a Creative Commons license. From Creative Commons: weblog on February 4, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (47403) Lunch with Phil Wolff, Blogger/product manager/consultant extraordinaire, NOON Thu05Jan2004 at Guu with Otokomae in Gastown WHO: ALL welcome, please call me by Wednesday at noon at 604 729 7924 or email roland at rolandtanglao.com to RSVP WHERE: Guu with Otokomae in Gastown #105-375 Water Street, telephone number is 604 685-8682.  I'll try to make a reservation under the name 'Roland' on Wednesday call me if there are any last minute additions. If I can't make a reservation, I will meet you inside the restaurant, call me at 604 729 7924 if there ar From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on February 4, 2004 at 1:50 a.m.. (47402) Coventry University Chooses WebCT Vista To Drive Online Learning on Campus From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (47401) SkillSoft Announces Major Advancement in Integrated, On-Demand e-Learning For Global Enterprises From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (47400) Social Security Administration Selects GeoLearning for Hosted eLearning Solution From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on February 4, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (47399) You Have A Choice Scoble added a response here, in part responding to me here.  People can choose to follow Scoble's lead, but I hope they reject his logic and see that buying DRMed music it a choice, and a more complex one than Scoble descibes. Choosing to do as Scoble does is not a choice between illegal and legal sources of music, as he sets it up as.  You can get legal music in unencrypted formats, including CDs.  Scob From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on February 4, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (47398) Reports on Grokster I'll add more later, but here's one from the SJ Merc.  From this and reports on pho, I gather that that things went well - two judges seemed to be favorable to the P2P defendants.  Doesn't mean much now, but it's better than nothing. From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on February 4, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (47397) Expectations of a Closed Environment One commenter questioned my statement: "How will people become accustomed to a digital world in which you have to rebuy all of your software players and music catalog whenever a better format, player, or service comes out?"  Yes, people have had to shift formats over time, but I think there are three countervailing factors at work here 1.  First, the old ba From A Copyfighter'apos;s Musings on February 4, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (47396) Wippit Good? This article mentions a few new legit services that take advantage of P2P. Wippit seems particularly interesting.  It filters in content using audio fingerprinting.  The rest is a little hazy to me.  The company advertises that you can share filtered in files with others, but this article says you can't.  Pretty sure the former is true.  The c From Creative Commons: weblog on February 4, 2004 at 1:45 a.m.. (47394) Political Campaigns and Internet Startups When Howard Dean's once-soaring presidential campaign came loudly back to earth last month, the media-ocracy couldn't resist a clever-sounding metaphor: likening the campaign to an Internet bubble startup. Dean, it now seemed, was nothing more than Webvan. A simple explanation, and not all wrong -- but ultimately too simple, as such things tend to be. Let's review the record, and remember a basic reality of political life. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on February 4, 2004 at 12:46 a.m.. (47393) Commentary: Sun must co-exist with Eclipse From CNET News.com on February 3, 2004 at 11:45 p.m.. (47392) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]