Still can't log into Always-On Zaibatsu 5 days later, I still can't log into Always-On Zaibatsu. I now get a new error message "No instance available". Tony, please hire some real hackers and get some real bandwidth and make this thing work! From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 22, 2004 at 10:49 p.m..
Shared Calendar Software Okay, I'm not the first to need one of these. Smallish distributed team (5 or 6) needing to share a calendar internally and let others externally know the general parameters of our schedules (i.e. they don't necessarily need the details). Any favorites? FYI - I've never used Outlook/Exchange and would be quite unwilling to start now, but some team members do and some kind of import/export compatibility would be nice. From Serious Instructional Technology on February 22, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..
more Ro Ro Khanna has received the endorsement of many and now of the . The race is heating up, though Congressman Lantos has still refused a debate. I tried to find a way to email Congressman Lantos. He's got this helpful contact page, but no email address is offered. Instea From Lessig Blog on February 22, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
on a 95 year copyright Douglas Keenan has a nice short piece about "limited times" and a 95 year copyright. From Lessig Blog on February 22, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
What is the Point? James asks a legitemate question in response to my post on Friday, I guess. "Quelle point?" I know what he's saying, that trying to work under the restrictions that my district is imposing is kind of taking away all the good things that Weblogs make available like commenting and free expression and all that other stuff. But I guess I bristle a bit at the suggestion that because that's the reality we should just stick to the same old paradigm for creating school Websites which usually entails the almighty Webmaster cranking out static From weblogged News on February 22, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..
more on Ping's conversation I pointed to Ping's page last week, without time to comment. There have been some great comments and criticisms, both on my page, and more at Ping's. I've responded to some of these in the extended entry below. But read the discussion linked above. It is much richer than what follows. From Lessig Blog on February 22, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
two questions for Mr. Nader Ralph Nader has apparently decided to run for President. So says his website, votenader.org (which doesn't seem to render well on Mac browsers, but which my Dad reports renders quite well on a Windows machine. Don't look for Ralph's presidential campaign at Nader2004.org. That domain has been captured by a pro-Nader Nader-critic (which I count myself as), and is a graphic version of the argument I made earlier.) This is obviously depressing to folks like me who, while admirers of the good that Nader did From Lessig Blog on February 22, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Recommended reading: Barger Tom Barger on the potential of a remix culture. From Lessig Blog on February 22, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Jimmy Carter blogs Former US president Jimmy Carter now writes a blog. (via Tim Bishop) From Seb's Open Research on February 22, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..
certifying non-control Bizarrely, the law of copyright has made it extraordinarily difficult for a copyright owner voluntarily to give up control. For most of the history of copyright law in the US, there were a million ways to forfeit your copyright. Today, it's not even clear that it is possible. This creates a problem for some. Ron Suskind, for example, wanted to make sure that the records supporting his book, The Price of Loyalty, were in the public domain so others could draw upon them to verify, or critique, his account of Paul O'Neill's t From Lessig Blog on February 22, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Violet: Weblogs and RSS plan My Nan, Violet Farmer, died yesterday (Sunday 21st February 2004) aged 90. She passed away peacefully at 6am in the UK and we'll all miss her. One of my overriding memories of Nan is watching TV in her Little house (which my dad was brought up in and in which she lived for well over 50 years) and her just not giving in to the 'passive expectancy' of watching TV. Endless comments, ideas, sympathies, thoughts and commentary would accompany anything from the ads to 'Strike it Lucky' and so --> From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on February 22, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
BloggerCon 2004 Hoping to be at this year's edition of BloggerCon. Last year was excellent. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 22, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..
Friend, Bloggers, Countrymen Classical orators could have something to teach us about blogging. From Monkeymagic on February 22, 2004 at 6:53 p.m..
bloggg bloggg Comment: Teacher activist blog. She is a music teacher. Alright!... From EdBlogger Praxis on February 22, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
International Society of the Learning Sciences Learning Science is an emerging and quickly growing area that is related to our work in instructional design and technology. It is attracting notable people in our field to its ranks...... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Intellectual / practice In "Blogging and the New Citizenship," an extended essay, Gary Dunlop argues that the distinction between "public intellectual" and "active citizen" vanishes once we start talking about practice, "at least somewhat." Properly irreverent, Dunlop says: The basic of idea of the public intellectual is of someone with superior knowledge coming into the public sphere and speaking slowly. He says that weblogs have importantly increased the amount... From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 22, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Indiana blogs Librarian Greg Schwartz noticed my search for South Bend bloggers and pointed out his Indiana Blog! collection and its geographic listing by country and municipality. Greg's own weblog, Open Stacks, is about information access and literacy. One of my Bloglines files that has grown the most over the last couple of months is the collection of librarian weblogs. This is a generous, dynamic community that seems to be having a good time using their blogs to make and share knowledge. The... From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 22, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Small Business Blog Small business blog for small business owners, includes daily business tips, relating to online business marketing and much more From Small Business Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Idiot Customers In seventeen years of doing marketing work for software developers, I've never had an idiot customer. I've had some clients who had some misconceptions about what a press release is, or how publicity can help build name recognition and generate sales. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
The Search to be Found The search engines are probably one of the most commonly used and misunderstood tools of the internet. To those searching for whatever takes their interest it's a fairly murky process; to the people on the other side, the people waiting to be found, the view isn't even that clear From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Software Product Management Product Management was created in the 40s at Proctor and Gamble for managing the business of a specific product. Through the years, product managers (and brand managers) have served as "chieftains of the product" in consumer goods companies. Here the product management was relatively easier for no need of technical knowledge. But in technology market, the three corners of the functional triangle are sales, marketing and development. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Making Cents Out Of Your Ad Copy Through my experiences working with various companies I have found that many make big mistakes with their ad copy. Many businesses are willing to spend thousands of dollars to have their ad copy displayed to web site visitors, just to convey a faulty and ineffective message. I have seen hundreds of different problems that people have made in their copy and decided to write about some of the ones that I seem to see the most often. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Advertising Techniques For Your Website You should draft the content and layout of your website in such a way that you secure maximum possible chances of turning customers to your website. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
10 Tips for Writing Good Sales Copy Writing an ad? The tips below -- and the important warning that follows -- will help you to get the very best response. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Untitled Have you been publishing an e-zine for at least six months but still aren't seeing real results (read: revenue) from it? Don't fret -- you may just need a tune up. Here are five ways to kick your e-zine income into gear. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Increase Your Sales With These 5 Buying Stimulators Use these 5 powerful buying stimulators in your ads, web pages and other sales messages to get more sales. They produce immediate results without increasing your costs. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
VAT and How the Ecommerce Companies Are Coping The EU VAT directive has caused significant controversy amongst developers and online software registration services. Part of the confusion has comes from the vagueness in the directive and questions with regards to the jurisdiction that the EU has over the US to enforce its policies. . From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Mining your Sales Channel; A step by step guide to end-to-end sales tracking Now there are a lot of different web sites that generate downloads for our programs. There are download sites, crack sites, search engines, and newsletters that are all driving downloads of our programs. While all of these sites may generate a significant number of downloads, our job is to find which sites generate a large number of sales. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
The Making of an RSS Feed Everyday more and more websites, news services and blogs are adding RSS content. RSS is a method of syndicating content.The concept of aggregating content in one central location or repository is very appealing. Consumers have become tired of push technology, RSS allows users the flexibility to regain control of their content. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
How To use Split-Run Testing to Raise your Conversion Rates Split-run testing is where you create different versions of a sales page (for example) to test its effectiveness. When users enters your site, they're shown one version or the other. Once you do this enough times you can easily see which version converted visitors into buying customers. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Carve Out Your Niche By Dominating One I was recently interviewed by a print magazine about niche marketing. In it, I offered several tips and ideas on how to carve a niche in the marketplace. Here are a few of them. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Web Blogs Defined, Explained and Understood Blogs are web logs that are updated regularly, usually on a daily basis. They contain information related to a specific topic. In some cases blogs are used as daily diaries about people's personal lives, political views, or even as social commentaries. The truth of the matter is that blogs can be shaped into whatever you, the author, want them to be. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
How to Submit Your Products To Froogle Froogle is a new service from Google that makes it easy to find information about products for sale online. By focusing entirely on product search, Froogle applies the power of Google's search technology to a very specific task: locating stores that sell the item you want to find and pointing you directly to the place where you can make a purchase. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Digital River a Monster? Most of us have grown weary of Digital River's acquisitions and are no longer shocked when the announcements are made. How many of us have considered the implications involved in the volume of "takeovers"? I, like almost everyone in the industry, have been fairly complacent about the acquisitions, but now I'm seeing limited choices for developers and the fact is the "little guy" can no longer compete. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Stop Whining About Google! Nearly anyone and everyone involved with search engine optimization and Internet marketing is aware of the famous "Florida" update by Google that caused many commercial sites to lose their Google ranking and position. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Unfair Advantage and Abuse of Power Last summer, rumors were abound that an employee of Tucows was using Tucows statistical information in order to determine which products produced the highest return on investment, with the intent to clone them and create competitive products. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 p.m..
Software Marketing and Software Publishing Blog Software publishing blog to help developers with their marketing efforts and promotional concerns From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Software Industry and Software Development Blog Software industry news and marketing blog to help developers with their marketing efforts From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Software Industry and Software Development Blog Software marketing blog to help developers with their marketing efforts includes information on blogs, Google Adwords, granny links and more From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Software Industry and Software Development Blog Software marketing blog to help developers with their marketing efforts including techie gifts, PPC, and download sites. From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Software Industry and Software Development Blog Partnerships, Integrations, price sensitivity and other ideas for software authors and publishers. From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Software Development and Marketing Blog DMOZ, Time Management, eSellerate, Froogle Feed, Partnerships, and safe surfing tipss From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Software Marketing and Development Blog Google adwords, resolutions, new web site design discussions, ShareIt seminar and TinyUrl in action From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Software Marketing and Development Blog Software direct mail campaigns, affiliates, CanSpam, integration options, logs, google additions and domain scams. From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Software Marketing and Development Blog RSS Feeds, marketing ideas and tips, time management information, shareware industry conference and overture expansion. From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Software Development and Marketing Blog Republishins, software promotion, Google, additional download sites, eSellerate, photos and clipart, details on alexa, inktomi and google. From Software Marketing Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
NotePage Messaging and Mobile Blog Telecom industry news, updates, or generally how mobile or paging software can be used in specific situations to alleviate problems. From NotePage SMS, Paging and Messaging Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Telecom Messaging, SMS Mobile and Paging Blog Ringtone information, Vonage news, Verizon SNPP information, T-Mobile TAP number and additional information and news related to the communication industry. From NotePage SMS, Paging and Messaging Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Paging, SMS and Wireless Blog New NotePage integration relationships including TrapSnap, HP Openview, and related integration information nad news related to SMS messaging, paging and wireless communication. From NotePage SMS, Paging and Messaging Blog on February 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
2003 at BMC's Journal of Biology Theodora Bloom, Editorial, Journal of Biology, January 16, 2004. On the progress made during 2003 by open access, BioMed Central, and this BMC OA journal launched in 2002. Excerpt: "The last year also saw increasing numbers of authors voting - in the way that counts, with the submission of their precious research articles - to support Open Access. BioMed Central, the publisher of Journal of Biology, now publishes more than 100 Open Access journals, and to date these have considered more than 8,000 articles and published more than 4,000. But diffe From FOS News on February 22, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..
James Paterson - Upgrade's Presstube If you are interested in web based art - check out my son James' upgraded site. He has been exploring the "new perspective" offered by a computer. By this I don't mean Adobe but objects that have a life... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on February 22, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..
Edinburgh -- finale An overlong interview with the press kept me from participating in the afternoon's concurrent sessions. It would have been a tough choice: I'd gotten to know Don Norris, Jon Mason, and Alan Smith throughout the conference and here they were, all speaking at the same... From Internet Time Blog on February 22, 2004 at 3:50 p.m..
Education as political football Primaries are coming up soon where I live and the political ads are running so fast and furious that I tend to tune them out. But last night, a bit of an ad caught my attention while I was working on other things. I was trying to catch it again to get more of the quote for this and make sure I heard it correctly, but honestly, network TV really isn't my thing, and since waiting already cost me a day of posting, I figure I'll just get to it. From Holly's Research Journal on February 22, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..
Still buried in tomorrow's deliverable I've managed to amass more interesting reading than I will ever be able to incorporate in the paper for this project, and today's plan is to do the preliminary write-up to discuss what I'm thinking and where I'm going as I proceed to the design stage. I've been reading a lot over the past week (and it shows in the smaller number of blog postings during that time, doesn't it?), and, while some common themes are emerging from the literature, I still wouldn't say I have a very clear picture on where From Holly's Research Journal on February 22, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..
A Selfish Nader Squanders Honorable Legacy Bush and his partisan followers are radicals. Even someone as politically obtuse as Nader surely knows there's a difference between them and even the most centrist Democrat. Rather than check his own towering ego, Nader could swing enough votes to assure a generation of right-wing political, social and economic dominance -- the corporate state he has battled, with all the woe for America that implies. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 22, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..
Google vs. Yahoo! Beim Scobleizer findet derzeit ein Wettbewerb statt zwischen Google und Yahoo! - mit erstaunlichen Ergebnissen; gleichzeitig werden andere Blogger zur... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 22, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
Professors Blogging at Stanford The Stanford Daily Online Edition Increasingly more Stanford professors are using oeWeb logging,� more popularly known as oeblogging.� in their classrooms. Traditionally used for online social networking " people write diary entries and others reply " blogging is now being used so that students can post messages and participate in discussions. Ann Davis points to this article and I find it timely. I just started my Technology Across the Curriculum class at Pacific Univeristy. It is a 2 credit class for students working on their teaching certificate. As I did last term, I am using From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on February 22, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
On the road, looking for photos I'll be on the road through Wednesday, researching an article for Wired on how we end-users are going to find the snapshots we're looking for when we each have 25,000+ photos on our desktops. I'm leaving tonight to visit Corbis on Monday. They have a few million photos, so they've given this issue some thought. I'm particularly interested in how they create and manage the taxonomies and other metadata. Then, after traveling all day Tuesday, I'll spend most of Wednesday in the Iron Mountain hole in the ground where Corbis stores its prints and negatives. The articl From Joho the Blog on February 22, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..
Dayglo Future Some folks have started a futurist/singularity/cosmic sort of blog. I'm not much of a believer in the thought-is-software idea and have only achieved enlightment a couple of times in my life and then it came in the form of a pill, but the site is lively in the Bucky way and is full of colorful illustrations.... From Joho the Blog on February 22, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..
Different strokes Here's what Brent Simmons had to say about yesterday's item on news scanning and news reading: 1. NetNewsWire's Combined View works with channels, all-new-headlines -- and groups. For instance, I have 145 subscriptions organized into 8 groups. When you view a group in the Combined View, you see all the unread headlines for that group. Like most people, I organize my groups by topic. So I have a page for Macintosh news, a page for weblogs, a page for books, a page for baseball, etc. 2. Generalizing abo From Jon's Radio on February 22, 2004 at 1:46 p.m..
I was lost and now i'm found - Rob's septic tank The best thing about a crisis is solving it.... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on February 22, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..
Ethic Videos Von Kant über Pluralismus bis hin zu (ethischen) Videos das Recht betreffend; die Seite der Universität San Diego, die Tom... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 22, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
Beautiful blogs Scoble votes for speed over beauty as he grudgingly points to Lars Holst's collection of attractive weblog designs. From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 22, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
Big-Time Gambling is Not a Game So when the big-time gambling interests tell us it's just a game, they're trying to fake us out. Too bad we don't call this activity by its actual name. It's not just a game. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 22, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
Online Anonymity's Uses and Abuses People reading comments on Net discussion boards would be wise to make an assumption. If they aren't absolutely sure where the posting is coming from, they should question its veracity. Maybe it's true, but maybe not. Comments can be entertaining, even educational, but caution is essential in evaluating their worth. My suggestion: Post comments, but include a link to your own blog or other kind of Web site. I may not agree with what you say. But if you join the growing cadre of people who stand behind their words, I'll respect you more. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 22, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
Libraries could use threat of OA for leverage in Elsevier negotiations Jason Nissé, Business View, The Independent, February 22, 2004. Excerpt: "Reed Elsevier gave a stout defence of its scientific publishing business last week, arguing that only a tiny fraction of academics are getting journals and articles via 'open access', whereby they don't have to pay the massive fees Reed charges. But what Reed ignores is how universities and libraries might use the threat of open access to beat it down. A recent survey by Goldman Sachs found that nearly a quarter of From FOS News on February 22, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..
Das Netz und die Politik "Alles schien perfekt: der demokratische Präsidentschaftskandidat Howard Dean schickte sich an, als erster durchs Internet groß gewordener Politiker ins Weiße... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 22, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..
Your Mudda Now, many of you know that I'm a big iTunes fan, despite the fact that Apple hasn't yet secured the rights to open a Canadian store. But look what's happening in Europe! Check out this letter from Peter Gabriel about... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
PETA's KFC ad causes stir Also from Rodger Graham: This may seem like an unlikely place to rant about cruelty to animals, but hey, why not? And there is a big media tie-in, so have a look at the "Kentucky Fried Cruelty - We Do... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Article Review Template We've recently been using a template for reviewing articles for some research we're doing. Heather Ross is becoming quite expert in using it. I thought you might find it useful for some of your own work. It is a great... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Blank recording levy Rodger Graham came across this statement from London Drugs who are in active opposition of the blank recording levy. http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures/en-US/Content/Library/Computers/cd_levy.htm... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Bullen is served If you didn't get a chance to attend the recent presentation on online learning communities by Mark Bullen, or even if you did, you can find his slides and references here. http://www.extension.usask.ca/ExtensionDivision/resources/IDG/jan04researchday.html... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Downes on ID Rodger Graham writes: I saw this through a link on Stephen Downes OLDaily and found some food for thought. I'm trying to figure out if the design of the slides themselves is a deliberate attempt to violate rules of design.... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Lost in the Commons I'm in the Learning Commons at the University of Calgary for a few days, working on a research project. If you haven't been to the Learning Commons, it is definitely worth the trip. There are misgivings in higher education about... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Great resource I'm attending a National Symposium on Technology in Calgary, put on by the Canadian Association of Deans of Education. The first speaker was Kathleen Fulton who was a leader in the PT3 initiative in the states to promote the integration... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Job at Athabasca Instructional Media Co-ordinator, Centre for Commerce and Administrative Studies http://www.athabascau.ca/depts/staffrec/postings/aufa_imc.htm... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
iTeacherEd at the U of R If you're interested in innovative approaches to encouraging and supporting the integration of technology into pre-service education programs, have a look at what is happening at our sister university (University of Regina). The Faculty of Education, through an Industry Canada... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
ICALT 2004 - Finland IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2004)                           August 30 - Sept 1, 2004                                  Joensuu, Finland                           http://lttf.ieee.org/icalt2004/ We received at least 50 requests for deadline extension. Therefore the dedaline has been extended till February 29, 2004.... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Athabasca remote labs Athabasca and NAIT have developed a neat twist on the old distance ed science lab approaches through the Canadian Remote Sciences Laboratories portal site, a learning environment that will provide physics and chemistry students with real-life, real-time science experiments in... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
OECD Identifies "Disappointing" Use of ICT in Upper Secondary Schools Sometimes we become pretty myopic about educational technology issues -- we forget to look beyond North America for issues and trends. Here is an interesting article that does just that, presenting data from 14 countries, all of them outside the... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
CJLT Online Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology is available online at http://www.cjlt.ca/. Full text of archived issues are open to the public. Only the most recent issue is withheld for AMTEC members only (until the next issue is published). Of course...... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Dumbest site of the month Okay, for all of you who like quantitative research, look what I ran across. The Gematriculator is a service that uses the methods of Gematria to determine how good or evil a web site or a text passage is. Amazing... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 22, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Media course blogs Douglas Rushkoff is teaching a course titled Theoretical Perspectives on Interactivity this semester at New York University. The course blog is full of interesting discussions on the roots, values, and meaning of internet-era media. And it's a little less over my head than the UofT course blog on technopsychology I linked to earlier... While I'm at it I might as well mention the --> From Seb's Open Research on February 22, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..
Week ahead: Security, wireless enter the spotlight Security and wireless will grab the spotlight in the coming week, with two huge events scheduled. Also to come: Novell earnings. From CNET News.com on February 22, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Behind Steve Jobs' plans for Pixar Knowledge@Wharton takes stock of Pixar's future, after the suprise breakup of its long-standing partnership with Disney. From CNET News.com on February 22, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Blogging and Voice I am guest blogging on Mark Hemphill's Class site. Mark's class have all set up interlocking TypePad weblogs and are currently talking about Cluetrain Here is a snip of my take on what the possibility for blogging really is. The... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on February 22, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..
Your Summer Vacation on PEI at the Robs Now we are all freezing and have forgotten what summer looks like In spite of a deluge of family, we still have a few weeks of summer available for you to rent our barn. Here is the web page with... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on February 22, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..
Kanton Zürich plant Suizidhilfe-Gesetz Nachdem die Schaffung eines Bundesgesetzes über die Sterbehilfe in weite Ferne gerückt ist, will Zürich seine Probleme - u. a.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 22, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..
Ein Leben auf Festplatte Vom Leben der meisten Menschen bleiben oft nur ein paar vergilbte Fotos übrig. Das soll sich ändern: In Zukunft soll... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 22, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..
JuraWiki im neuen Kleid Wie das LAWgical heute meldet, wurde das JuraWiki auf die neueste Version der Wiki-Engine MoinMoin umgestellt.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 22, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..
ARD und ZDF kündigen Digital-Programme im Kabel Nach Informationen des Medienmagazins Digital Fernsehen haben ARD und ZDF den Vertrag zur Einspeisung von Digitalprogrammen mit der Kabel Deutschland... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 22, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..
Small-town utilities fill technology gap - ELLIOTT MINOR, ASSOCIATED PRESS Paula Crosby's dial-up Internet connection was so slow she played computer solitaire while waiting for sluggish pages to appear. And when her teenage daughter surfed the Web, it tied up the family's phone line for hours. Thanks to their small town's le From Techno-News Blog on February 22, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Blogging boom in Iran defies media control - BRIAN MURPHY, ASSOCIATED PRESS Take one exasperated Iranian woman. Add a computer. Hook it up to the Internet."And you have a voice in a country where it's very hard to be heard," said Lady Sun, the online identity of one of the first Iranian women to start a blog - a freeform mix o From Techno-News Blog on February 22, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Program shields anonymous flaw sleuths - Robert Lemos, CNET News.com The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is asking companies to send it tips about flaws in the nation's technological infrastructure under a law that guarantees that the information will be protected from public disclosure. Called the Protec From Techno-News Blog on February 22, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..
Schools Use Technology To Battle Plagiarism - WGAL There is a growing problem of plagiarism in schools. With so many resources available to students, teachers cannot always catch copied material, but now some school districts are employing state of the art technology to put a stop to plagiarism. Scott From Educational Technology on February 22, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Linux Style: A Computer Lab with No Windows, Part I - C T Leung, Linux Journal In 2002, I decided to redesign my school computer lab without MS Windows and try to teach all my courses with open-source materials. I started with an Athlon 1GHz machine with 1.5GB of RAM as my terminal server; 24 IBM 300PLs (a Pentium 200MHz slim-lin From Educational Technology on February 22, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
eCollege up in 2003 - Denver Business Journal The online learning company said its revenues were $15.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2003, up from $6.3 million one year earlier. The results include two months of revenue, totaling $7.7 million, from the company's Datamark Inc. enrollment divis From Online Learning Update on February 22, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Math Tools Digital Library: A Formative User Study - Nicole Shechtman, Mark Chung, Jeremy Roschelle; DLib Magazine Abstract: In this paper, we discuss a user study done at the formative stage of development of a Math Tools developers' community. The Math Tools digital library, which aims to collect software tools to support K-12 and university mathematics instruc From Online Learning Update on February 22, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Online Teaching and Learning: Faculty Reflections - Joan Wines, Julius Bianchi; WWW 2002 ABSTRACT: This poster session reviews faculty perceptions of the outcomes of using online technology in their courses. Most thought it improved their teaching and improved student learning, and some helped identify future steps they might take to make From Online Learning Update on February 22, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Donald Knuth on future publishing arrangements for Journal of Algorithms Among the references in Walt Crawford's Cites and Insights is a letter from Donald Knuth to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Algorithms describing his concerns about price increases in the journal, reviewing new options for publishing academic research, and setting out the case for change. From FOS News on February 22, 2004 at 6:48 a.m..
A sample of Trackback Rick's Café Canadien: CJLT Online I'm linking to this as an example of trackback... From omegablog on February 22, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum Supports Della Reese Diabetes Awareness Campaign International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum joins with Touched By An Angel Star Della Reese to bring about diabetes awareness. [PRWEB Feb 22, 2004] From PR Web on February 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Spring cleaning in preparation for Baby's arrival Light posting because today I spent a large chunk of the day doing some spring cleaning! Have thrown out a lot of junk and ready to sell and give away tons of computer books, computer hardware, software, novels and non fiction books. Should do this more often! Great spring cleaning feeling to go with the sunny, spring (10 degrees Celsius) weather! From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 22, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
Cool online meeting room From Kolabora comes news of a Three-Dimensional Virtual Conferencing Room system. I want it! I want it! I want it! You can download a demo of AliceStreet or a 30-day eval.... From Internet Time Blog on February 22, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
Bush Education Officials Find New Law a Tough Sell Administration officials are traveling across the nation to calm emotions and clarify the law, known as No Child Left Behind. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
4 Months After Killing, Questions Only Multiply The investigation has stalled in the fatal shooting of a college student from Connecticut after a Brooklyn house party. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
280 Flee Dormitory Fire at SUNY Purchase Fire officials are investigating as suspicious a dormitory fire Friday night that forced 280 freshman students at the State University of New York at Purchase out of their rooms. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
An Educator Says 'Instinct' Helped Halt School Shooting An assistant principal at a high-school near Albany said "just doing my job" enabled him to subdue a 16-year-old student who wounded a teacher and fired at classmates. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Anti-Semitism Still the Topic After Remarks During Game There is strong disagreement about what actually happened during a basketball game between the Trinity School and the Dalton School. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Now the Regents Math Test Is Criticized as Too Easy In contrast, last year the New York State Education Department faced a storm of criticism from educators who said too few students had passed the examination. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Michigan Educator Will Lead Trinity James F. Jones Jr., whose résumé includes fund-raising and support for study abroad, accepted the top leadership role at Trinity College on Saturday. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Missing School for a Vacation Teachers are not always pleased when parents take children out of school to see the world. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Two Universities Take Steps to Ease Burden of Tuition Responding to mounting pressure to constrain college costs, two universities announced plans to freeze tuition or significantly reduce the debt of students forced to take loans. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Teachers' Union Warns of an Impasse in Talks With the City After a bargaining session that lasted less than two hours, the president of the New York City teachers' union denounced the administration's opening proposal as an insult. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Fans' Anti-Semitic Slurs Incite a Flurry of Reaction at Schools At a recent game, basketball fans from the elite private Trinity School taunted a player from the rival Dalton School with references to gefilte fish and Jewish customs. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Berkeley Wins Panel's Review on Fulbrights The Fulbright flap is not yet final for the 30 college students who had their scholarship applications disqualified because of a missed Federal Express pickup. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
University of Illinois Chancellor Is Chosen to Lead Syracuse Nancy Cantor, the chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will become the next chancellor and president of Syracuse University. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
A Berkeley Lecture on Power's Limits, by an Expert Robert S. McNamara, the man who helped make Berkeley synonymous with the anti-Vietnam War movement, appeared willingly before his accusers on their home turf. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
Ruling in Favor of Clarett Could Open Huge Hole Into N.F.L. More underclassmen could jump from high school to the N.F.L. if Maurice Clarett's successful challenge to the league's eligibility requirement is upheld. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
From the Ivory Tower to the Silver Screen L. Jay Oliva, the president of New York University until 2002, recently appeared in a Spike Lee film. From New York Times: Education on February 21, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..
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