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Make vivid for us again Jay Rosen talks about the way a reporting team from the Sacramento Bee used backroads travel to try to get past the stock narratives of political reporting and report something fresh during the recent state recall election. One way of saying what they did is this: Admit complexity in the electorate. Crunch the numbers, look at the map, go back in the state's history, find the trends that are picking up steam. Think. Read. Analyze. Puzzle through the data again. Then pick places where... From Weblogs in Higher Education on March 1, 2004 at 10:50 p.m..


Aussie Blogs and Australia Weblogs Get Together Hey, check out where I just got a referrer from.... Aussie Blogs... too cool! Which seems to have landed on reinvigorate (such a cool tracking system btw) just at the right time as here I am thinking ooOO Such a shame that I can't go to any blogtalk, bloggercon or bloggy get togethers in Europe or the States... doesn't seem to be anything like that down here... wonder how I could find out who's blogging downunder... and see if they' From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on March 1, 2004 at 10:49 p.m..


Douces bloggeries Moi qui n'utilise jamais mon blog pour raconter des trucs perso, il y a des fois où l'on fait des lectures tellement agréables qu'on en invente des mots... From miss-information.net on March 1, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


CC-enhanced search engine Today we announce a search engine prototype exclusively for finding Creative Commons licensed and public domain works on the web. Indexing only pages with valid Creative Commons metadata allows the search engine to display a visual indicator of the conditions under which works may be used as well as offer the option to limit results to works available licenses allowing for derivatives or commercial use. This From Creative Commons: weblog on March 1, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..


Conversando con Jordi Sanchís, Director de eLearning de la Caixa La redacción de la Comunidad eLearning WORKSHOPS presenta una nueva sección con entrevistas a protagonistas en el ámbito del eLearning que acercarán a los miembros de nuestra Comunidad la personalidad... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on March 1, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..


Creative Commons at the W3C Ben Adida, one of our tech advisors, will attend the Semantic Web portion of the World Wide Web Consortium Plenary Session this Thursday and Friday in Cannes, France. RDF, the technology we chose 18 months ago to build our machine-readable licenses, recently became a finalized W3C recommendation. From Creative Commons: weblog on March 1, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


CRTs to take backseat in rear-projection TVs From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


'Software as a service' is buzzword at confab Former Oracle President Ray Lane and others at the Software 2004 conference in San Francisco say the future of the industry depends on readily adaptable technologies and flexible licensing plans. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


Banned DVD copiers get spam treatment Film-copying software from 321 Studios, deemed illegal by the courts, is now showing up in in-boxes. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..


Quoting this post in full is easier than writing something myself... With apologies to Tom Coates of plasticbag.org… The secret of successful weblogging is - it seems - never to pause for a moment. Never let the fact that you’re kind of not in the mood for a few days to stop you putting some old crap up on your site. Because the longer you leave it, the more pressure there is to make your return worthwhile, valuable, interesting. I am currently backlogged with about three weeks worth of things I feel I need to say - mostly about ETCon, but also about online communities, social software, ConCon and politics - but I know now that I’ll never mana From Object Learning on March 1, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..


How to Stop Receiving Credit Card Offers Tired of annoying "pre-approved" credit card offers? I sure am. According to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) of 1970 as amended in 1996, the four major credit bureaus have the right to sell your information to companies that want to offer you a credit card. Fortunately, the amendment also stipulated that credit bureaus must provide a way for consumers to have their names excluded from pre-approval lists. If you're a United States citizen sick of getting pre-screened credit card offers, this article will show you how to avoid receiving them. From kuro5hin.org on March 1, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


Pragmatism led CEO to sign SCO's Linux license The chief of Web site hosting company EV1Servers.net says it was important "to remove uncertainty and deliver stability and reliability to customers." But he also says the company is seeing some negative publicity. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


SunGard taps start-up for emergency e-mail MessageOne's service gets e-mail restored to corporate customers as soon as possible in the event of a natural disaster, terrorist strike or blackout. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


SCO to sue Linux user Tuesday The company plans to file a lawsuit against a large company using the open-source operating system. SCO has two targets in mind. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


MP3 getting antipiracy makeover The technology most widely associated with the unrestricted file-swapping of the original Napster era is getting a makeover aimed at blocking unauthorized copying and taking advantage of newly popular legal services. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..


Java Interactively Maps All Of Europe Map24 offers a unique Java applet solution for unlimited, interactive map navigation of Europe. If you have a Java-enabled computer and a good speedy connection to the Internet, this is something worthwhile giving a good look to. Navigation is extremely smooth and effective and it is possible to zoom in from 500 km above earth to a 20 meters detailed view of any corner street in your area. Unlimited map navigation is possible via mouse, keyboard and built-in buttons. Detailed routes can be shown for going from any location to any other one. I created one route from London's Wall Street to From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on March 1, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..


Brandon's First Observation on Learning Brandon's First Observation on Learning. "Except for really trivial outcomes, expect to fail at first." Learning leads to trying out. Trying out leads to failures initially. There is no way to go directly and immediately from "zero to hero" in the real world. An initial success will inevitably be followed by a setback. From Bill Brandon: eLearning on March 1, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..


Blue So, I work for IBM now. (356 words) From dive into mark on March 1, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


EDS financial probe deepens The SEC asks for information about a massive asset write-down by the IT services firm related to its $6 billion dollar Navy contract. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..


eLearnInternational Conference, Edinburgh Gerade habe ich gelesen, dass Frankfurt die "lebenswerteste Stadt Deutschlands" ist und auch weltweit nicht schlecht abschneidet (5.). Trotzdem wäre ich lieber in Edinburgh auf der eLearnInternational gewesen. So bleibt mir nur die wie immer phantastische Reportage von Jay Cross,... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 1, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..


Audio Barlow The audio blog of the Berkman center has an interview with John Perry Barlow about the future and present of ideas...a reflection on his "Economy of Ideas" article in Wired ten years ago.... From Joho the Blog on March 1, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..


New York Times Blogs the Debate Times reporter Katharine Q. Seelye blogged Sunday's New York Democratic Primary debate in what was the paper's first attempt at real-time publishing. She posted pretty regularly every 7 or 8 minutes and the page reloaded every 90 seconds, so if you wanted to get her thoughts, at least, all you had to do was sit back and read. And on kind of a side note, I ran across these bloggers at Delaware Online. This is the type of thing I would l From weblogged News on March 1, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..


Wi-Fi and VoIP--Is sum greater than parts? Gear makers have been pitching Net-phoning and wireless networks separately to businesses, with lackluster results. Now they're starting to serve up a combo platter. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


Oracle outlines case for antitrust fight Company co-President Charles Phillips argues that "to compete, we'll need the economies of scale" that a PeopleSoft buyout would bring. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


Survey: Linux programmers yawn at SCO A new study finds that 73 percent of Linux programmers believe the SCO Group's legal attacks on the open-source operating system lack merit. Respondents also weighed in on other Linux issues. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..


Magpie - a tool for Semantic Web browsing http://kmi.open.ac.uk/projects/magpie/ One for those of us for whom the semantic web has seemed just a little bit, well, vague - the demo movies for this browser plugin nicely illustrate one possible scenario for browsing the Semantic web once we all start producing well structured metatagged documents. - SWL From EdTechPost on March 1, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..


Blog use overestimated This article reports that blog use is lower than the recent "blog fever" suggests-- not that many people are using them and even fewer update them regularly. Have a look. Kind of interesting. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8833391%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html I think I'll keep posting, just... From Rick's Café Canadien on March 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..


Downes on learning in communities Here's an excellent article, and one that demonstrates Stephen Downes' ability to continually make powerful and fresh observations about things we thought we knew. http://www.learnscope.anta.gov.au/learnscope/golearn.asp?category=11&DocumentId=5249 Downes' central argument is...... From Rick's Café Canadien on March 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..


Blogdigger as Search Feed I've been playing around with the search to RSS feature of Blogdigger and it definitely is one to add to the list along with Feedster, Google News and Google Alerts. I like how it automatically gives the XML feed FOR all of the results as well as lets you easily create an xml feed OF the results. Over the next couple of weeks I'm going to do some research comparing the four of them with the terms 'journalism' From weblogged News on March 1, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..


Netsky.D: red alert Panda ActiveScan reports that Netsky.D is infecting computers worldwide. From miss-information.net on March 1, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..


eBay, Microsoft Make Web Services Connection It may soon be a snap to run your eBay business with Microsoft Excel and Frontpage. The software giant announced today that it will let eBay developers use its Office suite to create Web services to manage and automate online auctions. From E-Commerce Guide on March 1, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..


'Gee, Nancy, you're so smart!' Some teachers would prefer that Nancy Drew stay out of the classroom. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Teachers fight against Internet plagiarism Order your paper online and have it in your inbox by morning. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Women's roles, now writ (too?) large Efforts to integrate women's contributions into history textbooks have stalled. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Is dating dated on college campuses? Today's college students socialize in packs rather than pairing off. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Study: IT spending back on track Market researcher Gartner says 2004 began on a promising note for the information technology industry with a "subtle" upward bounce in spending. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


PDF to get an engineering edit From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Intellectual Property Rights Some reasonable considerations, though no firm resolution, regarding the dabtes surrounding intellectual property. Greenspan does suggest, though, a metric for assessing law in this field: "If the form of protection afforded to intellectual property rights affects economic growth, it must do so by increasing the underlying pace of output per labor hour, our measure of productivity growth." By Alan Greenspan, The Federal Reserve Board, February 27, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


The Road to Riches? I have discussed theory before, so it's only fair that I mention this article describing some rebuttals. The theory is the idea that more diverse theories promote economic growth. The rebuttals, in the form of single year styatistics from selected cities, suggest a more traditional path to growth: Cut taxes and slash onerous regulations. Obviously, the evidence of one year in no way refutes the theory, which is intuitively strong. After all, "I will take any day Boston and San Francisco and New York over Las Vegas and Des Moines and the rest of Joel's cities." But that there are miti From OLDaily on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


On the Internet Hubert L. Dreyfus is back again with a criticism of the internet and of online learning in particular. According to the reviewer, "Dreyfus makes the following claims: that information is difficult to find on the web, that distance learning is not useful beyond basic skills teaching, that a 'disembodied telepresence' is not the same as actually being in the same room with someone." I have dealt with Dreyfus's concerns about disembodiment elsewhere and this review handles the rest, From OLDaily on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


E-Learning: Can We Get There From Here Rik Hall - who created the WWWDEV mailing list back in 1995, offers a bit of a retrospective. What distracted me was a link to Assiniboine Community College's new website, still a little under construction, but nonetheless filled with many of the same people I knew when I worked there between 1995 and 1999. Anyhow, Rik asks, "Can we get there from here? Yes HYPHEN but the answer is the same as the answer to the old riddle 'How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?' Only one, but the light bulb has to wan From OLDaily on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Ten Lessons From a Goan Classroom As advertised: "Frederick Noronha takes a close look at the computers-in-school project in Goa." Quick summary of a number of interesting educational computing initiatives in Goa and India, and then the lessons: short, snappy, to the point, and accurate. By Frederick Noronha, Express Computer, March 1, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Statement of Requirements for Search Interoperability Corrected link from last week. The authors also provided me with the publication date (if you wonder why I keep doing this, it's because 'copy' doen't work properly in Linux - do a right-click-copy in certain circumstances and it doesn't copy, so when I paste, old information is pasted - and after so many years of working with Windows I somethines forget to check). By Various Authors, U.S. Federal Interagency Committee, February 16, 2004 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Auxiliary Resource: Content Repositories and Resolution, Identifier Infrastructure Interesting PowerPoint Presentation from Dan Rehak of the Carnegie Mellon Learning Systems Architecture Lab on the use of external "resources" in addition to learning objects in an online course. There's a lot of stuff that looks awfully familiar here: the resources could be anything, could be located anywhere in a network of repositories, and need to be identified and located. While you're browsing the LSAL web page, you might want to download Nina Pasini's --> From OLDaily on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Thomson ISI to Track Web-Based Scholarship with NEC's CiteSeer This is very interesting: "With the Open Access movement bringing Web-based scholarship to increased prominence, leading A&I services that have long provided the access tools to identify scholarship face new challenges. Thomson ISI, a longtime leader in netting scholarship, primarily through citation patterns, has launched a new initiative to handle this problem. It will collaborate with NEC Laboratories America to create a comprehensive, multidisciplinary citation index for Web-based s From OLDaily on March 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..


Pathways to Technology profiles students who have ... Pathways to Technology profiles students who have gone to community colleges to take technology programs and follows them through to their employment. Although the bias is clear (funded by an association of community colleges), it certainly does give the impression that these programs are hands-on and applicable to the real world. Just seems more relevant than the university route, somehow.Two guys from my hometown started post-secondary school at the same time From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on March 1, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..


V2N9 March 1, 2004 Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet: AstronomyResources.info This edition of Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. (March 1, 2004 V2N9) is dedicated to my latest Subject Tracer™ Information Blog Astronomy Resources. Click on the below audblog link to hear a two minute audio describing this new Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This resource is available from the following URL:Astronomy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Bloghttp://www.AstronomyReso From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 1, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..


Jay Rosen on the Master Narrative Jay finds a positive example, a reporter who sets out to avoid the lures of the Master Narrative. Brilliant, important stuff... From Joho the Blog on March 1, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..


JD's outline JD has posted the outline of his new book and is looking for feedback. My feedback: It looks really interesting. BTW, I'm encouraged by the EFF's proposal for voluntary collective licensing, using the ASCAP/BMI model to help us find a way out of the music sharing quandary.... From Joho the Blog on March 1, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..


EdBloggers Here, There, Everywhere All of a sudden, members of the edblogging community are taking their shows on the road in numbers. Check out this list:

  • Pam is with Skip and Carol Dodson at the SchoolNet State Technology Conference.
  • Tim and Tom will be down in Austin, Texas with Kaye Trammell for the weblogged News on March 1, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..


    New worm moves at near-record speed - Munir Kotadia, ZDNet (UK) A new variant of the Netsky worm was spreading very quickly on Monday. The news comes on a day where firms are already dealing with five new variants of the Bagle worm. Previous Netsky worms scanned the hard drives of infected computers to collect e-m From Techno-News Blog on March 1, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..


    Gates goes to college Microsoft's Bill Gates says that despite today's outsourcing trend, the United States needs to refocus on leading in computer science--starting at its universities. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    Gateway to go global again with eMachines merger The U.S.-based PC maker, which left the overseas market in 2001, says the buyout will provide new distribution channels in the U.K. and Japan, as well as stateside. Will Gateway's namesake stores become obsolete? From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    IBM fund retrains to fight U.S. job drain Big Blue's CEO announces a $25 million fund dedicated to training business partners and employees who fear they could lose their jobs to overseas experts. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..


    This somewhat disgruntled review of James Paul Gee ... This somewhat disgruntled review of James Paul Gee's new book has some interesting thoughts about identity and learning:"Gee argues that the identification with the avatar and the player's agency gives you a completely different experience than in other media. An experience that enhances learning as things becomes relevant and important on a concrete level in the game. It not something you From Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on March 1, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..


    Content Creation Online was released yesterday, le ... Content Creation Online was released yesterday, leading with the claim that "44% of U.S. Internet users have contributed their thoughts and their files to the online world". The demographic profiles of the types of people who contribute the most online content is interesting: the young tech elite blog, share files, chat online and play games at higher rates than any other group, while Jeremy Hiebert's headspaceJ -- Instructional Design and Technology on March 1, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..


    Internet-Kommunikationsforum Wird in einem Internet-Kommunikationsforum gegenüber Reisebüros davor gewarnt, einem namentlich genannten Reiseveranstalter Aufträge zu erteilen, so kann sich die Wettbewerbsabsicht... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..


    Content Developers' Guide to IMS Simple Sequencing: LSAL has released a first version of our guide to the IMS Simple Sequencing Specification. The guide provides a step-by-step process for using the IMS Simple Sequencing Specification and tips to make your Simple Sequencing implementation easier. (2003-05-01:001) From Learning Systems Architecture Lab on March 1, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..


    Scissors, Scotch Tape, Post-its, Magic Markers and Colorforms: "LO-Tec" Tools (and Toys) for Creating Learning Objects: How do authors really create learning objects? While a range of sophisticated learning object creation tools is available, do these fit the needs and processes used? Do the current tools let the technology of learning objects and XML representations get in the way of creating good content? Are simple tools and techniques what we actually need? Can we go from such simple tools to develop effective learning object authoring environments? Read our recent whitepaper to find out more. (2003-05-05:001) From Learning Systems Architecture Lab on March 1, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..


    LSAL News RSS Feed: We're publishing our latest news and site updates via an RSS news feed. Our news feed is updated wheneven new items are added to the web site. Anyone is permitted to link to or syndicate our RSS feed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. (2003-06-04:002) From Learning Systems Architecture Lab on March 1, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..


    LSAL Newsletter: LSAL is publishing a newsletter describing our latest publications, upcoming events, project updates and other lab news. We publish as needed (about once a month). Please visit the newsletter page for more information and to subscribe to the newsletter. (2003-06-04:001) From Learning Systems Architecture Lab on March 1, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..


    Kult Blog des Kurier Die Kultur-Abteilung des Kurier bloggt. Verantwortlich dafür Orangemedia . From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 1, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..


    Twoday Service Gestern großartige Unterstützung von smi.twoday.net bei der Behebung eines Bugs und bei den Nachforschungen, und das für ein paar Euros im Monat. Hut ab, die machen saubere Arbeit! From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 1, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..


    Untitled Neues Tool: dasBlog.net .net steht nicht zufällig da. Tool auf FilesystemBasis, mit Moveable Type API, BSD-Lizenz, zeigt Views des RSS-files etc. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 1, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..


    Ito Was treibt Mister Ito nach Austria, zumeist spricht er über Weblogs, Demokratie, oder er kauft sich bei kleinen Firmen ein, mhmm.... Dan Gillmor Tokyo blogger gathering Dan Gillmor's organizing a Tokyo bloggers meeting. Un... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 1, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..


    test again tests From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 1, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..


    Firm looks to improve exchange rate for financial data WebMethods, a maker of software designed to help disparate applications swap data more effectively, introduces four new products tailored for the ever-adapting financial services industry. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


    Web conferencing market heats up Market leader WebEx announces an alliance with Salesforce.com, while Macromedia offers free trials of its new Breeze service. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..


    The Ubiquitous Heavenly Jukebox Portable Music Cuts the Cord "At CES last month, one of the biggest 'aha' moments for me came when Rio showed me an update to its current Karma, with an MMC/SD slot that'll accept a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi card. The first use for a wireless MP3 player is fairly obvious: transferring music without physi From The Shifted Librarian on March 1, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..


    IBM heightens vertical middleware efforts New software packages target the health care, life sciences, retail and telecommunications sectors. An analyst says the tech industry will have to wrestle with some complexities. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    Gadget gives iPods gift of recording gab From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    AMD promotes, recruits new execs From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..


    Echo Chambers are a good thing, and direct descendants of the Invisible College concept. Traditionally, these have been used to help us develop new, balanced thinking. Rather than "nuking them", as Dave Winer suggests, shouldn't the emphasis be on making tools to improve them? From Monkeymagic on March 1, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..


    Pathfinder Research on Web-based Repositories - FINAL REPORT Extremely Long URL (My ISP connection dropped on my first attempt to post this, so here is a much briefer summary.) Useful report from Mark Ware for the Publisher and Library/Learning Solutions (PALS) group in the U.K. which surveys the current field of 'institutional repositories.' It's nice to see that Ware doesn't hedge at all in defining his target: " From EdTechPost on March 1, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..


    News for Today, Mar 2 Welcome to March for those readers in the Northern Hemisphere. Here's what's going on today: Raindance released Raindance Meeting Edition, a fully integrated web, audio and multipoint desktop video conferencing platform. Key features: desktop interface for meeting planning, integration with... From Kolabora.com on March 1, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..


    Webconference For Free With Macromedia Breeze Live For The Whole Month! For the month of March, Macromedia is offering free Breeze web conferencing. Using the ubiquitous Macromedia Flash Player, Breeze delivers instant web meetings without requiring special plug-ins or media players. From Kolabora.com on March 1, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..


    Access for all? Les Grivel, Access for all?, EMBO Reports 5, 222-225 (2004). Grivel considers the OA movement, giving weight to questions of whether changes to copyright law would harm the scientific enterprise, why OA journals have not yet become as cited and established as their toll-counterparts, what may hinder authors to self-archive, and whether the movement to OA will be more gradual than proponents urge. From FOS News on March 1, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..


    Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center Spearheads eBook Project and Gets ALA Award for It E-Books Open Up the World of Print to Visually Impaired Readers "The Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, TAP Information Services, and OverDrive, Inc. have won the ALA SIRSI Library Leader in Technology Grant for 2004. 'E-Books Open Up the World of Print to Visually Impaired Readers' is the innovative project being recognized. The award will be presented at the American Librry Association From The Shifted Librarian on March 1, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..


    The Brontë sisters How the Brontës Became Romantic Icons -- I've never been a huge Brontë fan (always prefering Burney and Austen) but this article was a good look at their tragic lives and its impact on their writing. Maybe I'll re-read some of that Brontë sisterly goodness soon. From megnut on March 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..


    Doublespeak Quote of the Day MPAA head Jack Valenti, on the film industry's recent win in MGM v. 321 Studios: "If you buy a DVD you have a copy. If you want a backup copy you buy another one." (Via Dr. Wex @ Blogbook.) From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on March 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..


    Corel sets WordPerfect update The company is marketing the software package as a low-cost alternative to Microsoft Office for consumers and small businesses. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..


    MeetingWizard.com http://www.meetingwizard.com/ This isn't really an 'ed tech' related post, more a public service to anyone who has had to suffer through one of my personal pet bugaboos - phone calls and meetings to schedule future meetings. Yes, you read that right - the amount of time I spend trying to schedule meetings is simply ridiculous. So if you are charged with setting up a meeting for busy folks (and who isn't these days) and these people don't all work for the same organization (and thus already have access to a common c From EdTechPost on March 1, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..


    Spy Block Act In den USA ist beabsichtigt, zum Schutz der Verbraucher ein Gesetz zu verabschieden, das dem Anwender einen kontrollierten Download der... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..


    Blackboard Releases APIs Built on the Microsoft .NET Framework (2/16/04) Blackboard Inc. today announces the release of Building Blocks built on the Microsoft .NET Framework, which give clients an easy new way to customize their Blackboard Learning System(TM) installation and further enhance the e-Learning experience for students and faculty. Blackboard clients can use Building Blocks to build their own .NET applications or integrate the Blackboard Learning System with Microsoft's powerful server and productivity applications. From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on March 1, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..


    Dan James: President of the Internet I seldom engage in me-too's but this one is just too funny to miss. I am officially endorsing Dan James as President of the Internet. Dan and his company, silverorange, helped organize the --> From Seb's Open Research on March 1, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..


    Intellectual Property v. Property, Bits v. Atoms Just after I included a post by Cardozo law professor Susan Crawford in my latest Notable + Quotable, I found her sounding the same themes in this NYT piece on copyright and innovation: "Bits are not the same as atoms. We need to reframe the legal discussion to treat the differences of bits and atoms in a more thoughtful way." Hear, hear. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on March 1, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..


    Spam's 'dirty dozen' exposed The United States, Canada, China, South Korea and the Netherlands are the top five birthplaces of spam worldwide, according to a new analysis. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..


    Bad news... and good news! Now, for some real news... If you have been to the message board recently, or the Necrotech Warfare news page, you would probably be aware that technical difficulties have held up development of Necrotech Warfare. The good news is that Chris got back in touch a while ago and so we dusted the Magefire Online project off and dragged it kicking and screaming into the twenty first century ;) Going over the code, and from numerous play tests, has revealed many bugs in the code which Ive been frantically fixing! Some more good news is that Ive started work on another project. Ive b From Spectre Software on March 1, 2004 at 12:02 p.m..


    Theory and Practice of Online Learning Theory and Practice of Online Learning, edited by Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi, is concerned with assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online. It presents, in an easily readable form, the theory, administration, tools, and methods of designing and delivering learning online. From Elearnopedia on March 1, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..


    An Internet Decade "Ten years ago, in the March 1994 issue of Wired, Berkman fellow John Perry Barlow fired a revolutionary shot heard... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


    Die Lust am Publizieren Neue Ergebnisse der Non-Profit Forschungsgruppe Pew Internet & American Life Project zeigen erstmals, welche "Publikationsfunktionen" von den Internet-Anwendern übernommen werden.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


    Leitfaden für Steuersünder Was kostet die Steueramnestie konkret? Weniger, als viele glauben. Die Fachanwälte Alexander Busse und Justus Fischer-Zernin haben einen Leitfaden für... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


    audio post powered by audblog audio post powered by audblog From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 1, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..


    ¿Compra de PageRank? He recibido esta extraña oferta por mi anterior dominio, y luego de consultarlo con el remitente (que exige anonimato), la publico: Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 14:56:38 -0000 Subject: Can I buy http://orihuela.blogspot.com/ ? Hi Would you be interested in... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 1, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..


    Will Columbia be next? The Columbia University Senate heard a report last Friday on the rising costs of scholarly publications, but has not yet considered any action. See Megan Greenwell, CU Senate Postpones Resolution Yet Again, Columbia Spectator, March 1, 2004. From FOS News on March 1, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..


    More on Cornell's Internet-First University Press Scott Carlson, Cornell Tries a New Publishing Model: Scholarship on Demand, Chronicle of Higher Education, March 5, 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). Excerpt: "Cornell University has started a publishing venture that will provide scholarly publications online free, offering readers the option to pay for a printed copy. Officials at Cornell hope that the publishing model will be one that other colleges will adopt, reducing their dependence on costly journals and trimming the need for storage space. The project, called t From FOS News on March 1, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..


    The money behind LOTR Miramax (owned by Disney) acquired the rights to The Lord of the Rings in 1996 but backed out of the deal in 1998 when Peter Jackson presented his budget. New Line Cinema (owned by Time Warner) stepped in and, under producer Barrie Osborne, stepped up to the plate. The three installments cost a toal of $270M to produce, and that's before marketing costs were added, not to mention the vaseline budget for the cameras filming Liv Tyler. So, here's a toast to the money guys who said Yes to a director whose pitch must have gone something like this:... From Joho the Blog on March 1, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..


    Dean's dysfunctional "family" Fascinating article in the Washington Post by Howard Kurtz about the dysfunctional nature of the Dean campaign organization. Reading it makes you realize that the notion that the campaign's infatuation with the Internet brought it down is a point of view that only someone infatuated with the Internet would propose. Far more destructive were the personal and organizational frictions caused by a small-town campaign suddenly going national. [Cross-posted at Loose Democracy]... From Joho the Blog on March 1, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..


    .NET report card Every couple of years Microsoft wraps a marketing label around all the major initiatives in the company. In 2000, the label was .NET; in 2003, Longhorn. As developers and IT managers ponder what the "Longhorn wave" might mean to them, InfoWorld decided to assess the current .NET wave. Its goals were many and ambitious. At the core of .NET, the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and its associated Framework (class library) would usher Microsoft developers into the world of managed code, whose benefits were already well-known to thei From Jon's Radio on March 1, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..


    SCO identifies Linux licensee EV1Servers.net signs a deal that will let it run thousands of Linux servers without facing legal consequences from SCO. Other licensees are keeping mum. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..


    Enterprise Fredericton Announces 2004 KIRA awards Deadline for submissions for this year's KIRA awards is March 29th. Information and nomination forms are available on the Enterprise Fredericton web site. From AFTER 5 on March 1, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..


    Industry Profiles Now Easily Searched We have recently added a search feature to the Industry Snapshot section which enables searches for words contained in the posted profiles. From AFTER 5 on March 1, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..


    Organization Profile: Red Hot Learning Red Hot Learning is a strategic learning and consulting company. Our goal is to superheat corporate learning strategies, kindle cultures of action, and accelerate business performance. We create real-time learning enterprises with clients who are thriving in the here and now and have the ultimate competitive edge for the future. From AFTER 5 on March 1, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..


    Rik Hall is new President Elect of AMTEC Rik Hall, Manager of Instructional Technology at the University of New Brunswick, has been named president elect of The Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada. From AFTER 5 on March 1, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..


    Innovation Foundation announces first private sector investment Ensemble Collaboration Corporation, a leading-edge developer of collaboration services for the global e-learning industry, will receive $450,000 in the form of an equity investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. From AFTER 5 on March 1, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..


    Formation of NB Chapter, Canadian Society for Training Development A new chapter of the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD) has been established in New Brunswick. From AFTER 5 on March 1, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..


    JusLink Der papierlose Prozess steht vor der Tür. Der Schweizerische Anwaltsverband, das Bundesamt für Justiz und das Schweizerische Bundesgericht erarbeiten gemeinsam... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..


    Intranet Der Betriebsrat kann nach § 40 Abs 2 BetrVG einen Anspruch darauf haben, Informationen und Beiträge in einem vom Arbeitgeber... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..


    TelCoa pushes a bottom-up approach Toni Kister takes a look at the flip side of the top-down efforts to promote telework (Bottom-up telework, Network World, 3/1/04). Many ideas are based on best practices from Canada, for example, the Commuter Challenge: "a friendly competition between Canadian cities to see which one can cut its air... From Kolabora.com on March 1, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..


    More on the Web Citation Index Barbara Quint, Thomson ISI to Track Web-Based Scholarship with NEC?s CiteSeer, Information Today, March 1, 2004. Excerpt: "With the Open Access movement bringing Web-based scholarship to increased prominence, leading A&I services that have long provided the access tools to identify scholarship face new challenges. Thomson ISI, a longtime leader in netting scholarship, primarily through citation patterns, has launched a new initiative to handle this problem. It will collaborate with FOS News on March 1, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..


    Doing the Web Database Mambo- Online Registration Site for Dance Festival As part of our support for some of our system-wide Arts programs, a few months back I agreed to build a web site and some online registration tools for the March 2004 American College Dance Festival (Southwest Regional) being hosted by our Scottsdale Community College. There are some 350 attendees from 31 different college dance programs. This was a fun design project as I got to go full bore into using pure XHTML design, two sets of style sheets to mask out thos From cogdogblog on March 1, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..


    MasterMind Explorer Issue 43 - Kolabora Live, Anonymous Surfing, Privacy And Security, Bitmap To Vector And More MasterMind Explorer Issue 43 - Kolabora Live, Anonymous Surfing, Privacy And Security, Bitmap To Vector And More From MasterMind Explorer on March 1, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..


    Verfahren der Evaluation Ich habe einen Tag lang gezögert, diesen Link hier zu präsentieren. Nicht, weil ich das Thema "Evaluation" für unwichtig halte; sondern weil es die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pesonalführung (DGFP) geschafft hat, fast alle Beiträge in dieser Ausgabe der Personalführung ihrer... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 1, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..


    JURIS ab heute mit neuem Portal Recherchieren Sie jetzt noch effizienter und navigieren Sie durch ein übersichtliches und logisch strukturiertes Informationsangebot im heute freigeschalteten juris-Portal. Auch... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..


    Browser Hijacking: Latest Security Freakout For Windows Users The ongoing Internet-security freakout for anybody using Windows keeps getting worse. Every other week yet another part of the online world gets a warning label slapped on it -- downloads, e-mail attachments, instant-messaging file transfers and now Web pages themselves. "Browser hijacking" is as bad as it gets: Like the Blaster worm, this form of trickery can take over your software silently and invisibly. Typically, users discover what has happened only after the actual hijacking: Their Internet Explorer home page and Web searches have been switched to strange sites, a flock of pop-up window From Robin Good's Latest News on March 1, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..


    How To Find Quality Photos On The Internet: The Stock XCHNG, A Clearinghouse To Search And Share Cool Images For Free SXC is a friendly community of photography addicts who generously offer their works to the public free of charge. You can easily browse or search through the categories of a huge gallery containing over 50.000 quality stock photos shot by more than 2.500 different photographers. Need a pic for your latest article or even for a commercial Web project? Have a look around, you will be surprised by the amount of excellent quality work you will find there. And while it is pretty hard to believe, there are indeed a great number of high quality photographs that you can download and use absolutely for From Robin Good's Latest News on March 1, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..


    I'm Off! Today begins the first day of our SchoolNet State Technology Conference. I'm off for a three day learning adventure. Time to find out what's new in educational technology. Oh, BTW...I'm also doing my first, big gig as a presenter with Carol and Skip Dodson. Now I'll let you guess as to the topic we'll be covering...hint...it has weblogs and education in the title. While I'm there, I'm also hoping to catch a few sessions on V From Edublog News on March 1, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..


    Un mini Pepsi au Canada Le géant des boissons gazeuses propose un nouveau produit sur le marché canadien. Fort des résultats d'un sondage sur l'intérêt du public envers la miniaturisation, Pepsi Canada offre maintenant une canette de 237 ml aux consommateurs. From miss-information.net on March 1, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..


    Microsoft bids for eBay developers The software giant offers sample code for tying XML-based Office applications to the auctioneer's listing servers. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..


    "Neue Rechte" Wie der Polizei-NL mitteilt, hat der Verfassungsschutz NRW zum Thema "Neue Rechte" eine Studie (155 S. PDF) vorgelegt mit dem... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..


    Electronic Vote Faces Big Test of Its Security - JOHN SCHWARTZ, New York Times Millions of voters in 10 states will cast ballots on Tuesday in the single biggest test so far of new touchscreen voting machines that have been billed as one of the best answers to the Florida election debacle of 2000. But many computer security expe From Techno-News Blog on March 1, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    Study: Blogging Still Infrequent - Associated Press Despite the potential of turning every Internet user into a publisher, relatively few have created Web journals called blogs and even fewer do so with regularly, a new study finds. Some bloggers indeed update their journals often, in some cases several From Techno-News Blog on March 1, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    Extra! Extra! Read All About You - Joanna Glasner, Wired ....While a few years ago only a handful of newspaper websites required user registration, industry analysts say the practice has now become commonplace. The bulk of the most widely circulated American papers, including The New York Times, the Chicago From Techno-News Blog on March 1, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    Online High delivers courses to rural classrooms miles away - GILBERT CRUZ, Times Daily Every morning in Akron Community School East's small, red-brick building, 19 students log on to a computer and learn Spanish. After a semester and a half, none of them have ever seen their teacher and probably never will. As a participant in the Alaba From Educational Technology on March 1, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    Suspended kids log on to Web class - Fredreka Schouten, Gannett News Service Cameras record every minute of Beverly Pearson From Educational Technology on March 1, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    University of Southern Indiana leads in long-distance learning - CAROL WERSICH, Courier & Press Not all of Kevin Valadares' students show up for class each day. Some, in fact, don't come to the campus at all. Valadares teaches health administration at the University of Southern Indiana. Online distance learning is allowing some of his students t From Online Learning Update on March 1, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..


    A network of one's own Government agencies are taking a do-it-yourself approach to installing new data networks, and they're even selling excess capacity. But should public bodies provide services in an industry they have a hand in regulating? From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    IBM heeds message to integrate IM, e-mail An experimental project within Big Blue could help pave the way to better integration of instant messaging with e-mail and other business applications. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    A software potential movement? Compuware executive Dan Schoenbaum urges radical change in the way companies develop, release and manage applications. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..


    Defusing Cultural Conflicts in the Classroom While surfing I stumbled across Downbrigade News and a link to an article on News.com.au about a peace program officer who was "hacked to death" by another participant. The officers were attending an English language course within the framework of... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Essay Topic For the first essay I have 6 choices but I will probably do this one: The past decade has given rise to a re-conceptualisation of 'motivation' in SLA. A number of models and frameworks have been proposed, some of which... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Stephen Krashen While look at Scott Sommers' blog I found a link to Stephen Krashens web site. This is great because he has links to several journal articles and one book that I have wanted to read: Second Language Acquisition and Second... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    CALL While reading Technology and Teaching English Language Learners I was very intrigued. This book is perfect for me as there is so much in it that I was already very fascinated by. As I was reading it my brain had... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    excerebrose excerebrose (eks-SER-ee-bros) adjective Brainless. [From Latin ex- (out of) + cerebrum (brain).] Hmm... I like this word, it's a good way to call some stupid and not have them know it. Interesting enough the theme for this week at Wordsmith... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Word of the day I added three word a day links (wordsmith, Dictionary.com, & Onelook) to the individual archive pages for each entry, the category archives, the monthly archives and the email page. *edit* I also added two quotes of the day.... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Changes to Grammar Language Hat posted a small excerpt about the rules of grammar changing from here U.S. Grammar Guild according to, the new structure loosely on an obscure 800-year-old, pre-medieval Anglo-Saxon syntax is based At a press conference recent greeted warmly the... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Thomas Leverett Thomas Leverett at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has a great links page with resources for the classroom, reviews of CALL software, sites about linguistics, discussion lists, teaching methods. and online journals.... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Professional Teachers? professional, TESOL, ESL, teaching, asia From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    New Position Today I had my orientation meeting for the new position. There are nine new teachers and six senior teachers. Apparently the program has expanded by four teachers but that is still a rather large turnover. Everyone seems really good and... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    English as "THE" world language I was reading the local newspaper this morning and noticed an article about the decline of English as a native language. This article was not available online but I did find the same article here. The idea that English will... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Lost Lost Signs Force Village to Change Name Apparently tourists would go to the village and take pictures next to the sign and/or steal the sign. The name, lost, comes from the Celtic for inn - but I guess that... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    professional organization Scott Sommers' wrote a long and inciteful post comparing the organization of medicine and EFL instruction. when it [EFL] expanded, the only regulatory bodies that were in any position to control them were those monitoring labour and migration. EFL in... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    RSS feeds I've recieved a couple of email questions about RSS, so I decided to post a link to a great post over at D2R which explains in detail what it is, how to use it, why your blog should have a... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    reading speed I came across this reading test while surfing. My score is a little lower than the last time I took this type of test. If I remember correctly that time I got around 500 wpm with 80% comprehension this time... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    eBook des Tages: Linux Jeden Tag können Sie bei tecCHANNEL ein eBook aus dem EDV-Bereich herunterladen - zum Sonderpreis von nur 1,99 Euro. Einzige... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Neues UK Weblawg Kollegin M. Marks weist gestern auf ein neues UK-Blawg mit dem Namen "Sixth Form Law Weblog" hin; leider hat sie... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    ChatterBots Chatting with Each Other at the Stage ChatterBots Chatting with Each Other at the Stagehttp://193.197.170.79/portal/stage_new.htmExperience ChatterBots chatting with each other at the Stage!! This is a very interesting site that can start to make you think about ChatterBots and what they can really say and could they possibly understand each other?? Hmmm .... Interesting ... This has been added to ChatterBots Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Linking to Documents on GPO Access Linking to Documents on GPO Accesshttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/help/linking.htmlDocuments that exist within databases on GPO Access cannot be bookmarked. In order to link to these types of documents, a unique URL string must be created. This string consists of three elements: the URL of the cgi script which retrieves the document, the Database Name which contains the document, and the Document ID of the document. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    web.resource.org web.resource.orghttp://web.resource.org/This site is building a home for information that's useful to the Web community, like specifications, namespaces and schemas. Links to pages on this server should never break and the data should never go away. Current Collection includes: RSS 1.0, syndicating content and CC, describing copyright licenses. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Code Style Code Style: Open standards Web design with CSS, XHTML, Java servlets and Javascripthttp://www.codestyle.org/The Code Style Web site aims to answer key questions for Web developers. Which Web fonts are most common? What is the best way to use media dependent stylesheets? How can I design more robust, accessible Websites? Open standards Web design with CSS, XHTML, Java servlets and Javascript including web font statistics, media stylesheet guide and open standards design. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Legal Links for College and University Attorneys Legal Links for College and University Attorneyshttp://webpages.uah.edu/~woodwaw/ooch/zwebview.htmlThese links are arranged by categories. Any category with an entry reflecting the number of entries can be collapsed by left clicking on the category description and expanded by left clicking on that description again. Clicking on a link under a category will take you to a table entry which restates the entry's name under the heading "Subject" and has a corresponding entry entitled "Document From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Space Calendar Space Calendarhttp://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/calendar.htmlThe Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries for the coming year. Included are over 1,300 links to related home pages. This Calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke. This has been added to Astronomy Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations Resources 2004 Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations Resources 2004http://AdvertisingMarketingResources.BlogSpot.com/Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide By Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. ISSN: 1538-9456 © Copyright Office Registration Number TX 5-492-854 38 Pages .pdf Format - Table of Contents:IntroductionResearch SourcesReference SourcesSearch Engine SourcesDirectory and Database SourcesAdvertising Resources URLs From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on March 1, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..


    An Experiment in Social Computing - Laurence F. Johnson, Syllabus The NMC is an organization dedicated not only to engaging its 170 member institutions on timely topics of current interest and emergent thinking, but also one that strives to walk the walk in the ways it uses technology. As an approach to helping membe From Online Learning Update on March 1, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    Junior Professor Criticizes HBS Through Blog - DANIEL J. HEMEL, the Crimson A junior faculty member at Harvard Business School (HBS) is using his popular weblog to sound a warning that the school From Online Learning Update on March 1, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..


    IBM plugs into electronic trading hub Big Blue is moving one of its supply chain applications over to an electronics industry trading hub in a move designed to wring cost out of its hardware business. From CNET News.com on March 1, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..


    Taming Tuition With the cost of attending public colleges reaching record highs, state lawmakers are contemplating caps or other ways of making increases more predictable. From Chronicle: free on March 1, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..


    Empathy, Testosterone, And Autism A British psychologist has a surprising theory about the developmental disorder that is being diagnosed in more and more children. From Chronicle: free on March 1, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..


    >Viele Vorurteile, wenige Wahrheiten< Hochschulforscher... "Nicht Geb&uuml;hren schrecken ab, sondern Lebenshaltungskosten", so der Kasseler Hochschulforscher Ulrich Teichler in der S&uuml;ddeutschen Zeitung vom 1.3.2004 In dem Bericht findet sich u.a. ein interessanter L&auml;ndervergleich und folgende Zitate: &#8222;Sie k&ouml;nnen nicht so viel Schaden anrichten, wie die Gegner sagen, aber sie bewirken auch nicht so viel Positives, wie ihre Bef&uuml;rworter versprechen.&#8220; (...) Die Hoffnung, &uuml;ber Geb&uuml;hren mehr Geld in die Kassen zu... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on March 1, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..


    Mars Theory Not Just Hot Air Hydrogen peroxide in the atmosphere around Mars? It's there, according to new research. The discovery confirms decades-old theories about the planet's spatial chemistry. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    S.F.: If You're Asked, Don't Tell The San Francisco Board of Supervisors sponsors a ballot measure that it says would protect city residents from Patriot Act investigations. The city joins a growing list of municipalities leery of the law. By Julia Scheeres. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Change Your Input, Get an Earful Switching from standard earbuds to Shure's E3c -- which fit in the ear canal -- is an aural revelation. A product review by Leander Kahney. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Buy Offline, Get Spammed Online The Direct Marketing Association says offline businesses that track down the e-mail addresses of customers to pitch them more stuff online are providing a 'benefit' to consumers. Critics beg to differ. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Greenpeace Founder Green No More Three decades ago, Patrick Moore helped found Greenpeace. Today he promotes nuclear energy and genetically modified foods -- and swears he's still fighting to save the planet. By Drake Bennett from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Jamming Tags Block RFID Scanners A security technology company introduces a device that can prevent radio-frequency tags from being tracked. It could protect the privacy of shoppers, but it won't come out for a few years -- and it could be banned. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Apple SF Opens With a Bang It was a long time coming for the Silicon Valley company that helped launch the personal computer in the 1970s with its Apple II. But Apple San Francisco finally joins major Mac outlets in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Tokyo. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Oracle Still Wants It Bad. Why? Analysts ask whether CEO Larry Ellison is so bent on his takeover quest, he might hurt his company. This in response to Oracle's announcement it will challenge a government lawsuit blocking its PeopleSoft takeover attempt. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    TED Goers Ponder Bliss, Future An eclectic group of thinkers reevaluate life's big-picture questions at a free-wheeling technology and design conference in Monterey, California. TED is a four-day immersion in ideas, invention and fun. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Extra! Extra! Read All About You Most newspapers have given up the idea of charging money to view their websites. Increasingly, however, they're asking readers to provide personal information in exchange for their content. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on March 1, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..


    Personal visualisations of e-mail archives Yesterday, taking a break from writing I was reading a paper about effects of visualising e-mail archives, Digital artifacts for remembering and storytelling: PostHistory and Social Network Fragments&nbsp;by Fernanda Vi&#233;gas, danah boyd, David H. Nguyen, Jeffrey Potter, Judith Donath&nbsp;(try this or this&nbspMathemagenic on March 1, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..


    Metification and blog certificates. My colleagues are moving into blogging :) One of them, Anjo Anjewierden&nbsp;starts with a couple of interesting ideas. Metification:So, what is "metification"? Metification is the idea of taking a set of data resulting from a knowledge worker and representing it such that it stimulates new ideas or insights. The term "metification" originates from "meta-ideas" which got contracted to "meti". I guess the example of --> From Mathemagenic on March 1, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..


    Ganadores de los Oscar El Retorno del Rey se llevó las once estatuillas a las que aspiraba y Balseros no consiguió la que merecía. Ver: Lista de ganadores de los Oscar en oscar.com y en oscars.org. Otras fuentes y la interesante cobertura de El... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 1, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..


    Technology Can Extend Access to Postsecondary Education: An Action Agenda for the South From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 4:49 a.m..


    W3C Hosts 4th Annual Technical Plenary Week 2004-03-01: W3C holds its Technical Plenary Week from 1-5 March in Cannes-Mandelieu, France where 30 W3C Working Groups and Interest Groups hold face-to-face meetings. Participants and invited guests attend the plenary mid-week where they will be 3-minute lightning talks and presentations on Web architecture, mixed markup, quality assurance, new Web devices and searching the Web. W3C thanks sponsors IBM and Sun Microsystems for their generous support. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on March 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..


    J.D. Posts Book Outline J.D. Lasica has posted the chapter outline of his upcoming book, and wants your feedback. My initial impression is that this will be a terrific read. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..


    Voice over the Internet: Just Another Application Clay Shirky: VoIP - Plan A vs Plan B. The incumbent local phone companies -- Verizon, SBC, BellSouth and Qwest -- have various degrees of interest in VoIP, but are loathe to embrace it quickly or completely, because doing so means admitting to everyone -- shareholders, regulators, customers -- that both monopoly control and artificially high voice revenues are going away. (The fact that this is true does not much lessen the pain of saying so.) As a result, they will likely try to convince regulatory agencies, both the FCC and the stDan Gillmor's eJournal on March 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..


    Tokyo Blogger Gathering: We Have a Location Okay, we'll be meeting for drinks on Tuesday evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. or so at "Brasserie Ginza Lion" -- Sanno Park Tower B1F 2-11-1 Nagata-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo tel. 03-3539-3615 It's about a minute walk from Tameike'Sannno station, two minutes from Kokkai Gijido station and seven minutes from Akasaka Mitsuke station. The Sanno Park Tower is on Sotobori-Dori street near the Sann-shita crossing. Please e-mail me if you plan to come so I can let the es From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..


    Academy for Jewish Religion, California launches Web site Site profiles faculty and administration, Rabbinical, Cantorial and Chaplaincy programs [PRWEB Mar 1, 2004] From PR Web on March 1, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    A gift for all teens: Mr. G. teaches insight and inspiration Rob Garofalo, Jr. is a positive authority figure for all teens. He is a welcome bright light in a sometimes dark world--a real mentor on personal character, emotional intelligence, and social action. [PRWEB Mar 1, 2004] From PR Web on March 1, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Care2Learn Included in Brandon-Hall.com's 2004 Custom Content Developers: Comparative Analysis of 97 Outsourced E-Learning Providers Care2Learn is pleased to be included in brandon-hall.com's new comparative profile of 97 custom content developers. This new comparative analysis will assist prospective healthcare buyers searching for content created for their employees and industry. Within very specific industries such as long term care, home care and rehabilitation, learning management is a very new concept. [PRWEB Mar 1, 2004] From PR Web on March 1, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..


    Grundrechte Einen Examenskurs zu den Grundrechten (220 S. PDF) hat Tschentscher komplett ins Internet gestellt. Besonders hervorzuheben ist der Multiple-Choice-Fragen-Teil und... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 1, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..


    Gates: today's PCs are only a 'rough draft' From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Vantage Point: Free online scientific journals make sense From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Distance Learning Administration 2004 From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Call For Papers - Learning Technology Newsletter From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Centra Summit 2004 - Centra's Fifth Annual Worldwide User Conference From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    KVCC [Kalamazoo Valley Community College] to offer executive training From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    OLA [Open Learning Agency] severance payouts questioned From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Teachers reach far-flung students via Net From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    Problems at e-learning university From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 1, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..


    In Alaska, Getting There Is Half the Fun Hundreds of Alaskan high school sports teams habitually crisscross a mammoth state on jets, marine ferries, vans and even caravans of snowmobiles. From New York Times: Education on March 1, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..


    Harvard Plans Center to Grow Stem Cells Harvard plans to open a multimillion-dollar center that could be the largest privately financed stem cell research project in the country. From New York Times: Education on March 1, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..


    Deconstructing the Video Game An increasing number of scholars are turning their attention to the video game, creating graduate programs, conferences and journals devoted to game studies. From New York Times: Education on March 1, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..


    Learning Object Repository Software Yes, I am still obsessed with Maricopa , don't ask why. However there are some interesting developments in the world of LOR Software, and at some point someone will hit on the right model. I do believe that they are the way to iron out the perceived inequalities in the standards of education. Until then EdTechPost's Wiki has a fairly comprehensive list of Learning Object Repository software . Names that stand out include: Careo Intrallect intraLibrary Fedora Which reminds me, has anyone used the OAI Harvesting protocol? I have been working with it quite a bit lately and it is ... From Shootmouth on March 1, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..


    Saturday: Theory and Practice of Online Learning Elearnspace calls it an important experiment in the value of open source content. We call it an online book. The Theory and Practice of Online Learning ... From Shootmouth on March 1, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..


    Problems at e-learning university From ScotFEICT on March 1, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..


    More on Gibson's Anti-Semitic Snuff Film William Safire column:Because the director's wallowing in gore finds an excuse in a religious purpose &#8212; to show how horribly Jesus suffered for humanity's sins &#8212; the bar against film violence has been radically lowered. Movie mayhem, long resisted by parents, has found its loophole; others in Hollywood will now find ways to top Gibson's blockbuster, to cater to voyeurs of violence and thereby to make bloodshed banal. What are the dramatic purposes of this depiction of cruelty and p From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 1, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..


    First Issue of skillecosystem.news An online newsletter designed to promote new thinking and practice within the vocational education and training (VET) community. Skillecosystem.news will keep you up to date with news from the Australian National Training Authority skillecosystem project. The project's objective is to better connect work and skills with economic and social development. Skillecosystems are clusters of skills within regions and industries that are shaped by the nature of firms, the characteristics of products and markets, and institutional and policy settings. The skillecosystem project is exploring the rol From The Shifted Librarian on March 1, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..


    Low-cost Audiobooks from the Public Domain Low-cost, DRM-free Audiobooks, to Make an Audio Gutenberg Project "TellTale Weekly is a new audiobook service selling low-cost (&lt;$1) audiobooks as DRM-free MP3s and Oggs -- and building an audiobook version of the Gutenberg Project by releasing all their titles under a Creative Commons license after 5 years or 100,000 paid downloads, whichever comes first. There aren't many tracks up there yet, but as a cert From The Shifted Librarian on March 1, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..


    Making Citations Easier A Cite to Delight in "After enduring a few book projects and several whitepapers, we know the pain that is footnotes. Apparently, so do the folks over at Encyclop&aelig;dia Britannica (example). We&#146;ve noticed recently that they have introduced a helpful feature: Ready-made citations.... While online news sites might not think of themselves as academic resources, people are turning the Web fi From The Shifted Librarian on March 1, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..


    Nice to See the Treo 600 Making a Difference for a Doctor Treo 600 "After a few months of watching and waiting, I did finally get a treo 600 It is a useful tool that combines the cellphone and PDA.... While I do find the device useful as a PDA (it's got all of the old standbys installed: epocrates, 5mcc, shots) ... and of course a phone ... the best thing about From The Shifted Librarian on March 1, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..


    Born to Be Mobile Half the World to Have Mobile Phones by 2015 "Four billion people, or half the world's population, will communicate using mobile phones by 2015, up from the 1.3 billion or so who have them now, the industry's top executive predicted on Wednesday. By 2008, the world will already have two billion mobile users, said Jorma Ollila, chairman and chief executive of Finland's Nokia, which makes about two out of every five name-brand han From The Shifted Librarian on March 1, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..


    Presenting data While looking for the website of Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary near Naples, Florida, I found their Wildlife Checklist, which is a good model for organizing and presenting data. They group their list of animals by familiar categories, then divide the year into two month units, and record the presence of animals by a simple set of coded letters indicating how rare or common they are. The people who created the checklist must have recorded a lot of data, and once they did that work their... From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 29, 2004 at 11:50 p.m..


    Googlish Search Tool for Outlook Find Anything in Outlook in Seconds! "OK, I'm officially excited. I have so much 'stuff' in so many folders in Outlook that I often spend way too much time searching. Yes, I use all sorts of organizational schemes, ctagories, flags, labels, and other tricks to try to make it obvious (to me) why I filed something where I did. But, I often end up hiding stuff from the person who needs it most... me! Here's an elegant solution. --> From The Shifted Librarian on February 29, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..


    Inherent value testing Jared M. Spool has written an article on the using a technique he calls inherent value testing. To quote: Inherent Value Testing showed us what was valuable about the site and its underlying services. It gives us a concise, easy... From Column Two on February 29, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..


    CC Contest Winners The winners of the Creative Commons contest have been announced. I would have had a particularly hard time picking between the first two. "Mix Tape" is a brilliant way of making the point. From Lessig Blog on February 29, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..


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