More meta-posting (dare I invoke 'housecleaning'?) The half-dozen or so readers of this page know that I am prone to what my friend Martha referred to as the bloggin’ blues: I’d been thinking about the ol’ millstone. I’ve found that neglecting your blog is like being at a meeting with people you don’t really know. You haven’t said anything for a while… you start to feel... From Object Learning on March 23, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Filter flaw vexes Hotmail, Yahoo A problem in the way Web-based e-mail services Hotmail and Yahoo Mail filter messages could have allowed an attacker to steal access rights and data from users. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Switching from PHP to Zope/Python Occasionally, when working with computers, you get to experience a completely new way of thinking about problems long thought solved. Rarer still does one find a new set of solutions that are so well thought out and integrated that older approaches seem clumsy by comparison. Recently I discovered Zope, and having understood its principles I decided to abandon my years of PHP experience in pursuit of a better way. From kuro5hin.org on March 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Science Commons As we announced in our short film "Reticulum Rex" and on this blog in January, one of Creative Commons' New Year's Resolutions was to explore a Science Commons -- a new, parallel branch of our organization dedicated to investigating how our "some rights reserved" model can be applied to pressing problems in science and the field of biomedical research. Thanks to the hard work of our Board of Directors and many friends of Creative Commons, that process From Creative Commons: weblog on March 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

FundRace shows neighbors' political donations Curious how much Bill Gates gave President George W. Bush? A political contribution-tracking Web site that's taking advantage of recent campaign finance reform can tell you. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Biomed Central using Creative Commons Biomed Central, a publishing house offering free access to over 100 journals of peer-reviewed biomedical research, has recently adopted the Attribution license on all their submissions. From Creative Commons: weblog on March 23, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Opera's browser finds its voice Norway-based Opera is adding voice control to its eponymous browser, allowing users to browse the Web by talking to their PC and have the contents of Web sites read back to them. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Red Hat revenue, profit rise The top Linux seller reports a net income of $5 million and revenue that grew 43 percent for its most recent quarter. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Microsoft puts new face on small-business site The software maker folds its bCentral portal into its new Small Business Center, a Web site catering to companies with modest staffing and information technology needs. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

RSS' Continuing Inroads

OTRS:::Trouble Ticket System Quote: "OTRS is an Open source Ticket Request System (also well known as trouble ticket system) with many features to manage customer telephone calls and e-mails. The system is built to allow your support, sales, pre-sales, billing, internal IT, helpdesk, etc. department to react quickly to inbound inquiries. Do you receive many e-mails and want to answer them with a team of agents? You're going to love the OTRS!"Comment: Nice looking package.  We're going to have a need for something like this very soon. From Serious Instructional Technology on March 23, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..

Study: Price gives DSL an edge in broadband Price is key for U.S. surfers considering moving from dial-up to broadband, according to a new survey, which could help phone companies win out over cable rivals. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

IDC: Software vendors chart licensing sea change Software makers are moving toward subscription-based licensing, as changing demands from customers dictate a shift from the paradigm of a one-time sale with upgrades, says a research report. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Novell Sets Sights on 'Complete Linux Desktop' Some people have been asking how my Linux project is going. I have been meaning to write it up, but you know how it is. My office and home desktops are Linux, as is my wife's desktop. My web server is, of course, Linux. My laptop remains Windows because no wireless internet driver is available for the special Dell built-in wireless PCI. The Linux is working pretty well. But it's not all gravy. For example: I wanted to access a service on NHL.com a couple of days ago. It requires that my browser have the Java plugin. Click here - so I did. Software downloads and installs, just like it From OLDaily on March 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Microsoft, America Online to Play MLB Games This is being reported as a content deal, and of course it is. But look a little deeper and you discover that the streaming video feeds are being used to bolster Microsoft's software streaming service and content networks. And it comes just after Real media ended an agreement with the league (which, of course, immediately dropped support for the Real Media format). Major League baseball may be selling content, but their clients are these software and access companies, who, while they (still) charge subscription From OLDaily on March 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Want Some Springsteen With That Big Mac? This is getting mainstream, and I will soon stop covering further instance of this (though no doubt people will continue to question my take on this well into the next decade). McDonald's has made a deal with music distributor Sony where "those songs would then be offered to McDonald's patrons for free with the purchase of certain menu items, with customers receiving codes they can use online for the downloads." As I have been trying to say for a long time now, it's another case of content being used to sell a higher value product. Think about it: if the free song is the give From OLDaily on March 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

The Guerra Scale You will notice, at the very bottom of the Guerra scale of levels of user experience, at the worst level possible, is PDF. So of course I'm going to cite this paper, no matter what else it says. After PDF, we get things like page turners, online tests, movement in text and graphics, multimedia, and eventually, full immersive simulations or virtual reality. By Tim Guerra & Dan Heffernan, Learning Circuits, March, 2004 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on March 23, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

What's Going On I was going to link to the Strategy+Business item on Power Laws and complexity, but they wanted me to fill out a form demanding to know everything but blood type (which they probably have on file from Microsoft), so I decided to link to Jay Cross's discussion instead, which requires no registration and is probably more accurate. Anyhow, Jay gave me some lemons when he came to visit the other day. "Why has complexity become my recurring obsession? Perhaps because complexity challenges the bedrock of Isaac Newton, rationality, cause and effect, an ordered universe, and faith in logic. The w From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

For Apple, ups, downs and unsolicited advice The Mac maker suffers a snub at the hands of Adobe, manages to get its Xserve G5 server out the door after a month's delay, and gets a tip on the iPod from Real CEO Rob Glaser. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

TiVo tunes in to advertisers The company plans to unveil a new feature this fall that will bring Web-like, interactive ads to TV. But will advertisers warm up to its latest experiment? From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Big Changes in Small Payments What you need to know about micropayments -- technology that can make it practical for e-tailers to process payments for small-ticket items. From E-Commerce Guide on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Adobe turns its back on Mac again The software maker plans to drop the Mac version of its FrameMaker publishing software. It's the latest of several apparent snubs against Apple Computer's operating system. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

BREW to pipe Hotmail into cell phones Microsoft is set to deliver Hotmail e-mail and MSN Messenger to handsets and other wireless devices that use Qualcomm's BREW download software. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Attention, Wal-Mart shoppers: 88-cent downloads The mammoth brick-and-mortar retailer marches into the crowded marketplace of online music stores with cut-rate prices. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Get hip--improve voice coverage, wireless execs told Hip-hop kingpin and Motorola partner Russell Simmons has some advice for cell phone companies: Data-based features like downloadable music are cool, but improving voice coverage is cooler. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

New RIAA file-swapping suits filed The record industry group steps up the pace of its legal action--with a new focus on students. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Cat Statistics I have run some anonymous statistics for my web site.The average user is called Sarah Jones aged 31. They like to register on a Thursday in January at 9pm from a Hotmail account. They have a 5 year old black British Domestic Shorthair cat with green eyes and short hair. It is vaccinated for flu, enteritis and leukeamia plus is neutered and microchipped. It will live till 10. The oldest user is 73 and the youngest 3. The statistics will improve with more registered cats. It is good to see how many cats are vaccinated, neutered and microchipped. I now know when to plan down time and who my targ From Kittens In the UK - Content Channel on March 23, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Google, Yahoo! and BlogsGoogleBot seems to not lik ... Google, Yahoo! and BlogsGoogleBot seems to not like blogs anymore, on the other hand, Yahoo! welcomes them and keeps them higher up in the rankings than Google. We??ll see what Google??s PageRank update in the coming weeks will do about blogs.----- [theunofficialgoogleweblog]That's it. The PR of my Chinese blog drops from 7/10 to 6/10, while cnblog.org drops from 7 to 6, too. From on March 23, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Evaluating SNS teamI'm evaluating some biz plans a ... Evaluating SNS teamI'm evaluating some biz plans and web sites providing SNS service in China. Also I will soon visit those teams to see how to help them grow and approach international VCs. For sure, arena of SNSs in China is now emerging. And just like what I said to two teams last afternoon, at least half of current teams will disappear by the end of this year. From on March 23, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Mark Pilgrim is a great writer Sorry for implying that he isn't in my previous post as Tomas pointed out! In fact, due to Mark's writing, I've learned tons of stuff about Python and accessibility. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on March 23, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Widowed Mom Studies Abroad An inspiring young widow has a memorable learning experience in Italy.... From Adult/Continuing Education on March 23, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

BlogWalk 1.0 page with new look... and a new box that displays the aggregated follow-up material. Encouraged by the kind feedback we are getting from the participants of our meeting in Enschede, The Netherlands, we are pushing BlogWalk 2.0 into the planning stage. It will most likely take place in Nürnberg, Germany, and focus on personal Webpublishing and its role in self-organized and informal learning. [Sebastian Fiedler] From Seblogging News on March 23, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Archives seek to nullify "effectively perpetual" copyright term Yesterday Brewster Kahle and Richard Prelinger filed a suit in a federal district court in California claiming that the Berne Convention Implement Act (BCIA) and Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) together create an "effectively perpetual" copyright term for a certain category of works, and therefore violate the U.S. constitution. The affected works were published after January 1, 1964, and before January 1, 1978. Kahle, Chairman of the Internet Archive, and Prelinger From FOS News on March 23, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

Carl Lagoze wins LITA Kilgour award Carl Lagoze has won the 2004 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology. Carl is the co-creator of the Open Archives Initiative, co-inventor of FEDORA and DIENST, and one of the undisputed godfathers of online access and interoperability standards. The Kilgour Award is sponsored by LITA and OCLC, and will be presented at the LITA meeting within the ALA Annual Conference on June 28 in Orlando, Florida. Congratulations, Carl! From FOS News on March 23, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

von Mises Institute on viability of online book publishing Jeffrey Tucker, Books, Online and Off, Ludwig von Mises Institute, March 22, 2004. An update to Tucker's earlier blog piece. (See Peter Suber's posting from 3/15/04) Tucker points out that online books and their print counterparts are seen as complementary, fulfilling similar and disparate functions for the reader. One example discussed is Mises' Omnipotent Government, which the "current publisher" declined the Instit From FOS News on March 23, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

New at the BOAI web site The Budapest Open Access Initiative has added a page on Important Open Access Initiatives, such as the Bethesda Statement and Berlin Declaration. It has also created an Open Access Resources page to organize some of the content already on the site such as its guide to repository software and business guides for OA journals. From FOS News on March 23, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

Governor blogs The Governer of Wisconsin is writing a blog. It looks, feels and smells like a real blog written by an actual person. Very cool. [Thanks to Frank for the link.]... From Joho the Blog on March 23, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

[pcf] User-created content Hank Barry (former CEO of Napster) moderates. He cites a Pew study that says 44% of Net users say they've contributed something to the Net. 140M camera phones in 2004. 115 photo-sharing services. DeviantArt has 4M works of art posted. And there's growing resistance to ISP offerings that restrict uploading. Shane Robison (HP [Home of computers armed with DRM to lock you out]) says that his customers want to produce their own content. Rob Glaser (RealNetworks [Talk about your bad defaults! Real is close to deceptive when it walks you through its install program]) points out that not ev From Joho the Blog on March 23, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

[pcf] OnFolio I shared a cab ride to PC Forum with Adam Berrey of OnFolio, and then yesterday I got a demo. It looks very useful. It lets you save and organizes ages and snippets of pages. You know how many bookmarks I have on my bookmarks list? About five. I can't tell you why, but I just don't find it an hospitable environment for saving pages and scraps. OnFolio looks like it might do it. The foldering is easy, it saves bunches of metadata, and it wraps entire pages into .mhs files that contain all the images. It also looks... From Joho the Blog on March 23, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..

Confused on the Trail to the Learning Objects Summit Following Stephen Downes' recent announcement, I was eager to tune into the webcast for the March 29-30 EduSource Learning Objects Summit-- the agenda seems a fair mix of high level overview (yea!) and a pile of technical acronym soup sessions (pass the bowl to someone else). The Canadians really have their act together as far as collaborative approaches to educational technology issues, well at least from the perspective down here in the province of Arizona. B From cogdogblog on March 23, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

Full InfoEyes Virtual Reference Service for the Visually Impaired Goes Live "Visually impaired persons in select libraries around the United States are participating in a six-month pilot project which officially opens on Monday, March 22, to test an online information and virtual reference service designed specifically for their needs. The service will be offered through InfoEyes, http://www.infoeyes.org/, a virtual reference and information community for the visually impaired. Through the pilot project, visually impaired patrons will From The Shifted Librarian on March 23, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..

Call for Participation: SIGGRAPH 2004 Web Graphics 2004-03-23: The Web Graphics Track at SIGGRAPH 2004 is accepting submissions through 31 March. Potential topics include Web standards, Internet applications, usability, accessibility, visualization, animation and games. The Web Graphics Track is a recent addition to the world's premier graphics conference which runs this year from 8-12 August in Los Angeles CA, USA. Read about the W3C Graphics Activity. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on March 23, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..

Working Draft: VoiceXML 2.1 2004-03-23: The Voice Browser Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of the Voice Extensible Markup Language (VoiceXML) 2.1. Fully backwards-compatible with VoiceXML 2.0, the draft's purpose is to standardize eight additional features implemented by VoiceXML platforms. Visit the Voice Browser home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on March 23, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Internet Bandwidth Shocker: Pigeons Beat DSL!

PC Forum E-Mail Panel: No Mention of RSS The panelists discussing the e-mail meltdown at PC Forum have talked about lots of solutions to the various problems with the medium, notably spam and the overall difficulty of making e-mail work right for all the uses we've created for it. But there wasn't even a mention of RSS, which could solve many of the problems. Sheesh. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 23, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

How to forge an S/MIME signature The other day I received an email message from jon_udell@infoworld.com, accompanied by a valid S/MIME digital signature. But the message wasn't from me, it was from David Wall (see earlier post), and here's what it said: ... From Jon's Radio on March 23, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Motorola to support Good wireless system The deal is a potential coup for Good Technology, a growing rival of BlackBerry creator Research In Motion. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Apple delivers Xserve G5 The Mac maker finally ships its new single-processor server and plans to release the dual-processor version in April. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Reinventing the wheel Fighting with CSS, wrestling with one's conscience. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on March 23, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

[pcf] Eric Johnson: What do consumers want? Eric does research on the behavior of shoppers and browsers. Defaults matter (he says) because people like to be able to make choices, but they don't want to have to make choices. E.g., if the form for new employees that lets them opt into a 401K plan starts out with 3%, lots of people will take that "choice." E.g., XP defaults to having firewalls off. The biggest change they could make would be to pre-check the box on the form where you make the settings. People are very loyal. The average time people spend on Amazon decreases on repeat... From Joho the Blog on March 23, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

RNC gets mash Mash media is now Republican. This is well-done. From Lessig Blog on March 23, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Why People Blog A couple of pretty interesting reads on just why it is people do this stuff. The first, titled "'I'm Blogging This' A Closer Look at Why People Blog" (via Lilia) is a comprehensive look at what blogs are, who uses them and, of course, why. Much of it resonates, and much of it has implications for Weblog use in the classroom. For instance: For bloggers who think by writing, blogging provides two vital advantages: an audience to help shape the writing From weblogged News on March 23, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Groupblogs and its traits This is an open letter Hi Martin, very briefly after our discussion about the differences of groupblogs and individual blogs and particularily about the aspects of personal feelings and opinions in such contexts I experien... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 23, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Let your customers sell your software Paul Everitt's Zope Dispatches blog today features a narrated screen video that demonstrates oXygen, Paul's weapon of choice for wrangling XML and XSLT. I invite everyone -- and in particular the marketing folks at SyncRO Soft, Ltd (oXygen's maker) -- to compare what's happening on the oXygen site with what's happening on Paul's blog. ... From Jon's Radio on March 23, 2004 at 10:47 a.m..

Jessie okay after Checkup Jessie had her post operative checkup today. Her one tooth is fine but the other had a bit of root coming through. The Vet removed this with a spike wiuthout anesthic. Jessie who had been bothered by the car journey and the noise of the building work at the practice lurched at the Vet in pain. Fortunatley the Vet had lightning sharp reflexes and avoided injury. Jessie is back now and has been pacified with a bit of ham. From Kittens In the UK - Content Channel on March 23, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Gutachten des Bundestags: Studiengebühren sind... Studiengebühren sollen den Unis mehr Geld bringen, den Studenten mehr Mitsprache - offenbar alles Humbug. Nach einem neuen Bundestags-Gutachten behalten die Länder die Einnahmen, die Hochschulen dagegen haben jede Menge Scherereien. [...] Dass Hochschulen und auch Studenten selbst nicht wirklich von Studiengebühren profitieren, belegen auch Beispiele aus anderen Ländern. In Österreich etwa kassiert der Staat einen Großteil der Beiträge ein, so dass die Studenten... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on March 23, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

M.I. Smart! Program - techLearning Brief Description of the Site: This site emphasizes the importance of addressing multiple intelligences. The web site seeks to support learning by "nurturing talents and abilities of all children" recognizing multiple intelligences. What those intelligenc From Educational Technology on March 23, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

TypeKey? You Blow Me The correct answer here is FOAF. I don't remember what the question was, but that never seems to matter. The correct answer is always FOAF. (650 words) From dive into mark on March 23, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

The Death of the Art of Writing: Myth or Reality? - Victor Tiong Kung Ming, Ubiquity Who cares about writing anymore? With the advancement of communications technology, especially the rapid growth of computer-mediated communication and the use of mobile phones, more and more people, particularly the educated young generation, embrace t From Techno-News Blog on March 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Satellite Struggles to Find Niche - Randy Dotinga, Wired The early days of satellite radio could hardly have been less auspicious. XM Satellite Radio planned to debut its service Sept. 12, 2001, but the nation ended up having other things on its mind that week. Once the service got up and running, subscriber From Techno-News Blog on March 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

New domains could be coming - Associated Press Ten organizations submitted applications to sponsor new Internet domains, including ".mobi" for mobile services and ".xxx" for adult content, the group that oversees key aspects of thu global network announced Friday. Each organization paid $45,000 to ap From Techno-News Blog on March 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Got Grokker? - techLearning In the ever-expanding World Wide Web, the most relevant resources for research are not always on the first page of Google results. Sometimes they're not even on the first 20 pages. Data visualization tool Grokker offers some relief for users looking to From Educational Technology on March 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

oeChalkBox Project Launched to Integrate Publishers Blackboard Inc. announced that it has joined three of the world From Online Learning Update on March 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Sure signs - watching a language grow online - The Age, Australia For businesses looking through the narrow prism of return on their e-learning investments, learner motivation and courseware relevance are said to be the keys to success. But contributor-based e-learning, where we go on to learn from each other after h From Online Learning Update on March 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Virtual Universities: Real Possibilities -Rhonda M. Epper and Myk Garn, Educause Review Virtual colleges/universities (VCUs), as we know them in the United States,1 were created amid the technology boom of the mid-to-late 1990s.... Then 2001 brought an economic downturn, hitting the technology sector especially hard and driving more reali From Online Learning Update on March 23, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Passport to nowhere? Microsoft's grand plans for selling its online ID system to Web retailers has fizzled, analysts say. But expect Passport to be quietly resurrected in other products. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Running wireless' new direction Former NFL all-star and congressman Steve Largent takes charge as head of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Supremes Weigh In on ID Debate Do you have the right to remain silent? Justices hear arguments in a first-of-its-kind case that explores whether people can be arrested for refusing to identify themselves. From Wired News on March 23, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

Go On, Say the Unpopular Thing Musings and observations from the South by Southwest festival. Katie Dean reports from Austin, Texas. From Wired News on March 23, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

Robots Invade San Francisco Robot creators and fans from around the world converge on San Francisco for a weekend of fighting, climbing, wrestling and teaching at the first Robolympics. By Lore Sjöberg. From Wired News on March 23, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

Pay Once, Share Often With LWDRM The German organization that came up with the MP3 format now proposes a way to keep it under control. LWDRM would put licensing problems in the hands of the consumer. Henny van der Pluijm reports from Hannover, Germany. From Wired News on March 23, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

Privacy Maven Now Works for Feds Lisa Dean, one of the most vocal critics of the government's privacy policies, takes a job as the Transportation Security Administration's top privacy officer. Her move raises eyebrows. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on March 23, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

Engineers Just Wanna Make Art Armed with video displays and circuit boards, artist Jim Campbell looks at time, memory and human perception. Kendra Mayfield reports from Palo Alto, California. From Wired News on March 23, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..

TypeKey FAQ Kudos to Six Apart for addressing the concerns of the community with an excellent FAQ. If only other companies would respond so well to feedback. From the TypeKey FAQ: QUOTEWith Movable Type comment registration, we've provided a great deal of options for weblog owners. At release (remember, we're still in Alpha), we plan to provide a detailed user's guide to comment registration and comment management options. But, for now, we want to provide a From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on March 23, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

80/20 or bust Pareto Rules In 1897, Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto noted that wealth was distributed unevenly. 20% of the people owned 80% of the assets. The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80/20 Rule, says that often, 80% of the results come from 20% of the effort.... From Internet Time Blog on March 23, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

SumTotal Systems Unveils the SumTotal Enterprise SuiteT From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Brandeis University selects WebCT Vista for powerful, efficient management of fast-growing academic enterprise From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Farmers in Chongqing City benefit from internet learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Accessible Distance Education From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

New learning models under scrutiny From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

21st century skills, the future of technology and education From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Color That Blueprint to Success Violet From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Shell and The Open University Announce Learning Partnership From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Compensation Models in Distance Education: National Survey Questionnaire Revisited From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Mailbucket & Big IDEA Todd Slater of a nice lookin' new edublog, Big IDEA, picks up on my RSS feed plea and suggests that Mailbucket is a pretty cool tool ... and it looks like it is too! "For now its only feature is a public email-to-RSS gateway: forward your email to slurp@mailbucket.org and have your news reader pick it up at mailbucket.org/slurp.xml" [--> From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Fictional Organizations A call for help! A colleague / client (it's not like I make any money out of this ;o) of mine is looking at creating a fictional organization online with processes, departments, people, branding, projects etc. in order to run a post & under-grad unit of project management & IT Services. We may even staff it!!! Does anyone know of any fictional organizations created for this kind (or any other kind of) purpose? From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on March 23, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Game for Messaging InfocomBot for AOL Instant Messenger "If you have an AOL Instant Messenger account, send an IM to InfocomBot or InfocomBot2. I set up an automated bot to play classic Infocom text adventure games from your favorite IM client, T-Mobile Sidekick, or any other device that connects to AIM. It supports "save" and "restore" commands, so you don't need to lose your place.If you've never played a text adventure game before, Brass Lantern has a gre From The Shifted Librarian on March 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

FYI for Kate The Sopranos on Sprint Phones "HBO ant Sprint have announced a partnership to bring ringtones, screen savers and other content from the hit televions series The Sopranos to mobile subscribers, reports Rafat Ali for Moco News." [ringtonia.com] From The Shifted Librarian on March 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Schoolhouse RSS "Wolverhampton Grammar School publishes a news feed in the RSS 2.0 format." [Scripting News] This is exactly what I'm talking about! I want local government, park district, library, and school news in my aggregator! Let's get going on this.... Unfortunately, the School's library has almost no online presence From The Shifted Librarian on March 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Mad for March Madness Bracket Tips When in doubt, pick the team you like less. Here’s why: Let’s say I pick Duke to go the Final Four. I don’t like Duke; some might say that I hate Duke. I’d be one of those people. But I digress. I don’t like Duke, but if I’m having a hard time figuring out whether to put Duke or Mississippi State in the Final Four, I’ll pick Duke. That way, if those stuck-up preppies win, I can take consolation in the fact that it might end up winning me mon From The Shifted Librarian on March 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Speaking of Government-based RSS Feeds.... Publications by RSS - Wisconsin Shows How "The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) now has their publications syndicated as RSS channels. These publications are brief discussions about the Wisconsin government and the state legislature in particular, and public policy issues facing the legislature. The office also prepares the Wisconsin Blue Book, the almanac of Wisconsin government, and assists with decennial red From The Shifted Librarian on March 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Follow the Copyfight Copyfight--the Expanded Edition "After mulling it over for a few months, I've decided to make Copyfight a group-authored weblog--and it debuts today. Copyfight has now moved to a new URL and we'll be taking advantage of MT-powered features: trackback, comments, etc. Please adjust your blogrolls accordingly! Joining me at the new Copyfight are (drum roll, please): From The Shifted Librarian on March 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Could I Finally Get Bluetooth? Cardo Bluetooth Adapter gives phones PAN "Cardo Systems today announced at CTIA the availability of the universal adapter for the Cardo allways, a Bluetooth headset that fits over a user's ear or uniquely clips onto eyeglasses or sunglasses. The Cardo universal adapter converts virtually any standard mobile phone into Bluetooth-capable cell phones. Once plugged into the audio jack of the phone, this compact accessory will convert standard mobile phones into Bluetooth From The Shifted Librarian on March 23, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Raising the Bar for Toolbars

Jordanian Universities Aim at International Standards in Business Administration Programs At a press conference on Thursday, the Al Hussein Fund for Excellence (HFE) announced that seven Jordanian universities participated in a project to review and develop the quality of their Business Administration programs. The universities attained satisfactory results according to international criteria. Jordan University, which attained 22 points out of a possible total of 24, was nominated to receive an award from the HFE. [PRWEB Mar 23, 2004] From PR Web on March 23, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Controversial PETA Holocaust Exhibit Coming to Slovakia The European tour of the controversial People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit will be in Bratislava, Slovakia on Monday, March 29. The display consists of eight 60-square-foot panels, each showing photos of animals on factory farms and in slaughterhouses side by side with photos from Nazi concentration camps. The exhibit is on a three-week tour of European cities, finishing in Amsterdam on April 8. [PRWEB Mar 23, 2004] From PR Web on March 23, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

The FIRST Finishing Markers CUT and DECORATE Perfect Finished Edges in One Stroke!INVENTION IS A FINALIST IN "INVENT NOW AMERICA"® SEARCH.Unique Finishing Markers (that CUT & Decorate) are on Display at Universal Studios Orlando® (Davie, FL) HYPHEN The First Finishing Markers From PR Web on March 23, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Paul McAfee Introduces Free "How to Prepare for a TV Interview" White Paper - Visit www.paulmcafee.com This third public relations white paper in Paul McAfee's (paulmcafee.com) PR 101 series is really a simple, easy-to-follow checklist. Most executives fear television interviews, so paulmcafee.com offers this checklist to help them prepare. [PRWEB Mar 23, 2004] From PR Web on March 23, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Non-Profit Catches Low-Carb Consumers Attention Low-Carb Consumers now have a non-profit organization working for their interests in diet, health and nutrition. [PRWEB Mar 23, 2004] From PR Web on March 23, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Anatomy Lessons, a Vanishing Rite for Young Doctors The place of dissection in medical education is changing in ways that have not been seen before. From New York Times: Education on March 23, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Mr. Bloomberg Plays Hardball The battle to end social promotion for third graders was one that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was in no way willing to lose. From New York Times: Education on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Rules Eased on Upgrading U.S. Schools The Department of Education eased the way for schools to meet the No Child Left Behind law's requirement that highly qualified teachers stand in every classroom. From New York Times: Education on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Inquiry Widens After 2 Arrests in Cadaver Case at U.C.L.A. Officials said they were investigating accusations that the director of the Willed Body Program and another man had conspired to sell body parts for profit. From New York Times: Education on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Bloomberg Wins on School Tests After Firing Foes The city's Panel for Education Policy approved Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's plan to impose strict promotion requirements for third graders. From New York Times: Education on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Save the Orphans So the Stanford Center for Internet and Society has filed an action on behalf of the Internet Archive and the Prelinger Archive challenging unconditional copyright restrictions that "orphan" works. Relying upon the silver lining in that dark cloud that was Eldred v. Ashcroft ("But when, as in this case, Congress has not altered the traditional contours of copyright protection, further First Amendment scrutin From Lessig Blog on March 23, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Analysts sour on PeopleSoft's prospects Pricing pressure and Oracle's takeover bid prompt two analysts to turn slightly pessimistic on PeopleSoft's outlook. From CNET News.com on March 23, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Pay to license working with Creative Commons One-man band Brad Sucks recently signed with Magnatune and licensed all his tracks under Creative Commons (and began selling them on a sliding scale on Magnatune's site). We were delighted to hear that Brad's song "Making Me Nervous" was recently licensed for use in --> From Creative Commons: weblog on March 23, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

CC Remix Music -- Jammin on the Net, and Holland Hopson Last featured on CC Remix Music was Funktifyno, a great fusion jam band based in Oregon. Chris Morris, based in Texas, read our blog and turned their song Funkberry Jam into Funkberrymo Jam by adding a keyboard track-- how's that for jamming on the Net? Today we are featuring --> From Creative Commons: weblog on March 22, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..

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