What Is RSS And Why Should You Care? If you have just stumbled upon RSS and are trying to get a quick culture on it, this 12-part tutorial is a freshly updated major revision of an article published in October of 2003 under the title "What Is RSS... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 8, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

How To Alternate The Display Of Multiple Images On A Web Page "One of the challenges facing the modern web designer is to create sites that appear fresh and new every time a visitor shows up. It's one thing if the site you're designing is a news site, for example, where stories... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 8, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

Burden on readingMany guys enjoy the meta-writing ... Burden on readingMany guys enjoy the meta-writing via blogging, however, it's also easy to fall into meta-reading dilema. Seems all information jam, no time to think it over and then lead to real action. It's not a good learning process. Learning could happen only by doing. If learning happens, all the information even in jam could be transferred into your own knowledge. So reading-writing-doing could be a best composition to a real lifelong learner. Remeber, we are not a mere input-output machine, we are intelligent container and processor. From Meta on May 8, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

Joi: software patents are a bad American idea"I th ... Joi: software patents are a bad American idea"I think software patents are a bad American idea. Japan has followed the US and now Europe is planning to pass one of the worst versions software patent law discarding many of the amendments to limit its power without discussion. Although I'm for many types of patents, I think that software patents are generally bad and in particular hurt small companies and innovation." --- [Joi Ito] From Meta on May 8, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

Disruptive InnovationsRoland Tanglao on some inter ... Disruptive InnovationsRoland Tanglao on some internet things in emergent and could be disruptive: "The next brew is simmering. What are the ingredients? Some are familiar: wireless, XML, GPS, mobile devices. Others are less well known, or still struggling to get out of the lab. Smart dust, cubic-centimeter sized computers. MEMS, which gives computers the ability to sense and react to their surroundings. IPv6, which will allow everything to have an I From Meta on May 8, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

Getting your e-learning project on the map! Maish Nichani hat eine kurze Agenda entwickelt für alle, die ihren Vorgesetzten (oder wen auch immer in einer Organisation) von den Vorteilen von e-Learning überzeugen wollen. Zusätzlich gibt's eine nette Visualisierungshilfe ("Interactive Decision Object")! Maish Nichani, Australian Flexible Learning Community,... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 8, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

Need a Job? How about a Date? Networking Services Want to Help "Networking services HYPHEN Internet companies that offer to bridge the six degrees of separation between the friend of a friend we might marry, or the colleague of a colleague who might hire us HYPHEN are the hot e-businesses of the... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 8, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

Erst pauken, dann Party Da wird landauf landab über das selbstorganisierte Lernen nachgedacht, da wird der Paradigmenwechsel von der lehrer- zur lernerzentrierten Bildung gefeiert, und dann das: immer mehr Studenten wollen gar nicht selbständig lernen und sind gerne bereit, auf Freiräume zu verzichten: ,,Es... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 8, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

URLAUB! Lieber Leser des Weiterbildungsblogs, die nächsten 2 Wochen sind Sendepause! Mallorca ist gebucht, und wichtige Dinge warten auf mich: Cheers, JR... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on May 8, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

Studiengebühren ab dem ersten Semester? Mainz (ddp-rps). An den Hochschulen in Rheinland-Pfalz sollen zum Wintersemester Studienkonten und Studiengebühren für Langzeitstudenten eingeführt werden. Das hat die sozialliberale Landesregierung am Dienstag beschlossen, wie Wissenschaftsminister Jürgen Zöllner (SPD) im Anschluss an die Sitzung des Ministerrats in Mainz mitteilte. Bei einem Überschreiten des 1,75-Fachen der Regelstudienzeit werden demnach künftig 650 Euro pro Semester fällig. Davon sei zunächst jeder zehnte Student in Rheinland-Pfalz betroffen, sagte Zöllner, rund 8000 From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

Wieso gibt es eigentlich sowenig Blogs an deutschen Unis? Einige interessante Kommentare im BildungsBlog. Open-Source-Konzepte scheinen nur fragmentarisch an einige wenige Unis durchzudringen. Demnächst wird es aber an den Unis in Heidelberg und Mannheim eine Menge Weblogs geben :) Es wird Zeit, dass die Unis ihren Studierenden Weblogs vom 1. Semester an anbieten und dies auch durch Veranstaltungen vor Ort supporten. From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

Mehr Kampf, mehr Christen, mehr Patrioten! Deutschland ist zu friedlich und weltoffen, oder: Wo Konzepte fehlen herrscht Polemik. Was muss sich ändern in Deutschland, damit vom Abstiegsplatz wieder ein Spitzenplatz wird? Söder: Die Verantwortlichen für die Krise in Deutschland sind die Alt-68er. Die APO-Opas haben das Land in die Krise geführt. Aus "Made in Germany" ist "Murks in Germany" geworden. Typisch deutsche Tugenden wie Leistungsbereitschaft, Pünktlichkeit und Disziplin sind verloren gegangen. Jede Form von Patriotismus wird verneint. Es gibt leider eine Abkehr von religiösen Wer From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

Studiengebühren: 'Das Handelsblatt missbraucht Umfrage zur politischen Stimmungsmache' Mehr als zwei Drittel der Studierenden Deutschlands würden sich für Studiengebühren aussprechen, behaupten Barbara Gillmann und Christoph Moss im Handelsblatt und berufen sich bei dieser Darstellung auf eine Exklusiv-Umfrage (PDF) der Innofact AG, welche in der letzten März-Woche 1 002 Studenten befragt hatte: Deutschlands Studenten pl&au From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Ãœberfüllte Seminare an der Uni Giessen ... sind auch dieses Semester wieder ein gewohntes Bild. Nur mit dem Unterschied, dass es sich bei den Studierenden die aus den Seminaren rausgeworfen werden diesmal nicht mehr nur um reine "Schein"-StudentInnen handelt (wie unser stets wissenschaftliche argumentierende Wissenschaftsminister Corts nicht müde zu wiederholen wird), sondern um zahlende KundInnen. Einige Dozierende spielen das Spiel nur allzugerne mit und werfen Studierende aus überfüllten Seminaren raus, wohlwissentlich dass sie keinerlei rechtliche Handhabe haben, einem ordnungsgemäss immatriku From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Langzeitstudis unterstützen statt vertreiben In Zeiten, wo der Begriff "Langzeitstudent" zu politischen wie wirtschaftlichen Zwecken missbraucht bzw überhaupt erst konstruiert wird, tut es wirklich gut zu sehen, dass es durchaus noch Leute gibt die begriffen haben, dass es Langzeitstudierende nicht zu vertreiben sondern zu fördern gilt, und dies auch aktiv betreiben: Sie haben einen Gebührenbescheid erhalten bzw. rechnen mit einem Gebührenbescheid wg. sog. Langzeitstudium? Wir unterstützten Sie beim Abschluss Ihres Studiums! Melden Sie sich jetzt [...], um den Endspurt in Ihrem Studium zu besprechen. From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Umverteilung und Selektion anstelle Lebenslangen Lernens? Eine aktuelle Studie des Forschungsinstituts für Bildungs- und Sozialökonomie (FiBS) zur "Finanzierung lebenslangen Lernens" ergibt, dass es aufgrund der weitgehend öffentlichen Finanzierung von der Kita bis zur Hochschule zu massiver Umverteilung und Selektion im deutschen Bildungssystem kommt. In der Weiterbildung setzt sich diese Tendenz fort, da Akademiker diese häufig vom Arbeitgeber finanziert bekommen, während es kaum noch öffentliche Förderung gibt. Dadurch werden Chancengleichheit und -gerechtigkeit ebenso behindert wie lebenslanges Lernen. Die From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

True Randomness? Generating true randomness is one of computer science's most difficult challenges. [...] Mathematicians have come up with far more reliable pseudorandom generators. The digits that come stuttering forth appear to be as patternless as raindrops on pavement or snow on a television set tuned to an empty channel. But even the best algorithms share the same weakness: the numbers are not really unpredictable. If you run the process long enough, the cycle of digits will eventually repeat--a pattern appears. --> From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Informatikstudenten in Giessen unerwünscht? Notprogramm Informatik JLU Giessen From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Semesterticket: Kontinuierliche Erhöhung Falls das Semesterticket überhaupt erhalten bleibt, und die Verkehrsbetreiber nicht doch noch aus diesem Abkommen aussteigen, so wird sich der Preis in Frankfurt von 111,72€ auf 127,50€ erhöhen, zukünftige Tendenz steigend. Dies entspricht einer Steigerung von 14% gegenüber dem Vorjahr! Ähnliche Preiserhöhungen werden auch in den anderen hessischen Unistädten erwartet. Um nun also als gebührenzahlender Kunde zu seiner aufgrund der Sparma&sz From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Magier will blind durch Wörrstadt fahren Die StaA Mainz teilt folgendes mit: In der Bildzeitung vom heutigen Tag wird über das Vorhaben eines 26-jährigen Magiers berichtet,... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

eLexPortal eLexPortal liefert, in sechs Sprachen, aktuelle Informationen über Unterschiede innerhalb der EU hinsichtlich Rechtsprechung und Richtlinien bezüglich eCommerce und eLearning... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

JISC Legal JISC Legal ist ein britisches Portal, in dem es überwiegend um Datenschutz, Urheberrecht, Menschenrechte und Informationsfreiheit geht. Daneben kommen aber... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Tutorial "RSS" Unlängst hatte ich in diesem Blog das Dauerthema RSS behandelt. Nun weist Dennis Kennedy auf ein hervorragendes Tutorial zu Newsfeeds... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Sozialisation und Menschenrechte Die "University of Chicago Law School" und die "Harvard Law School" haben gemeinsam einen Beitrag (57 S. PDF) verfasst mit... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Partnerschaft bei Rechtsanwälten Die Aufnahme einer Phantasiebezeichnung in den Namen einer Partnerschaft von assoziierten Rechtsanwälten verstößt nicht gegen § 2 PartGG, entschied am... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

DPA Law Auf der Seite des britischen Anwalts Stewart Room, der sich nahezu ausschließlich mit Datenschutzrecht beschäftigt, sind u.a. die einschlägigen Regelungen... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Steuerverfahren vs. M. Strauß Im Steuerstrafprozess gegen Max Strauß hat die Verteidigung die Vernehmung prominenter Zeugen beantragt, meldet br-online: Ex-Bundeskanzler Helmut Kohl und der... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Die Abmahnung Kollege Pohle vom Law-Blog hat am 06.05.2004 einen Artikel über die Abmahnung geschrieben. Dass er es damit allerdings auch bis... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

TKG tritt zum 01.07.2004 in Kraft Das TKG (vgl. hier) tritt am 01.07.2004 in Kraft, wird von der Kanzlei Heyms & Bahr mitgeteilt. Das Gesetz wurde... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

FeedDemon RC 2.0 Für alle FeedDemon-Fans: Heute erschien die Version RC 2.0 (ca. 2 MB); hier die entsprechende Meldung von Nick. Was man... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Is Bush the Law? Das fragt sich besorgt der Legal Reader anlässlich der Vernehmung von Deputy Solicitor General Paul Clement durch den US Supreme... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Semantic Blogging II Wie schon am 05.01.2004 an gleicher Stelle angekündigt, hat Steve Cayzer sein Projekt des "Semantischen Bloggens" auf den aktuellen Stand... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Phosphoros Den Hinweis auf Phosphoros, der nicht alltäglichen Publikationsform, verdanke ich dem Weblog Sozialinformatik; mehr auch dort.... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Scheidung in Chile legalisiert Der chilenische Präsident Ricardo Lagos hat gestern das erste Scheidungsgesetz des Landes nach einer neun Jahre dauernden Debatte unterzeichnet, teilt... From Handakte WebLAWg on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Blogspot: 3.382.000 visitantes únicos en Marzo Los datos de tráfico de Google del mes de marzo revelados por comScore Media Metrix y recogidos en Google by the numbers: Google Sites March 2004 Source: comScore Media Metrix U.S. Home, Work and University Internet Users Unique Visitors (000)... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Enlaces para comenzar un weblog Recursos para el Ejercicio de creación de weblogs: 1. Lectura: ¿Qué son las bitácoras y por qué deberían importarnos? 2. Visita guiada: Seminario de Introducción a los Weblogs 3. Tutoriales: Ayudas de Blogia, Blogger y Motime 4. Práctica: Ejercicio de... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Dime lo que buscas I: las preguntas Una selección de aquellas cadenas de búsqueda conformadas como preguntas, por las que me llegan visitantes desde los buscadores: ¿Cómo afecta la publicidad? ¿Cómo dar a conocer tu blog? ¿Cómo escribo arroba? ¿Cómo funcionan los buscadores? ¿Cómo se hace un... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on May 8, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

Südwestdeutscher Archivtag 64. Südwestdeutscher Archivtag, 18.-20. Juni 2004, 88250 Weingarten Historische Bildungsarbeit. Kompass für Archive? Programm: Freitag, 18. Juni 2004: Ab 14.00 Uhr: Arbeitssitzung Arbeitkreis Archivpädagogik im VDA 15.00 Uhr: Führung „Die Basilika und die Klostergebäude auf dem Martinsberg“ Treffpunkt: Vorplatz Basilika 17.00 Uhr: Triariersitzung 20.15 Uhr: Vortrag zur Stadtgeschichte: „1200 Jahre Hei From Archivalia on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

Historisches Besucherbuch... Informationsdienst Wissenschaft - idw - - Pressemitteilung Technische Universitaet Bergakademie Freiberg, 06.05.2004 Von Goethe bis Casanova Historisches Besucherbuch kehrt nach Freiberg zurueck Ueber 2000 Autographen von Persoenlichkeiten des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts Das lange verschollen geglaubte Besucherbuch der Bergakademie Freiberg, gefuehrt von 1769 bis 1820, kehrt am 7. Mai nach Freiberg zurueck. Um 11 Uhr wird Stefan Guenther vom gleichnamigen Dresdener Kunstauktionshaus das wertvolle Dokument From Archivalia on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

Gadamer-Nachlass im DLA in... Das Deutsche Literaturarchiv hat den Nachlass des Philosophen Hans-Georg Gadamer erworben. Er enthält Aufzeichnungen aus allen Phasen seines Lebens - von Schulaufsätzen aus der Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs bis zu Notatheften aus den Neunziger Jahren. Die umfangreichen Korrespondenzen stellen erstrangige Quellen zur Philosophiegeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts dar. Die Reihe der Briefpartner reicht von Husserl bis Derrida, von Nicolai Hartmann bis Jürgen Habermas. In der Handbibliothek Gadamers sind zwei annotierte Exemplare seines Hauptwerks 'Wahrheit und Methode' übe From Archivalia on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

Public Good Archives and the Public Good : Accountability and Records in Modern Society Author: Cox, Richard J.; Wallace, David A. Publication: Westport, Conn. Praeger, 2002. ISBN: 1567204694 Subject: Archives--Social aspects. Archives--Administration--Case studies. Records--Management--Case studies. Common good. Public interest. Responsibility. CONTENTS Introduction Richard J. Cox and David A. Wallace 1 Excerpt: The fourteen contributions to this volume revolve around four closel From Archivalia on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

Reload Editor con soporte de SCORM 2004 En el foro de ADL, Jenifer Brooks de Alexandria ADL Co-Lab ha publicado la versión modificada de Reload Editor con soporte para SCORM 2004. Reload Edi... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

El Campus Virtual de la UCM impartirá 280 asignaturas online el próximo año El rector de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Carlos Berzosa, ha presentado hoy el "Campus Virtual UCM", el nuevo sistema de educación a través de Interne... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

Conference in Hawaii Call for Papers/Abstracts/Submissions 3rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education January 4 - 7, 2005 Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu Hawaii, USA Submission Deadline: August 17, 2004 Sponsored by: East West Council for Education Center of Asian Pacific Studies of Peking... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

ID position with Noblet Design Alec Couros passed along this note he received from the Noblet Design Group. Anyone interested? For the purpose of responding to an RFP issued by Saskatchewan Learning, The Noblet Design Group is seeking an individual with educational background to join... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

Conference - DCoP YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A WORKSHOP ON BUILDING DISTRIBUTED COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE FOR ENHANCED RESEARCH POLICY INTERFACE 28 HYPHEN 31 May University of Saskatchewan http://www.icgd.usask.ca/WDCoP2004.html... From Rick's Café Canadien on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

How To Topic Maps "There is a great deal of philosophy involved in working with Topic Maps. Not in the sense of arguing for extentionalism or purport a theory of when cats die in boxes, but in the sense of epistemology, the philosophy of... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

How To Surf Anonimously With The Best Proxy Servers: GhostSurf If you are looking for ways to navigate the Web in absolute anonimity GhostSurf is an effective shareware tool that allows you to utilize anonymous proxy servers. By itself, GhostSurf can check for the fastest and more available proxy servers... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 8, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..

How to Use Learning Objectives to Improve Learning "If information architecture is a fairly new field, then the practice of teaching information architecture is even newer. Often instructors are experienced information architects who have little to no teacher training, and they must teach students with a wide range... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Is Google The Fastest Way To Find Information? Is the internet really the quickest way to access facts - and get them right? Ros Taylor, Oliver Burkeman and Stephen Moss at the Guardian Unlimited take Google to a serious and very relevant challenge. They put Google to the... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Bridge The Language Divide: Translate Full Spoken Sentences Into Foreign Language Counterparts Without A Human Translator The VoxTec Phraselator is a small handheld unit which is capable of taking a spoken input phrase from a human being and to select automatically the correspondent sentence in a target language while playing it back with the appropriate accent... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Reduce Spam: Encrypt Your Email Addresses Published Online Posting your email address on a website is a sure-fire way to get an Inbox full of unsolicited email advertisements. The Enkoder protects email addresses by converting them into encrypted JavaScript code, hiding them from email-harvesting robots while revealing them... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Adapt Or Die: The Strategic Role of Learning In The On-Demand Enterprise "The message of the article is essentially that "the current market economy places a premium on innovation, new business models and new ways of organizing work." It's not the first time we've seen the phrase "adapt or die" in an... From Robin Good's Latest News on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Can Absence Make A Team Grow Stronger? The May issue of Harvard Business Review magazine has a fascinating article on virtual teams that's authored by Ann Majchrzak, a professor of information systems at the University of Southern California Business School, and others.  The authors did a benchmarking study that reveals the following: it... From Kolabora.com on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

8. COMPUTERWORLD HONG KONG : Web conferencing meets the desktop ... and documents will allow users to launch meetings on the spur of the moment, Mahowald added. "The battle for the desktop will make (Web conferencing) the real ... From Kolabora.com on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Meta Group Report On Collaboration Strategies ZDNet recently published a Meta Group report by analyst Mike Gotta that suggests collaboration is a business strategy, not a tool strategy.  Included in the report is this prediction: By 2005, we expect a sales automation application to be connected to a process orchestration engine that has a rule ... From Kolabora.com on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Talking up the case for disaster plans Talking up the case for disaster plans by Adam Turner (May 4, 2004, The Sydney Morning Herald) provides details on the $10.5 million telecommunications overhaul for Victoria's Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Australia. The goals of the three year project were to&ampnbs... From Kolabora.com on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Flashcom is a good alternative I've found that building Flash applications that make use of Flash Communication Server, and I've experienced no platform issues, and hosting for these applications is very inexpensive as compared to enterprise communication services. There's a few hosted Flashcom conference systems ... From Kolabora.com on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

How Project Teams Work Today Successful project communication involves three different types of activity: organizing, communicating and managing. From Kolabora.com on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

9. Microsoft to Acquire PlaceWare ... Microsoft also today announced the creation of a new business unit -- the Real ... Group, Microsoft said it wants to expand its current Web conferencing base and ... From Kolabora.com on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

What happens to our culture when everything is eternal and recorded? Hmmm, perhaps we will lose all privacy. Or more likely, people will become experts at selectively revealing what they want and hiding the rest. From John Battelle's Searchblog: From the Ephemeral to the Eternal: QUOTEIn short, before the web, we could pretty safely assume that our hard drive rummaging, our email, and our networking habits – in short, our clickstream – were ephemeral, known only to us (and soon forgotten by us, I’d wager). 
 
B From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Computers should help us become smarter and work together better Excellent manifesto for software developers. From A Manifesto for Collaborative Tools: QUOTEAll of the conceptual and technical ideas I've proposed in this essay share one thing in common: They won't make a difference unless tool developers work on them together. Creating a shared conceptual framework is a truly collaborative problem. It will not be solved by a single person in an ivory tower and forced upon the rest of the community. It will require constructive, passionate dialo From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Social software's purpose is dealing with with groups, or interactions between people Must read for non-experts and experts alike. From on social software (28 April 2004, Interconnected): QUOTESocial software's purpose is dealing with with groups, or interactions between people. This is as opposed to conventional software like Microsoft Word, which although it may have collaborative features ("track changes") isn't primarily social. (Those features could learn a lot from social software however.) The primary constraint of social software is i From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Go Al, go! Al Vermeulen was one of my systems design engineering classmates at the University of Waterloo! From SEATTLE - Things to know about Al Vermeulen, chief technology officer of Amazon.com:  QUOTE He works in Seattle and lives in Corvallis - Oregon. To bridge the distance, he learned to fly.  He co-wrote a book about Java (the computer language, not the drink). At one point, it afforded him some "serious geek cachet. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

List of Freeware Nokia Series 60 phones Might need this if I end up getting a Nokia camera phone. From AAS Devices: Series 60 Freeware: QUOTEThis article addresses that frequent question - where can I get free software for my phone? This isn't comprehensive, but gives a run down on the some of the software that Rafe uses. UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on May 8, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

E-Learning from Practice to Profit Slides from this morning's presentation. If you weren't in Kingston, Ontario, with us, most of these will be totally unintelligible. More to come.... From Internet Time Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

Education Statistics Quarterly The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has improved the online index of its Education Statistics Quarterly, making it easier to find items of interest. View contents of each issue by volume, or scroll down to locate articles by topic,... From Adult/Continuing Education on May 8, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

Lewis Art Night Lewis Elementary School On Thursday we had our annual Art Night at Lewis Elementary. The school hallways were turned into an art gallery with art projects from thoughout the school year displayed in the hallway. Students worked as docents and helped explain the projects to visiting parents and community members. In addition our music students preformed throughout the evening. Over the years I have heard great comments about the Lewis Art Night, but it was great to be able to take part this year as principal and to see the positive reaction from our families and community.... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on May 8, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

Microsoft Unveils Future Of Tablet PC From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 8, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

EMPORIA STATE DISTANCE DEGREE PROGRAM From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 8, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

BC Government Banning Religious Texts for Home Educated Children Over Technicality From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 8, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

New board chair named to Athabasca University From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 8, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

Nearly 100 Utah High Schools Deploy LearnKey Online Courses and Web Delivery System for Classroom Instruction From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 8, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..

IRS eLearning saves training dollars From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 8, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

New e-Learning Program Trains Physicians and Nurses in Cross-Cultural Health Care From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 8, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

How Much Does Information Technology Matter? From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 8, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

Education Week: Technology Report From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on May 8, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

Museums, Libraries and Archives: Summer Institute for Knowledge Sharing - Hosted by the Graduate Sch ... Museums, Libraries and Archives: Summer Institute for Knowledge Sharing - Hosted by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College - Boston - July 12-15, 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004 - The future of scholarship in the digital age - Co-ordinated by UKOLN - T ... The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004 - The future of scholarship in the digital age - Co-ordinated by UKOLN - The De Vere Grand Hotel, Brighton - 8-9 July 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Index Medicus to Cease as Print Publication - The printed Index Medicus, started by John Shaw Billin ... Index Medicus to Cease as Print Publication - The printed Index Medicus, started by John Shaw Billings in 1879 and published for 125 consecutive years, will cease at the end of 2004. Once an indispensable tool for health professionals and librarians, it is now a seldom used alternative to PubMed and other Internet-based products that contain the database from which Index Medicus has been generated for nearly 40 years - NLM From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer - test your knowledge of American TV comedy with these questions ... The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer - test your knowledge of American TV comedy with these questions. Answers here:1. Name the "green-garbed puppet frog" who was the mainstay of the Muppets on TV from 19572. In the series Roseanne, was Roseanne's husband named Dan, Don or Dewey?3. Which American entertainer had his own TV show from 1961 to 1966, before appearing in the films Mary Poppins and Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang?4. Which TV series from 1973 to 1984 was set in a mobile arm From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) is the latest member of the UK Libraries Plus scheme, ... SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) is the latest member of the UK Libraries Plus scheme, which is now open to 89% of the UK part time student population From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

The Internet Scout Project, a research center at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, has recently ... The Internet Scout Project, a research center at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, has recently released version 1.1.1 of its free open source software package CWIS (Collection Workflow Integration System). CWIS is software to assemble, organize, and share collections of data about resources, like Yahoo or Google Directory but conforming to international and academic standards for metadata. CWIS was specifically created to help build collections of Science, Technology, Engineering, From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Aslib evening workshop - Freedom of Information - 8 July 2004 - aimed primarily at staff working in ... Aslib evening workshop - Freedom of Information - 8 July 2004 - aimed primarily at staff working in public sector bodies and agencies who want to get a quick overview of the main provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Aslib evening workshop - Data Protection - 28 September 2004 - for anyone wanting a brief overview o ... Aslib evening workshop - Data Protection - 28 September 2004 - for anyone wanting a brief overview of the main provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. It will consider what the implications of the legislation are for them, both in terms of their work and also with regard to protecting their own personal data From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Power Dynamics & Influencing Skills - June 7-18, 2004 and November 1-12, 2004 - This Online Lyceum c ... Power Dynamics & Influencing Skills - June 7-18, 2004 and November 1-12, 2004 - This Online Lyceum course helps participants learn to expand their influence and understand power dynamics within the library system. Interviews with ARL library directors put basic principles into a real and specific context From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Dynix Institute Web Seminar Series - Open Source: Open Minds - May 12, 2004 - Presenter: James LaRue ... Dynix Institute Web Seminar Series - Open Source: Open Minds - May 12, 2004 - Presenter: James LaRue, Director, Douglas County Libraries, Colorado From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

The U.S. National Library of Medicine will debut its new-look website on May 10, 2004 ... The U.S. National Library of Medicine will debut its new-look website on May 10, 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

A Dozen Solutions to All Library Problems by Walt Crawford - American Libraries, April 2004 ... A Dozen Solutions to All Library Problems by Walt Crawford - American Libraries, April 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Free Pint Newsletter 159 - 6 May 2004 - now available ... Free Pint Newsletter 159 - 6 May 2004 - now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on May 8, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

OCW's worldwide reach OpenCourseWare spreading worldwide, MIT Tech Talk, May 5, 2004. MIT released a survey of their OpenCourseWare (OCW) system users. "Among those using OCW are an educational technology instructor in Bangalore, India, a home-schooling parent in rural Kentucky, a university professor in Lagos, Nigeria, and a student at the University of Mississippi." The survey revealed several other phenomena, including course material translations into Spanish and Portuguese; a Chinese initiative to translate all the MIT courses, China Open R From FOS News on May 8, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..

More on David Goodman's funding proposal for OA journals On April 14, David Goodman proposed a new funding model for OA journals on the LibLicense discussion list. We blogged it on April 21, and today UKSG Serials eNews published extensive excerpts from the discussion. The UKSG edition is a good way to follow the thread wit From FOS News on May 8, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..

Public access and public understanding of medical research Peter Williams and four co-authors, Information for the public about disease: usability issues in the development of the National Electronic Library for Communicable Diseases, ASLIB Proceedings, 1, 2 (2004) pp. 99-103. Only this abstract is free online: "The Institute of Health Sciences at City University has been funded by the Department of Health to construct a National Electronic Library for Communicable Disease to form part of the National Electronic L From FOS News on May 8, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..

More about the Wellcome Trust report on publication costs There's a news item by Susan Mayor, Open access could reduce cost of scientific publishing, in BMJ 2004(8 May);328:1094. An excerpt:"... Sally Morris, chief executive of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, Worthing, said: 'It is suggested that publishing costs could be reduced by up to 30% by a move to Open Access. This is nonsense; most of the saving would be due to a move to online-only. Indeed, reduction of publishing revenues by 30% would put many very valuable journals out From FOS News on May 8, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..

Lawrence Lessig discusses copyright, Kale v. Ashcroft on NPR Copyright & Intellectual Property, Forum, May 6, 2004. (21:30 minute RealAudio file). A discussion between Lawrence Lessig and Jeffrey Knowles, a lawyer from a firm that represents artists and musicians. Dave Iverson moderates. (Source; Boing Boing) From FOS News on May 8, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..

Call for support from Journal of Biology Editorial, Journal of Biology 3, 5 (2004). In an unsigned editorial, the journal reiterates its open access strategy, and points out four main benefits of its policy, namely: "First, authors are assured that their work is disseminated to the widest possible audience. Second, the information available to researchers is not limited by their library's budget - or their nation's wealth. Third, the widespread availability and central archiving of research articles enhances literature searching and facilitates meta-analyses of data. And fourth, From FOS News on May 8, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..

More from the Nature OA debate There are two new contributions to the Nature OA debate.