Acer CEO: Digital home up for grabs From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Chinese supercomputer headed to top ranks From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Disk storage growing, but buyers in charge From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

The times they are a-changin’ While I agree, we do need to press this issue, I realize that education as whole has to be educated about open source/the copyfight/free culture as part of the process of convincing teachers and administrators to take the time to switch to open source software. It’s a process of baby steps, for sure.(365.1) From Open Artifact on June 3, 2004 at 8:59 p.m..

How Many People Read Your Webfeed? From the perspective of many online publishers, webfeeds (whether RSS or Atom format) have one big shortcoming: In most cases, it's difficult or impossible to know how many people subscribe to your webfeed. Circulation numbers have always been the cornerstone of the publishing world, and that hasn't changed in the online age. This is especially true if a site's business model hinges at all on advertising, or on leveraging relationships with readers to sell other products or services, or to promote a particular organization or issue. For those sites, offering a web From Contentious Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Summertime Learning Through Haiku Ron Gross encourages you to enrich your summer travel or vacation experiences with traditional Japanese nature poetry.... From Adult/Continuing Education on June 3, 2004 at 8:52 p.m..

Wiki for Group Communication (Ross Mayfield) Just published a case study for how the 1UP.com division of Ziff Davis media used a hosted wiki for group communications. The results are a pretty compelling value proposition: “We used to have over 100 group emails per day. Now... From Corante: Social Software on June 3, 2004 at 8:51 p.m..

User-centered research: a status report Paul Rothstein and Michelle Tornello Shirey have written a status report on user-centred research. To quote: During the past twenty years, user-centered research (UCR) has become an increasingly common and important part of contemporary product development. The origins of this... From Column Two on June 3, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Working Draft: QA Specification Guidelines 2004-06-03: The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has released QA Specification Guidelines as a Working Draft. The document is designed to help W3C Working Groups write technical reports. Reflecting major changes in the W3C QA Framework, these newly rewritten guidelines are lightweight and more user-friendly. Comments are welcome. Learn more about Quality Assurance (QA) at W3C. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on June 3, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

RDF Data Access Use Cases and Requirements Published 2004-06-03: The RDF Data Access Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of RDF Data Access Use Cases and Requirements. The document outlines use cases for RDF query languages and access protocols and their requirements, and examines design objectives. Comments are welcome. Visit the Semantic Web home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on June 3, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Upcoming W3C Talks 2004-06-03: Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as an RSS channel. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on June 3, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Launch of the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership On 4 June the Australian Government launched the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership (NIQTSL). Through the NIQTSL teachers and school leaders will gain a national voice and an ability to influence the national education professional agenda. From EdNA Online on June 3, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Ohio University Libraries blog Good use of a weblog by a major university library to push relevant information directly to its patrons. An effective and, dare I say, simple way to do so. Once it is set up, there’s hardly a need to call the IT folks! This one comes fully equipt with an RSS feed! --> From Open Artifact on June 3, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..

New York Times on RSS R.S.S. feeds also have the potential to serve more serious interests. There is an R.S.S. channel for information on missing children (www.teamamberalert.net) and several channels devoted to breast cancer news. Narrowly focused channels are also cropping up for medical specialties, like one for somnoplasty (a treatment for upper airway obstructions and severe cases of snoring). To tap into this new font of information, all that is needed is an R.S.S. reader program to open the spigot. Dozens of reader programs are currently available. Some can be downloaded at no charge, while more elaborate From MANE IT Network on June 3, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..

Chaku-motion! Video clips replacing ringtones in Japan We thought we were pretty hot when we put The Final Countdown as the ringtone on our Treo, but in Japan, a country which regularly shames us with its gadget savvy, ringtons are so over. These days it's all about chaku-motion, short video clips that play on your phone everytime it rings, like of guitar solos or pop singers shouting out "You've got a phone call!" or whatever. [Via Moconews] From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

the top sample sources First of all there is The Top Sample Sources List which ranks the most popular movies, TV-series and other similar kinds of sample sources based on how frequently spoken lines from these sources have been sampled and used in some sort of musical context. Then there is The Top Sampling Groups List which is based on the former, but its ranking is instead based on how frequently these groups use samples of spoken lines. These lists started ounmediated on June 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Lifelike Ultra High Definition Video Hey, who told the Times' Circuits section about something interesting? You made us miss a incisive column they were going to write about why spam is bad how some people like the iPod. Instead, we got this profile of Japanese broadcaster NHK's work to develop Ultra High Definition Video (UHDV), the 7,680 by 4,320 pixel resolution television From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Future Intel Mobile Chips to Add Location-Based Services Though it's impossible to consider without thinking of the inevitable exploits (from Big Brotherish agencies and rowdy script kiddies alike), Intel has said they are developing support within their mobile processor line to allow computers to be aware of their physical location at all times. Although nothing is set in stone yet, Intel is working with others (Microsoft, for example) to add features that would integrate simple things like, say, selection of which printer to use based on proximity into future laptops and mobile devices. Sounds okay, but also the sort of thing that will pro From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Commix Commix, created by Parsons' Ming-Yen (Booker) Chen, is a clever idea and a fun interface for instant messaging. Login in and chat with a buddy by creating a comic strip out of the conversation. From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Audiovisual Granular Synthesis for Composition and Performance Parsons' Michael Bernstein created an application/process Audiovisual Granular Synthesis for Composition and Performance, "an investigation of the atomic elements of digital sound and graphics, and how they can be related and expressed through performance . . .Once audio and visual grains are composed separately, they are linked together by mapping between intermediate representations, a technique used to ascertain sameness between signals. The final manifestation of these paired grains are viewable as a full screen animation for the visual From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

The Wireless Backpack Repeater "So, you've decided to do a webcast around the streets of Bristol, but your puny wireless NIC isn't up to it? You need the ultimate wireless repeater! Built from an old backpack, a lead acid battery, a Linksys wireless device, and a rather scary antenna, this wireless repeater will get you webcasting from over a mile away." You'd definitely burn extra calories hiking with that thing. From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Bram Cohen tips-off Bit Torrent 2 protocol features Here's a quite technical description of what's being implemented for version 2 of Bit Torrent protocol. After much arguing, cogitating, arguing, and cogitating, the bt2 protocol designs are now further along than they were before. Features planned for bt2 - merkle hash trees - this is by far the most compelling reason to break compa From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

The End of Work as We Know It Movie Making - A Cottage Industry? - The end of work as we know it. I normally pass by pieces about Apple on my Apple Splash Page but this one caught my eye. The essence of the Industrial system is that it used very expensive tools and processes that could only be owned by the corporate entity. So we all became employees and went off to work. This post is about how the producer of the BBC's most popular Gardening Show, Ground Force,who with his partner and assistant edits his sho From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

News for Today, Jun 4 News in the shared spaces world: Pragmatech Software enhanced the collaboration and workflow capabilities of its sales productivity solution, via email-based workflow through Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes. "The RFP Machine® and RFP Express® enable quick assignment and automated distribution... From Kolabora.com on June 3, 2004 at 7:53 p.m..

IBM invests effort in venture capitalists From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

New resource: LibraryLaw Blog LibraryLaw Blog covers legal issues touching on libraries and information, such as copyright and DRM. It's based out of LibraryLaw.com, and run by the School for Scanning's Mary Minow and Peter Hirtle. (thanks to Louise Watson!)... From MANE IT Network on June 3, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..

Plogs Amazon uses the blog form to make recommendations in what it calls a plog -- a personalized blog. Your Amazon.com Plog is a diary of events that will enhance your shopping experience, helping you discover products that have just been released, track changes to your orders, and many other things. Just like a blog, your Plog is sorted in reverse chronological order. When we think we have something interesting or important to tell you, we'll post it to your Plog.If Amazon were sma From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..

Commercials - Rip, Mix, Post on a Website (Ernest Miller) GrepLaw points to an excellent group of remixed commercials that take familiar sales imagery and turn them into political and social commentary (Commercial Remixes). You can see the commercials here: Commercial Jams. GrepLaw guesses that, Hummer , F From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..

India - Poisonous phamphlets target Sonia Gandhi Despite Congress president Sonia Gandhi's renouncing the post of prime minister, for which she was fully eligible, the smear campaign by the Sangh Parivar [RSS family] goes on From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 3, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

India - Laloo Yadav examines IB report on the performance of Gujarat police Officers of railway ministry at last retrieved the Godhra train fire file. Railway Board chairman, RK Singh and director general of Railway Security Force, AK Pande, spent sleepless nights searching the file and making notes. From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 3, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

TV: Turn it off. It doesn't even know your name From the 'NOT SO' REALITY TV department: The New York Post is reporting that 'at a taping for the upcoming "bad talent" series, "Superstar USA" producers lied and told audience members that the talentless contestants were actually terminally ill patients from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Are you a TV junkie? Why? ... From Thought Quotient on June 3, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Art: Nudes vs. Prudes Having just returned from a brief vacation in the gallery-rich city of Santa Fe, I'm feeling more attuned to the world of visual art. Which is why this online art contest, recently brought to my attention by my friend Kit Cassingham, has me rolling on the floor with alternate guffaws and groans. Check it out: Worth 1000 (a contest site) recently held Work-Safe Art contest, in which entrants used Photoshop software to decently clothe the great nudes of art history. The point was to make these masterpieces "safe" for viewing by children or at the office. From Contentious Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Computer security implications for OA Dov Greenbaum et al, Computer security in academia--a potential roadblock to distributed annotation of the human genome, Nature Biotechnology 22, 771 - 772 (2004). (Access restricted to subscribers.) Greenbaum and colleagues discuss how threats to computer security such as viruses, worms, hacks and the like increase the cost of computer maintenance to institutions and imperil openness and interoperability for researchers wishing to access each other's data. "Free and broad disseminatio From Open Access News on June 3, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..

DOAJ launches article-level searching Today Lund University launched Phase 2 of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). From the press release: "The new version of DOAJ now includes records at article level and a search functionality allowing users to search articles in potentially all Open Access Journals. The directory now contains information about more than 1100 open access journals, i.e. quality controlled scientific and scholarly electronic journals that are freely available on the web. As of today 270 of the 110 From Open Access News on June 3, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..

The Role of Children In The Design Of New Technology "Children play games, chat with friends, tell stories, study history or math, and today this can all be done supported by new technologies. From the Internet to multimedia authoring tools, technology is changing the way children live and learn. As... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 3, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..

Hotmail incinerates customer files From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Intel says so far, so good for second quarter From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Microsoft to cut jobs in Ohio From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Linux e-mail company wins government contracts From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Briefly: Linux e-mail firm wins government contracts From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Microsoft's Sacred Cash Cow A victim of its own success, writes this author, a former employee, Microsoft depends on its Windows operating system for revenue - a system that is full of usability, stability and security flaws and won't be updated again for years. Though cash rich, the company is right now innovation poor, and shows no signs of the capacity to innovate that marked its earlier years. Thanks, Todd, for the link. By Jeff Reifman, Seattle Weekly, June 2, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

ODRL Workshop Report The official workshop report from the first Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) conference is out. Of most interest is the Future Directions at the end of the report. "The key next steps are to develop a work plan for the technical development of the next version of ODRL and to establish the ODRL International Advisory Board to manage the goverance processes for the Initiative." By Renato Iannella and Susanne Guth, June 3, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Web Users to Gain Creative Commons Access to the BBC This came to me from a few sources: the BBC is licensing all of its content under Creative Commons. I like the author's observation that this "could help to drive broadband and the take-up of new, faster PCs." By Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK, May 27, 2004 [Refer][Research][Refle From OLDaily on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Take-Off DataPoint Workshop Robin Good explains this nicely in today's newsletter: "The Take-off RSS news reader from DataPoint gathers RSS news and sends them directly into a Microsoft Access database. From there they can be easily pulled inside one or more presentation slides. Thus, you could have fresh and updated news feeds to show on your class opening presentation slide or you could display the latest relevant stock, or future prices for the very items that you have been covering in your presentation." I haven't tried it, but it's a great concept. Almost as good as sending your --> From OLDaily on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Gurus versus Bloggers Take 2 Another fun installment of Design by Fire's 'Gurus versus bloggers' design showdown. I'll spare you the suspense: "Another shutout: Bloggers, 8. Gurus, Zilch." I'm not even slightly surprised. The 'gurus' talk a good game, but it's the bloggers that actually pay attention to design. Which reminds me, it's time to redesign this creating heap of a website. I've been playing around with some interesting ideas using a --> From OLDaily on June 3, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Quality Tips For Webmasters A great small collection of quality tips for online publishers using (X)HTML code in their pages. These are absolute "must-follow" rules if you want your site to be accessible, compatible and reliably "validated".The idea here is to educate people that... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 3, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..

Copyright Clearance? A Mountain of Paper? Arggh, Just Take 'em Back in 1997, 1998 I created a old collection of digital photos from places I've been to in the southwest, More Than Just Four Corners. Like Meteor Crater, Havasupai, Chaco Canyon... Every now and then someone emails me asking for permission to use one of them (Google to the rescue), and I al From weblogged News on June 3, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

Careless coders tempting legal troubles? From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Microsoft elevates Great Plains division From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Tech giants go for the games From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Michael Moore clips debut on Web From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

IT Security Event Management IT Security Event Manager (IT SEM) provides an enterprise-wide security monitoring and administration solution that collects and analyzes data on events and provides a suitable response to threats on enterprise assets. This paper looks at the SEM system architecture and features. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on June 3, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..

Homeless Adults, Children, and Youth in Minnesota Research on homelessness in Minnesota from the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation's Research Center, available online or to download. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on June 3, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Don't interrupt, use word of mouse Finished reading new-age marketing mogul Seth Godin's Unleashing the Ideavirus. The first trick to releasing an ideavirus is to call your concept a peculiar name, such as "ideavirus". The second trick is to then make people read 104 pages of your book to find out what you're talking about and realize that "ideavirus" is just your pet name for "word of mouth advertising, via the Internet". Next, litter the pages with URLs of past books you've written and companies you are connected to. Step 4: PROFIT! So Seth practices what he preaches, but what he preaches is not earth-shatterin From silentblue | Quantified on June 3, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Communication Hub connects students across Canada The grade 8 class from St. Maria Goretti School has just returned from a once in a lifetime trip to Prince Edward Island. The trip is an exchange and was funded by SEVEC and the department of Canadian Heritage. http://www.sevec.ca... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 3, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Weblog is up. Postings here will start occuring. From Indiana University Mathematics Journal on June 3, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..

Give Credit Where Credit is Due! Serendipity strikes again. Curiosity link from the footer of some forgotten blog landed me here. Give Credit Where Credit is Due apparently began in the lat 1990s as a effort to promote "link back" credits to the sources of images that are used on someone's web site. It is now a nice set of general, but useful suggestions for providing credit for just about anything used in your web page (images, code fragments, blog publishing software)... In summary, Giving Credit Where Credit is Due is in essence common courtesy and a small From cogdogblog on June 3, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..

XML via EOF (searching the archives) Just did some more searching on the Omni WO-Dev list to see if anyone else has cracked the same nut... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Testing glitch causes U.K. airport chaos From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Adware maker WhenU 'exploring' options From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Mastermind Explorer - Issue 52 - Robin Good's Discoveries And Selected News Mastermind Explorer - Issue 52 - Robin Good's Discoveries And Selected News From MasterMind Explorer on June 3, 2004 at 3:54 p.m..

Canadian funder discriminates against OA journals The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (IRRODL) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Athabasca University in Canada. It recently applied for funds from the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), but was turned down on the ground that it does not have at least 200 paying subscribers. IRRODL explained that it was an open-access journal, that it was peer-reviewed, that it had at least 6,800 regular readers, and that it was indexed in the Open Access News on June 3, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..

CC-Brazil! Legal ports to Brazilian law of Creative Commons 2.0 licenses are now live. Commoners Glenn Otis Brown and Neeru Paharia are at Software Livre 2004 in Porto Alegre for the launch celebration. Chairman Lawrence Lessig will arrive later this week for the --> From Creative Commons: weblog on June 3, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Panorama Ephemera This week's featured content is Rick Prelinger's new film Panorama Ephemera, produced entirely with short government clips from the 1940s-1970s. For those in the Bay Area, it will be shown at the San Francisco Cinematheque on Sunday, June 13 at 7:30 pm. The clips range from the everyday normal to the absolutely bizarre and together form an amusing collage of how life used to be. From Creative Commons: weblog on June 3, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

U.S. cell phone users pick up on new features From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Harry Potter and the worm of doom From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Is the dust on your computer toxic? From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Groups debate wireless spectrum plans From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

The Enron Tapes In the annals of corporate corruption, the words of the Enron Energy traders who chortled (CBS) over the screwing their company was giving California and other western states in the 2000 energy crisis are amazing mostly for their brazen quality. Still, if California's political leaders -- from both parties -- hadn't made such a mess of deregulation, the crooks from Enron and other companies never would have had the opportunity in the first place. That doesn't excuse them, any more than a bu From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 3, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..

Study: CD prices sing the blues From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Thank you Lisa Neun... via Seblogging: for ignoring the fact that "BlogWalk 2.0" was an invitation only gathering for not taking the time to present yourself to the host and any of the initiators when you got there for not asking if you were welcome to join for not making clear your agenda and From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on June 3, 2004 at 2:00 p.m..

BlogWalk 3.0 Announced via Ton's Interdependent Thoughts: Even if I'm not sure whether or not I've already recovered fully from the meeting in Nuremberg last week, it is already time to announce the next BlogWalk! Date and place: July 4th , Krems (near Vienna), Austria Focus: weblog... From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on June 3, 2004 at 2:00 p.m..

Wednesday, June 02, 2004 This worked for The League, so I am going to try it here. From RHPT.com on June 3, 2004 at 2:00 p.m..

Online lesson for telling time in Spanish with audio The Language Learning Playground: Spanish Lessons: Telling Time Great little website with tons of grammar lessons, including the one above about telling time. From Spanish Learning Blog on June 3, 2004 at 2:00 p.m..

Newsletter 48....coming tonight! Hola guys - I've been a little slow this holiday week so I'm still working on the newsletter, which will take a look at telling time, and some of the local variations in different countries. It should be posted by tonight or tomorrow AM, so make sure to check back. For those of you who have trouble receiving the newsletters to your email account, remember that they are archived here on the left From Spanish Learning Blog on June 3, 2004 at 2:00 p.m..

Collaboration by Jay Cross Jay Cross has made his ASTD 2004 presentation notes for "Collaboration Supercharges Performance" available, as well as the link to the entire 87 minute presentation in Macromedia Breeze. I have enjoyed all of Jay's Breeze presentations, and the audio quality is excellent. It's great to see this sharing of ideas made so easy for those of us not able to attend ASTD. From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 3, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

The Beginning of the End of Work Rob Paterson, a very interesting person who writes some of the best articles in the blogosphere, talks about the end of work as we know it. This is a recurring theme for me, as I've worked in very large bureaucracies, dot coms, and a university. Basically, it's getting easier to be a free agent. Rob sums up the advantage of hiring a free agent versus a corporate consultant: This then raises the larger issue of the erosion of the cor From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 3, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

New eLearning R&D Blog After a few false starts and some technical glitches, we have the new (and improved?) blog for elearning R&D in the region, available at www.learnnb.ca/blog/. This is a continuation of the posts started on the R&D Community Blog on this site, which will now be retired. The community now has its own web space, as part of the LearnNB site, which is hosted by the NRC. I have also established a collaborative work space for interested community members. We are using the --> From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 3, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Design by Fire: Gurus v. Bloggers, Round 2 Another terrific article this week at one of my new favorites, Design by Fire. This time around it's Gurus vs. Bloggers, Round 2, in which the designs aspects of some well known design gurus are pitted against some of the more stylish blogs that are out there. It's all done in good fun, but there are an awful lot of good points made along the way. I sort of feel for some of the gurus, since I know how they feel. It's one thing to be able to teach how things should be done, but... From Brain Frieze on June 3, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Great Business Plan: Steal From Kids In my morning paper today was a story on the bankruptcy filing of The National School Fitness Foundation, a company that promoted the "grant" of weight training equipment to schools around the country. As Kimberly Mitchell reports in the Palm Beach Post, the company has left 10 schools in my school district holding the bag for $220,000 of equipment, or a total of just over $2 million. Great. That's a big chunk of money that could have gone to, oh I don't know, teacher salaries,... From Brain Frieze on June 3, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

Speaking at NECC 2004 I'll be doing some presentations for Macromedia at the National Education Computing Conference (NECC) a little later this month. I'll be giving a talk at the Macromedia booth each day of the conference on using Contribute in education. Those will be held each day of the conference (Monday through Wednesday) at 12:30. I'll be hanging around the booth for an hour or two around that time as well, so if you want to chat one-on-one that's the best time to get together. I'll also be giving a... From Brain Frieze on June 3, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

2% of Revenues From Online Newspapers worldwide only get 2 percent of their revenues from online activities, according to research carried out on behalf of the World Association of Newspapers, which represents 18,000 newspapers and is meeting in Istanbul this week. Total global circulation was down slightly in the 208 countries surveyed by the Paris-based association, but over the last five years, newspaper sales worldwide went up by 4.75 percent. Well over 1 billion people now read a newspaper every day! And newspapers are st From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 3, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

China Focuses on Mobile Internet Is China going to beat India in the IT outsourcing trade? Yes, says Wang Wenjing, chairman of UFsoft, the largest enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor in China. UFsoft has 4,000 employees in China and serves about 300,000 clients, according to Wang. With its current 2.8 million college graduates and 290 million mobile phones -- compared to 80 million Internet connections -- going mobile is the most obvious direction to take. Wang: "Chinese users are not that much used to the PC and a keyboard as the users in the U.S. are; we have a ver From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 3, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

How Do You Create a Community? I've been thinking a lot about online communities. I have a team of graduate students this quarter who have been exploring what we're calling "hyperlocal citizens' media." The question they're trying to answer is whether it's possible to build an online community oriented to a town or neighborhood -- one where citizens share information and make connections that aren't being fostered by metropolitan newspapers or local TV. To test some of their ideas, they' From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 3, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

BBC to Open News Video Archives for Re-use In 2003, then BBC director-general Greg Dyke announced that Brits were going to get free online access to the BBC's vast archives. Last week, more detail on the "Creative Archive" initiative came out, with the announcement that the usage licenses will be based on the Creative Commons copyright model promoted by law professor Lawrence Lessig. As of September this year, individuals not only will be able to download video files of B From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 3, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Curso «Comunicación digital en las comunidades virtuales» La Universitat Jaume I (UJI) organiza el curso de verano «Comunicación digital en las comunidades virtuales», dirigido por Emilio Sáez Soro y Carlos Scolari. Este curso incluirá ponencias y talleres sobre las comunidades virtuales en la educación, en los negocios, en los juegos y otros ámbitos. La última parte del curso estará dedicada a los blogs o bitácoras. From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on June 3, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

Pedagogical straightjackets Some interesting thoughts coming out of James Farmer's Online Education Weblog , where he claims that there is no such thing as a learning management system. " ... Learning simply cannot be managed in the traditional sense of the word. However, commercial providers of online teaching and learning solutions have sought to exploit the myth that it can and to pull the wool of content creation and management over eyes unused to and unsure of the concept of online teaching and learning. The myth goes that through content and communication creation and management tools, you will get unprecedent From Shootmouth on June 3, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

MCI Envisions Online Future MCI and Microsoft are teaming to deliver Web conferencing and collaboration services, and it's only the beginning of morphing PCs into phones. From Kolabora.com on June 3, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

eLearning Effectiveness? Oxymorons.info lists more than 800 combinations of contradictory or incongruous words, such as 'Cruel Kindness' or 'Jumbo Shrimp.'  AssistantManagerHomeOfficeIndependentFinancial AdvisorIndustrialParkJobSecurityLimitedLifetime GuaranteeLiquidPaperLongBriefingMobileStationMobilTMStationMonopolyMovingTargetNewAntiques (Arriving Daily!) This got me thinking about the state of corporate learning. Level 1evaluation eLearning Performancemodel This page intentionally left blank. For a non-laughing... From Internet Time Blog on June 3, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

More on Google and CrossRef Search Péter Jascó reviews the CrossRef Search Pilot in his column, Péter's Digital Reference Shelf, Thomson Gale, June 2004. Excerpt: "Make no mistake, I like Google....I appreciate how smart and nibble it is with 3.5 billion Web pages of mostly unstructured text with no metadata, no tagged and marked fields to identify author, publication date, subject and the likes. But I am not impressed by its...modest From Open Access News on June 3, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Rather Subversive: BugMetNot Do you hate registering to read online news from the New York Times, Washington Post, etc? I do think this service may last long, but it is interesting to monitor what BugMeNot causes in terms of disruptive patterns in the technology landscape. Will the lawyers swoop in? Will the Times start trying to block the accounts? Will it ruin paid services? Will it not make much of any difference? I am more interested to see the social patterns that ripple out that anything else... bugmenot.com Common sense isn't. Bypass Compul From cogdogblog on June 3, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

Audio Chattin' With the Aussies After yesterday's online audio LearningTimes session with the Australian Flexible Learning folks, I am again impressed with the fluid exchanges possible with the Elluminate Virtual Classroom-- I lost count, but there may have been at least 30 participants not only from Australia, but Denmark (it was 2:00 AM for her) and I believe Brazil. The whole thing is archived for playback at LearningTImes, and you can listen to it and count my "umms" They think I am some sort of "expert" in From cogdogblog on June 3, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

CIA Director is Out

Microsoft's Future, from a Former insider

Hong Kong's Threatened Speech The Chinese authorities are mocking their promises of "one country, two systems," a promise they made when they got Hong Kong back from the British in 1997. As William Woo notes in this opinion piece today, four prominent talk show hots have gone off the air. Woo writes:For the social, economic and political elites of Hong Kong, Albert Cheng's show may not have been required listening. But for them press freedom is important. One by one, the canaries in the coal mine are going silent. On th From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 3, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..

Hyatt brings Wi-Fi to hotel rooms, lobbies From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Skills and More Ltd "T ... Skills and More Ltd "The main focus of Skills & More's work lies primarily in the area of innovative instrumentation of personal development. The basic organisational structure of Skills & More Ltd involves a network, one that consists of over 300 consultants, partner companies and highly qualified specialists all over Europe. For years, the Skills & More managers have been committed to excellence in pers From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Competir: Live to learn &qu ... Competir: Live to learn "Premier Elearning company, in Spanish language, Argentina-based, offering complete elearning solutions for Iberoamerican market, with leaders cases in Argentina, Chile, Spain, México, USA,  Dominican Repúblic, Uruguay, Paraguay, Venezuela. Just Latin América region we have +150.000 peoples using our elearning solutions. Today, Competir have the biggest course warehouse in Latin Ameri From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Trioform "Trioform proposes a proj ... Trioform "Trioform proposes a project management solution, based on project management software (TrioProject) and training. TrioProject adapts to your business needs, supporting your project management method and procedures. For the steering committee, TrioProject has a project dashboard; for the project manager, TrioProject structures the project (project risk management, gantt diagram, etc); for the project From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

For Mac security, communication is key From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Training Supervisor in the North Yearning for a northern experience working in the mining industry? This item, sent to us by Mark Akerman, sounds like a position that has possibilities. https://www.careerexchange.com/cejobs/DetailDiavik.asp?diavikWFDTRS0406... From Rick's Café Canadien on June 3, 2004 at 11:53 a.m..

OA recommendation to the EU 7th Framework Programme Lilian van der Vaart, Quo Vadis Academia? A Triptych, April 22, 2004. A position paper inspired by Holland's DARE Project written for the EU 7th Framework Programme. Excerpt: "Although creation and communication of new knowledge are equally important, the latter process has been relatively underexposed in the scientific research domain. Universities and research institutes rarely have an articulated scientific communications policy, let alone a matching str From Robin Good's Latest News on June 3, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

Girls keep out? Jeneane writes in a comment: funny, but the cast of characters you mention here made me read down your blog with a keen eye for finding a woman to see what they/we might be up to in the making news department. I read lots of posts down into May. Didn't see one. What this says to me, you being the ultimate fair and balanced blogger, and that is said sincerely, is that we women are just not flying above the blog noise radar these days. This isn't so much a comment to you, David, but more to me, reinforcing what... From Joho the Blog on June 3, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

ActiveGuide "ActiveGuide ... ActiveGuide "ActiveGuide delivers automated role-based, process-based and task- based e-Learning and performance support embedded within work flow that is computer mediated (relies on such software as CRM, ERP, etc.)." Added: 3 Jun 2004 Reviewer's Note: Other tools from RockeTools nclude ActiveHelp and ActiveTutor From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Ten tips and tricks for the online student ... Ten tips and tricks for the online student "During the first course, I had printed every article, Email, group project, student-to-facilitator communication, lecture, and assignment. I struggled to work within a synchronous and asynchronous environment, while juggling my teammate's schedules, multiple assignments, and my day-to-day job. Finally, after the first course, I realized I From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Using Microsoft Word like a pro: Part 2 ... Using Microsoft Word like a pro: Part 2 "The rest of this article, Part Two of a series about Microsoft Word's intermediate features, will discuss why and how an English teacher might insert sounds into a document. Don't let this restrict your thinking, though, since ALL teachers deal with listening skills and the concepts discussed here." Daniel Lake, techlearning.com, 1 June 2004 From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Different pedagogical uses of VLEs with different ... Different pedagogical uses of VLEs with different learner groups "This case study reviews the impact of Blackboard on teaching and learning at Kingston College, and describes the development of a model for applying the VLE in different curriculum areas." Andrew Williams, ferl, 15 April 2004 Added: 3 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Conclusion: "A key outcome from the From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

The Consumer's Guide to e-Learning ... The Consumer's Guide to e-Learning "The Consumer's Guide to e-Learning has been developed to help you decide: (1) If studying by e-learning is the right option for you. (2) How to access the quality of online courses. (3) How to access the quality of online training providers." Added: 3 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: Submit your email to access a 5 page downloadable PDF From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

remix culture Roger Rustad has posted some great examples of political remix at greplaw. The Fox one is particularly good. But does anyone know of great conservative remix culture? Attacks on Kerry? Or liberals? From Lessig Blog on June 3, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

remix culture II Rick Prelinger, father of public domain film, will show Panorama Ephemera, a feature-length collage film, at the San Francisco Cinematheque on Sunday, June 13 at 7:30 pm. The film is made from "ephemeral film," meaning film not copyrighted when originally published. The supply of such film officially ended in 1978, when all film is automatically (federally) copyrighted. From Lessig Blog on June 3, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

remix culture III The beauty of a duck. (Chill, lawyers.) (Thanks to Laura Arguello for the link.) From Lessig Blog on June 3, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Government's patching system seen as poor From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Briefly: Government's patching system seen as poor From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Institutional Web Management Workshop 2004: Transforming The Organisation - University of Birmingham ... Institutional Web Management Workshop 2004: Transforming The Organisation - University of Birmingham - 27-29 July 2004 - The talks, parallel sessions and discussion groups will address the issues of how the Web may be transforming our institutions and how our institutions' working practices and organisational structures may need to be transformed in order to make best use of the Web From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 3, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Modi Measurement System "We offe ... Modi Measurement System "We offer services in creating a customized learning environment. This entails the use of standard tools and our experience in Instructional and Visual Design, Content and Graphical Illustrations, Animation, Audio and Video assets on the Web and as an Interactive CD." Added: 3 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: HQ in Mumbai, India From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

Dates: 21-22 September 2004 Venue: Strasbou ... Dates: 21-22 September 2004 Venue: Strasbourg, France Added: 3 June 2004 EVENTS: e-Learning Conferences June 2004 From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

E-learning from research to reality: stakeholders ... E-learning from research to reality: stakeholders expectations on quality From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..

Scaled Composites On Track To Win The X-PRIZE Scaled Composites announced today that they will launch a space mission on June 21 for what is possibly the last qualifying flight before the two flights required to win the X-Prize. From kuro5hin.org on June 3, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

HP adds backup option for desktops From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Curso «La sociedad ante las nuevas tecnologías: los cambio educativos» La Universidad Internacional del Mar 2004 (UNIMAR) organiza el curso «La sociedad ante las nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación: los cambios educativos», dirigido por el profesor Francisco Martínez Sánchez. Uno de los objetivos del curso es «aportar criterios didácticos para la planificación y mejora de la calidad de los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje en situaciones no presenciales». Entre otras cuestiones, se hablará sobre los cambios comunicativos From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on June 3, 2004 at 9:55 a.m..

Blog Ecosystem From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 3, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

Capacitarán a 40 mil funcionarios mexicanos mediante eLearning Alrededor de 40 mil funcionarios públicos serán capacitados para mejorar y eficientar el servicio que el Gobierno presta a la sociedad, a fin de garantizar la continuidad de programas sociales y econó... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on June 3, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..

ADL presenta utilidades para ejecutar objetos SCORM 1.2 en plataformas SCORM2004 ADL ha publicado diversas utilidades que permiten ejecutar objetos SCORM 1.2 en plataformas SCORM2004. Estas utilidades consisten en ficheros Javascript (JS) que en... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on June 3, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..

More on Elsevier's new postpring archiving policy Elsevier has issued a press release (June 3) describing the policy-change. Excerpt: "Now, no permission is required for authors to revise and widely post the final version of the text, provided that the posting contains a link to the home page of the journal in which the article was published, and that the posting is not used for commercial purposes -- such as systematic distribution or creating links for commercial customers to articles." The restriction on commercial reuse is new since the Open Access News on June 3, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..

E-Learn 2004 paper acceptance Thank you for your submission to E-Learn 2004 to be held in Washington, DC, USA, November 1-5, 2004. We are pleased to inform you that the Program Committee of E-Learn 2004, after rigorous peer review, has decided to ACCEPT your submission for presentation. (Review Policy: http://www.aace.org/reviewpolicy.htm) Paper ID: 11007 Title: Moving to a distributed model of learning and facilitation: The catalytic role of personal and collaborative Webpublishing technologies Nice. I am looking forward to work this one out. The abstract of our proposa From Seblogging News on June 3, 2004 at 9:52 a.m..

The Manchester home of Elizabeth Gaskell, author of Cranford and the first biography of Charlotte Br ... The Manchester home of Elizabeth Gaskell, author of Cranford and the first biography of Charlotte Bront, is to be restored and opened to the public once 2.2m has been raised for repairs and renovation - The Guardian From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 3, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

A major new literary prize is being launched, which will extend the scope of the Man Booker Prize fo ... A major new literary prize is being launched, which will extend the scope of the Man Booker Prize for fiction internationally. The Man Booker International Prize will recognize one writer for their achievement in fiction. The prize will be awarded once every two years to a living author who has published fiction either originally in English, or generally available in translation in the English language From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 3, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

SPARC Open Access Newsletter issue #74 is now available ... SPARC Open Access Newsletter issue #74 is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 3, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

The English-Speaking Union (ESU) and CILIP invite applications for the 2004 Travelling Librarian Awa ... The English-Speaking Union (ESU) and CILIP invite applications for the 2004 Travelling Librarian Award, from qualified librarians working in UK libraries or information centres. The Travelling Librarian Award is intended to encourage US/UK contacts in the library world and the establishment of permanent links. Deadline 29 June From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 3, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

OLI: Summer Institute ... OLI: Summer Institute Dates: 15-18 June 2004 Venue: Willamette Education Service District, Salem, Oregon Added: 3 June 2004 EVENTS: e-Learning Conferences June 2004 From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 3, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

The Times Covers RSS A pretty good overview from the Times, but has anyone seen RSS spelled "R.S.S." anywhere else? They're so proper those Times techies... R.S.S. may become an invaluable Web tool, but at the moment there are still a few kinks to work out. To add R.S.S. channels, for example, you have to look at Web sites for orange buttons labeled R.S.S. or XML. After you click on the button, you usually From weblogged News on June 3, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..

Attorneys sketch schedule for Oracle trial From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Oracle's day in court From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Apple and OS security--communication is key From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

An open-source call to arms From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Briefly: Friendster hires new CEO From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

SPDECE- Simposio Pluridisciplinar sobre Diseño, Evaluación y Descripción de Contenidos Didácticos Reutilizables El I Simposio Pluridisciplinar sobre "Diseño, Evaluación y Descripción de Contenidos Didácticos Reutilizables" tendrá lugar en Octubre de 2004 en la --> From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on June 3, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

BlogWalk 3.0 announcement Though BlogWalk 2.0 is only a few days old we are happy to announce a definite time, place and theme for BlogWalk 3.0 Date: 4 July, the weekend before the BlogTalk 2.0 conference. Focus: weblog networks and weblog networking Location: From Seblogging News on June 3, 2004 at 7:52 a.m..

The latest list of journals available on the EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS) now covers ... The latest list of journals available on the EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS) now covers 10,255 titles From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 3, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Nokia unveils mid-air messaging - BBC Nokia is making a mobile that lets you write short text messages in mid-air. The messages are written using a row of LEDs fitted on the rear cover of Nokia's forthcoming 3220 phone. A motion sensor in the phone makes the lights blink in a sequence th From Techno-News Blog on June 3, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Wi-Fi TV Not Ready for Prime Time - Elisa Batista, Wired For folks who have a tough time leaving their TV sets even to cook or use the bathroom, a few Japanese companies have come up with a way to let customers bring their tubes with them. Electronics makers Sony, Sharp and Casio have created flat-panel dis From Techno-News Blog on June 3, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Online newspapers tempt readers - Peter Feuilherade, BBC In Russia newspaper circulation has doubled in two years. The number of newspaper websites around the world has doubled since 1999, a study has found. There has been a tremendous boom in the consumption of online editions. Timothy Balding, director g From Techno-News Blog on June 3, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Do We Really Need Student Technology Standards? - techLearning Our new state technology plan format requires that the district provide a separate scope and sequence for student technology skills. I thought the whole idea was to embed these skills in content area teaching. Am I mistaken? Although students today ar From Educational Technology on June 3, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Children's groups to FCC: Enact DTV rules to protect kids - Cara Branigan, eSchool News As the nation's television broadcasters prepare to convert their signals from analog to digital format, a coalition of education and children's advocacy groups is calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make rules for digital televisi From Educational Technology on June 3, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Online degree program to employ 400 in Beaverton - Portland, Orgeon BizJournal Illinois-based American InterContinental University Online said Wednesday it has opened a regional admissions center in Beaverton that will employ as many as 400 Portland-area residents during its first year of operation. AIU Online is a 3-year-old pr From Online Learning Update on June 3, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Michigan to Hold First Statewide Online Summer School - Converge Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm announced the launch of Michigan Virtual Summer School, a program developed by Michigan Virtual High School (MVHS) to offer the state's high school students a more flexible option for participating in summer school co From Online Learning Update on June 3, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

University of Florida Upgrades for Exponential E-Learning Growth - Converge E-learning usage at the University of Florida has doubled every year since 2000, with more than 75,000 student seats in 1,300 courses in place today. As a top-tier research and land-grant institution, the university is required to aggressively conduct From Online Learning Update on June 3, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

What I meant to say is blogs are better because links are first class citizens The previous post (Blogs are better than mailing lists because blogs were designed with links in mind from the beginning) was a bit of a sloppy ramble! What I meant to say is that blogs are better because links are first class citizens From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

NY Times on RSS A short introduction to RSS and how it can help filter unwanted online information. From elearningpost on June 3, 2004 at 6:48 a.m..

Robots to Hubble's Rescue? NASA's chief administrator earns wild applause after telling the American Astronomical Society that the space agency is actively seeking a robot able to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. From Wired News on June 3, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

How Tough Are the Crop Cops? The USDA says it's stepping up efforts to regulate drugs grown in crops, and let the public in on those regulations. But environmental groups are unconvinced. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on June 3, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

The Ultimate Pitching Machine Hardware and hard science are turning big-league ballplayers into precision-guided flamethrowers. Batter up! By Tom McNichol from Wired magazine. From Wired News on June 3, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

The Changing Face of E-Mail Think spam is bad? How about being buried in e-mails you actually want? Software developers and Internet architects meet this week to discuss how to make e-mail friendlier. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on June 3, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Microsoft Edges Into ITunes' Turf The new Windows Media Player 10 works with a wide range of portable devices and digital music subscription services. But the real power move comes later this year, when Microsoft launches its own online music store. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on June 3, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

You, Too, Can Be a Comics Whiz Like video games? Can't draw? Want to start a Web comic anyway? Join the throngs creating new comics from classic video-game graphics. Just don't expect the game companies to approve. By Lore Sjöberg. From Wired News on June 3, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Approaches to Teaching and Learning in Asia Reviewed The University of Melbourne has undertaken a preliminary review of approaches to learning and teaching in Asia as a step to improving the design and delivery of its academic programs in Australia, overseas and online. The review, Students from Asia: Issues of Learning and Teaching, was commissioned by the former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Gilbert, and led by the Dean of Education, Professor Brian Caldwell. It was carried out by the Faculty of Education in association with Asialink, and also took advice from a cross-University reference group.The University of Melbourne, News 26 May 20 From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 3, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

Student Loan Interest Rates to Reach Record Lows Federal student loans are about to reach historically low rates, giving American Collegiate Financial Services (ACFS) customers the chance to save even more during the repayment of their student loans [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004] From PR Web on June 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Seeking volunteers for Hoboken High School Senior Prep Day Volunteers needed to aid Hoboken High School Seniors who are not immediately going to college in their quest for employment. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004] From PR Web on June 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

DancesWithFilms Film Festival Engages a Hot Topic Two particular films in Los Angeles' annual filmmaker discovery fest, Dances With Films, address the culture of violence and aggression in today's youth: A powerful and evocative documentary titled RATS & BULLIES and an explosive and taut narrative film, AMERICAN YEARBOOK. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004] From PR Web on June 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Braille Voyager and Supernova Combine to Make a Winning Package In the interest of extending the companies' longstanding relationship throughout the European market into the United States, Dolphin Computer Access Inc., has teamed with Optelec, the North American division of the Tieman Group, to offer blind and visually impaired computer users fantastic deals on the Voyager series of Braille displays. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004] From PR Web on June 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Tickets are Selling Fast for the Second Annual Harrington Family Foundation Benefit Concert Presented by KeyBank Joey Harrington, NFL Detroit Lions quarterback, presents the Second Annual Harrington Family Foundation Benefit Concert featuring contemporary rockers Third Eye Blind and supporting act Pat McGee Band. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004] From PR Web on June 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

GSELearning Software Announces "ELearning Artisan" Content Authoring Suite GSELearning has created a new software suite called "ELearning Artisan" that allows users to create their own interactive multimedia eLearning content. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004] From PR Web on June 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Enewsbar.com Scrolling News Ticker Now Serving Newsfeeds From All Headline News Corp. All Headline News and Intellim Research enter into a long term, formal relationship. Intellim Research will integrate All Headline News breaking news content. [PRWEB Jun 3, 2004] From PR Web on June 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Service Industries Combine for Skills Future The new Services Industries Skills Council has been launched by Brendan Nelson, Minister for Education Science and Training. The service industries sector, which includes retail and wholesale, sport and recreation, tourism, hospitality, hairdressing, beauty therapy and funeral services, is one of the fastest growing areas of the economy. The Service Industries Skills Council will be a key link between those businesses and their employees and the national training system. It will ensure that employers and employees get the up-to-date, workplace relevant skills and training they need to compete From EdNA Online on June 3, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Wordpress and my aching head Whoops... sorry about the earlier invite to play with wordpress... first people couldn't register (wrong file) now they can't login (have no idea why!). I'm going to carry on playing and scratching and we shall see... I AM going to get a playful model up soon though, I am I am. Thanks Lindon for pointing it out :o) From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 3:51 a.m..

Democrats Seek Bigger Aid Rise to City Schools New York State Democrats presented their plan to improve New York City's schools, calling for the state to increase spending by $6 billion over the next five years. From New York Times: Education on June 3, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Former Auditor of Roslyn, L.I., School District Questions $7 Million in Transactions The questionable transactions have yet to be reviewed in a detailed audit, the school board's president said, and some could prove to be legitimate. From New York Times: Education on June 3, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Study Faults Colleges on Graduation Rates Only 63 percent of full-time college students at four-year colleges graduate within six years - a common yardstick for measuring graduation rates. From New York Times: Education on June 3, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

For Shining Light at Juilliard, a Tragic End in a Remote Spot Sarah Fox, the Juilliard student whose body was found Tuesday, was a radiant young woman imbued with talent, her friends say. From New York Times: Education on June 3, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Free for Education Licensing The Free to Education licensing option aims to make the use of internet-based content easier for the education and training community. If a Free for Education Mark or logo is included on a webpage or web resource or learning object, the user has 'taken out' a license to use the resource. The use of the Free for Education Mark means that the user can use the content within an education and training context, doesn't need to seek permission to use the content further, and is not infringing the rights of a copyright owner. From EdNA Online on June 3, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Transit of Venus: Voyages in Time and Space Transits of Venus are rare. The site celebrates the observation of the transit of Venus in 1768 by Captain James Cook. The website is designed as a rich multimedia resource, offering a stimulating range of original and archive videos distributed as streaming-video and audio resources related to the three main topics: Astronomy, Cook's Explorations, and Waka Voyaging. From EdNA Online on June 3, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

The FenceSitter lurches into motion... It's been gratifying to see the response to the (somewhat premature) announcement of the NMC 2004 Small Pieces Loosely Joined event. A nice selection of webloggers have already signalled their support, and a few are already contributing. From Portal - The Fencesitter Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 3:00 a.m..

I know, I know, this sucks... This weblog is in nowhere near the condition it needs to be. I've gotten behind on a few fronts, but I shall prevail, and live to sup on the marrow of my enemies. From Portal - The Fencesitter Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 3:00 a.m..

Fencesitter? Or the best of both worlds? An overview of this perspective... From Portal - The Fencesitter Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 3:00 a.m..

Greg Linden Gets to Join the Relevancy Club So Greg posted some helpful hints on my blog, but left out the important bit of information that he works at Findory.com, my very favorite news website! But I googled him and not only does he work there, but he runs the place! Before that he ran the ... From Relevancy on June 3, 2004 at 3:00 a.m..

El ’Peak Oil’ sale del armario Cuando aquí hablábamos, no hace mucho, de la teoría del ’peak oil’ o del fin del petróleo barato, aún no había degenerado tanto la situación en Iraq y el precio del petróleo no se había desbocado del todo. Realmente eran muy pocas las referencias que podían encontrarse en español, y tan sólo el magnífico sitio Crisis Energética ofrecía una información de calidad sobre esta teoría que, de confirmarse aún en sus extremos más dulcificados, alterará de forma radical nuestra (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on June 3, 2004 at 2:59 a.m..

Text markup and the liberal arts workshop this week The Examining Scholarly and Pedagogical Implications of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) for Small Liberal Arts Colleges project is holding a three-day workshop at Wheaton College.... From MANE IT Network on June 3, 2004 at 2:59 a.m..

Tele2 launches 3G in Sweden Free mobile internet and WAP for the rest of this year as an introduction offer. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Ireland launches code of practice of practice for mobile services In addition, a parental guide to mobile phone services, a content-filtering trial and a national registrar of 3G users have been announced. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

SMS translation service for travelers launched The Dutch motoring organisation ANWB, and Van Dale, a prominent dictionary publisher, have launched an SMS-based service that translates between French, German, English, Spanish, and Dutch. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Dutch RFID players get their act together In anticipation of a booming market in the Netherlands for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications, product and service suppliers have joined forces with potential users to form RFID Nederland, an association to co-ordinate and promote their RFID activities. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Is the European 3G-juggernaut stuck in a rut? Despite all the hype, European mobile users are not rushing in droves to buy 3G mobile handsets, which still only account for two per cent of all mobile telephones sold in Europe. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

3G is so last week This may seem a touch premature when most of the world is still getting to grips with rolling out 3G services, but Japan's NTT DoCoMo is already doing tests for 4G, and the numbers are stunning. Get this: 300Mbps from a moving car, and the target is to achieve downstream speeds of 1Gbps when stationary. They're getting an average of over 100Mbps, too, which is as at least as fast as any fibero From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Samsung A700 Won't Support Videophone SprintPCSInfo is reporting that the upcoming Samsung A700 will not be able to support two-way live video streaming as has been rumored, allowing only video clips to be sent from ph From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Allied Media Conference, June 18-20, 2004 In just a few weeks I will be making my third trek to the Allied Media Conference in Bowling Green, OH, happening June 18 - 20. This event, which started as the Underground Publishing Conference, is an amazing meeting of the minds of independent media that keeps growing and improving this year. I'm really excited for the keynote address by Mark Hosler of Negativland and the Saturday night performance by the Evens, featuring Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina. I saw Hosler at the Reclaim the Media Conference in 2002, where he related so From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Does RSS Cause the Media to Lose Traffic? Would a big media company lose all their traffic (and thus revenues) if they supported RSS? Dave Winer has answers. From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Significant Procedural Victory in Broadcast Flag Lawsuit Prof. Susan Crawford reports good news regarding a court challenge to the broadcast flag (Broadcast flag order). Several groups, including the American Library Association, Public Knowledge, Consumers' Union and others, have challenged the FCC's jurisdiction t From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Future news models Andrew Nachison and Dale Peskin, Co-Directors of the Media Center at the American Press Institute, told an international gathering of editors over the weekend of their "visible future" for the news business. This involves creating models based on "the things we know are happening, and how things are emerging." Interesting stuff. The first is called the "know-trust network" -- a personal community where informal networks are exchanging news, information and conversation. "They are becoming the principle means of learning and discovery," said Mr. Peskin and they could From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Open source QuickTime initiative Very interesting project, includes a beta version of a broadcasting app as well. From the site: OpenQuicktime aims to be a portable library for handling Apple's QuickTime popular media files on Unix-like environments. It is aim is to provide encoding, authoring and editing support as well as video playback. From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Shareaza 2.0 Released Under GPL RageEar writes "Today it was announced that the latest version of Shareaza, a popular P2P application for Windows, was released under the GPL. Currently the source code is hosted by the Shareaza servers, but the announcement makes mention of the code becoming a project on Sourceforge. The binaries are still available for Windows only, unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Solid-State Mini-ITX Linux Recording Studio HOWTO "LinuxDevices.com has posted a project howto on building a dedicated music recording and editing computer that uses a CompactFlash card instead of a hard drive, to eliminate hard disk chatter. It uses the latest release from the Agnula (GNU/Linux Audio) project, and the newest Epia MII-12000 mini-ITX board from VIA. The method described in the article applies to embedding most any Knoppix-based Live unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Windows Media Player 10 Technical Beta Microsoft released their technical beta of Windows Media Player 10 for download. The major features include a new interface, a built in online store (with choice of stores), an all in one smart jukebox as well as the most important item: enhanced device support. The enhanced device support includes Auto-Sync which "enables the seam From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Music Industry DRM Firms Want You To Pay To Restrict Your Fair Use You know, I wrote this big, stupid rant (which is after the jump if you really want to read it) but let me cut to the quick: The music industry just took your lunch money, and now they want you to pay them to do it again. Read [CNet via TechDirt] From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Dave Winer: why big media should embrace RSS Dave Winer has a new RSS blog.  Today's post gives a very persuasive explanation of why and how major news companies will benefit from embracing RSS, ASAP. In response to Dave's blog, Ben Sinclair has started a syndication blog. Dave has pointed to it. Dave also pointed to a great post From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

The Economics of Connectivity One of the key differences between traditional wireless networks and unlicensed systems such as WiFi is the way they distribute costs. It's not just a question of cheaper or more expensive. Who pays, for what, and at what point can determine adoption patterns more than the aggregate level of spending. --> From unmediated on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

India Muslim organisations - reluctant campaigners: Political representation of Muslims Political representation of Muslims is falling day by day. There are several factors behind this unfortunate fact... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

A Journey to Pakistan: impressions of an Indian lawyer Having just returned as a member of the Indian SAARC Law delegation to Pakistan, I am incessantly amused... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

India - Muslim - Islamic Magazine in Hindi Released The monthly organ of Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO) released in Hindi... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

India Elections - Saffron is in and secularism out, for Mulayam Whether the Samajwadi Party president and the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, is really secular... From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

India - Kashmir - Muslim women worst sufferers of JK Permanent Resident Bill Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill 2004 has become the major controversy. The issue has been submerged into quagmires of distorted facts, half-truths and ignorance. From The Milli Gazette: India, Muslim, Islam: News on June 3, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

Fresh Meat!!! Part of the reason I decided to make a journal was to help out the NYC newcommers. I had no clue as to what to expect when I moved here so here are some tips: 1. Headshots: My headshots were taken by Chris Macke. Please be advised do not get the $99 headshots, because they look really bad!! Sure they will work if you are in a small city and need something very basic, but do not waste your time with those. It is best to go ahead and spend the money on really good ones that you can prosper from. Mine cost $450 total for 3 hours of shooting as many as we could in that From Jessica's Journal on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

Public Baptism - Public Offense Public baptism sparks controversy Apparently religious ceremonies (at least those of a Christian persuasion) are offensive to the general public and should be disallowed. It's good to know we live in a country that promotes equal rights for all people... well, except for those irritating Christians who refuse to contain ... From Thought Quotient on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

Are we ready for more Moore? Moore's '9/11' to be released June 25 In presenting his film at Cannes last month, Moore expressed his hope that "Fahrenheit" would hit theaters by the Fourth of July holiday weekend and subsequently be available on home video/DVD by the fall in order to impact the November presidential election. What's the point ... From Thought Quotient on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

Good manners are still important Even in the world of open source, open content and open culture there are social norms that those in the corporate world should be aware of. If not, their bad manners might be blogged around the world. Sebastian Fiedler's comments on Lisa Neun crashing Blogwalk 2.0: So, good folks out there in open culture, if you spot any corporate Lisa busting your grassroots, low-budget, organized in your free-time, self-financed gathering... eit From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

Being a Cyber Secretary. I asked my secretary to write up a paragraph about what it is like to be a cyber secretary. This was her response. Wanted: Cyber School Secretary Please apply if the following sounds like you: * You are organized and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

Year end staffing This time of year I find very exciting. This is the time of year in a high school where transfers are made. New people in programs, change is always exciting. In the cyber school, multiple that by four and you... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

What is a Blog? (n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author. (v.) To author a Web log.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

Dilbert by Scot Adams The following question will be asked about the cyber school in the next couple of weeks ...I wish I could remember Dilberts response when I am asked: So, what have you accomplished this year? Well, I used my empowerment to... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

12 steps to successful elearning Introducing the concept of life-long learning is a massive undertaking for most organisations. It needs a major shift in culture, requiring commitment, careful implementation and ongoing support to be successful. George Eybers, chairman of Skills2learn, says there are 12 basic... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

Examples of Instructional Materials on the Web Many people know that I regularly search the Web for examples of good instructional materials. Because folks often ask me for a list of the good ones that I find, I've decided to keep a web page with these good... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 3, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

China's Internet Slows Down Ahead of June 4 Internet traffic in China has slowed down dramatically, indicating that the Internet filters of its censors are working at full speed. China has the technology to filter incoming and outgoing traffic, but uses it seldom as the economic fallout is rather dramatic. The Internet has become an essential communication tool and only on special occasions do the authorities take that economic damage for granted. Obviously, the 15th anniversary of the suppression of the student movement on June 4, 1989, is such a moment. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 3, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..

Death Knell for Handhelds? As CNET reports, Sony is scaling back its Clie line of handheld devices (PDAs) and will bow out of the U.S. and European markets. Rafat Ali of PaidContent.org puts that news in perspective: "PDA, as anyone smart enough would have figured out, is a transitory technology/device, and as such not a medium to bet your company on." The direction we're likely heading in terms of p From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 3, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..

Getting Out of the Blogging Habit I've been mostly absent from E-Media Tidbits for a number of months, as demands from work and family have kept me otherwise engaged. Much as I enjoy contributing (and keeping track of interesting developments in the online publishing field), I find it's not hard to get out of the habit of posting frequently. It makes me all the more amazed to see how prolific some bloggers are. (Tidbits has more than 20 authors, and some days blog editor Steve Outing has trouble scrounging up contributions.) I thought --> From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 3, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..

What's Worth Paying For It's been a year since I signed up for the New York Times' NewsTracker alert service -- paying $19.95 a year for a service that previously had been free. I was just notified that renewing the service would cost $29.95 per year. It's an interesting strategy at a time that Google has begun offering a similar service -- which, unlike NewsTracker, scans hundreds of news sites a day. I think NewsTracker is a good service -- and it continues to b From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 3, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..

Burke's Unending Conversation On Burke's "never-ending conversation" metaphor From Monkeymagic on June 3, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..

Apologies to any RSS readers On my being a schmuck From Monkeymagic on June 3, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..

Logomacy From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on June 3, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..

Examples of Instructional Materials on the Web Developed by Patti Shank of Learning Peaks, this webpage brings together links to resources found to be examples of good online instructional materials. From eLearnopedia on June 3, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..

Desembarco en Normandía: blogs del aniversario El próximo 6 de junio se cumplen 60 años del desembarco de las tropas aliadas en Normandía. En Francia lo conmemoran el sitio web Normandie Mémoire y los weblogs temáticos debarquement.com y Vers la Victoire. Vía: pointblog.com... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 3, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..

Latin set for schools comeback From ScotFEICT on June 3, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..

MS Word keyboard shortcuts Jay Wilson sent along two sites with keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word functions. I like to use the keyboard to execute commands whenever possible, so these are wonderful resources. http://www.lboro.ac.uk/computing/access/word2003-shortcuts.html http://www.lboro.ac.uk/computing/access/word2003-shortcuts-summary.html#extend... From Rick's Café Canadien on June 3, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

News for Today, Jun 3 News in the shared spaces world: FaceTime announced various integrations with email management and compliance vendors for its IM security and compliance solution. New partners include AXS-One, Orchestria, Singlecast, and ZANTAZ. FaceTime Scalix announced that a number of government departments... From Kolabora.com on June 3, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

Small Pieces Loosely Joined Colloboration via the net does not necessarilty require monolithic, expensive tool suites that aim to do everything under one umbrella. From Kolabora.com on June 3, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

Wiki design principles Tom Hoffman glosses Ward Cunningham's list of wiki design principles. I like several of Tom's comments -- see, for example, his note about the incremental nature of a wiki. Assuming he's right, why not, say, have one class continue work done the previous year by another class? That's the way we treat knowledge outside of school, and it is respectful of students to try to treat knowledge the same way in their presence as we do elsewhere. I also agree with Tom's closing remarks about... From Weblogs in Higher Education on June 3, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

Blogs are better than mailing lists because blogs were designed with links in mind from the beginning I have been following this week's Vancouver Company of Friends mailing list discussion about careers and I came to the following mini-epiphany: For most situations, blogs are better than mailing lists and bulletin boards because links are native to blogs rather than being bolted on afterwards as they have been for mailing lists and bulletin boards. Why? Most bloggers link to the original source when they quote something. In mailing lists and bulletin boards, people are forced From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

Jay's Talk at ASTD This is the third in a series of reports on the 2004 ASTD Conference. Collaboration Supercharges Performance Fifteen minutes before the last breakout session of the Conference, I found myself at the front of a nearly empty room with seating for several hundred. When the... From Internet Time Blog on June 3, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

June issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter I just mailed the June issue of the SPARC Open Access Newsletter. In addition to the usual round-up of news and bibliography from the past month, it takes a close look at Elsevier's new policy to permit postprint archiving, the primacy of authors in the campaign for open access, and a promising new method for providing open access retroactively to important research articles. Update. One hour later, I'm already getting automated responses from a handful of servers around the world telling me that they' From Open Access News on June 3, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

Institutional repositories from a library perspective H. Frank Cervone, The Repository Adventure, Library Journal, June 1, 2004. Excerpt: "The digital repository genesis has been short, beginning in late 2000 when the UK's University of Southampton released a software package called EPrints. Since then, the movement to establish digital repositories has gained momentum....Implementing an institutional repository raises complex questions about organizational resources and strategies, as well as questions about roles and responsibilities. After all, many institutional repository pr From Open Access News on June 3, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

More on Elsevier's new policy on postprint archiving Richard Wray, Reed allows academics free web access, The Guardian, June 3, 2004. Excerpt: "The move could make the 200,000 articles Reed Elsevier publishes every year freely available on the internet. Karen Hunter, Elsevier senior vice-president, strategy, explained: 'There was a desire in the market from many authors and many institutions to have an official record of their institution's intellectual output. We have listened and we have responded.'...Deborah Cockerill, assistant publish From Open Access News on June 3, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

Open access to drug trial research Barry Meier, New York Times June 3rd, highlights an open access related issue in medical research - that of non-publication of potentially important research (free password required for online edition) about the effectiveness of drugs. In this instance the drug is Paxil, and the specific issue is the non-publication of unfavourable results:These days, most drug trials are sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. And for more than a decade, a growing number of medical experts have been urging drug makers to releas From Open Access News on June 3, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

Relying on helpful hands ... Martin Spernau writes about his BlogWalk 2.0 experience: One very nice thing about the social side of BlogWalk 2.0 was the fact that I always found a helpful hand when I needed it, and I felt very integrated even when my handicap did show. Nice also to see how this group integrated Siegfried whose handicap is one of mobility and could have made participating in a BlogWalk From Seblogging News on June 3, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..

Thank you Lisa Neun...

Old Iron Manuals An interesting collaborative project that can supplement all those big, brown binders in your library:The Old Car Manual Project. [via MetaFilter] From The Shifted Librarian on June 3, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Is This the Library User of the Future? Heck Yes! I had a few extra minutes tonight, so I started reading the latest Newsweek that showed up in our mailbox. The cover story is Way Cool Phones: Is This the Computer of the Future? [June 7, 2004] I haven't gotten very far into the articles yet, but I'm already loving it. Favorite quotes so far: "Between our mobile phones, our Blackberrys and Treos and our Wi-Fi'd computers, we're always on and always connect From The Shifted Librarian on June 3, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Support IRRODL On email: "This is our problem.  We have applied to the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for support for IRRODL, through a program that funds the publication of scholarly journals.  This program accepts applications for funding support only once every three years, with the next round of competition closing June 30 2004.  Unfortunately, one of the criteria for funding is that IRRODL must have a minimum of 200 paid subscribers.After strongly arguing IRRODL’s case that as an Open Access Journal, IRRODL is opposed to rest From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..

Learning Times Event: Am currently trying to get into Elluminate Live on Learning Times for the "RSS, Blogging & Education" session... doesn't even come up in firefox... won't start in IE... sigh... have signed in as admin on my machine and still nowt. Now... doesn't this say something about the value of RSS & blogging as interoperable, non-proprietary tools! Update 1: Apparently I need Java Web Start... --> From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..

Aggregator in development (David Weinberger) Pito Salas, the technical architect of eRoom, one of the better pieces of corporate social software, is hacking away, writing an aggregator that so far he’s leaning towards open sourcing. He’s blogging the process, with lots of opportunities for the... From Corante: Social Software on June 3, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..

Thomson Gale has acquired WEB FEET, a database of high-quality, cross-curricular Web sites selected ... Thomson Gale has acquired WEB FEET, a database of high-quality, cross-curricular Web sites selected and reviewed by librarians, educators and subject specialists From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 3, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

With the D-Day 60th Anniversary coming up this Sunday, the City College of New York Libraries have c ... With the D-Day 60th Anniversary coming up this Sunday, the City College of New York Libraries have created the website Government Views of D-Day 1944. The site concentrates on online primary governmentdocuments/information from the United States, as well as Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada. There are 38 subject headings ranging from Air Operations to Underwater Archaeology and Weather From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 3, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

The Profitable Blog Editor Is A Star DJ "An interesting connection and developing nanopublishing business through nurturing talent: "This very model of broadcast folk art may be the thing that places weblogs on a viable footing for the long term as a communications medium that moves both people... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 3, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Little Great Tools Smartly Matched: NMC 2004 Small Technologies Loosely Joined is a spin-off online event at the June 2004 NMC Summer Conference. The NMC is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting an audience of highly skilled campus professionals who are very knowledgeable about and interested in the integration... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 3, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

The saddest music in the world The illusion that the web would usher in a new era of limitless creativity can now be put away. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 3, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Instant Eno The saddest music in the world. A third-party MIDI experiment. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 3, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Ninth Anniversary This site is nine years old. Soon we can take off the bib. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 3, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Democratic Convention blog The DNC has started a convention blog. Matt Stoller, who likes to ask funny-disarming questions at conferences, is one of the bloggers, which is a very good sign. The blog is looking for a name. Any suggestions? Other than "Conventional Wisdom," of course. (Hey, Matt, turn the comments on!)... From Joho the Blog on June 3, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

Blogging Ideas I've just agreed to be the official blogger of for the first day of Boston.com's Ideas Boston 2004 conference. The redoubtable Scott Kirsner will be blogging the second day. The blog should show up on Boston.com somewhere. Looks like a great conference and it should be fun to blog...... From Joho the Blog on June 3, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

Wireless blog Kevin Werbach, Clay Shirky, Andrew Odlyzko, and David Isenberg have launched the Wireless Unleashed weblog. These are some way smart folks, so if you care about how we can give everyone more spectrum than we'd ever though imaginable, you might want to tune in.... From Joho the Blog on June 3, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

Looking at Radio's weblogData.root Fixing Radio's database Summary: I detail my bumblings around in Radio's weblogData.root, aka my site database. My intended purposes: (a)to record my experience for the sake of remembering what worked and what didn't and (b) to pass on the experience to others, like me not so technically inclined, in the hopes of encouraging exploration. If you are a Radio subscriber you probably know that mu From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

Feed2JS: A Few More Tweaks and WordPress Date Woes Thanks for the comments that have helped identify some minor and not so minor issues with our new Feed to Javascript site. Some updates for folsk that have implemented their own versions of this: A few early versions had a typo where the MAGPIE_CACHE_DIR was defined (it said MAGPIE_DIR). Most problems with cache files not being created are permissions related- the web server must be able to write to the directory where you want cache files stored. If it cannot find this directory, it tries to create a new one named "cache" within the same directory the magpie i From cogdogblog on June 3, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

The Word is Out: Small Technologies Loosely Joined - NMC 2004 Diffusing through blogspace, beyond our control, goes an upcoming "presentation" at the June 2004 NMC Conference, what we have cobbled together is called "Small Technologies Loosely Joined: Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control" that I am doing with colleagues Brian Lamb and D'Arcy Norman. Here I will talk a bit about what we From cogdogblog on June 3, 2004 at 1:49 a.m..

Of Course, Right Now It's Raining Outside A refreshing 404 Error Message [via Neat Net Tricks mailing list, which I just realized is now a blog with an accompanying RSS feed!] From The Shifted Librarian on June 3, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Untitled Will Cox sent me a pointer to this great line from Crooked Timber! "Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge! It blossoms through the year!—And depend on it, Mrs. Malaprop, that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last." From The Shifted Librarian on June 3, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Why You Should Start Using RSS Would a Big Media Company Lose Traffic if They Supported RSS? "Almost certainly these are the early days of a developing medium. By getting into RSS in 2004, you can get ready for what comes next in 2005. I'd argue that not only is it necessary today to be publishing in RSS, but your organization should also be a user of RSS. Your editorial, advertising people and execs should subscribe not only to your own feeds, but also subscribe to those of your competitors and From The Shifted Librarian on June 3, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Designing success and small companies Maish R Nichani on elearningpost.com: Yet another article on the importance of design. This one from Inc. magazine reports that even small companies are using the design factor to gain a competitive advantage. (The May 17 issue of Business Week featured The Power of Design and the June issue of Fast Company featured --> From owrede_log on June 3, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Pros and Cons of Wikis in education Here is a summary of experiences with using a Wiki in a educational project. Obviosly a Wiki structure has some advantages over a weblog system (more focussed on content creation and hypertext structure). A Wiki is better suited to generate a set of encyclopedic pages, while a weblog works better as a messaging and news hub in a group. What I'd like to do is this: I'd start with a modest number of pages in a Wiki and then relate this to news items we co From owrede_log on June 3, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Sparklines Edward Tufte has posted an extended draft of his Sparklines chapter from his forthcoming book, Beautiful Evidence (2005). Sparklines are "small high resolution graphics embedded in a context of words, numbers and images. Sparklines are data-intense, design-simple, word-sized graphics." [thanks infodesign] From elearningpost on June 3, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Designing Success Yet another article on the importance of design. This one from Inc. magazine reports that even small companies are using the design factor to gain a competitive advantage. (The May 17 issue of Business Week featured The Power of Design and the June issue of Fast Company featured Masters of Design.) From elearningpost on June 3, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Explicit Audience Segmentation Nice explanation by Peter Merholz on explicit audience segmentation. He uses the Siebel home page as an example to show that differentiating by audience types does not always work. What works better, he says, is segmenting based on your customer's task at hand -- what your customer wants to get accomplished. From elearningpost on June 3, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Broadcatching: the RSS-ification of television news A Webjay user named Brett Singer has been conducting an interesting experiment: a playlist of daily news clips. (Like all Webjay playlists, it can be subscribed in RSS.) I heard recently that TV remains the primary news source for three-fourths of Americans. Can that possibly still be true? I never watch TV news. But this new clip feed might change that, at least a little. TV has the resources to do things like Jon's Radio on June 3, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..

Friendster hires new CEO From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Weblog research roundtable Excellent multiparty interview with weblog researchers Cori Dauber, Kaye Trammell, Jill Walker, and --> From Seb's Open Research on June 3, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

"Send highlighted text to del.icio.us" bookmarklet If you're a user of the fantastic del.icio.us linklogging system, drag this --> From Seb's Open Research on June 3, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

Craig Gets Political Craig Newmark, founder of the hugely successful craigslist classified advertising and community sites, has been getting more political on his personal blog. Today he takes a satiric shot at what he calls the Three Stooges of the Apocalypse. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 3, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..

Spirit of American Blogs Glad to see that Spirit of America is getting lots of attention from the blogosphere. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 3, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..

Group-Blog on Spectrum Issues Kevin Werbach, Clay Shirky, Andrew Odlyzko, and David Isenberg have launched Wireless Unleashed, a group weblog. Kevin says:The site focuses on the benefits of reallocating low-frequency wireless capacity from broadcasting to unlicensed applications, both here and around the world. There is a huge amount of capacity which could be used for two-way applications like broadband to the home, but which is locked up in broadcast allocations based on 1950s technology. Freeing up that capacity could create massive opportunities for in From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 3, 2004 at 12:47 a.m..

Questions about Longhorn, part 1: WinFS Over the next few days I want to explore a series of questions about the "pillars" of Longhorn -- WinFS, Avalon, and Indigo. Last fall, when this stuff was first announced, I reacted with an entry entitled Replace and Defend. I argued then that Longhorn reinvents quite a few wheels. Nobody can blame Microsoft for seeking new ways to keep customers locked into its Windows franchise. That's a business strategy that every rational player must pursue, in one way or another. In chapter 6 of Info From megnut on June 3, 2004 at 12:46 a.m..

Small Pieces Loosely Joined - NMC 2004 Alan, Brian and myself are hitting the road again... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

Google Gains Overall, Competition Builds Niches Searcher demographics and Internet behavior plays prominently in search engine choice. From ClickZ Stats on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

CC Featured at Ibiblio Creative Commons is one of this month's features on the Ibiblio home page. Ibiblio hosts Creative Commons' movies and mailing lists, among many other resources. "The public's library and digital archive" lives up to its tagline. Browse their virtual stacks. From Creative Commons: weblog on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

BBC opens up to CC The BBC recently announced they'll be opening up their archive and applying Creative Commons licenses to the works. A group of interested folks have started a list to talk about the release and produced a petition to support the decision. From Creative Commons: weblog on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

Quadrics adds lower-end supercomputer switch From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

Seagate to cut costs, work force From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

Vonage slashes price of Net telephony kit From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

HP makes color printing push From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

Is the PDA dead? From CNET News.com on June 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

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