New JIME on educational semantic web The current issue of the Journal of Interactive Media in Education is devoted to the semantic web in education. From Open Access News on June 5, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..

Want To Save The World? Sign Up To Play The Buckminster Fuller Institute and the Cal-(IT)2 Game Culture & Technology Lab at UC Irvine are in the initial conceptualization of a massively multi-player game whose goal is to save the world. The game takes a bottom-up approach through missions... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 5, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Waypath again Summary: As this and previous entry show, I'm working with Waypath again. As it also shows (until I republish) , I've got some formatting and search tuning to do. Stay tuned From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on June 5, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

The first issue of the National Preservation Office's e-journal is now available. The e-journal repl ... The first issue of the National Preservation Office's e-journal is now available. The e-journal replaces the NPO Journal, and will appear twice yearly From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 5, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

PALS Conference 04: Institutional Repositories and Their Impact on Publishing - A one-day conference ... PALS Conference 04: Institutional Repositories and Their Impact on Publishing - A one-day conference for publishers, library and information managers, academics and university/college administrators, enabling them to engage with the key issues surrounding new institutional web-based repositories of academic materials - London, UK - June 14, 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 5, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Pan European Portals Conference 2004 - University of Nottingham - 18-20 July - Focusing on the move ... Pan European Portals Conference 2004 - University of Nottingham - 18-20 July - Focusing on the move from pilots and feasibility studies to campus-wide implementation of a portal, this event will provide the opportunity for managers and developers to check out what's happening in portal developments within HE and FE From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 5, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Overheated PCs mean hot business for cooling firms - Reuters Powerful microchips are throwing off so much heat that the inside of a personal computer is hotter than Death Valley, helping Taiwan firms specializing in cooling components post sizzling sales. Temperatures inside a PC can rise to a scorching 60-70 de From Techno-News Blog on June 5, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Linux is inching into college curriculums - Jay Lyman, News Forge American colleges and universities are often on the cutting edge of Linux and open source use -- collaborating across campuses, enabling student and faculty open source projects, and providing unique experimentation and testing environments -- but when From Techno-News Blog on June 5, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Wearable Tech Helps in a Crisis - Emily C Kumler, Medill News Service When an alarm sounds for a fire in a high-rise across town, tech-savvy firefighters jump into their truck and consult a hands-free, flat-screen monitor for the shortest route to the inferno, the number of people typically in the building, the kinds of From Techno-News Blog on June 5, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

'Return to Titanic' Expedition Streamed Live over Internet, Internet2 with Technology from VBrick Systems Nearly 20 years after legendary marine explorer Dr. Robert Ballard discovered the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, he will return on an educational and scientific expedition with Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration (MAIFE), the National Oc From Educational Technology on June 5, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Students win world-wide technology competition - Ryan Peterson, Capital News Nine The Vinny Awards competition challenges elementary, middle and high school students to demonstrate how Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM, can help solve global problems. Named after Leonardo da Vinci, the competition is co-sponsored by From Educational Technology on June 5, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

BT wins MoD e-Learning contract The Ministry of Defence has selected BT to provide an online learning system for its estimated 300,000 website users. The Telco won the £25m contract after beating off competition from consulting companies Deloitte and LogicaCMG. The Defence E-Learning From Online Learning Update on June 5, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Drexel CoAS moves to implement technology based learning - Carter Membrino, Drexel Triangle This fall, Drexel will begin offering new online courses in forensic science and organic chemistry under the College of Arts and Sciences. "What we are trying to do is to provide tools to the faculty that will make their teaching better," Coordinator f From Online Learning Update on June 5, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Fort Hays State looking to slow enrollment - Associated Press Fort Hays State University enrolled its second-largest class in history this spring, leading school officials to look for the brakes. The university this week reported spring enrollment of 7,932 students, including 3,524 through the its Virtual College From Online Learning Update on June 5, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Your Computer Is Bad for You Monitors and processors contain residual 'toxic dust,' chemicals that are linked to various reproductive and neurological problems, a study concludes. Bit by bit, manufacturers are dealing with the problem. From Wired News on June 5, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Gulf Vets Victimized Again Veterans of the first Gulf War, plagued by health problems that appear to be associated with exposure to chemical agents, may be getting shortchanged on their treatment due to flawed data gathering by the Defense Department. From Wired News on June 5, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Face It: Cell-Phone Service Sucks If it weren't for auto dealers, the cell-phone industry would rank at the very bottom of customer satisfaction polls. The technology is balky, and customer service has the bedside manner of a gravedigger. From Wired News on June 5, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Protests Ready for BIO Conference The Biotechnology Industry Organization kicks off its annual meeting in San Francisco on Sunday. True to form, Bay Area activists will be on hand. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on June 5, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

A Galactic Wrecking Ball Researchers say a giant meteorite once stirred up the Earth's crust. Also: Transit of Mercury is on the horizon.... and China prepares to go back into space. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on June 5, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Drowning in an Ocean of Plastic Today's World Environment Day focuses on the state of the seas. One of the biggest concerns is plastic -- it's everywhere, from the surface to the innards of plankton. By Stephen Leahy. From Wired News on June 5, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

Senators Back Low-Power Radio Sens. John McCain and Patrick Leahy introduce a bill that would allow low-power radio stations to get licenses to broadcast in big markets. But commercial radio interests probably won't give up the spectrum without a fight. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on June 5, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

China Cracks Down on Net Games The Chinese government, concerned about the growing influence of video games, says it will monitor them closely and punish those who distribute banned games. Already, it has nixed two European titles, but game publishers can't resist the huge Chinese market. By Xeni Jardin. From Wired News on June 5, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..

On Motivation and Relevancy I suspect it might be tacky to re-use mailing list posts, etc. on my blog, but there have been a few conversations on the Serious Games list lately that are just so relevant! So the following is a conversation between David Walker, R&D Manager at EduFX, and me ... From Relevancy on June 5, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

How Quickly Things Become Irrelevant... Late last year Electronic Gaming Monthly got some kids together and had them play a bunch of the games that we Gen-Xers grew up with. Truly hysterical commentary ensued... Here are a few quotes: On Pong: Tim: My line is so beating the heck out of your stupid line. Fear ... From Relevancy on June 5, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

"The Corporation" - Media Resource You have likely heard of "The Corporation", a TV-Ontario produced documentary which won critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival as one of "Canada's Top Ten" films of 2003. The film will air again in Ontario in August 2004,... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on June 5, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

ASTD 2004 Leftovers This is the fourth in a series of reports on ASTD 2004. "Profits, like oxygen, are necessary for life, but you don't live to breathe." Arie de Geus Pat Galaghan charms the crowd at the Canadian Embassy by offering her thanks in both English and... From Internet Time Blog on June 5, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..

Salon's article about blogging in China (Xiao Qiang) Mat Honan started his long piece on today's Salon.com with this sentence: "On the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, blogs are booming in China. But are they making any difference?" The full article is here. Read it online because... From Corante: Social Software on June 5, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Best selling author Jay North releases new book for organic gardeners Jay North's new book getting Started in Organic Gardening for Fun and Profit already big hit in websales. After only two weeks on www.goingorganic.com the site has sold several hundred copies. [PRWEB Jun 5, 2004] From PR Web on June 5, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Award Winning New Video Alleviates Separation Anxiety and First Day of School Jitters for Pre-Schoolers Edutainment helping children overcome their fear of attending school for the first time. [PRWEB Jun 5, 2004] From PR Web on June 5, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

State Leaders, Under Pressure to Fix City Schools, Consider a One-Year Plan Stymied by lack of progress on a multiyear plan to fix New York's neediest schools, the state's top leaders are trying to agree on a one-year plan. From New York Times: Education on June 5, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

School Chief and Clerk on Leave as Inquiry Widens in Roslyn A scandal at the school district in the Long Island community of Roslyn widened Friday with the suspension of the superintendent and the niece of a former assistant superintendent. From New York Times: Education on June 5, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Westchester Teacher Accused in Online Indecency Inquiry A Bronxville High School teacher has been charged as part of an Internet sex sting after he tried to arrange a meeting with an investigator posing as a 15-year-old girl. From New York Times: Education on June 5, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Reschedule Girls' Soccer, 2 Schools Are Ordered Two Westchester high schools were ordered to reschedule their girls' soccer season so that the team would have the same chance as the boys' to compete in regional and state championships. From New York Times: Education on June 5, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

City Creates New Paths to a Diploma The New York City Department of Education is moving to expand or create alternative high school programs for students who are behind in their credits. From New York Times: Education on June 5, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Proposal to Adopt a Palestinian City as a 'Sister' Creates a Family Feud for Madison A proposal for Madison to form a sister-city relationship with the city of Rafah has divided Jews and others in this college town and prompted accusations of anti-Semitism. From New York Times: Education on June 5, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Finally back on line via Coniecto: Kept off line, and there were so many thing to tell about BlogWalk2! I think it was a great event, and even if there are not yet any visible results, the seeds were planted... From Topic Exchange: Channel 'blogwalk' on June 5, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..

Friday, June 04, 2004 Good always triumphs over evil. From RHPT.com on June 5, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..

SecurityTalk with K Rudolph "SecurityTalks" is aimed at providing concise views from leading security experts. Here Dancho Danchev with K. Rudolph discuss problems stemming from lack of user education and the importance of Security Awareness Programmes. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on June 5, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..

Congress considering two new antipiracy bill The United States Congress is considering two new bills concerning copyright infrigement. The Protecting Intellectual Rights Against Theft and Expropriation ( PIRATE ) Act would expand the Justice Department 's power to pursue copyright infringers. In a related vein is the proposed Piracy Deterrence and Education Act , wh From NITLE Tech News on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

La feria errante Hoy vuelvo a la Feria de Alcalá de Guadaíra, la feria de mi pueblo, la feria que conocí desde niño pero que ya apenas reconozco, pues desde entonces ha mudado una vez de ubicación y dos veces de fecha. Y es que la feria de mi pueblo es la feria errante, una feria para mí preciosa, aunque no acaba de encontrar acomodo y va deambulando por el calendario, y baja desde los cerros hasta el valle para encontrar el sitio que no ha encontrado todavía en el corazón de los alcalareños. (...) From martinalia.com | Gestión de Contenidos on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

RSS adoption issues RSS fence sitters point to several potential problems, specifically, that the technology can: Replicate indexes at off-site locations and divert potential ad audiences; Offer another opening for content aggregators; Confuse mainstream users because it lacks standardization and is still emerging from an early-adopter phase. From MANE IT Network on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Blogs in Education - Resource I recently came across a good resource for instructors wanting to use blogging with their students. The site includes articles on blogging, sample blogs, blogging tools, aggregators and advanced tools for blogs (blog rolls, blogbacks, etc.). While the resource is... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Golden Telecom buys Uzbekistan's Buzton The leading Russian mobile operator has purchased a majority holding in Uzbek alternative telco Buzton. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Vodafone Ireland slashes MMS price by 50 per cent The new price applies to all picture messages sent both on and off-net and also while roaming. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Optimus launches 3G Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has launched its commercial UMTS services and added the Sony Ericsson Z1010 handset to its range, via which the new service is accessible. The terminal will retail for ^689.60. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

UEFA launches Euro 2004 broadband video subscriptions The 'euro2004.com action' broadband service will provide subscribers with footage of all the key moments, shortly after the final whistle in each of the tournament's 31 games. It is the first time such a service has been available for a UEFA European football championship. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

3G makes up a quarter of Carphone Warehouse sales According to comments from the company's CEO, UK-based mobile phone retail powerhouse Carphone Warehouse has not hurt from the recent introduction of commercial 3G services by leading European operators. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Bouygues wants 1m i-mode subscribers by end 2004 The company currently has some 666,000 users signed up for the service, so in order to reach the goal, the company is to expand availability to all users and will add new handsets from Siemens and Samsung. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Hungary's Mátav going shopping for Telecom Montenegro ? Hungarian incumbent telco Mátav executives have reportedly visited the Montenegran capital, Podgorica, a couple of times for talks with the government over the purchase of the state telco. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Wi-fi too costly for consumers, ROI 'slim to none'- report Consumers can expect to pay between ^5 and ^10 per hour on the continent, and the cost-prohibitive status quo is certain to lead to consolidation in the wi-fi hotspot market within the next three years, according to the Scientific Institute for Communication Services. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Hungary to auction 3G licences in August HYPHEN telecoms minister The country's telecoms minister, Kalman Kovacs, said that the government expects to receive some ^61.5m in revenues from the sale of licences. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Berlitz launches foreign language phrase books for mobiles Berlitz and mobile content development firm Player X have launched foreign language phrase guides in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Dutch for mobile phones. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Fair Use for photos on the web and in blogs: a modest proposal to avoid a major battle. Let's face it, blogging has been a copyright free-for-all over the past couple of years. People grab photos here, quote a paragraph (or more) there and no one seems to care since a) blogs aren't making money and b) if you're grabbing a photo or paragraph you're linking to the person. Additionally, some more sophisticated users know that there are provisions for "fair use" of others content when reporting news. No attorney can tell you for certain if it legal to use someone else's photo or text - it is a judgment call based on a number of factors like From unmediated on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

New York City Film Resource New York City Film Resource. The New York City Film Resource is a directory for film and media professionals! This independently-run website is made for the New York City filmmaking and media community. [New York Film Blog] [New York City Film Resource] [unmediated on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Broadcatching, the Future of Television News and the Death of Chattering Monkeys This was actually a piece I had been planning to write for some time and never quite got around to and now it seems that Jon Udell has beaten me to it (Broadcatching: the RSS-ification of television news). Udell is considering the implications of Brett Singer's television news clip playlist (News Video-Daily From unmediated on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

We Media Same as Community Journalism Article in Newspaper &amp Technology says We Media, participatory journalism, as spelled out by Chris Willis and Shayne Bowman, is no more than old-fashioned small newspaper community friendly journalism. From unmediated on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

Esther Dyson on Participatory Media "...the rise of user-generated content marks a huge shift in the media business. The inclination to represent ourselves in word and image may have existed practically forever, but the tools for creating and distributing those words and images are new... The implications for businesses are broad, starting with relatively reduced demand for "asymmetrical" bandwidth, such as cable or satellite, where there's lots of communication capacity to download content but not much to upload it. People aren't just downloading music; they're uploading their own creative efforts... Lisa Gans From unmediated on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

NTT DoCoMo hits 300Mbps in 4G research NTT DoCoMo said it achieved a maximum downstream data rate of 300Mbps (bits per second), with an average rate of 135Mbps. The data rate was achieved during a field experiment in a car running at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour at distances between 800 meters and 1 kilometer from 4G wireless base stations. From unmediated on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

mobile knowledge management... Bob Brewin writes a Sidebar for Computerworld--Keep Mobile Apps Simple, Say IT Managers. Wherein he cites some advice from a law firm that makes use of handheld devices to feed input to their knowledge management backend: ...Companies that want to deliver data to end users who have devices smaller than laptop PCs need to make sure it is "concisely formatted" to fit on a 3-inch screen, said Justin Hectus, dire From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 5, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..

hp regroups customer touch points... For InfoWorld, Ephraim Schwartz writes--HP helps users meld business with IT What stands out in this article for me is that HP has: "...regrouped all the functions that touch customers in one organization," Kohler said, adding that the goal is to help customers synchronize business and IT in order to capitalize on a changing business environment. To that end, the HP.com Business to Business extranet From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 5, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..

edocs acquires brightware from firepond... edocs Acquires Brightware eService Business from Firepond, Inc. NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2004--edocs, Inc. (http://www.edocs.com/), a provider of customer self-service and e-billing software solutions, today announced that it has acquired the Brightware business unit of Firepond, Inc. Brightware is recognized as a pioneer in delivering eService software solutions for From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 5, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..

clinical knowledge management... A June 2, 2004 Business Wire press release announces: Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc. Announces PSIMedica Contract with Lockton Companies, Inc. to Control Health Care Costs. Here is an excerpt from this press release regarding Bio-Reference Laboratories' Clinical Knowledge Management (CKM) system: From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 5, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..

ibm's db2 "stinger" and autonomic management... Philip Howard, of The Register, writes: DB2 'Stinger' to pack powerful punch. Philip states that there are far too many features of IBM's DB2 UDB "Stinger" release to enumerate or give fair coverage to at this time or in this article. But what Philip does talk a bit about is the new "Autonomic" features of "Stinger" and I provide this excerpt below: ...what really stands out for me is the extended DBA (database adm From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 5, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..

knowledge management definition... David Kirkpatrick has a Fast Forward column for Fortune in which he recently writes: Document Overload: Managing the Digital Paper Chase. This article is primarily about Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and a recent tutorial that David Kirpatrick received from Tom Jenkins, CEO of Open Text, on this topic. The part that caught my eye was David's mention of Knowledge Management as a "hot area" within ECM. The f From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

knowledge management and philanthropy... Kate Golden writes a review of "Foundations for Success: Emerging Trends in Grantmakers' Use of the Internet" for onPhilanthropy - Success Stories from the Sector. "Foundations for Success" is written by the Washington-based Internet consulting firm Interactive Applications Group (iapps). Kate Golden lists four trends that this book highlights in detail: transparency, network building, knowledge management, and e-grantmaking. The following quote From judith meskill's knowledge notes... on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

Experiment with Open Weblog - NMC 2004 There has been some noise on the web because I've kept the password for posting to this weblog a "secret", and that may go against a decentralist philosophy... From Small Pieces - Decentralist's Weblog on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

Prettier Wikis? Tool Reviews Last week I wrote about wikis and their e-learning potential. I like wikis, a lot. However, my main gripe is that they are generally rather ugly and not very user-friendly. Recently James Farmer, who writes the e-learning weblog Incorporated Subversion, evaluated some wiki tools (hosted services and standalone applications) for possible use in a wiki he wants to build. More tools were recommended and described in the comments to that entry. Well worth reading. I'm especially intrigued by one wiki From Contentious Weblog on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

Do Webfeeds Help or Hurt Site Traffic? On June 3, Dave Winer (a key creator of the RSS technical standard wrote an article answering this question: Would a big media company lose traffic if they supported RSS? This piece a good, timely complement to my June 4 article, How Many People Read Your Webfeed? Winer's main point, with which I heartily agree, is this: "I don't think that providing [webeeds], if you do it right, lowers traffic, in fact I think you can gain traffic." I both agree and disagree with Winer's From Contentious Weblog on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

"Webfeed" Nickname Continues to Spread "Webfeed," the nontechnical nickname that describes the general concept behind both RSS- and Atom-format feeds, and winner of the CONTENTIOUS RSS Nickname Contest, continues to appear in more and more places online. On May 18 I mentioned the first few appearances of "webfeed" online. Here are a few more recent occurrences... (Read the list...) From Contentious Weblog on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

Oil and Silicon Rob Paterson talks about a new energy strategy, and our dependence on oil. His post specifically addresses the idea of energy self-sufficiency on Prince Edward Island. Rob cites Stephen Roach, on our oil economy:In my view, the oetrue shock probably comes with $50 oil. A sustained increase to that level for 3"6 months would represent a surge of more than 70% above the post-2000 average " on a par with fullblown oil shocks of the past. The recession call probably wouldn From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

E-learning Immersion "Shifting from Industrial Age thinking and teaching to Informational Age thinking and teaching is as dramatic an adjustment as shifting from teaching in a classroom to teaching underwater. The training agenda is no simple list of skills; everybody must learn... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

Computer Mediated Communications in Distance Education Computer mediated conferencing (CMC) has evolved into an integral part of almost every online learning experience. Whether the CMC is used as a community building tool, or to encourage deeper levels of learning, there are a number of issues that... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

Foundations for Success This presentation provides a quick overview about the importance of applying adult learning principles in the online environment. Three particular principles at the heart of adult learning are presented and for each there are examples of what has been done... From Teaching and Developing Online. on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

The world is changing, and I'm there! Tonight, I really feel like the world is changing. The typical problem scientists and scholars in general have is that we need to be able to predict paradigms changes, or at least study them. But how can you know that things are changing while you are in it? Can ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

Selling your services as a scientific paper writer? Nice post on Critical Mass today about a researcher who sold his services as co-author on eBay and actually got 50 bids and many phone calls. It would appear that many people, from industry to students, are willing to pay so they can produce high quality scientific content with their ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

Qualities for a good Ph.D. supervisor Offline someone commented that more than half of the Ph.D. students are foreigners and that the Ph.D. is serving as a funding source. True. But that's somewhat of a cynical view if you ask me. In any case, you are a young student, and despite reading my blog, you still want ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

How to be a great scientist Two links that are very invaluable to researchers who want to know how to succeed... How to Have a Bad Career in Research/Academia HOW TO ENSURE RAPID SUCCESS IN A CAREER IN SCIENCE The second one was found by Seb. From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

Is Python going bad? or The curse of unicode.... I've wasted a considerable amount of time in the last two days upgrading my RSS aggregate so that it will have better support for atom feeds. I use the feedparser library. One thing that gets to me is how unintuitive unicode is under Python. For example, the following is a string... t="éee" Just ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Had lunch with Anna again I had lunch with Anna again. We went for lunch at the Lotus Bleu restaurant. We chatted about the creative class theory by Richard Florida. Some of my colleagues will remember me going on about how we need to look at the gay index (how friendly a place is to ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Met with Martin Brooks this afternoon I had another crazy meeting with Martin Brooks. Martin is the closest thing to a mad scientist I've ever seen. But he is a friendly mad scientist. Right now, he is working with a Toronto company for the Japan World Fair. I could not google this event? Martin is convinced ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

A journal that gets it There is a special issue of JIME on Semantic Web for Education (as in "Learning Objects"). I picked it up from Downes' in one recent post. Not only is the issue interesting, from what I could tell, it is a journal that gets it. First of all, reviews are on-line, for ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Funding application blues When I was a student, I got fairly lucky in funding applications: as an undergraduate student, I got the C.D Howe Memorial scholarship which explains why I have $0 in student debt. Then as a graduate student, I had my own funding all the way till I got my Ph.D. ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Are teachers overpaid? Critical Mass started an interesting debate: are teachers underpaid? The argument why they should be paid more seems a bit on the weak side: they have great job security, relatively good benefits like a summer off, and comparatively decent pay. My mother works 30 something hours a week, she has ... From Daniel Lemire's blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Who Needs Multimedia? (LTI Magazine) When designing learning interactions the choice of whether or not to add multimedia to the environment, primarily through the use of Flash these days, seems like a no-brainer. Still, there are some folks who seem to believe that multimedia delivery of learning content isn't worth the effort. Steve Olenickm writing at Learning and Training Interactions debugs some of the myths surrounding the use of multimedia on the Web, and lays out some sound (pun intended) arguments for designing for... From Brain Frieze on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

The Blog News Site Dan Froomkin of Washingtonpost.com (who writes the site's White House Briefing blog) wondered if any of us at E-Media Tidbits had reactions to his thoughtful article published last week at Online Journalism Review. Well, it's a case of better late than never. Froomkin offered up a bunch of good ideas for news organizations about how t From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

What the Web Looked Like in 1944 Here's an interesting approach to covering historical anniversaries. CBC of Canada has created a website that asks the question, "What if there had been online news on June 6, 1944 -- D-Day?" It's a flashback site designed as though the web existed in 1944. According to the CBC's Robin Rowland, who announced the site on Poynter's Online-News discussion list, the style of the site is based on the CBC's current war coverage, with commentary by cor From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Inexpensive and Free CMS's Catching up on a backlog of reading, I ran across an excellent item in Barry Parr's MediaSavvy weblog, in which he reviews inexpensive and free content management systems. To make the list, a CMS had to cost no more than $200 for a commercial license. It's amazing what you can get for that price. Parr looks at options like Blogger (free), Movable Type, Drupal, and several others. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Online Ideas From the Idea King At the recent Online Leaders Seminar at Poynter, one of the sessions was "60 Ideas in 60 Minutes," which featured creative ideas for website news leaders from a variety of Poynter employees and friends. One of the contributors was more prolific than most -- Jon Dube of MSNBC.com and Cyberjournalist.net. Now Dube has published his full list of "101 ways to improve your news site." Plenty of great ideas are on that list. One of my favorites: Buy a --> From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

The Intelligence of Crowds On a book that might explain why crowds of fools might outperform (highly paid) experts. From Monkeymagic on June 5, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Making judgments that stick Jay Rosen takes some care to distinguish between play-it-safe journalism that has the appearance of balance and braver writing that does the honorable work necessary to make a critical judgment and make it stick. His own piece shows how much work is involved, for both writer and reader -- notice the long quotations and the close discussions of what they reveal, for example. Rosen calls this work revoicing, a taking back of free speech joined with a right-headed sense of... From Weblogs in Higher Education on June 5, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

Googlism One of my freshman roommates at college continually quoted Eccelesiastes, saying, "Vanity of vanities," sayeth the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." I don't know about you, but I'm glad college is behind me. Googlism is all vanity, but it's quick and kind of... From Internet Time Blog on June 5, 2004 at 12:52 a.m..

Former Microsoft employee switched Here is a little story of a former Microsoft employee that switched to MacOS X: I worked for Microsoft for eight years. I'm a long time Windows loyalist. [...] Now that I can see them side by side, it's obvious that the Macintosh provides a brighter display experience than the PC. It's a more aesthetically pleasing visual experience. It's less cluttered, and feels less stressful to use than Windows. The Mac just doesn't get in your way the way that Windows does. [...] Apple's innovat From owrede_log on June 5, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..

Give Me Your Password: A Social Engineering Intro "Big Giant Idiot Corporation, this is Pam, may I help you?" the sweet lady says with a throaty twang. "Quick! This is Thomas from the MacKenzie group! I need the log-in for the bradley server! Quick! It's a matter of money! You don't know what it is!? What?! Tell you what, I'll show you how to get it from the system and if you do that for me ... right now ... I won't tell the boss you're slacking..." No, we didn't just witness a woman keeping her job because of her ability to think on her feet (or seat). Instead, we saw someone use social engineering to get From kuro5hin.org on June 5, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

Experiments in collaborative weblogs I'm trying a little experiment over on the Decentralists Weblog for the NMC 2004 Summer Conference... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on June 5, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

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