It's not Provençal, it's fauxvençal This afternoon I picked up some swordfish chunks at the fish market on the way home and cooked them up on the grill. Not knowing what else to do, I concocted a sauce to put on top of them in the spirit of Provence (in the south of France) and using all kinds of things I already had in the kitchen. I call the tasty resulting dish, Swordfish a la Fauxvençal, since I really don't consider it an authentic dish from Provence. Quantities are approximate since I was winging it as I threw it together. But it came out quite yummy, and I am sure I will make it again. From megnut on June 7, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..
LG Philips gets approval for IPO From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Seagate to join tiny-drive fray From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Briefly: Seagate to join tiny-drive fray From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..
Something for NothingSuw, "The response to AKMA's ... Something for NothingSuw, "The response to AKMA's question was immediate and overwhelmingly positive - soon the comments section was filled with bloggers offering to read chapters. "---[Chocolate and Vodka][via Tian's Langtonclose]I should have blogged this on my Chinese blog, however, maybe I won't be able to do it in days(depends on). The power of free culture can generate many su From Meta on June 7, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..
UK Ministry of Defence contracts BT for e-learning system As most large organisations have found at some point, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) found that a) its training requirements can't be met by face to face education alone, and b) its e-learning provision is patchy and disconnected. So a plan was drawn up, and British Telecom awarded about 25 million pounds to provide a system for up to 300.000 users. That's one single system... From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on June 7, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
VoIP provider dusts off free-call strategy From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
More TDF04 The Wild Horse Pass Resort is a classy operation. The help smiles and says hello in the hallways. The towels are full-sized and plush. The fake boulders in the lobby have fake petroglyphs. Saguaro cactus ribs are built into the gigantic Native American fetishes... From Internet Time Blog on June 7, 2004 at 8:53 p.m..
Rockefeller pays dividends Rockefeller University Press (RUP), working with HighWire Press, has completed the backfile conversion and release of all 3 of RUP's journals. The latest increment is an 80 year expansion of the free backfiles of Journal of Experimental Medicine. Journal of Experimental Medicine, Fulltext v1+ (1896+) 6 month moving wall; Print ISSN: 0022-1007; Online ISSN: 1540-9538 Journal of Cell Biology, Fullt From Creative Commons: weblog on June 7, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
World's Coolest Man? Cabinet minister by day, mover of souls by night. At total ease bouncing from baritone to falsetto and back again. As nimble on stage as those half his age. Master of a crowd and, in person, friendly as can be. Gold-selling and Creative Commons-adopting. Is Gilberto Gil the world's coolest man? Minister Gil with assistant director Neeru Pah From Creative Commons: weblog on June 7, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Oracle hits hard at Justice Dept.'s case From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
BellSouth offers VoIP to Miami businesses From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Briefly: BellSouth offers VoIP to Miami businesses From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
A second look at the biology lab Animal rights activists speak out against dissection, but some teachers say there's no substitute. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 7, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
'Roll up your sleeves. Let the work begin.' Excerpts from commencement addresses to the Class of 2004. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on June 7, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Ethernet switch start-up rakes in $75 million From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
S F E U Vacancies - Subject Mentors forEMERGE project From ScotFEICT on June 7, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Dissertation Proposal Presentation Ben Daniel, one of our Interdisciplinary Ph.D. students, will present his dissertation proposal on Wednesday, June 9, 10:00 am, Room 1C102 Engineering (in the Computer Science wing). Title: A Bayesian Computational Model of Social Capital in Virtual Learning Communities. The... From Rick's Café Canadien on June 7, 2004 at 6:53 p.m..
More on DOAJ Phase 2 Stephen Pincock, Tool allows open-access search, The Scientist, June 7, 2004. Excerpt: "Sweden's Lund University said on Thursday (June 3) that it had launched a new online facility that allows users to search for and retrieve articles from open-access (OA) journals. The development is an extension of the university's Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), which aims to promote the use and impact of journals that do not charge users to access articles. At present, 276 of the 1100 jour From Open Access News on June 7, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..
Concept Maps Discover Digital Repositories: a Look at Tufts VUE This article by Phillip Long from the June issue of Syllabus brings together two of the subjects I find most interesting: concept maps and digital repositories. "Tufts University has built a new tool, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, called the Visual Understanding Environment (VUE, http://vue.tccs.tufts.edu/) for building Concept Maps. Using a highly flexible, visual interface, VUE maps, structures, and semantically connects electronic content drawn from local file systems, the Web, From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on June 7, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
Messenger 256 "Two for the hub. 347 Eglinton East. Emergency." Number two-fifty-six poured the rest of his coffee down his throat and threw the cup to the ground. Two emergencies from Eglinton. For once, dispatch hadn't screwed him over. He climbed on his bike as he lifted his radio to his mouth. "10-4" From kuro5hin.org on June 7, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Apple patches 'critical' OS X flaw From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Net operators warming to video ads From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Briefly: Net operators warming to video ads From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Furl Does Multiple Departments Furl just added multiple departments to its feature list and I couldn't be happier. Just click on the little "Multi" button next to the departments and CTRL-click your link into as many places as you want. I'm loving this because it will save me from saving the same site twice (or three times) to get it to show up on the various pages that I might be pushing it through my RSS feed. If I ever get a full day to do nothing else (maybe in 2014,) I'm going to set up all the department blogs From weblogged News on June 7, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..
Google Gone Googly So every now and then I look through my referers at the Google searches that have led people to this site. Here's today's winner: consequences of using power tools outside of home And I thought we were talking technology... From weblogged News on June 7, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..
Airport Express and the Reality Distortion Field At the Wall Street Journal's D Conference near San Diego, Steve Jobs stole the morning stage with the announcement and... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 7, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
Telco Guy Shows Telco Spots For a few minutes this morning at the D conference, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg sounded like a new age telecommunications... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on June 7, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
Questions about Longhorn, part 2: WinFS and semantics In the first installment of this series of questions about Longhorn, I concluded that the compelling benefit of WinFS must lie in the realm of "organizing stuff" rather than just "finding stuff" -- else why not just leverage existing and well-understood relational, free-text, and XML search methods? And I posited that the signature feature of WinFS -- "relationships" -- must be powerful enough to justify the creation of a proprietary new storage model that will enable (but also require) new applications and developer skills. From Jon's Radio on June 7, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
Is your site ready for the next IE? From Tony Goodhew's XPsp2 weblog:How to make your website work with XP service pack 2... From Syndication News from Bill Kearney on June 7, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
Garageband adds Creative Commons Wired has a short write-up of the GarageBand (the website for musicians, not the Apple software) annoucement to include a Creative Commons license during song uploads. If you've never tried out GarageBand, sign up and give it a whirl. Listeners rate song samples as one vs. another, and you can view the top rated songs in numerous genres. There's an impressive array of music, all from unsigned bands. On the musician side of things, you can upload music and get From Creative Commons: weblog on June 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Cisco extends relationship with Trend Micro From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Let's Build More "Learning" into Even Basic IT Tools I don't think I really like this idea but I'll pass it along in any case. The author's proposal is that the software tools students use on campus should have educational ads built into them. It sounds like a neat idea - but I don't thing that educational content should intrude its way into our lives. We have too much trouble as it is with unwanted messages - we shouldn't make education part of the problem. If I want learning I'll ask for it; otherwise, leave me alone. By Terry Calhoun, Syllabus, June, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on June 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
When the Cows Come Home: A Proven Path of Professional Development for Faculty Pursuing E-Learning The title promises more than the article delivers, but this summary of the University of Houston's CampusNet Online Workshop, or COW, is worth reading. A COW "introduces 30 or so faculty members to the prospects and expectations of planning and delivering an online course." The article described the typical composition and delivery of a COW and describes to some extent the impact of the program. By Gary W. Kidney, T.H.E. Journal, June, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on June 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Sun Blogs Show Uncensored Public Face This is remarkable. "As of now, you are encouraged to tell the world about your work, without asking permission first," reads the policy, posted on Tim Bray's blog. The announcement today of Sun's new employee blogs pushes the envelop and represents a new openness in corporate communications. Here's a list of the Sun blogs. By Robert McMillan, Computer World, June 7, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on June 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Reed Elsevier Gives in on Free Research Fallout continues from Elsevier's agreement to allow authors to publish their articles own on their own web sites (how odd that sounds!) including this article describing it as "a major concession to the 'open access' lobby." Not that there is such a thing as "the open access lobby" per se. In another item Jeremy Warner (scroll down in article) writes that "it's a concession which plainly weakens the business model to some degree." Meanwhile, rival publishers are cited in a Gua From OLDaily on June 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
No Network Effect Rafe Needleman tap into a long-standing concern of mine, networks that don't interoperate. Examples abound: instant messaging, social networks, push-to-talk, VoIP. While customers benefit from network effects, he writes, companies simply see it as lost revenue. In the field of learning technology, there is nothing like a network - all the interoperability promised by various standards allow only vendors to interact, but never allow users to access the entire e-learning system. Some day, some how, this is going to change. By Rafe Needleman, AlwaysOn, June 7, 2004 [OLDaily on June 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Microsoft's Patent Plans Worry Open-Source Supporters Microsoft's plans to leverage a badly flawed U.S. patent system to begin crushing open source by licensing and litigation has advocates worried. Eric Raymond: "This is aimed directly at us. It's a classic Microsoft attempt to crush the competition." By Antone Gonsalves, TechWeb News, June 4, 2004 [Refer][Research][--> From OLDaily on June 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
RSS: Grassroots Support Leads to Mass Appeal Learning Circuits has run my article on RSS, surveying some of the details of the syndication format and discussing the relation between RSS and some other initiatives such as OAI and social networking. Though a technical subject, I try to cover the material in a non-technical manner, providing links to various resources for those who want more. By Stephen Downes, Learning Circuits, June, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on June 7, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
With open systems, comes -- "gasp" -- process The Small Pieces free-for-all is slowly taking shape. So far, much of the discussion has been framed around process issues (as noted by Alan and D’Arcy, among others), but that’s cool — participants are feeling their way in an open structure, one that we intentionally left ill-defined. I’ve gotten emails from a couple of very sophisticated web-types requesting clarification, so... From Object Learning on June 7, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
AirPort, AirTunes team for home music streaming From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Qualcomm brews tiny transactions From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Motorola unit plans ultrawideband chips From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
StarOffice scores Canadian win From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Agere debuts integrated networking chip From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Harry Potter and Wizard People The NY Times has an interesting story of a new movie project called Wizard People, Dear Reader. It's a derivative work where the first Harry Potter movie plays while artist Brad Neely creates his own soundtrack to the film. It falls into a gray area of law and Warner Brothers declined to comment on it. If you can't make it out to one of the live shows, the Illegal Art site has the soundtrack available for download, which you can set up to watch at h From Creative Commons: weblog on June 7, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
IT security budgets expected to rise From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Cell phone use surges in China From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Net telephony company eyes overseas calls From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Market research gives Oracle top database spot From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
New Apple gadget streams music through the home From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Los Top 100 de FeedmanÃa El lector de feeds en español FeedmanÃa ha lanzado la página Top 100: Feeds más populares que recoge el listado de las suscripciones más requeridas por los usuarios. Ver: mi listado de suscripciones en FeedmanÃa y la Lista de usuarios... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 7, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..
Metadata Matters Wayne Hodgins and myself just finished a paper on "Metadata Matters". From the abstract: "In this paper, we argue that, in order to facilitate the ubiquitous uptake of metadata, and in order to realize their potential for advanced flexible end... From ErikLog on June 7, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..
Nueva versión de la herramienta para probar la conformidad con SCORM de los contenidos y LMS ADL ha liberado la versión 1.2.7 de la herramienta de probar la conformidad con las normativas SCORM "SCORM Conformance Te... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on June 7, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..
Home PC power failureAfter returning home, I found ... Home PC power failureAfter returning home, I found one of my Home PCs, the one running Grasshopper, can't boot up. I have to face that the PC's power supply can't work. Oh my, all the grasshopper data resides on that PC, as well the grassphopper it self. Now remote Grassland service can't update, too. Also I can't update my Chinese blog since all the data stored locally on that machine. Hopefully, all the data is secure the machine get repaired. From Meta on June 7, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..
California Law Review permits postprint archiving Last November, Dan Hunter of the Wharton School wrote an open letter to the California Law Review (CLR) asking it to reconsider its OA archiving policy. As a result, CLR did reconsider its policy and then, in late March, changed it. Here's an excerpt from the new policy, which is a on From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 7, 2004 at 2:50 p.m..
A study in contrasts Do not adjust your television. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 7, 2004 at 2:50 p.m..
My OB/GYN Daddy Dada. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 7, 2004 at 2:50 p.m..
Yoblogs Stonyfield Farms, the yogurt company, has launched 5 company blogs. (I haven't had a chance to look at them yet.)... From Joho the Blog on June 7, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..
Introduction to Apple Software Design Guidelines Apple posts some notes on developing software for Macs. Brent Simmons recommends it not only for other developers but also for anybody who enjoys thinking about software.Related: · When user interfaces fail From owrede_log on June 7, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Design + Knowledge Destruction Rosan Chow reflects on work by Alain Findeli. She wants to help characterize design activity by projecting a fringe view on the relation between design activity and knowledge, scientific or non-scientific. To me, the essence of design activity lies in the ontological realm and how it affects the way we are that is different than how science or for that matter other activities do. To assert that design activity destroys knowledge redirects our attention to the important and unique role design activity plays in this wor From owrede_log on June 7, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Reconnected! This is a just a note from happy ol' me saying I'm back in the land of the connected! The cable modem has been successfully installed, the wireless hooked up, and the annoying files and settings hoisted upon my computer by the Comcast cable modem installation program have been deleted. While it's been quite nice to be pretty much disconnected for the past two weeks, it will also be nice to be able to connect again when I want. Yay! From megnut on June 7, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Adobe releases J2EE product From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Briefly: Adobe releases J2EE product From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, May 2004 The spam volume remains unchanged over the month, but Internet users don't have reason to celebrate, as the plateau is not indicative of an imminent decline in unwanted messages. From ClickZ Stats on June 7, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Blue Titan introduces data-tracking tool From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
New Dell server designed for business apps From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Briefly: Dell server designed for business apps From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
SLA session on publishing and archiving At the SLA Annual Conference in Nashville, the Physics, Astronomy,and Math Division co-sponsored a session, Publisher/Libarian Archiving Initiatives on June 6. Vicky Reich of Stanford and director of the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) project, explained the background and progress of their work which has created software and protocols to enable libraries to cache digital juornal content. The project, Reich explained, was motivating by the fleeting nature of that content and in particular restrictive license agreements that do not guarantee s From Open Access News on June 7, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..
Computer boosts cognitive agility of pre-school children? CNN reports that computer use of children aged 3 to 5 scored higher on tests that gauge school readiness and cognitive development. Some earlier studies have found computer use improves children's fine motor skills and improves recognition of numbers and letters. Is there a study that shows how extensive computer use in early childhood influences the social skills and empathy? From owrede_log on June 7, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..
How children can learn cognition science Through a posting on the simplicity weblog I came across Edward De Bonos site. He started to collect bedtime stories for children that incorporate his theories. The first (and only) one by Lorna Santín tells about De Bonos concept named "Six thinking hats" and it's called "The Magic Hats". From owrede_log on June 7, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..
EMC focuses on regulatory compliance From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Microsoft, SAP mulled merger From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Merrill Lynch to HP: Time for a breakup From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Future Approaches To Conferencing And Collaboration Take Stage At The Competitive Edge The detailed report out of the last Competitive Edge live event is finally out. Fascinating are the topics and future scenarios painted by special guests Stuart Henshall and Eugene Eric Kim, who contributed in less than half an hour of... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 7, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..
FreeCache: ridiculously easy free content mirroring The Internet Archive's FreeCache (beta) is "a system of cooperating caches to move large files of free content closer to users", providing a Real Simple(tm) way of solving problems such as this: "Say an up-and-coming rock band, the RockLobsters, has a website that has a large file, say http://www.rocklobsters.com/videos/my-new-rock-video.mpg--> From Seb's Open Research on June 7, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..
Ingenta's accommodation of OA sources Barbara Quint, Ingenta Beta Tests New Interface, Information Today, June 7, 2004. Ingenta's new interface, IngentaConnect, will offer more reference linking from indexed articles to full-text articles inside and outside the Ingenta collection. When Quint asked Geoffrey Bilder, Ingenta's CTO, whether Ingenta would offer links to OA articles, Bilder answered yes, "if they came from other major aggregators or sources, such as PubMed or BioMed Central." Bilder also said that From Open Access News on June 7, 2004 at 11:25 a.m..
Cross-border defamation suit threatens academic freedom Donna Hughes is a University of Rhode Island (URI) expert on international sex trafficking in women and children. URI recently removed two of her articles on this subject from the URI web server when a London law firm threatened to sue her for defaming an unnamed UK man and unnamed UK woman whom Hughes had described as traffickers. The articles are still available through the journals that originally published them, National Review Online (Fall 2002) and Vital Speeches of the Day (January 2003). For more details, see Robin Wilson, Open Access News on June 7, 2004 at 11:25 a.m..
Sticking a layer of CORDRA on top The Carnegie Mellon Learning Systems Architecture Lab (LSAL) published a new paper on ADL's new Content Object Repository Discovery and Registration/Resolution Architecture (CORDRA) initiative. It comes with a major health warning to the effect that it represents nothing but the authors' opinion, but it certainly clarifies what CORDRA is meant to do, and how it could go about doing it. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on June 7, 2004 at 11:23 a.m..
How To Be A Succesfull Online Student "Few resources are available to help students determine if they should pursue online learning. Even less is available to help students manage an online course successfully." For those of you who are planning to attend an online course here is... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 7, 2004 at 11:22 a.m..
It's The Customer — not the company — Who Controls The Conversation "...the elephant in the room: RSS. While INBOX wrestles with the intractable problems of blurred international boundaries, too-complex authentication solutions and too-expensive computational and payment schemes, more and more of us are routing around e-mail for all but the most... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 7, 2004 at 11:22 a.m..
Best of the Moll Blogs We Love. Number 423 in a series. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on June 7, 2004 at 11:22 a.m..
Blogging Ideas conference I'm spending the day blogging the Boston Globe's Ideas Conference. Over the course of two days, we're promised 32 ideas...... From Joho the Blog on June 7, 2004 at 11:22 a.m..
More on the new Elsevier policy on postprint archiving Robin Peek, Elsevier Allows Open Access Self-Archiving, Information Today, June 7, 2004. Excerpt: "In a move that has stunned both the publishing community and the academic world, major journal publisher Elsevier is going to permit Open Access self-archiving for almost all of its journal titles. Under the new policy it will permit authors to self-archive their materials. This move will not change Elsevier's subscription model for funding." Peek quotes several OA proponents (Stevan Harnad, Deborah Cockerill, me), showing From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on June 7, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..
Patents can allow BigCos to annihilate open source This german news item (heise.de) speculates that software patents in Europe will allow big companies like Microsoft to kill the open source movement. It forces open source projects to either play with Microsofts rules. Patents are nothing more than land mines in a copyright war against an enemy that does not have any weapons. I can't see why Microsoft wouldn't use patents like these against any open source project that Microsoft does not want to exist. The problem is that open source projects are not designed to be profi From owrede_log on June 7, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..
Untitled From Seb's Open Research on June 7, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..
AMD to market discount Sempron From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
Las fotos de Capa en NormadÃa Encuentro en The Magnificent Eleven: The D-Day Photographs of Robert Capa , las fotografÃas de Robert Capa (Andrei Friedmann, 1913-1954) para Life Magazine del desembarco en NormandÃa: Un error durante el proceso de revelado destruyó la mayor parte del material,... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on June 7, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..
Summer Athletic Events Calendar-Fitness Models-Bodybuilders-Figure Models This site has excellent events calendar including sports and events for many different recreational hobbies From Family Fitness at saFitness.com Articles concerning Senior health on June 7, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..
Staph Infections in School Sports! Local Health and Sports officials are warning Schools about this staph infection that is putting many athletes in the hospital. From Family Fitness at saFitness.com Articles concerning Senior health on June 7, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..
Kids Obesity rates sky rocketing, what can parents do? Blaming your genetics? Think again! Kids habits are learned from thier parents!Be proactive and change your family routines. Kids fitness tips and advice From Family Fitness at saFitness.com Articles concerning Senior health on June 7, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..
IASTD Conference IASTED International Newsletter on Databases and Knowledge Engineering June 4, 2004 DEADLINE REMINDER! ONE MONTH TO SUBMIT! The IASTED International Conference on Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative Engineering - KSCE 2004 November 22-24, 2004, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands... From Rick's Café Canadien on June 7, 2004 at 8:54 a.m..
Training Directors Forum 2004 Chandler, AZ). Training Directors Forum kicked off this evening at the five-star Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort and Spa. We're in the middle of an Indian Native American Reservation in the Sonora Desert. This enables the hotel to run a casino which is (thankfully)... From Internet Time Blog on June 7, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
The Liberian Knot Two new books lay out the complicated ties between the United States and the African nation that it helped found. From Chronicle: free on June 7, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
Public Vision For Public Colleges A team of policy experts from the National Collaborative for Postsecondary Education Policy wants states to rethink public higher education. What the states want is unclear. From Chronicle: free on June 7, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
The June 2004 issue of Library + Information update from CILIP is now online ... The June 2004 issue of Library + Information update from CILIP is now online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 7, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
Business information on the internet: free versus fee - To pay or not to pay for business informatio ... Business information on the internet: free versus fee - To pay or not to pay for business information is a question that faces many users of the Net. This one day course compares what is available for free with pay-as-you-go and subscription services and will examine quality of content, coverage, functionality and price - London, UK - June 23, 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on June 7, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
Hotmail incinerates customer files - Evan Hansen, CNET News.com Alexandria Felton logged on to her Hotmail account last month and was shocked to find that all of her saved files were gone. At stake was years' worth of personal and business correspondence, photos and the itinerary for a recently purchased trip, the From Techno-News Blog on June 7, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Cities Say No to the Patriot Act - Kim Zetter, Wired Forget drug-free and nuclear-free zones. A growing grassroots movement seeks to make the United States a Patriot Act-free zone, one city at a time. Or, at the very least, the people behind the movement hope to make their cities constitutional safe zon From Techno-News Blog on June 7, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Nike Tries a New Medium for Advertising: The Blog - NAT IVES, New York Times Gawker Media, a small company that operates snarky Web logs on culture and politics, like Gawker and Wonkette, has begun blogging on behalf of major advertisers. The company's first paid blog is for Nike. Called Art of Speed, the blog will spend about From Techno-News Blog on June 7, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Texas District Piloting Laptops and E-Books - Converge Forney Independent School District in Forney, Texas, will mitigate a textbook shortage by providing every fifth and sixth grader in Johnson Elementary School with an IBM ThinkPad computer loaded with digital versions of textbooks and other works of lit From Educational Technology on June 7, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Maricopa County Tests Facial Recognition Technology in Schools - Justine K. Brown, Converge A woman walks into the office at Royal Palm Middle School in north-central Phoenix to register a new student. As she does so, a camera picks up her image, which is transferred to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Here, facial recognition technology From Educational Technology on June 7, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
A fast emerging learning concept - the Hindu Aimed at bringing together consultants from the field of education, from both public and private sectors, researchers and policy-makers to address key issues related to the concept of e-learning, an international conference titled "e-Learning India 200 From Online Learning Update on June 7, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
The "Newest Media" and a Principled Approach for Integrating Technology Into Instruction - Susan Ambrose and Joel Smith, Syllabus When and how should new media be incorporated into instruction? Two leaders in instructional technology and cognitive science from Carnegie Mellon University offer concrete suggestions from their experience, illustrated by applications of new media by From Online Learning Update on June 7, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Project-based Distrubuted Learning and Adult Learners - Erkan TEKINARSLAN, TOJDE Attending a traditional or residential learning environment to gain new knowledge or skills demand major time commitment. For working professionals with family responsibilities, the pursuit of knowledge and training in the traditional manner is gradual From Online Learning Update on June 7, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..
Special coverage: Oracle vs. PeopleSoft From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Intel eyeing storage white boxes? From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Why the FCC should die From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
An Atlas of Intellectual Property It's producers versus pirates versus consumers, from Silicon Valley to Shanghai. A special Infoporn from Wired magazine on the global battle between liberty and control. From Wired News on June 7, 2004 at 6:43 a.m..
Sim Sex Not So Scintillating Imported Japanese dating-sim games offer graphic cartoon sex with hot manga girls. Think that sounds exciting? Not so fast, lover. Boring graphics and hours of simple-minded mouse-clicking will kill even the most randy libido. By Danit Lidor. From Wired News on June 7, 2004 at 6:43 a.m..
Call It the Dead E-Mail Office Internet bigwig Lawrence Lessig is behind in his e-mail -- so far behind that he's given up. But he's really sorry about it. By Michael Fitzgerald. From Wired News on June 7, 2004 at 6:43 a.m..
Wireless Content Makes Headway Cell phones are moving beyond ring tones and screensavers, and content providers like ESPN and The New York Times are stepping up to claim consumer dollars. By Staci D. Kramer. From Wired News on June 7, 2004 at 6:43 a.m..
Solar-Powered Gadgets on the Move In the wilds or on the road, solar panels that fold into notebook-size cases are charging everything from laptop computers to cameras and Palm Pilots. But for some, a cell phone that works in the wilderness may not be a boon. From Wired News on June 7, 2004 at 6:43 a.m..
Little Brothers Like IP Cameras New surveillance cameras allow anyone with a broadband internet connection to keep a 24-hour watch on nearly anything -- from anywhere. Parents can monitor kids, the boss can keep an eye on the office. From Wired News on June 7, 2004 at 6:43 a.m..
Cancer Drugs Aim at More Targets In a 'cluster bomb' approach, drug companies are doing clinical trials of a new generation of cancer drugs that can attack cancer cells on multiple fronts. Some worry about side effects of the new therapy. From Wired News on June 7, 2004 at 6:43 a.m..
Summit: Carbon Dioxide Traders A trade fair for buyers, sellers and brokers of carbon-dioxide discharge permits convenes in Germany. Getting rid of the waste gas blamed for global warming is a shell game, and profit may be the key to reining in emissions. From Wired News on June 7, 2004 at 6:43 a.m..
Cities Say No to the Patriot Act As Bush launches a campaign to promote the Patriot Act and convince Congress to renew sections set to expire next year, hundreds of cities across the United States say enough is enough. By Kim Zetter. From Wired News on June 7, 2004 at 6:43 a.m..
Click. Are you available? "The next ... Click. Are you available? "The next wave of computer-aided communications, however, promises to expand the channels of communication even further. Unlike e-mail, Web conferences allow real-time interaction and collaboration, and they often combine text communications with other media, such as audio and video." Maggie Biggs, 7 June 2004, FCW.com Added: 7 June 2004 Reviewer's Note: PDF of the product ratings also available From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on June 7, 2004 at 6:42 a.m..
JIME on the Semantic Web in Ed The JIME special issue on the Semantic Web in Education is out. Congrats to Terry and Denise on what appears to be one of the more useful contributions to the instructional technology conversation in recent memory! From autounfocus on June 7, 2004 at 6:41 a.m..
QB HYPHEN Spanish helps students learn over 600 useful Spanish words and phrases. Sierra Vista Software has released QB - Spanish. This new Windows program lets users learn over 600 important Spanish words and phrases. [PRWEB Jun 7, 2004] From PR Web on June 7, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Five Statuettes for DigiNovations in 2004 Telly Awards Competition for Creative Video DigiNovations of Concord, Massachusetts, won Telly Awards for creative video production in five different categories: Video Animation, Fundraising Video, Corporate Image, Educational Video, and Recruitment Video. The award-winning films were created on behalf of four Boston-area educational institutions. [PRWEB Jun 7, 2004] From PR Web on June 7, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
DigiNovations' North Bridge Productions Accepts Top Fundraising Video Honors at 2004 Telly Awards A capital campaign video for the Brimmer and May School has won the highest honor for Fundraising Video at the 2004 Telly Awards, announced this week. The ten-minute film, which tells the school's story through the voices of its students, teachers, and families, was produced by the creative team at North Bridge Productions, a division of DigiNovations of Concord, Massachusetts. [PRWEB Jun 7, 2004] From PR Web on June 7, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Searching the Web for Health? Be Very, Very, Afraid Health advocate outlines fraud-busting pointers for do-it-yourself online medical sleuths [PRWEB Jun 7, 2004] From PR Web on June 7, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
States' End Run Dilutes Burden for Special Ed About a dozen states hope to challenge rules that require students including those in special education to improve or the entire school can face penalties. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
School Was in Trouble, Shooting Victim Says The Drake Business School, which closed last week after its chief executive officer was seriously wounded by a gunman, had millions of dollars in financial problems. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
An Aging Island Embraces Japan's Young Dropouts A small Japanese island is home to an unusual program that tries to help children go back to school. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Robin Hood, Santa Claus and Financing for Schools Gov. George E. Pataki and the leaders of the State Legislature want to increase school aid across the state, even to wealthier districts that have done fine by their students. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
N.A.A.C.P. Is Denied University Chapter The president of the N.A.A.C.P., Kweisi Mfume, has criticized a decision by Catholic University not to recognize a chapter of his group. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
'04 Graduates Learned Lesson in Practicality Thorough preparation for careers after college is shaping up as a defining characteristic of the class of 2004. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Rumsfeld Tells West Point Class U.S. Needs Help to Prevail in Iraq For the United States to prevail in Iraq and the wider campaign against terrorism, it must convince other nations to join in the struggle, the secretary of defense said. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
The Voters Say Enough, Already Anger against rising taxes expressed itself at polling stations across Long Island this month when Nassau and Suffolk voters rejected 46 of 122 proposed school budgets. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
The Drill Sergeant of Dance What brings the stars to Wilhelm Burmann, the most revered New York ballet teacher of his era? Why, brutal, crushing criticism. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Search Turns Up CD Player of Murdered Juilliard Student A pink compact disc player belonging to the murdered Juilliard School student Sarah Fox was discovered late Thursday close to where her body was found. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
School District Lawyer Says She Advised Reporting Theft A lawyer for the Roslyn School District in Long Island said on Friday that she had advised school officials to report the embezzlement of $250,000 to the Nassau County district attorney. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
For Students Who Struggle, a Pilgrimage of the Elite A group of parents from the city's most elite private schools lend a hand at the city's most disadvantaged public schools. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
In the Bronx, a Graduation With Honor Waiting to receive a degree, Kathleen Mercante did not fidget or share whispers with the other graduates. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
Threats to Rights and Financial Barriers to Poor Are Cited at Graduations Many commencement speakers brought a somber mood to college campuses this spring, issuing warnings about perils like censorship, worsening inequality and eroding civil liberties. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
How City Students Fared on the State English Exam Although New York City eight graders made gains on the state English exam, fewer fourth graders passed New York State's English Language Arts test this year. From New York Times: Education on June 7, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..
A Rare One-Liner Welcome to Blogs.sun.com! This space is accessible to any Sun employee to write about anything. This is what OPEN means.... From Internet Time Blog on June 7, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..
Sun Microsystems Launches Education and Learning Community Global Portal Solution to Benefit Students and Educators Around the World From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..
Penn State Outreach integrates Continuing Education and Distance Education units From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..
The 21st Century Chalkboard: Distributed Collaboration in Higher Education From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..
Watching people use software Developers who possess deep but tacit knowledge of complex hardware and software environments are notoriously unable to project themselves into the From Jon's Radio on June 7, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..
Gallaudet University Chooses Online Tutoring From SMARTHINKING From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
GeoLearning Releases GeoMaestro 4.3 with Enhanced Reporting Functionality From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
JAET--Call for original manuscripts- From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
Hezel Associates Recommends New Strcuture for OCC's Distance Learning From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
UMass Amherst Unveils its New "Gateway" Web Site From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
MoD [Ministry of Defence] enlists e-learning From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
SyberWorks wins part of Air Force e-learning contract From DEC Daily News on June 7, 2004 at 1:51 a.m..
How to use weblogs to create engaging learning experiences In this article for the Australian Flexible Learning Community, I describe a simple method for using blogs in a corporate learning situation. The method uses the 3 important aspects of blogs: 1) personal point of view, 2) chronological nature and 3) byte-sized posts. From elearningpost on June 7, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..
Designing Collaborative E-Learning For Results Nice description of the tasks that go into designing collaborative e-learning. I can't stop thinking about the possibilities that lie at the confluence of weblogs (see previous post) and the collaborative strategies mentioned in this article. It points to a move away from designing for discrete events to designing for collaborative experiences. From elearningpost on June 7, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..
Masters of Design All articles from this month's fantastic issue of FastCompany are now online. The feature article, Masters of Design, looks at how and why design matters. From elearningpost on June 7, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..
IBM pushes into corporate search From CNET News.com on June 7, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..
Ev. Kirchgemeinde Bretzenheim... 150 Jahre Pfarrhaus, 50 Jahre eigene Kirche und 15 Jahre ein und der selbe Pfarrer - die Jubiläen sind in Bretzenheim kein Grund, um im Stillen eine Festschrift auszuarbeiten. Statt dessen recherchieren eine Reihe von Gemeindegliedern in ihrem Archiv, entziffern und digitalisieren. Unter http://www.ev-bretzenheim.de/ sollen die Ergebnisse dann für jedermann zugänglich gemacht werden. Mehr unter dem Titel Historie fü From Archivalia on June 7, 2004 at 12:54 a.m..
Piper-Archiv nach Marburg Der Münchener Piper Verlag stiftet dem Deutschen Literaturarchiv in Marbach aus Anlass seines 100. Gründungstages sein historisches Verlagsarchiv. Das berichtet die "Süddeutsche Zeitung". Die Sammlung umfasst der Zeitung zufolge rund 250 Kästen und enthalte neben Dokumenten zur Verlagsgeschichte Materialien zum Einzug der Moderne in die Bildende Kunst. Unter den Dokumenten finden sich Schriftstücke von Arno Holz, Marc Chagall, Hannah Arendt, Ingeborg Bachmann, Karls Jaspers und anderen. In Marbach werde der Bestand nun erschlossen und der Wissenschaft zug From Archivalia on June 7, 2004 at 12:54 a.m..
Heesters-Archiv an die Berliner... Der Schauspieler Johannes Heesters übergibt morgen sein künstlerisches Archiv an die Berliner Akademie, der er übrigens nicht angehört. Dabei handelt es sich um umfangreiche Korrespondenzen, tausende Fotos, Notizen, biografische Unterlagen und Dokumente aus 80 Jahren Bühnenleben. vermeldet DPA From Archivalia on June 7, 2004 at 12:54 a.m..
Conferencia: e-learning de la investigación a la realidad Partiendo de los resultados obtenidos por el proyecto Qual-e-learning, financiado con fondos comunitarios, los dÃas 21 y 22 de septiembre se celebrará en Es... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on June 7, 2004 at 12:54 a.m..
Always On, Peripheral Hearing, Presence Awareness: The Competitive Edge Talks... Looking into the future of online collaboration technologies has now become a mainstream activity here at Kolabora Live!, and the second Competitive Edge event that went live online last Thursday, May the 27th, is a good proof of that. Supported... From Kolabora.com on June 7, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..
Room-based Web Chat With Audio And Video: Userplane Webchat Userplane has added one new interesting tool to his growing conferencing and communication solution set based on the Macromedia Flash Communication server technology. The new service allows room-based Web chat with optional audio and video feeds. The interface is well... From Kolabora.com on June 7, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..
The Hand In a very interesting book by that name, author Frank R. Wilson weaves together understandings of the hand from seemingly diverse fields such as biology, neurology, evolution, and music. Because so much of what our hands enable us to do must be learned, the topic of education arises frequently. Giving an overview of some of his research among experts whose careers required refined hand control, for example, he says: Since the Industrial Revolution, parents have expected that... From Weblogs in Higher Education on June 7, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..
Walking toward the invasion beach About twenty-five years ago I spent four or five hours walking down country roads just inland from one of the Normandy invasion beaches. The landscape was beautiful, with tree-lined lanes and green fields and old stone houses beside their gardens. I stood on my toes to look over a stone wall and see into one of those gardens, but before its rows of plants could really register the owner shooed me away in a French whose tone communicated clearly even though I didn't catch the words.... From Weblogs in Higher Education on June 7, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..
MLX Writing Across the Curriculum Special Collection A few weeks ago, the faculty developer at one of our colleges asked if we could create an MLX Special Collection for an upcoming summer institute on "Wwriting Across the Curriculum", so that participants could create a "starter" package for a project they would complete over the summer (I call it "assembling the box' like folding from a cardboard flat.). The answer was of course, "yes", and the effort took about 20 seconds to create a place for the collection. She got the idea from how we had done a sim From cogdogblog on June 7, 2004 at 12:49 a.m..
News sites without RSS risk becoming irrelevant Yup. if you don't want to get your news site linked to by influential bloggers and don't want the traffic that they will give, by all means don't offer an RSS feed :-) ! From OJR article: RSS Feeds Can Build Web Traffic, but Fence Sitters Note Problems: QUOTEBut news sites that don't offer even a front-page headline feed in this online universe risk becoming irrelevant not only to bloggers who can drive traffic with a mention of a story but to increasingly savvy n From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on June 6, 2004 at 11:52 p.m..
100 Things You Should Know Building on the success of 100 Things Every Adult Student Should Know, The Cambridge Stratford Study Skills Institute has just published two new books: 100 Things Every Online Student Ought to Know and 100 Things Every International Student Ought to... From Adult/Continuing Education on June 6, 2004 at 11:52 p.m..
This is pretty funny... Nigritude Ultramarine: Nigritude Ultramarine a contest to see who is the first Google result for the (previously unlinked) phrase Nigritude Ultramarine... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on June 6, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..
Webfeeds I like that... 'feed' will do for me though :o) From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 6, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..
Deakin Webcam Hey... just noticed a post about webcams and thought I'd share the Deakin one... watch very closely and you might spot me walking past once every now and then ;o) So now you can check out the prevailing conditions around here (um, does anyone care?) From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 6, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..
Higher Education Online Education Journals - Scholarly & Free I'm currently trying to compile a good list of education technology journals for our Graduate Certificate in Higher Education course. I'm 'helping out' (yay I get to do some actual teaching.. yay yay yay!) with the elective in online teaching and learning and am trying to put together a website that (as well as incorporating some bloggin' and wiki features :o) points users to key articles and to journals where they can search for subject / topic specific articles. I have some criteria though... they must be: From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on June 6, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..
Why Blogs Can Be Used To Create Memorable Learning Experiences Miaish Nichani outlines in easy to read short essay the quality of weblogs when utilized in training scenarios. He specifically points to three virtues of blogs: 1) personal point of view, 2) chronological nature and 3) byte-sized posts. "Together, these... From Robin Good's Latest News on June 6, 2004 at 11:49 p.m..
Tivo disk failure imminent! Help! Our old Philips TiVo box (hacked so it has an extra HD in it) is showing every sign of imminent disk meltdown. Playback frequently freezes, requiring a hard boot. Any Tivo or Linux hackers out there who know how to get the TiVo software to do some disk maintenance, blocking bad sectors, etc.? Thanks!... From Joho the Blog on June 6, 2004 at 11:49 p.m..
NMC 2004 Feeds For Martin: Catch the Small Pieces Clue Train Martin was a bit peeved at not getting an RSS Feed for the "NMC Continuing Coverage" blog aggregator provided by Stephen Downes (and he gets the concept). Then Martin still was not satisfied when we provided him a URL for an RSS feed for From cogdogblog on June 6, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..
Babes, Booze and Beach Blog Ok, so I know that Weblogs can be about anything that their creators want them to be about. That's one of the beauties of the medium. And I know that many newspapers are starting to use blogs as a way of getting a more ground level look at local events and news. But I have to tell you, nj.com's "Beach Blog" about summer at the Jersey shore has a weird feel to it. Maybe it's just me, but it feels kind of, I don't know, strange to be reading stuff like this on a fairly well-respected newspaper site From weblogged News on June 6, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..
Enough is enough... but five probably isn't Kath Straub looks at how many users to usability test. To quote: Listeners get frustrated because the debate rages with the same opinions and no new and compelling data. The answer to the "how-many-users" question is important. However entertaining, the... From Column Two on June 6, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..
Intranet Mentoring Programme For a while now we've been slowly moving away from a traditional consulting model, to a coaching and mentoring approach. This is much more effective for our clients (and more enjoyable for us), and it really helps organisations to build... From Column Two on June 6, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..
Paying attention I think Phil Jones provides a powerful insight in his page on Google Juice. As attention online becomes explicit and accounted for, we may "start to apply it more, to put it to better use, going out of our way to earn it by writing more, and thinking more and offering other favours to our net-friends. In other words, an attention economy can stimulate people to do stuff the same as the money economy." From Seb's Open Research on June 6, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..
Wireless unleashed launches The launch of the Wireless Unleashed group weblog gives me the delight of finally moving Andrew Odlyzko's name upwards in my sidebar, from the "without a weblog" to the "with a weblog" category. This is from Wireless Unleashed's inaugural post: "Spectrum policy may sound like an obscure, technical topic. However, it governs wireless technologies with huge impacts on o From Seb's Open Research on June 6, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..
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