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KM as Tracks in the Mud
When I was a tourguide at Rutgers (part of my undergrad experience), I learned an interesting (though possibly apocryphal) story about how the sidewalks were planned on the Livingston College campus. Apparently, the university deliberately refrained from putting down any sidewalks for the first several years. (For those who don’t know Livingston College, there are no roads inside the campus; hence there are no obvious paths for sidewalks.) Instead, the planners waited to see where students wore tracks in the mud from their frequent comings and goings. They then laid sidewalk in…e-Literate on July 13, 2004 at 9:21 p.m..
Open Pedagogy
Carnegie Mellon (apparently sponsored by HP) has created an interesting twist on the MIT “open courseware” (OCW) model. I find the
Open Learning Initiative to be interesting for several reasons:
They are giving away not just content but also pedagogical models, which include “cognitive tutors,” “virtual laboratories,” group experiments, and simulations. They have focused on traditionally lab-oriented engineering courses. They seem to have a very active dissemination pl From e-Literate on July 13, 2004 at 9:21 p.m..
Open Source, Cross-Platform Groove for Academia?
It looks like Penn State is modifying the LimeWire code base to create file sharing with digital rights management (DRM) and authentication built in. They will also add the ability to tie into specific university data repositories as well as adding collaboration tools. Sounds like
Groove to me. The project,
LionShare, will be ready in the Fall of 2005. From
e-Literate on July 13, 2004 at 9:21 p.m..
Parallel Play Grows Up, Part II
Well, the
conversation continues, with an interesting twist. This time, one blogger has
explicitly responded to a request for his input from another blogger. The semantics here are interesting, since the original blogger
(Dave Hyatt) didn’t directly ask for comment. Instead, what he wrote was I’ll be eagerly awaiting the responses of bo From
e-Literate on July 13, 2004 at 9:21 p.m..
Din presa adunate
Gl@asul PC in Glasul Maramuresului, despre Conferinta si tabara Managementul de proiect si noi tehnologii de predare: "A fost o mbinare echilibrat ntre activittile informative, ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on July 13, 2004 at 9:21 p.m..
Statistici weblog-uri
The Register tocmai a publicat articolul 8,000 bloggers born every day, in care se specifica faptul ca intre 8000-17000 noi weblog-uri apar zilnic, conform statisticilor de la Technorati, ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on July 13, 2004 at 9:21 p.m..
Tips for webloggers
Sa invatam de la altii: Blog Tips - Central Register: "There are no hard and fast RULES of how to blog - basically its about being true to yourself, getting what's inside ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on July 13, 2004 at 9:21 p.m..
The Future of Learning Technology
Here are a couple of quotations excepted from an article by Jonathan Levy in the current issue of CLO magazine. "The new platform will do away with our artificial distinctions of 'learning' and 'KM' and 'EPSS,' replacing them with simply 'doing a better job,'" according to Jay Cross, managing director of the Workflow Institute. "Workflow is the metronome that will call up training as needed. This will be accompanied by real-time optimization. No more of this prepare-in-advance stuff. Workflow-based learning will gin out real metrics, business metrics. Fi From
The Workflow Institute Blog on July 13, 2004 at 9:20 p.m..
Meinungsforum "Rapid eLearning"
Im Untertitel zu dieser Sammlung von kurzen Statements heisst es "Neue Killerapplikation oder nur quick and dirty?" Wo Anhaltspunkte für die erste Option sein sollen, kann ich nicht sehen. Ich halte es mehr mit den Worten von Andreas Vogel vom... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 13, 2004 at 9:20 p.m..
Stell dir vor du bloggst und keiner macht mit
Ruth Bettina Müller war auf der zweiten BlogTalk in Wien und berichtet von einer "gedrückten Stimmung" auf dem Podium. 15.000 deutschsprachige Blogger soll es geben, doch das Ganze kommt hierzulande nicht richtig auf Touren, so ein Teilnehmer, den die Autorin... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 13, 2004 at 9:20 p.m..
e-Learning in Financial Services - A Benchmark Report
Nun, überraschende Neuigkeiten sind natürlich nicht unbedingt zu erwarten, wenn ein Anbieter den Markt beschreibt, auf dem er sich selbst bewegt. Trotzdem enthält dieser Report einige nützliche Stichworte zum Stellenwert von e-Learning in der Finanzbranche sowie daran gekoppelte Empfehlungen.... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on July 13, 2004 at 9:20 p.m..
Slow Life Can Be Good: Japan Shows How
In Iwate, in the north part of Japan, the governor has been re-elected for three years for his pro-relaxation campaigns. Many people are relocating here from Tokyo. At a certain point Hiroya Masuda said: let'stop giving it up. A strange attitude for one who is the boss of one of the largest Chinese provinces, Iwate, in the north part of Japan and who says such things in fron of a stagnating economic situation, and with such a large public debt to have any politician fired. Masuda has resisted instead. The second thig, that then he decided to say was: we... From
Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on July 13, 2004 at 9:20 p.m..
Archiv und Wirtschaft 2004/2
Die Zeitschrift Archiv und Wirtschaft, 37. Jg., 2004, H. 2, enthält folgende Beiträge: Aufsätze: Ralf Stremmel: Bestandserhaltung in Wirtschaftsarchiven. Probleme und Lösungsstrategien am Beispiel des Historischen Archivs Krupp Wolfgang Wimmer: Erschließung für das Internet: Das Beispiel Carl Zeiss Archiv Alexander Schug: Erinnerungskultur, Vergangenheitsbewältigung und History Marketing als nachhaltige Faktoren der Identitätsbildung und Selbstdarstellung von Unternehmen Horst A. Wessel: Sanierung von Altlasten - From
Archivalia on July 13, 2004 at 9:19 p.m..
Archivführer Kuba
In HSozuKult wird auf einen Führer durch die Archivlandschaft in Kuba (!!) hingeweisen. Es handelt sich um Pérez, Jr., Louis A.; Scott, Rebecca J. (Hrsg.): The Archives of Cuba/ Los archivos de Cuba (= Pittsburgh Latin American Studies). Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 2003. ISBN 0-822-94195-3; 217 S.; $ 45.00. Der Text der Rezension findet sich hier
hier. From
Archivalia on July 13, 2004 at 9:19 p.m..
Uniseum - Freiburger Universitätsmuseum...
In der FAZ (9.7.2004, S. 34) wurde das Freiburger Universitätsmuseum "Uniseum" (Markenschutz beantragt) besprochen: "eine umfangreiche Dauerausstellung zur Freiburger Universitätsgeschichte, opulent aufbereitet und würdig untergebracht in der Alten Universität - just an jenem Ort, an dem die 1457 von Erzherzog Albrecht VI. gegründete Alma mater 1460 ihren Lehrbetrieb aufnahm. [...] Man staunt über die Schätze des Universitätsarchivs wie Urkunden, Szepter, Monstranzen, Kelche, die solch eine prachtvolle Schau möglich gemacht haben". Leit From
Archivalia on July 13, 2004 at 9:19 p.m..
Paper Conservation
http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/ "The Book and Paper Group Annual is published once a year by the Book and Paper Group (BPG), a specialty group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC)." Full text of all volumes is available. From
Archivalia on July 13, 2004 at 9:19 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Jul 14
Today's highlights: ePeople CTmail; Siemens OpenScape 2.0; Centra on pricing; Visto Mobile Enterprise Server 3.5; ePeople announced CTmail, a system that captures email content to create a centralized knowledge base with expertise management and collaborative workspace capabilities. Targeted at orga... From
Kolabora.com on July 13, 2004 at 9:18 p.m..
Weblogs and Wikis as Work Arounds
Tom says: ...it is more accurate to think of weblogs and wikis as work arounds for the broken parts of the web, rather than a new innovation. Well, they are new innovations that repair some of what's broken with the original intent of the Internet. But I can't disagree that the shelf life of blogs and wikis as we know them probably isn't too lengthy. It's happening already, the seamless integration of these tools into browsers and Internet based networks. I sti From
weblogged News on July 13, 2004 at 9:13 p.m..
Bogus patents
What if you invent a web site creation and maintenance system that permits distributed control and centralized management of a web site? What if the physical implementation of the web site resides on a database maintained by a database administratorand the web site system permits a site administrator to construct the overall structure, design and style of the web site? Well, you would be in violation with
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Conclave
Again, just back from 2 rainy and frosty (and offline) days in conclave with my department. Things will change. In the meantime Ton rants about a possible BlogTalk 3.0 . I'll get back to that as well as to other blog-relat... From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 13, 2004 at 9:12 p.m..
History of Knowledge Management in Six Parts
Bill Ives takes on the
history of KM in six parts: "This serialized work attempts to puts the current state of knowledge management in context, providing a brief historical overview of knowledge management and communication media, and offering a framework for examining issues based on cognitive psychology." From
elearningpost on July 13, 2004 at 9:12 p.m..
Reputation and Trust (aka "Network Closure")
An interesting read relating
structural holes and network closure. Structural holes are gaps between groups. They offer many opportunities for innovation. Network closure, the counterpart to structural holes, represents the level of trust within groups. Here's an excerpt: "The power of reputation rests on the idea of network closure, which is the degree to which everyone knows everyone else in a network. In a subgroup or "clique" where everybody knows everybody else, reputation can have curren From
Syndication News from Bill Kearney on July 13, 2004 at 9:10 p.m..
Public Radio Exchange
The Washington Post has a
nice article about the innovative and all-around-fantastic
Public Radio Exchange today. PRX bills itself as "an online service for peer-review and digital distribution of public radio programming": it's a low-friction clearinghouse for great radio. In the words of the article: Every minute of every hour, great gobs of fantastic, imaginative and compelling programs are being produced. Unfortunately, listeners rarely hear or learn of th From
Creative Commons: weblog on July 13, 2004 at 9:09 p.m..
The Platform for Online Deliberation
This is an interesting effort. The Platform for Online Deliberation (POD) "is a freely available, open-source web tool for conducting asynchronous meetings that include discussions, document collaboration, polls and voting among small to medium sized groups of people." So the project is worth doing, but I think that the authors would have done well to look at some of the more popular open source community applications such as
Drupal or
PostNuke. These applications provide much the same functi From
OLDaily on July 13, 2004 at 9:09 p.m..
Ethnography and Anthropology in the Media
Now, if somebody searches for 'anhropology' on my site, they'll get a positive result. Heh. In all seriousness, there is a current of new thought linking anthropology and online social networking, as typified by Jame's Surowiecki's The Wisdon of Crowds (an interesting read, but the paen to capitalism in the middle seems to go on forever). Some of this has made it into the mainstream, and this page cites links from the
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Interactive Unit Planner
This is interesting. This planner steps you through the process of setting outcomes and learning objectives, selecting readings and identifying assessments. There's a bit more cut-and-paste than I would like (it would be nice to just insert the suggested outcomes into the text box, for example) but it's nonetheless a ncie step along the road. Of course, for me, the ideal is reached when most of this happens behind the scenes and when the student can generate his or her own lesson plan using a tool such as this. But, one step at a time. People interested in this item would probably be From
OLDaily on July 13, 2004 at 9:09 p.m..
DMCA Hammer Comes Down on Tech Service Vendor
The question you need to ask when you read this short is item is this: are you willing to buy a product from a provider who uses the Digitral Millenium Copyright Act to enforce a monopoly on servicing your hardware? "The court found that third party service techs who used the key without StorageTek's permission "circumvented" to gain access to the copyrighted code in violation of the DMCA, even though they had the explicit permission of the purchasers to fix their machines." By Jason Schultz, LawGeek, July 9, 2004 [
OLDaily on July 13, 2004 at 9:09 p.m..
Levels of Technology Implementation (LoTi) Breakdown
This taxonomy of technology integration is designed specifically for the instructional context and provides examples and links. Very teacher-centered. Oh, if I could only reword the highest level. It reads: "Technology is perceived as a process, product (e.g., invention, patent, new software design)." I want to reword it slight to read: "Technology is perceived only as the process or product (e.g., reading, writing, design). In other words, technology use is at its highest point when it disappears. People don't want to invent and patent a better phone; they simply want to call their frien From
OLDaily on July 13, 2004 at 9:08 p.m..
A Copyright Battle Kills an Anthology of Essays About the Composer Rebecca Clarke
The logic of withdrawing work from circulation iin the face of lawsuits - in this case, the withdrawal of an anthology of essays about the composer Rebecca Clarke - is summed in this one observation: "No one has $11-million to test the gray areas." So long as there is justice only for those who can afford it, there is no justice. By Richard Byrne, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 16, 2004 [
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Assessing Discursive Writing
What I have tried to do in this paper is mostly to describe the way I mark papers (and these days, criticize blog posts - and of course I wonder what sort of mark I would give my own paper...). But as in everything, I do it this way because I think it ought to be done this way. And though I have kept the argumentation in this work to a minimum, I believe that what I offer here provides a greater degree of precision - and fairness - in the marking of papers. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, July 13, 2004 [
OLDaily on July 13, 2004 at 9:08 p.m..
Position at Mt. Holyoke
Danielle Fortosky sent this to us. Mount Holyoke College has the following job opening: Director of Internet Marketing http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/hr/positions/director_of_internet_marketing.shtml... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 13, 2004 at 4:08 p.m..
Social Capital and Creativity
Here's a good piece on social capital that Gord McCalla sent today. "Fostering Social Creativity by Increasing Social Capital" (Gerhard Fischer, Eric Scharff and Yunwen Ye), in Social Capital, Marleen Huysman and Volker Wulf (Eds.) (in press) http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/social-capital-2002.pdf Fischer, Sharff... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 13, 2004 at 4:08 p.m..
Six Design Lessons From the Apple Store
Six Design Lessons From the Apple Store by Jesse James Garrett Via : elearningpost 1. Create an experience, not an artifact 2. Honor context 3. Prioritize your messages 4. Institute consistency 5. Design for change 6. Don't forget the human element Replace brand design with learning design - it's still very relevant... From
soulsoup on July 13, 2004 at 4:08 p.m..
Stolen parts make for a better intranet
'Stolen' parts make for a better intranet by David Walker Via: Column Two (also Via: UI Designer) "The main thing that worked was that we didn't try to reinvent the wheel," Geileskey says. Government bodies can steal ideas more freely than businesses. Other departments, other states and other levels of government may have similar problems, but there is less rivalry than in the private sector. So this type of sharing is high on the Federal Government's official list of "better practices" for intranets... From
soulsoup on July 13, 2004 at 4:08 p.m..
Wiki for Free Culture
Wiki for Free Culture - From Joi Ito Creative Commons is experimenting with using a wiki to discuss using a wiki to maintain a Wikipedia of sorts for Free Culture. Drop by and give us your thoughts.... From
soulsoup on July 13, 2004 at 4:08 p.m..
CSS Resource
Learning CSS- from Asterisk A great post by D. Keith Robinson providing basics, useful tips and resources for CSS based web design.... From
soulsoup on July 13, 2004 at 4:08 p.m..
Quest - Reposting
Heloo - anyone there? I asked this before... What are the holistic definitions / explanations / perspectives of HYPHEN Data HYPHEN Information HYPHEN Knowledge (Explicit & Tactic) Learning HYPHEN Training It's just a personal quest. Anyone...? You can post a comment, post something in your blog (and ping me) or send me a mail.... From
soulsoup on July 13, 2004 at 4:08 p.m..
Is Groove The Answer To DHS Wireless Concerns?
Colleague <a href="http://helfrich.typepad.com/michael_helfrichs_weblog/2004/07/informationweek.html">Michael Helfrich writes about Department of Homeland Security wireless network security concerns, and wonders whether Groove provides a commercial off-the-shelf solution. From
Kolabora.com on July 13, 2004 at 4:07 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Jul 13
Today's highlights: Groove Virtual Office 3.0; IBM Lotus Domino Messaging Express; BT and Microsoft; Omnipod 3.0 free trial; Groove Networks released Version 3.0 of Groove, its peer-to-peer collaborative workspace client, with a revised name of Groove Virtual Office. New features:... From
Kolabora.com on July 13, 2004 at 4:07 p.m..
Quotation of the day
In a recent article about e-portfolios in CCC (55:4 738), Kathleen Blake Yancey says, What we ask students to do is who we ask them to be. Take, for example, my recent thought that we should stop giving out assignments that are meant to be thrown away at the end of the semester and ask students to create something useful enough to survive the course. Yancey, I'm guessing, would agree -- we should not ask students to be the sort of people whose work is routinely tossed out, who have to... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 13, 2004 at 4:07 p.m..
More on copyright barriers to digital preservation
Marcum, Deanna B. The DODL, the NDIIPP, and the Copyright Conundrum,
Portal, July 2004 (accessible only to subscribers). After quoting the vision statements from the Distributed Open Digital Library (
DODL) and the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (
NDIIPP), Marcum makes this comment: "What a wonderful prospect these two vision statements hold out. Vast quantitie From
Open Access News on July 13, 2004 at 4:06 p.m..
Major gift supports OA at Harvard
Harvard has received a $5 million gift to support its
Open Collections Program, whose mission is to digitize and provide open access to material from the Harvard libraries. The donors are Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, both historians and both Harvard alums. Quoting Harvard president Lawrence Summers: "Intellectually curious people from every corner of the globe will have free access to such information, for the benefit of their studies, their interests, and their work." For more details, see the
Open Access News on July 13, 2004 at 4:06 p.m..
The importance of removing permission barriers
Andy Gass, Helen Doyle, Rebecca Kennison,
Whose Copy? Whose Rights? PLoS Biology, July 13, 2004. Excerpt: "One of the truly revolutionary implications of open-access articles, however, is that we simply do not know the full range of their potential applications. They are available for any use that any entrepreneur can envision, so long as the authors of the papers are properly credited. The only certainty, then, is that the utility of open-access research articles will be limited solel From
Open Access News on July 13, 2004 at 4:06 p.m..
Moi
Playing around with Fireworks and thinking of blog designs... think I could do with a makeover (and not just me blog :o): From
James Farmer's Radio Weblog on July 13, 2004 at 4:05 p.m..
Social link management (Clay Shirky)
I’m fascinated with the way that a bunch of old ideas floating around from the dot com era are back, and now succeeding. Many of these apps are explicitly social, and are benefitting from the larger user population and increased... From
Corante: Social Software on July 13, 2004 at 4:05 p.m..
Logo Designer Tool: AAALogo
AAALogo is a software tool to create logotypes in a simple and effective way. AAALogo has a very simple and highly interactive Flash-based interface which integrates immediate access to over 2000 basic symbols and graphics shapes. The end user can... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 13, 2004 at 4:03 p.m..
Entice Subscribers To Open Up Your Email Newsletters
"Sending thousands of newsletters is ultimately a pointless exercise if those e-mail messages are not opened and read." It is essential therefore to strategically analyze those critical factors that determine how users react to your email messages. When subscribers receive... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 13, 2004 at 4:03 p.m..
What I'd say about gay marriage
If I were John Kerry, here's what I'd say about the gay marriage amendment in a debate: There he goes again. George Bush — the uniter, not the divider — is using this issue as a wedge to drive Americans apart by making this complex question of morality, religion, states rights, and love into a simple yes-no, "you're either with us or against us." Americans are smarter than that, Mr. President. We can handle tough questions in all their complexity. And, frankly, it's a failure of leadership and of vision that you can only see things in black and... From
Joho the Blog on July 13, 2004 at 4:03 p.m..
Monday in Chicago
My wife and I arrived in Chicago yesterday afternoon, prepared with suggestions from y'all about what to see and do. Thanks! It was a beautiful day, so we set out down Michigan and walked along the lake shore. It is an odd and beautiful vista to see the skyscrapers hanging like a curtain behind the strip of beach. Then we walked through the Navy Pier, the mall-arcade-amusement park where I drank something blue and sugary. We continued along the shore and then headed back to the hotel. Don't hate us, but we passed a movie theater and on an... From
Joho the Blog on July 13, 2004 at 4:03 p.m..
Google acquires Picasa
Picasa is a very cool product for people who take digital photos. It lets you browse through them in spiffy and useful ways. And it's got some cool tools for sharing photos as well. Does Google's acquisition mean that Google is heading towards spiffier UIs? Client software? Photo-based social software? (Congrats to the Picasa folks.)... From
Joho the Blog on July 13, 2004 at 4:03 p.m..
Convention Bloggers--"We Don't Buy the Script"
I'm not sure if the fact that the major parties have asked bloggers to "cover" their conventions is another step on the road to blogging "legitimacy" but it can't hurt. Especially when
the list includes people like
Jay Rosen who has a great commentary on this development over on his site. Now come the bloggers, a tiny group added to the mix, who with all their faults and shenanigans have one great advantage. They aren From
weblogged News on July 13, 2004 at 4:02 p.m..
'Stolen' parts make for a better intranet
David Walker has written a case study on the Department of Victorian Communities intranet, which won a place in the Nielsen Norman Group's list of the 10 best government intranets. To quote: "The main thing that worked was that we... From
Column Two on July 13, 2004 at 4:02 p.m..
Group suggests ways to promote records management
Sara Michael writes about a report on promoting records management within organisations. To quote: In the report, the Electronic Records Policy Working Group, part of the Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI), outlines four major obstacles to valuable records management... From
Column Two on July 13, 2004 at 4:02 p.m..
Introductory Information Architecture (Canberra, Sydney)
We've just announced dates for our brand new Introductory Information Architecture workshop, to be held in Canberra (13 October) and Sydney (27 October). These will be run by Donna Maurer, and they will provide a thorough introduction to information architecture,... From
Column Two on July 13, 2004 at 4:02 p.m..
Six Design Lessons From the Apple Store
Jesse James Garrett
analyzes the newly opened Apple Store in San Francisco with regards to the total brand experience. Here is his list of design elements:
Create an experience, not an artifactHonor contextPrioritize your messagesInstitute consistencyDesign for changeDon't forget the human element From
elearningpost on July 13, 2004 at 4:01 p.m..
The Power of Impossible Thinking
A nice analysis of how
mental models matter in 'seeing and acting differently'. For example, "Take the four-minute mile. Before 1954, it seemed to be a physical barrier that humans could not cross. It was impossible. Then Roger Bannister broke this barrier on a British track. Within three years, 16 other runners had also cracked the four-minute mile. Was there some breakthrough in human evolution? No. What had changed was their thinking. Bannister showed it was possible. We think the barriers are From
elearningpost on July 13, 2004 at 4:01 p.m..
Ethnography and Anthropology in the Media
Here's a
list of corporate ethnography and anthropology articles mentioned in the media. This type of research, as covered by the articles, has been made popular by product design and marketing and branding firms. But I see these disciplines also being part of serious KM related work. Dave Snowden is a proponent of such work. Dave Snowden is a proponent of such work. Btw, Dave Snowden has left IBM and is now concentrating on his new venture --
The Cynefin Centre. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 13, 2004 at 4:01 p.m..
The Troll Situation, Continued
I've had a flood of suggestions from you good folks about my troll problem.Some are, at the moment, technically not feasible. Others are a good possibility, and I'm forwarding them along to our tech folks. Some of you have said you won't miss the comments if they disappear entirely. But I still believe the conversation is important, for all of us, when it works right, and I do want to bring it back. Incidentally, several of the people who wrote with suggestions are among my more fierce critics on this page. They still think I'm mistaken on the issues (we agree to disagree From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Finally, a Two-Line 5.8 GHz Phone
Several readers, recalling my months-ago
call for help in finding a two-line 5.8 GHz wireless phone, have let me know that Uniden is selling
this one. It looks pretty good. One flaw, however, it its lack of internal voice mail. I have an old answering machine, so I can live without it, but this is a pretty weird omission. I may wait a while longer for some company to include all the obvious features. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
HyperText 2004
The Association for Computing Machinery is having a conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia next month, and asked me to speak about the evolution of journalism in the Digital Age. Here's the homepage of
Hypertext 2004 for details on the conference. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Google Buys Desktop Software
Reuters: Google Acquires Digital Photo Management Company. Web search company Google Inc. said on Tuesday it acquired Picasa Inc., a digital photo management company it hopes will help it to offer services that will differentiate it as it seeks to go public. Intriguing. Google is moving quickly to assemble the pieces of something much more comprehensive than search and advertising. I'm not sure I can see the full outline, though. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
HailStorm [CQ]
My
recent mangling of Diego Doval's name in a print column was a harsh reminder that I neglect one tradition of print journalism at my peril. That tradition is a fact-checking mechanism called CQ. The idea is that an author, when writing the name of a person, company, or product, should CQ it to indicate that the spelling has been double-checked. (The acronym "CQ" is itself unCQ-able, since nobody owns the term or seems to know what it stands for.) Of course a copy editor shouldn't automatically trust an author&apo From
Jon's Radio on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Geolocation: Don't Fence Web In
As geolocation -- technology that can track the location of computers surfing the Internet -- improves, corporations and governments are increasingly able to limit what people can view on the Web. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Senate Stem-Cell Vote Unlikely
Although one senator claims enough votes to override Bush administration restrictions on stem-cell research, Majority Leader Bill Frist doesn't expect a vote on the matter before the November election. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
A Gathering to Hack the System
Hackers gather in New York City at the fifth annual Hackers on Planet Earth conference to discuss all the little ways that the government and corporations are turning technology against the people. Michelle Delio reports from New York. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Google Chooses Nasdaq Over NYSE
The search-engine stud says it plans to list its $2.7 billion initial public offering on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Bummer for the New York Stock Exchange. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
'Bucky' Gets Lucky With Stamp
Richard Buckminster Fuller was always considered to be 50 years ahead of his time. Ever in sync with the zeitgeist, a half century after Fuller received the patent on his famous geodesic dome, the U.S. Postal Service issues a stamp in his honor. By Danit Lidor. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Yahoo Buys Web E-Mail Firm
The world's biggest website acquires Oddpost, a Web-based e-mail provider that has a cool interface. The combined service could give Google's Gmail a run for its money. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Florida Felon List Down, Not Out
Florida election officials say they are relieved that the state won't require them to purge felons from voter rolls in this election cycle. But the purge will be reinstated in 2006, and lots of problems remain, critics say. Jacob Ogles reports from Orlando. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Cell-Phone 411: Boon or Bane?
A mobile-phone industry group plans to launch a wireless directory-assistance service next year, but consumer groups want federal rules to protect people's privacy and ensure that users must opt in to the database. By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Movie, TV Fans Ogle Video to Go
Forget DVDs. Leave the iPod at home. The latest in consumer electronics is portable video players that let people watch recorded movies and TV programs anywhere. Microsoft is leading the charge with its small-screen format. By John Gartner. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Bettors: Election Will Be Tight
Online wagering sites and current-events markets say the 2004 presidential election will be close -- as close as the 2000 election. Just a few months ago Bush had a comfortable lead, but bettors give him even odds now. By Joanna Glasner. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Elephants, Donkeys Seek Love
Opposites may attract, but not in politics. A slew of sites are popping up that cater to singles who are seeking mates with the same political ideology. By Louise Witt. From
Wired News on July 13, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
Software piracy losses double - Reuters
Software manufacturers lost $29 billion to piracy in 2003, more than double the previous year's losses, according to an industry survey released Wednesday. About 36 percent of software installations worldwide are pirated copies, the study by From
Techno-News Blog on July 13, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
WebCT Exemplary Courses Awards
WebCT selects five Exemplary Courses that showcase the power of e-Learning. Courses from the United States, Canada and Mexico employ innovative techniques in subjects ranging from religion to engineering. WebCT, provider of the world's most flexible From
Online Learning Update on July 13, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
The Researcher
Although the teaching of library and information (L & I) skills to undergraduates has been the subject of much activity by those in UK university libraries, the same has not been so true for research students. This situation is changing as the emphasis From
Online Learning Update on July 13, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
New York Appearance
I'm doing a single event to promote the launch of my new graphic novel, Club Zero-G, at Barnes & Noble on 8th Street and 6th Ave, NYC, Thursday July 15 at 7:30pm.Please come if you'd enjoy such an event. I'll probably talk a bit about the ideas behind the comic - and maybe try to figure out a way to read some of it. Perhaps those who want to can go out for a beer or something afterwards.The book itself is meant as a little challenge to consensus reality, and a shove to From
rushkoff.blog on July 13, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
Dear Roger "Fatty" Clemens
Today in Slate, an open letter to former Red Sox pitcher (and tonight's starter for the National League in the All-Star Game) Roger Clemens, Roger and Me: Why I hate the greatest pitcher of all time. But here's the real problem with your behavior: Fans like to think that players are giving it their all. All the time. I like to think that, anyway. But then I'm just a simple, good-hearted man, a man who wants to believe in heroes. How can I believe in heroes, Mr. Clemens, when the world is home to people like you? It's clear that you just try hard when you feel like it. Sad From
megnut on July 13, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
I scream for poutine
In the midst of lively recounting of Canada Day, Maciej enjoys his first dish of the Canadian delight, poutine (cheese curds, brown gravy, and french fries). The brown gravy was turpid and dark, with a sturdy tannin structure supporting notes of oak, wood smoke, spice, aniseed and musk. There was the faintest hint of chocolate and raspberry in the finish, though that may have reflected a previous use of the serving dish. In the nose, the poutine was beefy and slightly insolent - I detected an almost wanton playfulness, the evanescent flavors frolicking together like young beavers in a Gaspé From
megnut on July 13, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
New Users Re-opened
Well, tmenezes stern demands in the queue cowed me.* And the general opinion, amongst both users and staff here, was that sponsorship was a stupid idea. In principle, I don't agree (though it did need some changes from the original concept), but I'm willing to go along with the tide. Hopefully I will get a chnace to try out sponsorship somewhere else in the future. So new user accounts are open again, without any changes. We've had a bit of a cooling off period, I've kicked out a pretty hefty number of idiots (who I expect to have to kick out again and again, but what the From
kuro5hin.org on July 13, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
Last Entry
I’ve finished moving my personal page over to Plone, and have moved my blog over as well (so long, comment spam!). All the permalinks to old entries here on reusability.org will remain live indefinitely; however, I will only be making new blog entries over at
http://wiley.ed.usu.edu/. Hope to see you there. From
autounfocus on July 13, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..