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SALT Conference early registration extended
The original deadline for early registration of July 23rd has been extended to August 6th. Registration fees for SALT® Members, currently $620, will be $670 after that date. Registration fees for non-members, currently $660, will be $710. Register before August... From Rick's Café Canadien on July 23, 2004 at 4:41 p.m..

Training of Trainers
Training of Trainers completed by Nancy White and the team at the Outreach office of PH Armenia including Anna Martirosyan and Siranush Vardanyan, I have extracted this little pearl. It is a well organized collection of tips and best practices that can be easily implemented by online facilitators, presenters and e-moderators to increase their ability to maintain a high level of attention, interaction and engagement in online live events. This guide is designed to help trainers introduce these new ideas and ways to leaders who can then support their own online initiatives. Via : Robin Good...soulsoup on July 23, 2004 at 4:41 p.m..

Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking by Dave Pollard effective critical thinking requires a combination of three things: 1. Cognitive Skills: The intellectual ability to: interpret (express and clarify significance), analyze, evaluate (assess credibility), infer (draw reasonable conclusions), explain (articulate the rationale for opinions or conclusions) and self-regulate (self-consciously assess and improve personal thinking processes). 2. Critical Spirit: A disposition to: be inquisitive, seek to be well-informed, be alert for the need to think critically, have self-confident and trust in one's rational p From Kolabora.com on July 23, 2004 at 4:41 p.m..

Web Conferencing Solutions
Cost Effective Web Conferencing Alternatives To WebEx, Live Meeting, Centra From Kolabora.com on July 23, 2004 at 4:41 p.m..

Microsoft Live Meeting
Microsoft Live Meeting: Customer Support And Marketing Communication Issues From Kolabora.com on July 23, 2004 at 4:41 p.m..

Online Resources
Web Conferencing, Online Collaboration, Videoconferencing, Distance Learning From Kolabora.com on July 23, 2004 at 4:41 p.m..

Photoblogging ElectionPhotos04 very cool photoblogging service for American Political Convention Bloggers and Flickr Competitor
Cool, ElectionPhotos04 is based on ExposureManager which appears to be a viable competitor to Flickr. Bring it on! The more competition the better. From Empowering the Blogarazzi - Escapable Logic: QUOTEBlogging this year's political conventions may be the most exciting news about those staged events. Imagine the stories we might witness! We la From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on July 23, 2004 at 4:40 p.m..

Show Me Your Context, Baby: My Love Affair with Blogs - Kate Baggott
Preach it, sister! From Show Me Your Context, Baby: My Love Affair with Blogs - trAce Online Writing Centre - Opinion: QUOTEIf the pen is still mightier than the sword, then the pen has been dulled, emptied and badly refilled by traditional media. Blogs, as yet, are the only sign of the new revolution, the new democracy, and the new nervous system. New media blogs are our one true hope if their legions expand and voices of reason are heard. I believe in the wisdom and From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on July 23, 2004 at 4:40 p.m..

An Anecdote About TSpace and Google
TSpace is an Institutional Repository at the University of Toronto. It's participating in the DSpace Federation Project. At the beginning of this week, my home Department, Medical Biophysics (MBP), set up an Community home page in TSpace. Within two days, the small initial content of this community had already been harvested by Google. This anecode provides support for the view t From Open Access News on July 23, 2004 at 4:40 p.m..

More on the UK report
Open Access Publishing: broadsheet roundup and JISC's role, JISC, July 21, 2004. Since the UK report contains eight specific recommendations for JISC, and since JISC praised the report, JISC is pleased to note that the report is getting mainstream press attention. Here it summarizes a few of the leading stories. From Open Access News on July 23, 2004 at 4:40 p.m..

More on the UK inquiry
Donald MacLeod, Shake-up for academic publishing, The Guardian, July 20, 2004. Excerpt: "Faced with the escalating cost of journals for academic libraries, the House of Commons science and technology committee is urging all UK universities to set up their own repositories to store their published research and make it available online free of charge." From Open Access News on July 23, 2004 at 4:40 p.m..

More on the UK report
British Library national digital archive endorsed by MP committee, an unsigned note in PublicTechnology.Net, July 22, 2004. Excerpt: "The Committee's Report concludes that the current model for scientific publishing is unsatisfactory for both libraries and users. Libraries face major technological and organisational challenges in managing the growing number of digital materials. In addition, they are struggling to acquire the material their users need against a background of growing rese From Open Access News on July 23, 2004 at 4:40 p.m..

Another guide to OA resources
Brian Simboli, Non-Exhaustive List of Resources about Open Access Publishing. Simboli compiled this listing from responses to an OA query he submitted to the LIBLICENSE-L mailing list. His compilation includes links to overviews of OA, news, directories of OA journals, publishing economics, citation studies, fora, initiatives, cost studies and other resources gleaned from correspondents. (Source: LIBLICENSE-L) From Open Access News on July 23, 2004 at 4:40 p.m..

More on the UK report
The Public Library of Science has issued a response (July 22) to the UK report, going beyond its press release (July 19) about the report. Excerpt from the new response: "The report released by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee represents an important step forward in the global movement for open access to scientific and medical literature. The Committee outlines a plan to store the entire 'pub From Open Access News on July 23, 2004 at 4:39 p.m..

Wikipedia: Phantom authority, self-selective recruitment and the retention of members in virtual communities: The case of wikipedia
Via David This article about Wikipedia is well worth a read! Abstract [condensed a bit] "Virtual communities constitute a building block of the information society. These organizations appear capable to guarantee unique outcomes in voluntary association since they cancel physical distance and ease the process of searching for likeminded individuals. In particular, open source communities, devoted to the coll From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on July 23, 2004 at 4:39 p.m..

ASCILITE 2004 Workshop
Cool, providing my paper's accepted I'll be running a half day workshop on 'Weblogs, RSS and the coming revolution' at ASCILITE 2004 in Perth, hope to see ya there (and make sure you sign up for my workshop :o) From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on July 23, 2004 at 4:39 p.m..

A Social Networking Bill of Rights (Clay Shirky)
Over at the Planetowrk Journal, Duncan Work has proposed a social networking bill of rights, elaborating on these 5 principles: 1. The right to know who is collecting what and for what purposes; 2. The right to not participate; 3.... From Corante: Social Software on July 23, 2004 at 4:38 p.m..

Discussing Social Media (Ross Mayfield)
This post is in lieu of Powerpoint to introduce the Defining Social Media panel at BlogOn tomorrow with Dan Gillmor, James Currier, Reid Hoffman, Michael Sikillian and Jim Spohrer. How We Got Here The Internet has always facilitated conversations and... From Corante: Social Software on July 23, 2004 at 4:38 p.m..

The New Musical Functionality (Clay Shirky)
Tom Coates has the first of what looks like a fantastic series of posts on the new musical functionality, an extended musing on the distribution of production, reproduction, and filtering of music, covering especially the newly social context. Over the... From Corante: Social Software on July 23, 2004 at 4:38 p.m..

List of mobile urban games (Clay Shirky)
A list of mobile urban games, of the PacManhattan/Uncle Roy variety.... From Corante: Social Software on July 23, 2004 at 4:38 p.m..

Mobile social software list (Clay Shirky)
While we’re posting these lists, here’s a list of mobile social software applications from elastic space.... From Corante: Social Software on July 23, 2004 at 4:38 p.m..

Microsoft Word Question??????
The state just requested that any existing reading grants be rewritten using a new format and questioning. Originally, you had to mail in several hard copies of the grant to the State Department. Now, you can submit your rewritten grant digitally in a .doc format. We had the original grant written in AppleWorks with several separate files and pages of charts, etc. Now, I need to submit the new grant in Microsoft Word .doc format. It also needs to be in one file. The problem I keep having is in the conversion from a Mac to a PC. When you send the .doc to a PC, the charts are being rend From Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 23, 2004 at 4:37 p.m..

OmniMedicalSearch.com searches 25 databases including authoritative medical search engines, image li ...
OmniMedicalSearch.com searches 25 databases including authoritative medical search engines, image libraries and the latest health & medical news From Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 23, 2004 at 4:37 p.m..

SPARC and SPARC Europe welcome your participation in the upcoming workshop, Institutional Repositori ...
SPARC and SPARC Europe welcome your participation in the upcoming workshop, Institutional Repositories: The Next Stage, to be held November 18-19, 2004 in Washington, DC. Attendees of this two-day workshop, open to the international community, will gain a practical, hands-on understanding of strategies critical to the success of their Institutional Repository From Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 23, 2004 at 4:37 p.m..

This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of geography. Answers here: ...
This week's Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of geography. Answers here:1. In which American city is the White House - the home of the president?2. What is the present name of the country that used to be called "Siam"?3. Which country consists of two islands separated by the Cook Strait?4. What is the largest state of the USA?5. The city of St Petersburg had two different names before it reverted to its present name. Give one of these two former names.6. The From Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 23, 2004 at 4:37 p.m..

Tired Of PayPal? Looking For An Alternative To Pay And Receive Money Online?
Moneybrokers is a new online service that promises to be able to deliver payments in real-time to anyone having an email address on the Internet. Moneybrokers supports many international currencies (over 25), from the British Pound to the Thai Baht... From Robin Good's Latest News on July 23, 2004 at 4:37 p.m..

The New Samaritans
How volunteers' redesigns are changing the web for the better. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on July 23, 2004 at 4:37 p.m..

Arguments
I didn't have time to read all the Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About, but it seems to capture a side of life a little too accurately. And compulsively. (Thanks to Mike O for the link.)... From Joho the Blog on July 23, 2004 at 4:37 p.m..

Wolfram explained
I just came across a Forbes article by Michael S. Malone, dated 11.27.00, called "God, Stephen Wolfram and Everything Else." It's a good, non-technical introduction to Wolfram. Nicely done. Critics of Wolfram won't find much to like in it, and I still think Ray Kurzweil's piece is the best analysis/intro I've read, but Malone puts Wolfram into a useful perspective.... From Joho the Blog on July 23, 2004 at 4:37 p.m..

Intel vs. Radeon
I'm having trouble finding information, and information I can understand, about the relative performance of the Radeon Mobility (LY) that is in my current Thinkpad X22 and the Intel Extreme Graphics 2 in the Thinkpad X40. All IBM tells me is that the Intel card uses system memory rather than onboard memory, which sounds like it has access to larger amounts of slower memory. (The X22's CPU is an Intel III M running at 800, and the X40's is a Pentium M at 1.2.) All I want to know is: Will PowerPoint animations run faster of slower on the X40?... From Joho the Blog on July 23, 2004 at 4:37 p.m..

Survived
In regards to the yesterday's bike accomplishment, make that two in a row. Today was uneventful, the only encounters were with a covey of quail along the Arizona Canal. When we bicycle, we are all Lance, careening down the cobblestone roads at 50 mph, accelerating our way up the French Alps, arms raised in yellow jacket victory... all in our minds. From cogdogblog on July 23, 2004 at 4:36 p.m..

Collaborate, Construct, Content
I wish I could have kept track how many times I said the words "collaborate," "construct" and "content" during my stay in Boston this week. It must have run into the hundreds without question. And there seemed to be a palpable excitement about blogging. It was pretty cool. So today I read that Anne is collaborating to construct content. Go figure. Now I'm thinking I can just set this up in weblogs. There will still be one student, one business partner but this gives a better way to open up the communicat From weblogged News on July 23, 2004 at 4:36 p.m..

Microsoft Feed for Educators
(via Jim Flowers) Microsoft has created an RSS feed for topics of interest to educators. Fifteen subscribers already at Bloglines... From weblogged News on July 23, 2004 at 4:36 p.m..

Boston Flickr
Cool...my Flickr account seems to be working! This is a picture from the Spirit of Boston cruise that we took. See Seb's post on the wonders of Internet communication when you need to make something work! From weblogged News on July 23, 2004 at 4:36 p.m..

Latest thinking & introductory usability
Just two quick reminders: It is less than a week until the Canberra Latest Thinking in Usability & IA seminar. This will cover faceted classification, shape of information, card-based classification analysis & personas. There are still places, if you get... From Column Two on July 23, 2004 at 4:36 p.m..

"Technology and Human Issues in Reusing Learning Objects"
This article by the Dutch authors Collis and Strijker appeared in the May 2004 issue of the Journal of Interactive Media. The article is worth a careful reading. The authors examine the state of usage and prospects for learning objects in three contexts: higher education, corporate training, and military training. JH____ "Abstract: Reusing learning objects is as old as retelling a story or making use of libraries and textbooks, and in electronic form has received an enormous new impetus because of the World Wide Web and Web technologies. Are we at th From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on July 23, 2004 at 4:36 p.m..

Checklist for Building the Ideal News Web Site
Steve Outing lists a set of design issues to consider when building an ideal news website (or any website for that matter). Some points that stand out -- more interactive multimedia and more user-generated content. From elearningpost on July 23, 2004 at 4:35 p.m..

Boston Bloggers
(This will also be a column in tomorrow's Mercury News.) A modern national political convention is theater. Candidates are actors, and delegates are props, with the media serving mostly as stenographers and, in a few cases, critics. Next week's Democratic convention in Boston will feature a new batch of critics: bloggers. For the first time, people who write Weblogs have been accredited as media rep From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 23, 2004 at 4:35 p.m..

Peer to Peer Video Journalism
Howard Rheingold points to this fascinating description by Drazen Pantic of how anyone can be "a real-time video journalist." What you need, is simple: "a blog, a camcorder, and a laptop with WiFi." You bet, and this is just the leading edge of what's coming. (Cross-posted to We the Media.) From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 23, 2004 at 4:35 p.m..

Data Theft Suspect Busted
In what the feds are calling perhaps the largest theft of personal data ever, a Florida man is arrested for stealing consumer information from Acxiom Corp., apparently intending to use it to feed his e-mail ad business. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Hollywood, NFL Fight TiVo Sharing
Movie studios and the National Football League try to block the FCC's approval of a new service from TiVo that would let users transfer recorded programs to other devices. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Los Alamos Suspends 19 Employees
The director of America's leading nuclear lab strips 19 employees of their badges while officials investigate the loss of two classified computer disks, as well as an intern's eye injury from a laser. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Bono Moves to Preempt Thieves
U2's new album was stolen last week. If it shows up online, it'll be rushed out on Apple's iTunes, the band has pledged. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

VOIP Bill Gives States a Voice
An amendment passed by a Senate committee requires providers to contribute to state programs to subsidize phone service in rural areas. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Catwoman Coughs Up a Hairball
Five writers worked on this superhero film, and they still got everything -- women, dramatic urgency, cats -- wrong. Had the script been smarter, it could have been a clever parody of the genre. Instead, Catwoman's a silly mess. By Jason Silverman. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Outfoxed: A Unique Sleeper Hit
On the eve of a contentious presidential election, large audiences are bypassing traditional media channels -- theatrical releases or TV broadcasts -- to see partisan films like Outfoxed. The DVD is a top seller on Amazon. By Louise Witt. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Seven-Year Hitch for Junk Faxes
Legislation to give businesses more leeway in sending unsolicited faxes -- a seven-year permission-free window -- took another step to becoming law, but it'll have to wait until September. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Techies Blast Induce Act
Technology executives testify that the Induce Act would kill innovation and could make some popular consumer electronics illegal. Regardless, the bill's sponsor says he's determined to crack down on copyright piracy. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Stem-Cell Cash on a Winding Road
Investors aren't exactly pumping big bucks into biotech companies, but they have put their money behind California's stem-cell initiative. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Schools form online education consortium - Lyn Jerde, Minnesota Sun Newspapers
Northern Star Online will offer 36 courses, available to secondary-level students in public, private and charter schools, as well as home-schooled pupils and adult learners. From Educational Technology on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Online school to open in Gypsum - SCOTT N. MILLER, Summit Colorado Daily
One size rarely fits all. With that in mind, Dick Lindow of Gypsum is launching a local chapter of CompuHigh, an online high school. The school is one of several catering to the home-school audience. But Lindow sees his venture, CompuHigh Colorado, as p From Educational Technology on July 23, 2004 at 4:34 p.m..

Benefits of An Online Discussion List in A Traditional Distance Education Course - Julie BRADSHAW and Leone HINTON, TOJDE
.... In order to meet learning outcomes, educators may need to be flexible in their choice of teaching tools in distance education delivery. This paper outlines the challenges faced in teaching a course on recreational drug use and abuse via distance e From Online Learning Update on July 23, 2004 at 4:33 p.m..

IU offers online English-language TOEFL test course to prepare international students for exam - Sheeba Madan, Indiana Daily Student
The IU School of Continuing Studies is offering its first online course to help international students prepare for the Test of English as a Foreign Language. Non-native speakers of English are required to take TOEFL to gain admission into a major colleg From Online Learning Update on July 23, 2004 at 4:33 p.m..

Value Added Training: Reusable Learning Objects - Navy Center for Cryptology Public Affairs
The Center for Cryptology (CC) Corry Station completed the first cryptology course under the Revolution in Navy Training From Online Learning Update on July 23, 2004 at 4:33 p.m..

A Response To Bill Cosby's Call: Teaching Children To Take Personal Responsibility
Cosby has recently recommended Jon Oliver's book Lesson One: The ABCs of Life - The Skills We All Need But Were Never Taught that is providing solutions to parents, teachers and others who live and work with children. After reading the book, Cosby wrote, "Lesson One is full of good, workable suggestions. Let us pay attention, now." [PRWEB Jul 23, 2004] From PR Web on July 23, 2004 at 4:33 p.m..

today's dose
As you might notice, I've replaced the earlier bandwidth-stealing links to Slate with real links. Still no word from the people who purport to sell the rights to post Doonesbury content. Memo to Slate: build a simple protocol for blogs to link to comics you carry. From Lessig Blog on July 23, 2004 at 4:33 p.m..

Fun with Public Officials and Public Databases
Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood is lying, and I can prove it. From kuro5hin.org on July 23, 2004 at 4:33 p.m..

New site design
I'm playing around with the CSS for this weblog, trying to make it a little easier to read, and less retina-wretching... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on July 23, 2004 at 4:32 p.m..

Hooking up with Net telephony
roundup Upstart Skype strikes deals to take its VoIP service beyond the PC, while AT&T hopes for a Net phone renaissance. From CNET News.com on July 23, 2004 at 4:32 p.m..

Portuguese pooches to get radio tagged
Maker of radio frequency identification chips wins a $600 million deal to insert chips in dogs. From CNET News.com on July 23, 2004 at 4:32 p.m..

Virus writer purports to show bin Laden's death
Message circulating on the Internet carries a Trojan horse disguised as pictures of the al-Qaida leader committing suicide. From CNET News.com on July 23, 2004 at 4:32 p.m..

BEA's Bosworth decamps to Google
The chief architect's departure comes at a tricky time for BEA, which posted worse-than-expected first quarter revenue in May. From CNET News.com on July 23, 2004 at 4:32 p.m..

Week in review: Microsoft shows us the money
Microsoft plans to move a mountain of cash reserves, and guess who the king of the hill is going to be. From CNET News.com on July 23, 2004 at 4:32 p.m..

More foto fun
Here's an image from my new Canon S60, shot on automatic, by someone with no eye and less talent. Morningglory in the afternoon I altered it only by cropping it. I refrained — for demonstration purposes only — from tinkering with the color and contrast with my photo-shoppish software, but in general I'm with Tim Bray on the question of photographic "integrity." I've spent most of my leisure hours over the past couple of days writing a VB script (I have no shame) that does the following with a single button press once you've dragged a photo(s) into it: Runs... From Joho the Blog on July 22, 2004 at 11:23 p.m..

Why Weblogs?
Despite some technical glitches, I think my presentation on Weblogs in Education here yesterday went pretty well. I really, really like blogvangelizing with a group of motivated and interested education types who are willing to overlook some computer issues and keep the conversation flowing. (Thanks especially to Kathy Schrock for talking us through my reboot.) I've given this talk about a dozen or so times now From Column Two on July 22, 2004 at 11:21 p.m..

Gillmor Gang + One More Gillmor
That would be me, making a guest appearance at 1 p.m. Pacific time on today's program. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 22, 2004 at 11:20 p.m..

The Next Level of Database Report Generation: SiMX Releases Report Manager Pro
SiMX Corporation released Report Manager Pro, a powerful software that facilitates and expedites reporting by providing an intuitive concept-driven drag-and-drop interface, standardizing data connectivity, and eliminating redundant tasks such as document formatting. [PRWEB Jul 21, 2004] From PR Web on July 22, 2004 at 11:19 p.m..

the real world (II)
Astonishing, and essentially unnoticed, genocide continues. Bipartisan support for us doing something. That could include you. Connect. From Lessig Blog on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

UK Plans Military Intervention in Sudan
A humanitarian disaster has been unfolding in Sudan over the previous year, largely ignored by the western media. The country's western region of Darfur has been victim to genocide and ethnic cleansing in an attempt by the Sudanese government to drive out anti-government rebel militias. Today the British Prime Minister Tony Blair outlined plans for possible military intervention to put a halt to the escalating situation. From kuro5hin.org on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

$300,000 Boost to Get School Students Ready for Work and Careers
The Australian Government will provide $300,000 for the development of a formal qualification to recognise a school student's employability skills and to also create an innovative electronic skills portfolio for school students to record their skills, achievements and career aspirations. The Government has provided $100,000 to develop a Certificate I for Employability Skills, a formal vocational education and training (VET) qualification to be delivered by schools and Registered Training Organisations. From EdNA Online on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

ECMAScript for XML (E4X)
Saw a link to E4X yesterday, but nobody seemed to know what E4X really was, only that they had a very PR-ish PR... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

Web Server Statistics Page
Jupitermedia's ServerWatch reports on surveys that examine the number and types of servers being used to power the Internet. Check the results of the monthly surveys right here. From ClickZ Stats on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

Senate panel embraces state VoIP taxes
A bill was supposed to keep states away from Internet phone services. One amendment makes all the difference. From CNET News.com on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

Microsoft delays Virtual PC for Macs
Domino effect knocks back due date for software to make Apple computers look like everyone else's. From CNET News.com on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

Gateway widens its loss
PC maker posts $339 million loss. But executives say that thanks to a deal with Best Buy, better times are ahead. From CNET News.com on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

Sun shuffles sales execs
Executive vice president of sales becomes Sun's executive vice president for strategic development and Sun financing. From CNET News.com on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

Briefly: Sun shuffles sales execs
roundup Plus: Microsoft delays Virtual PC for Macs...MP3 players recalled...Sony puts 7.2 megapixels in consumer camera...Free OpenOffice support on tap. From CNET News.com on July 22, 2004 at 11:18 p.m..

Japanese Carrier Unveils Mobile-phone Wallet
Not what the headline suggests. The device is essentially a way to conduct wireless transactions - wave your phone at the scanner and the sale it deducted (accurately, one hopes) from your account. Fine. But what I wanted is what the headline suggests - a phone I can carry in my back pocket and that will hold by cash and cards. I am forever losing my phone (it is, in fact, currently lost) because there's no convenient way to carry it. Now if my debit card can be built right into my phone-wallet, that's fine too. Via NewsScan Daily. By Yuri Kageyama, USA Today, July 22, 2004 [--> From OLDaily on July 22, 2004 at 11:17 p.m..

Mark Pesce: Open Source Television: Liberte! Facilite!! Egalite!!!
Disinformation is an interesting website and well worth a visit no matter what - I generally pop by once every few weeks. This item, a link from Robin Good, is worth considering in its own right. Now we are well short of prime time for internet video on demand - we are just at the leading edge of audio on demand. But yes, it is coming - you can see plenty of signs of it already (for example, in the last few months many online dating sites have started allowing their members to post short videos). By Mark Pesce, Disinformation, July 14, 2004 [OLDaily on July 22, 2004 at 11:17 p.m..

Leicester E-Learning Conference
Kind of a neat analogy: "Terraforming the environment for sustainable e-learning life." We can talk about what counts as good e-learning by talking about what counts as good terraforming. If your newly terraformed planet requires that its new colonists grow gills, it will not count as successfully terraformed. The planet must correspond to the actual living and breathing needs of the colonists. Now the online world, of course, is always terraformed. Yet given this, it's suirprising how many sites expect that students can breather underwater - or at the very least, ought to learn. View the From OLDaily on July 22, 2004 at 11:17 p.m..

Show Me Your Context, Baby: My Love Affair with Blogs
"To call blogs literature would be to turn them into an elitist, edited, and vetted art, one which is contrary to their very nature. The complexity of what blogs and their reactionary, perfectly contemporary, accessible prose could mean to the future of sustainable storytelling, to truth in journalism and to the survival of democracy, is too great to call literature." We are not given democracy; we must take it. Freedom belongs only to those who would live free. By Kate Baggott, trAce Online, June 25, 2004 [OLDaily on July 22, 2004 at 11:17 p.m..