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Emergent Emergence
Godfrey Parkin blogs: In the E-literate blog, Michael Feldstein has recently had a couple of jabs at the burgeoning interest in emergent learning, as enthusiastically promoted by Jay Cross and others. I suspect that heTMs overthinking it and just doesn’t get it. If so, it wouldn’t be the first time.… From
e-Literate on July 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
What Steven Johnson Really Said About Howard Dean
Kathleen reminds us that Steven Johnson himself supports her analogy of the Dean campaign as an example of emergent learning. “In fact”, she tells us, “Johnson was quoted in Wired magazine as saying that ‘Dean is a system running for President.’” Except that, as far as I can tell, Johnson… From
e-Literate on July 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
New Site Theme: Aggregation Sciences
It’s been bothering me that the only category on my site where I can put these posts about emergence is “Blogo-eroticism and Other Hype.” Since I intend to get past all this back and forth about what emergence isn’t (as quickly as possible) and start posting on what it is… From
e-Literate on July 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
A Thousand Affordances in Your Pocket
Yup. I finally broke down and got myself an iPod. Kathy has had one for about two years now but I was holding out for two more developments. First, I wanted enough disk space--at least 20 gigs--to carry a significant amount of data as well as my music, since I… From
e-Literate on July 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Dossier: Weblogs (und Journalismus)
Vom persönlichen Netztagebuch zur hochaktuellen Community-Site - der Weblog-Boom macht auch vor Journalisten nicht halt. Bloßer Hype, revolutionärer Trend, oder einfach eine Bereicherung der Medienlandschaft? Studierende des Studiengangs "Online-Journalismus" an der FH Darmstadt sind dieser Frage nachgegangen.
Zum Dossier. From
BildungsBlog on July 27, 2004 at 7:43 p.m..
Juniorprofessur ist verfassungswidrig
Die Juniorprofessur ist laut dem Bundesverfassungsgericht nicht mit dem Grundgesetz zu vereinbaren. Drei Länder haben sich mit ihrer Klage durchgesetzt. Weiterlesen bei der
Netzeitung (interessant ist wie immer das warum). From
BildungsBlog on July 27, 2004 at 7:43 p.m..
Bildrechte kritisch gesehen...
Zu
http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/283692/ kann aufgrund der freundlichen Genehmigung des Autors der Volltext wiedergegeben werden. (KG) Ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte...? Bildreproduktion und Bildredaktion im Verlag: Probleme, Chancen, Ziele Von (c) Ludger Claßen Seit etwa zwei Jahren verzeichnet der deutsche Buchmarkt Umsatzrückgänge. Nach unseren Erfahrungen ist der Bereich der regionalen Literatur davon kaum betroffen. Regional- oder Lokalgeschicht From
Archivalia on July 27, 2004 at 7:42 p.m..
Chipmaker takes aim at Cisco
Sandburst hopes to help out Cisco competitors with a Gigabit Ethernet switch they can incorporate into their own product lines. From
CNET News.com on July 27, 2004 at 7:33 p.m..
MSN NewsBot
Microsoft has launched a beta version of what it calls NewsBot - essentially a clone of Google News (and another recommender style news service, but I forget the name of it off the top of ny head). The
The UK version has been around since last year some time. According to the site, "Newsbot (beta) responds to your reading preferences. Clicking on articles determines what we base your recommendations on." They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But I wish Microsoft would stop flattering everyone else and come up with something From
OLDaily on July 27, 2004 at 7:33 p.m..
701 Tips for e-Learning
On the one hand, reading this book is addictive; I was up to tip number 70 or so before I realized I had been drawn in. On the other hand, the staccato delivery wears a little thin; by tip number 70 I realized it wasn't going to draw to anything like a conclusion. Of course, that's not the intent and it's not really a weakness. This free PDF is well worth downloading and reading - the advertisements aren't even a problem (and an interesting technique). This is the best to come from the Masie Center in a very long time. By Elliott Masie, Masie centre, July, 2004 [
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Three Reasons to Publish an E-Newsletter AND a Blog
I ask this question from the opposite perspective - given that I have RSS feeds, Javascript feeds and a webpage, why do I continue to publish the email newsletter? And of course the answer is that the majority of my (known) readers sontinue to do it by email. But I can report that every time I send out an issue my email inbox gets hammered by anti-spam messgaes, on-vacation messages and assorted errors and failures. It comes with the territory and is really only a problem if I have to use Outlook Web Access from a cybercafe. Anyhow, this article tries to convince the authors of email newslette From
OLDaily on July 27, 2004 at 7:33 p.m..
The Knowledge Consultant As Story-Gatherer
The Knowledge Consultant As Story-Gatherer One of the things he thinks KM should be doing is helping management understand and lead their organizations more effectively. Management is, after all, the group paying for organizations' KM activities, and a group that is, in most organizations, far from happy with what KM has delivered. Snowden argues that the best way for KM to help management is to be a kind of 'cultural anthropologist' in the organization you are working in or advising.... From
soulsoup on July 27, 2004 at 6:39 p.m..
impact of knowledge management
impact of knowledge management by Nadia Uddin. As knowledge management has become a formal function within many organizations, the need to measure its impact is vital for its sustenance. "It's really important that we understand how to measure the impact of knowledge management," said Carla O'Dell, president of the American Productivity & Quality Center, during her keynote presentation. "At the end of the day, that's what's important: powerful impact on the organization and the people. Plus, it makes everyone feel good when they realize there are effectively sharing and usi From
soulsoup on July 27, 2004 at 6:39 p.m..
701 e-Learning Tips
701 e-Learning Tips from The Masie Centre You know this one is a good point of reference when it start with (the first tip): The "e" in e-Learning stands for education - we too often forget that - it is not about bandwidth, servers, and cables. It is about education - first and foremost. Thanks to The MASIE Center's TRENDS readers and e-Learning Consortium Members, over 1000 e-Learning tips were received, analyzed, and categorized. These tips are from senior managers and training professionals from major corporations around the world. We have edited and compiled 141 pages and 14 chapters From
Learning Systems Architecture Lab on July 27, 2004 at 6:39 p.m..
More on the NAR conversion to OA
Oxford to Move Journal to Full Open Access, Library Journal, July 27, 2004. A short, unsigned news note. "After positive initial results from Oxford University Press's open access 'experiment' with Nucleic Acids Research (
NAR), the press announced it will move to a full open access publishing model from January 2005. It has been published under a subscription model for 32 years and includes around 1000 original research papers per year; OUP said NAR was & From
Open Access News on July 27, 2004 at 6:38 p.m..
"Show me the money"
From the
Outsell Now blog
posting on the US NIH plan and the UK report: "In Outsell's opinion, the funding question is the key to the success of open access. Until the foundations and public agencies that fund research fully commit to footing the bill for open access publication as part of their funding matrix, open access won't really take off. Both of these actions are a strong step in that direction, but 'show me the money' is the name of the game." (PS From
Open Access News on July 27, 2004 at 6:38 p.m..
The Coach Approach at Work
Review by Sheila Goldgrab - "Leading High Impact Teams" shows how the "coach approach" can help a workplace team to increase its effectiveness and produce outstanding results.... From
Adult/Continuing Education on July 27, 2004 at 6:38 p.m..
Discover the bases for likenesses and differences
I am rereading George Kelly's The Psychology of Personal Constructs from 1955. Kelly's sound theoretical work was so much ahead of his behaviorist peers in psychology at that time that it still appears to be surprisingly current.The substance that a person construes is itself a process - just as the living person is a process. It presents itself from the beginning as an unending and undifferentiated process. Only when man attunes his ear to recurrent themes in the monotonous flow does his universe begin to make sense to him. Like a musician, he must phr From
Seblogging News on July 27, 2004 at 6:38 p.m..
Rati Goes To The Coiffeur
Technorati has just launched a brand new look online. It finally sports the lines and profiles of a serious, online professional service and gets finally rid of the several links to sections forever under construction and to those others not... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 27, 2004 at 6:35 p.m..
Skype Launches Version One
Skype has just announced the official launch of its final version 1.0 release. The very popular and free Voice-over-IP software has recruited over 7 million users around the world in just about one year since its first release. The new... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 27, 2004 at 6:35 p.m..
A Fully Personalized View Of The Internet: Frassle
Frassle is yet another tool that tries to leverage the many opportunities created by the information overload. The collective abilities generated by the efforts of thousands of individual selfish explorers cataloguing the network according to their personal viewpoint is nothing... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 27, 2004 at 6:35 p.m..
Monday photos
Some photos from the convention, Monday, here, including some more of how well the Convention is protecting all good citizens from the perils of the Free Speech Zone.... From
Joho the Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:35 p.m..
Stem cell research research
Three links from Bill Koslosky, MD, about stem cell research. I'm running to the Convention and haven't had a chance to actually look at the links, but Bill particularly recommends this one, which "discloses the fact that stem cell research is really not expected to be used as a therapy for Alzheimer's." Also a map and an explanation...... From
Joho the Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:35 p.m..
USAToday on blogs
An intentionally naive question of mine gave the USAToday its lead for its story on blogging today. They play it as if I'd said "Shove it!" to a venerable, Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist. Oh well. It could have been worse.... From
Joho the Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:35 p.m..
What's it like?
So, what is the experience itself like? Obviously, I can't speak for the delegates, protestors, service providers, real journalists or even for other bloggers, but for me it's a lot like going to a sports arena and watching a sport that consists of talking loud. There I am, seven stories up in the Fleet Center, facing a giant screen which is only partially obscured by a giant bank of giant speakers. At 4 o'clock, when the Convention is gaveled to order by Terry MacAuliffe — a man so clean and well groomed that you want to take him home and... From
Joho the Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:34 p.m..
Tuesday so far
I've learned to show up later at the Fleet Center. So, this morning I took a look through the many events scheduled around the city. Unfortunately, the ones open to the public tend to have titles such as "Advancing Affordable Housing Preservation through Tax Credits" and "Hip hop + Politics = Youth Voter Empowerment?" I mean, how could they insult that last topic by ending it with a question mark! Meanwhile, the ones marked private include "LA Senator John Breaux's Carribbean [sic] Carnival with Musician Ziggy Marley" and "Golf/Clambake with US Reps. Bill Delahunt & Steven Lynch, FL From
Joho the Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:34 p.m..
So Why Aren't There More Teachers Blogging?
Alan has been wondering if Weblogs "will fly with the speed and grace of a lead balloon." Seems the adoption rate of Weblogs by teachers in his network of schools is slow, to be kind, and it's got him a wonderin'. "It just takes time or a miracle or some combination for things to take off. And in my position, where I am deeply immersed in this stuff almost 24-7, it is easy to forget that others are just peering over the precipice of new technology, and holding on to the safety rail of p From
weblogged News on July 27, 2004 at 6:34 p.m..
K-12 Weblogs and Security
I've been contacted of late by a few teachers trying to work through the security and privacy issues that go along with the use of Weblogs in the classroom, so I thought I'd take a little time to go over how we handle it and to pose some of the other questions that we still struggle with. First, let me say that these issues are ones that we've spent a lot of time discussing and debating. The last thing that we want, obviously, is to put our students at risk as they work more transparently and publish to a wider audience. Even though (knock wood) we've not had one problem From
weblogged News on July 27, 2004 at 6:33 p.m..
Wiki This
Ok, so I've got a
wiki space to play with. Yay! But I have no clue on how to edit the template. Boo! (Somehow "Wrichard, the free encyclopedia!" isn't really cutting it.) So, if anyone knows how to get under the hood and start playing with the code, could they puhleeese point me in the right direction??? From
weblogged News on July 27, 2004 at 6:33 p.m..
The impact of knowledge management
Nadia Uddin has written an article on the impact of knowledge management. To quote: As knowledge management has become a formal function within many organizations, the need to measure its impact is vital for its sustenance. "It's really important that... From
Column Two on July 27, 2004 at 6:33 p.m..
Outage explained
My ISP moved his server farm from town to town today. During transfer the servers were not available. There also was an update in the domain name system - so even after the machines came back online after many hours, there are still problems with DNS pointing to the old IP number. From
owrede_log on July 27, 2004 at 6:33 p.m..
Apple Music Player for Phones
Reuters reports
a deal between Apple and Motorola to bring iTunes-like capability to mobile phones. Steve Jobs is quoted as saying, "Wouldn't it be great if you could take a dozen of your favorite songs with you on your phone. We thought it would be great if together Motorola and Apple could give them (consumers) a small taste of what this digital music revolution is about." Many of us have already done this. I do it every time I travel with my Treo 600 phone, as I noted in
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 27, 2004 at 6:32 p.m..
Federating identity the Shibboleth way
In last week's column, I suggested that individuals and corporations should be the authoritative sources of basic information about themselves. That way, if an application needs my name, address, and phone number, I can refer it to a source that I control and guarantee to be correct. But how many applications really need my name, address, and phone number? Capturing the identity of individuals, along with personal information about them, has become a habit. In a climate of increasing concern about privacy, it's a bad habit we must learn to resist. [Full story at
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A plague of webloggers
There’s been a fair bit of flapping about the credentialing of about thirty webloggers for this year’s Democratic Convention (a smaller number will likely be at the GOP shindig). I liked David Weinberger’s early take: This event marks the day that blogging became something else. Exactly what isn’t clear yet, and the culture clash is resulting in public functions that,... From
Object Learning on July 27, 2004 at 6:32 p.m..
The Empire Blogs Back - Ryan Singel, Wired
In something of a throwback to the halcyon days of the Internet boom, the BlogOn 2004 conference, held Thursday and Friday in Berkeley, California, stressed how the latest in Internet technologies -- such as social networks and syndication technologies - From
Techno-News Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:31 p.m..
EU: A limit recognized?
Stefan Bechtold
writes that the EU Commission (ok, a
staff report) has decided that copyright terms for recordings in Europe should not be increased beyond the current term (50 years after publication), despite the growing pressure of recording labels to increase the term to "save" (as they put it) some of the most important Rock from entering the public domain. The story is getting press in Europe. (
Lessig Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:30 p.m..
Lessig Blog announcements
My wife, my kid and I are disappearing in August to a place that has no Internet, and only a satellite phone. In my absence, Professor Tim
Wu from Virginia will be running Lessig Blog. Tim and I have worked together on "net neutrality" issues, and if we can steal him from Virginia, much more in the future. In addition to Tim, August will also feature two special guests. During the week of August 9, Congressman Rick
Boucher will guest blog. And then during the week of August 23, From
Lessig Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:30 p.m..
on the meaning of "parody"
Everyone's seen the brilliant
JibJab Flash of Bush/Kerry. The piece claims to be a "parody" of Woody Guthrie's "This Land." As any copyright lawyer recognizes, it is not a "parody" in the sense that "fair use" ordinarily recognizes it. A "fair use" "parody" is a work that uses a work to make fun of the author. JibJab is using Guthrie's work not to make fun of Guthrie, but of the candidates. (For the now classic case on this, see
Dr. Suess v. Pengu From Lessig Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:30 p.m..
Gillmor & CC Party
Creative Commons is hosting a party to celebrate Dan Gillmor's new book,
We The Media, Friday, July 30, at our new home, 543 Howard Street, San Francisco. The party starts at 7pm. You should must RSVP to get in (limited space). Send an email to francesca at creative commons dot org. From
Lessig Blog on July 27, 2004 at 6:30 p.m..
CC at OSCON
I'm attending the O'Reilly Open Source Convention this week in Portland, OR. The convention tutorials got started yesterday, and there's great blog coverage,
cataloged here. I'll be attending tutorials today, and then the conference sessions for the remainder of the week. Track me down, tell me why you love CC and I'll shower you with schwag. And by shower I mean "give you a button and a bumper sticker." From
Creative Commons: weblog on July 27, 2004 at 6:30 p.m..
mozCC Updated, Upgrade Encouraged
I've just released an upgrade to mozCC. Everyone's encouraged to upgrade, as this release fixes an embarassing bug which caused Mozilla and Firefox to lock up under certain situations (say, choosing a Creative Commons license). You can find the release annoucement and installation/upgrade instructions
here. Find another bug? Have a suggestion?
Let me know! From
Creative Commons: weblog on July 27, 2004 at 6:30 p.m..
The Three Orders of Organization
David Weinberger on the different
orders of classification: "If you recall, we were all supposed to be lifeless at the bottom of an ocean of information by now. Why have we survived the information tsunami so confidently predicted in the late '80s and early '90s? Those predictions assumed that the principles of organization wouldn't evolve. But they have. Rapidly and profoundly." He goes to explain by his three orders of organization:
First Order: You arrange physical objects: You shelve From elearningpost on July 27, 2004 at 8:01 a.m..
High Turnover: Should You Care?
Knowledge nomads: "Knowledge nomads are highly mobile workers. Like nomadic people, they move frequently from place to place. No one organization is their home or life. But also like nomadic people they build homes. They form commitments when and where they stop." How do you retain them? "Spend less time trying to 'retain' employees through incentives like salary bumps and more time 're-recruiting' them by offering interesting challenges and learning opportunities. Retention will follow whe From
elearningpost on July 27, 2004 at 8:01 a.m..
A New Worm to Get Bugged About
The latest worm in a record year of computer viruses attacks through Web search sites like Google and Yahoo. Damage appears limited to the search sites themselves, mainly slowing down service. From
Wired News on July 27, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
MoveOn Moves Up in the World
Six years ago, two software designers fed up with the way government worked created a stir with an online petition. Now MoveOn.org is a political powerhouse. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on July 27, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
Eyes Wide Open Over Anime Piracy
Amid proliferation of counterfeit Japanese animation products, an American distributor fights back in court. Randy Dotinga reports from San Diego. From
Wired News on July 27, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
Risky Mines Stuck in Stone Age
Thousands of miners die each year, but most of those deaths could be prevented if mine operators stopped using 19th-century technology. By John Gartner. From
Wired News on July 27, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
Free Speech Behind the Razor Wire
A so-called free-speech zone has been set up to contain protesters at this week's Democratic National Convention. But it's ringed with chain link and barbed wire, and it looks a lot like a gulag. Mark Baard reports from Boston. From
Wired News on July 27, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
MP3 Pioneer Debuts Spatial Sound
A new '3-D' sound technology promises to make every spot within a movie theater a 'sweet spot,' but are consumers and entertainment companies prepared to pay for it? Xeni Jardin reports from Studio City, California. From
Wired News on July 27, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
Timid Tokyoites Delay IPod Frenzy
The first batch of Apple's iPod minis hits Japan over the weekend, and more than 1,500 shoppers line up to buy them. But the consumer chaos is held up by a pair of camera-shy shoppers at the head of the line. Nobuyuki Hayashi reports from Tokyo. From
Wired News on July 27, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
Techies Reshape 9/11 History
The 9/11 Commission Report was a best seller the moment it was released, but Internet users find several ways to make it more accessible and useful. By Staci D. Kramer. From
Wired News on July 27, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
Anti-Drugs Vaccines For Kids?
Just got passed this one from the Center for Cognitive Liberties and Ethics. Frightening?In brief, yesterday The Independent issued a story: "Children to get jabs against drug addiction": http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=544439 stating, among other things:"A radical scheme to vaccinate children against future drug addiction is being considered by ministers, The Independent on Sunday can reveal.""Under the plans, doctors would immunise children at risk of becoming smokers or drug users with an injection. The scheme could oper From
rushkoff.blog on July 27, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
Some Teens Are Immune to AIDS
TRACY'S CHOICES, a film by Max Elliot Anderson, is helping in the fight against AIDS in teenagers. This film will make a difference...after you've tried everything else. [PRWEB Jul 27, 2004] From
PR Web on July 27, 2004 at 7:58 a.m..
The BBC : Killings by pirates on the rise
Though to some modern pirates may seem to be anachronistic, absurd, and unimportant, the BBC recently reported that the International Maritime Bureau, the body that monitors pirate killings around the world, has observed a sharp and worrisome increase in the number of ship crews boarded and murdered by these very real and dangerous sea dogs. From
kuro5hin.org on July 27, 2004 at 7:58 a.m..
Gimme that New-Time Religion
By Dale Short (Birmingham Weekly) Posted with permission. It may be no coincidence that every explosion we see in an action movie nowadays looks the same. Destruction is no longer a loud bang and a flash of light; it's become a stylized slow-motion ballet of jagged fragments that tumble and ricochet outward from the explosion's exact center toward the viewer and beyond, an artists perspective-drawing turned nightmare. The destroyed object is no more, this surreal display seems to tell us, but the ramifications of the blast have only begun. Its chain of events reaches fu From
kuro5hin.org on July 27, 2004 at 7:58 a.m..
