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Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Innovation without Aggravation
I've decided that my dissertation will be on electronic theses and dissertations, and, as usual, I'm looking to shake the canoe a bit. To my mind, producing a "vanilla" .pdf thesis or dissertation is hardly better than just printing and binding the damn thing; I hate the proprietary format with a passion--and, besides, Adobe reader almost always crashes my Firefox. It appears that the first battle I'll have is with people who can't get beyond using a commercial product, especially when the corporate lords are just so nice and considerate (Look, they're letting us use t From
Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on July 29, 2004 at 10:00 p.m..
The Person of Tomorrow
For a healthy society,
Carl Rogers (1980) offers us a vision of the qualities that the person of tomorrow will possess:Openness Desire for authenticity Skepticism regarding science and technology Desire for wholeness The wish for intimacy Process-oriented Caring Sympathetic attitude toward nature Anti-institutional Authority lies within Recognition of the unimportance of material things A yearning for the SpiritualHe argues that a person needs the 'awareness of self as From
apcampbell News on July 29, 2004 at 9:59 p.m..
UKeU - Peeling the Onion - layer 2
The House of Commons Education and Skills inquiry into UKeU continues with John Beaumont the former Chief Executive and Sir Anthony Cleaver, the former UKeU Chairman before the Commitee (21 July 2004). Today, I do a bit of transcript analysis, focusing particularly on the UKeU platform. From
Auricle on July 29, 2004 at 9:59 p.m..
Making syndicated resource feeds fit for human beings
In my previous article, Learning Material Repositories: Rafts or Battleships - Part 2, I looked at RSS as one potential approach to aggregating information about, and providing access to, distributed learning resources. But viewing RSS requires a special reader or access to a server-based conversion service ... or does it? From
Auricle on July 29, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
OBHE article tones down the UKeU Platform
In my recent article 'UKeU - Peeling the Onion - Layer 2', I highlighted how, despite the obvious tensions between the former UKeU Chairman/Chief Executive and the HEFCE leadership, both sides seemed to be asserting some continued, but as yet unrealized, value in the UKeU platform. Not according to an earlier OBHE (subscription service) news item! From
Auricle on July 29, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
UKeU: the financial fallout
Another Donald MacLeod polemic in the online Education Guardian article 'UK Universities owed 2.8 million in e-uni debacle' (26 July 2004). The article content is fair comment but for one thing ... From
Auricle on July 29, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
On reading in a train and problems with task-based view of knowledge work
Spent the day reading papers on knowledge work in trains... Funny that reading papers in a train goes much better then reading them at home or in the office (I guess because of the rhythm and lack of distractions :). May be I just should schedule short meetings somewhere at far end of the Netherlands each time I have a pile to read :) Two main things as a result: knowledge worker definition and thoughts on task-based view of knowledge work. Knowledge worker definition (let's see if I reinvented the wheel :) From
Mathemagenic on July 29, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
Strange Attractor
Suw Charman joins Corante blog family with
Strange Attractor (
RSS feed) exploring patterns in the blogoshpere:If you could visually represent the ebb and flow of my thoughts, you'd find a lot of swirly folded patterns emerging. The cause? Blogs - my very own strange attractors. But blogs have a far wider effect than just making me think in swirly folded patterns, they are pertu From
Mathemagenic on July 29, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
Sometimes this blog is a personal diary...
...quiet in the office and it's finally summer outside... time to read interesting papers and to think... even unanswered e-mails do not make life stressfull... very good project news... new ideas... new books to read... finally car is getting fixed... getting a bit more travel budget... a friend is back after almost a year travelling... flight home day after tomorrow... another friend is back to singing and if I'm fast getting my laggage at the airport I'll be in time at her concert... and she is getting married - good reason to change tickets and stay in Moscow lo From
Mathemagenic on July 29, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
Clarity on Workflow Learning
Here’s a nice, short piece in Learning Circuits summarizing Sam Adkins’ take on workflow learning. One point of clarification that I found particularly helpful: How does workflow learning differ from electronic performance support systems (EPSS)? Unlike EPSS, workflow learning
is iterative and evolves as work processes evolve has a strong… From
e-Literate on July 29, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
A Thousand and One Affordances: iTunes, KM, and Creative Commons
For several reasons, I have been resisting the temptation to post about Duke’s now-famous decision to give an iPod to every first-year student. To begin with, it’s been covered to death, so I didn’t think that just posting the link was doing a particular service to anyone. Second,
others have… From
e-Literate on July 29, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
Also in Romania
Este titlul insemnarii de la CorporateBloggin... despre weblog-ul Timsoft. Nota este preluata si de b-spirit.com. ... primul weblog, CorporateBloggin... apare la sectiunea business a Blogroll, ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on July 29, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council
http://www.pesc.org/ I was actually pretty pleased about the fact that when a colleague mentioned this group to me, I had never heard of them before. It meant to me that I have created sufficient distance with any 'administrative computing' past. The PESC seems to be the domain of registrars and student service (eg. financial aid) folks, but I thought I'd post it because you never know when one of your projects might need to be aware of this alternate universe. Mostly they seem focused on issues like how to ship student transcripts a From
EdTechPost on July 29, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..
What are the 'Deficiencies' of Current CMS?
On a pretty regular basis I hear griping from people in the edtech blogging community about how terrible CMS platform X is, or how they are being forced to settle on the functionality provided in CMS platform Y. Rarely, however, do people get specific about what they can't accomplish in the existing CMS (I'm referring to the existing market leaders -
you know who I mean.) So here's your chance - use the comments below to tell me, and others, what you think is wrong with the 'majors From
EdTechPost on July 29, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..
"Weblogs – ein spannendes...
Das Genre der privaten Tagebücher im Internet boomt bereits seit Mitte der 90er Jahre und wird weltweit von einer wachsenden Community genutzt. An dieser Stelle soll Geschmack gemacht werden auf die große Speisekarte dieses Mediums. Inzwischen wird die Software, auf der Weblogs basieren, immer mehr für „ernsthaftere” Anliegen in Bildung, Wissenschaft, Bibliotheksarbeit, Journalismus, Wirtschaft usw. genutzt. Gerade für den Bildungsbereich bestehen hier mannigfaltige Möglichkeiten, die erschlossen werden sollten. Da sich Weblogs besser über das I From
ErikLog on July 29, 2004 at 9:56 p.m..
Urkundenbuch Schönau...
Nach wie vor der einzige Druckort für viele Urkunden der Zisterze Schönau bei Heidelberg: Gudenus, Sylloge ... (1728) Natürlich ist damit der Inhalt dieses alten Quellenwerks nicht annähernd vollständig beschrieben. Die Schlagwörter des Reg. Imp. OPAC geben einen ersten Eindruck: "Thüringen; Rheinhessen; Südhessen; Deutschland; Baden; Mittelalter; Urkunden und Regesten; Kanzleiwesen; Prosopographische Quellen; Wetzlar; Mainz; Schwarzach am Rhein; Schönau bei Heidelberg" Digitalisiert von der UB Heidelberg:
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IASTED conferences
Information about four upcoming conferences, drawn from the IASTED International Newsletter on Databases and Knowledge Engineering, July 27, 2004. 1. IASTED International Multi-Conference on APPLIED INFORMATICS~February 14-16, 2005, Innsbruck, Austria 2. The IASTED International Conference on Knowledge Sharing and Collaborative... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 29, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..
Learning Objects are actually funny
Okay, trust me on this one, especially if you're a fan of The Onion (are you listening, Rodger?). I picked this up today from David Wiley's autounfocus. Evan Straub, a self-described Instructional Design Ninja, put together a wonderful sendup of... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 29, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Jul 30
Today's highlights: PDA shipment growth; Enterprise collaboration growth; Gartner reported that worldwide PDA shipments in 2Q2004 increased 12% from 2Q2003. The RIM BlackBerry led the charge. tmcnet.com A recent Gartner report looked at the growth in adoption of enterprise collaboration... From
Kolabora.com on July 29, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..
New feature added at ADP / SB
We've launched a second facet of the ADP / SB site, a series of occasional annotated research logs offering web and print resources on a topic of current interest. We knew that Ron Reagan was going to talk about stem cell research on Tuesday, so three colleagues in the library worked up a set of resources on the subject. We'll be doing more of this as the weeks go by. The librarians have all sorts of advantages as they work on these posts, but I see no reason why students can't write some... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on July 29, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..
The Wiki Street Journal (Ross Mayfield)
Great article by Kara Swisher in the Wall Street Journal today on wikis in the workplace. Quotes Clay and yours truly: …Indeed, the creation of communal fabric is one that a wiki revives, says Clay Shirky, an interactive telecommunications professor... From
Corante: Social Software on July 29, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..
Alt-I-Lab results: mind the gap...
between user expectation of interoperability and reality. Or so the University of Waterloo's Tom Carey thought. And repeated it in at least four other varieties of English to make sure the message hit home. Because last week's was the second alt-i-lab, we can begin to look at whether the participants in the interoperability fest are actually closing that gap. From
CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on July 29, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..
ECHOLOT-2004 - Audiovisual Heritage: Culturology, Archiving, New Technologies. Papers, presentations ...
ECHOLOT-2004 - Audiovisual Heritage: Culturology, Archiving, New Technologies. Papers, presentations, discussions, technologies demonstrations, workshops, tutorials - The State Tretyakov Gallery - December, 1-2, 2004 - Moscow, Russia From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 29, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..
Skype Calls The World
The official release of Skype 1.0 provides added functionalities including integrated PC-to-phone calling to any landline or mobile phone in the world and direct P2P file transfer among Skype users on any computer platform (for now Windows and Linux. Mac... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 29, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..
Blogging reality
Because the Kerry speech is so important, I've decided to see it the way it's meant to be seen: On TV. Yes, I've come home. And, oh are my feet and back glad. Sure, I felt guilty skulking out of the Fleet. But not enough to stay. At the Convention I can't hear what the speakers are saying, and I've absorbed so much atmosphere that I'm pooping victory balloons. So, what do I get out of being there for another night? I'm sure you'll tell me. I've seen the official excerpts of Kerry's speech, released by the Democrats. How... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..
"Doubtful Funks on a Regular Cycle"
One appeal of blogging that rarely gets mentioned is the free psychoanalysis that comes along with being part of an online coterie, and lucky for me,
Tom has offered up his breakdown of my "blogancholia." (Oy.) He keeps picking at me (in his "loving way") about my view that these are new literacies that we're eventually going to have to teach in the classroom, and he says that my frustrations stem from the slow acceptance of what I see as this "revolution." Ok. I feel better. Look, I know the From
weblogged News on July 29, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
701 e-learning tips
The MASIE Center has published a free online book containing 701 e-learning tips. To quote: 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... From
Column Two on July 29, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
Information sharing
Chuck Martin has written an article on information sharing within organisations. To quote: In a survey over a base of 2,000 executives and managers nationwide, NFI Research also found that the smaller the company, the more information was shared, and... From
Column Two on July 29, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..
The latest from the good Dr. on the Convention "Bloogers"
I posted a short rant the other day about a certain Dr. McPhail who seems to be on a one-man campaign to diminish the standing of weblogs at the Democratic Convention in Boston. A fun update on this wise man’s efforts from Jay Rosen: BOSTON, July 29: Around 4 pm on Monday of convention week, when I finally got myself... From
Object Learning on July 29, 2004 at 9:49 p.m..
Program Combines TV and Classroom Learning
Treasure and Gold Coast WXEL viewers can participate in an innovative program called Stay Tuned, which combines PBS programs on WXEL and three-week mini-courses held at Barry University's Treasure Coast Site in Port St. Lucie. [PRWEB Jul 29, 2004] From
PR Web on July 29, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..
Proposal for SchoolBell
Via Tom Hoffman on school-discuss: "The SchoolTool project has posted the proposal/specs for the development of our open source calendar server, to be called SchoolBell." There's more stuff to look at
on this site; "SchoolTool is a project to develop a common global school administration infrastructure that is freely available under an Open Source licence." By Albertas Agejevas, SchoolTool, July 28, 2004 [
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OLDaily on July 29, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..
Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds
Interesting interview with the creator of Wikipedia as he discusses the editing process, maintaining quality of content, advertising (it won't happen) and a possible print version. Some good quotes. "Was wondering if you view the Wikipedia as a competitor or an additional tool compared to a World Book or an Encyclopedia Britannica? Jimmy Wales: I would view them as a competitor, except that I think they will be crushed out of existence within 5 years. There's no cost to switching from an outdated old encyclopedia to Wikipedia -- just click and learn, and there you go. You can switch From
OLDaily on July 29, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..
Kurt Lewin's Change Theory in the Field and in the Classroom: Notes Toward a Model of Managed Learning
Cited in DEOS the other day, this paper is an informative look at Kurt Lewin's change model and what it has to say about the close relationship between the notions of diagnosis and intervention. Something I need to keep in mind: learning (at certain levels) "occurs by taking in new information that has one or more of the following impacts: 1) semantic redefinition--we learn that words can mean something different from what we had assumed; 2) cognitive broadening--we learn that a given concept can be much more broadly interpreted than what we had assumed; and 3) new standards of judgment o From
OLDaily on July 29, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..
AECT Conference Applications
The application for Convention Interns, Volunteers, and Award nominations is now available on line. The link to the application can be accessed from the AECT website. There are some changes in the convention volunteer that all graduate students who are... From
Rick's Café Canadien on July 29, 2004 at 3:42 p.m..
7 Things RSS Is Good For
7 Things RSS Is Good For : from JD's New Media Musings Saving time Convenience Access to a richer pool of material Zero in on the info you want RSS can serve as an alert service RSS levels the playing field RSS drives conversation Want to add on?... From
soulsoup on July 29, 2004 at 3:42 p.m..
Pitfalls of LMS Implementations
I don't like to talk about LMS anymore, but.. - How to Avoid the Pitfalls of LMS Implementations by Chris Howard Bersin & Associates has assisted a number of companies in dealing with the critical issue of selecting and implementing a learning management system. It also conducts an annual survey on the topic and asks respondents to share best practices. Here's what we've learned.... From
soulsoup on July 29, 2004 at 3:42 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Jul 29
Today's highlights: Antepo on Three Problems with Consumer IM; Update on Alphalogix; Defining Web collaboration; ByteTaxi FolderShare; Update on Vignette Collaboration; BlackBerry and Motorola; RSS in SharePoint; Kerio MailServer 6; Antepo issued a warning about the hazards of consumer IM... From
Kolabora.com on July 29, 2004 at 3:41 p.m..
More Unprofessionalism from Radicati, Jul 29
Since my post on Friday about the Radicati paper on Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Workplace, Ed Brill has uncovered a variety of acts of further unprofessionalism. But how about this as perhaps the ultimate in unprofessional business practices: naming a... From
Kolabora.com on July 29, 2004 at 3:41 p.m..
Skype One Does It Good
I have just finished testing the new release of Skype version 1.0 and I have to say I am positively impressed. What I was mostly interested in testing were Skype new critical abilities, namely the integration of the PC-to-phone calling capability and the P2P file transfer capability for capacity for... From
Kolabora.com on July 29, 2004 at 3:41 p.m..
Electioneering? Guardian:A rightwing US pressure g ...
Electioneering?
Guardian:A rightwing US pressure group is calling for a ban on television advertising for Michael Moore's controversial film Fahrenheit 9/11, claiming it amounts to "electioneering". People outside US all knows the content and links in the movie, except common people in US. So whether it's for electioneering or not, American should take a look at it. From
on July 29, 2004 at 3:40 p.m..
BMJ's commitment to OA for 2005
From BMJ's
announcement of its 2005 pricing plan: "From 7 January 2005, bmj.com will introduce a limited charging structure for some of its content. The resulting revenue will help cover the website's current costs and allow us to fund further developments. In keeping with our commitment to open access, BMJ have devised a subscription model that allows for as much free content as possible. Original research articles will remain completely free to access, the full text of all other articles (including Editorials From
Open Access News on July 29, 2004 at 3:40 p.m..
Zerhouni supports NIH OA plan
Paula Park,
NIH research to be open access, The Scientist, July 29, 2004. Excerpt: "National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Elias Zerhouni indicated at a gathering of 43 scientific journal publishers and editors Wednesday (July 28) that eventually all NIH-financed research will be freely available to the public. Zerhouni stopped short of setting deadlines for depositing full-text materials in the searchable PubMed database, as recommended in a House Appropriations Committee report released earlier this month. Instead, he aske From
Open Access News on July 29, 2004 at 3:40 p.m..
Plantework Journal
Welcome to the debut of Planetwork Journal. In this issue we focus on the emerging systems for online social networking, and the new kinds of knowledge and information sharing they make possible. We also look at why the high bandwidth, low byte media terrain on the horizon could effect how news is reported – not to mention how our planet is understood. There is no denying the effect that technology, broadly speaking, has on society. But post dotcom bomb, to speak assertively about the potential of digital communications is often awkward, problematic. At Planetwork, From
Seblogging News on July 29, 2004 at 3:39 p.m..
Weblog cakes
Tom explores a future where webpublishing kicks off: "...To me, weblogs are an evolutionary step, a repair in the collaborative fabric of the web, which has been disrupted by commercialism, firewalls, worms and innumerable design decisions by browser developers and others. Weblogs are "progress," to use a problematic 20th century term. It is the same web, only better. I've never heard of anyone who used weblog software very long and decided they'd rather go back to keepi From
James Farmer's Radio Weblog on July 29, 2004 at 3:38 p.m..
Jimmy Wales on the Wikipedia (Clay Shirky)
Good slashdot interview with Jimmy Wales, founder of wikipedia., covering some of the challenges of running a large distributed social project. And the beginning of this question… What methods have you found that work best for getting people not only... From
Corante: Social Software on July 29, 2004 at 3:38 p.m..
The New Blogocracy (danah boyd)
In an effort to further elucidate my thoughts on the comparison of bloggers and journalists at the DNC, i wrote an op-ed for Salon - The New Blogocracy. It’s a follow-up to my earlier blog entry called Demeaning Bloggers.... From
Corante: Social Software on July 29, 2004 at 3:38 p.m..
WhyWikiWorksNot: 2004 Dance Re-mix (Clay Shirky)
Two thoughtful pieces on failures to implement wikis in the field: First, Connected, distributed work 80% of my time goes into coordination - communicating with people. The only tools that aid in communication are e-mail, instant messaging and phone. We... From
Corante: Social Software on July 29, 2004 at 3:38 p.m..
The Google Credo: Truth Or Great PR?
Google spills discretely its own philosophical life paradigm in a short list of statements/realizations that deeply should deeply reflect its official heart and mission. In your opinion is this a faithful true credo of Google mission or is it just... From
Robin Good's Latest News on July 29, 2004 at 3:37 p.m..
Bricklin's ESP
Dan Bricklin writes about the experience of blogging events with an acuity that is eerie. Gets me to thinking someone should do the Five Stages of Large Event Blogging...... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
ESP Journalism
At 8:50 this evening, CJAD, 800 on your AM dial, reported that John Edwards accepted the party nomination and recounted what he said in his speech. Only problem: It's now 9:50 and Edwards has yet to give his speech. Apparently, Canadian Press jumped the gun with the transcript - explicitly embargoed - circulated by the Democratic PR folks, and CJAD ran with it. Not surprisingly, it made the top listing at Google News. Foolish, naive blogger boy! 53 years young and I didn't know that real journalists ignore the explicit embargo. For example, the NY Times site also ran an... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
John Edwards (live blogging)
John Edwards - The forgotten Osmond Brother - knows how to build applause by waiting it out. And he knows how to accept applause while looking embarrassed at it. He opens with sentences that serve the purpose of pumping in the key phrases: volunteers, respect others, valor, what he's made of. It's how you make the character argument. Trying to set the terms of the rest of the campaign, reject negativity. Great if it works. Doubt it. Trying to beat the Big Lawyer rap. And into the Two Americas, a narrative central to populism that we've forgotten. Of course, it... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
Google directions to fictitious places
I looked up "Valhalla" in Google to see if I'd spelled it correctly, and above the entries, Google offered to show me a map of Valhalla...Valhalla, NY, that is. Still, it took me aback. Are there other fictitious places for which Google provides above-the-results maps?... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
Edwards retrospect
I didn't see the Edwards speech on TV, so I'm not entitled to have an opinion about it. Worse, I had to follow along in the transcript in order to parse the few sound waves that managed to drag themselves up to the 7th floor Valhalla where the bloggers sit in judgment. Nevertheless, I hereby judge him absolutely, and in four categories: 1. Content. I like the Two Americas theme and the recognition that race matters in this country. With these, Edwards uttered truths we all know but that need to be said flat out instead of studiously ignored...as with... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
Kerry prospect
Beyond convincing us that he's a sincere, good, strong, caring, brave person whom we actually like — which is purely a technical problem that his Media Engineers undoubtedly have prototyped successfully — I want Kerry tonight to put some substance into the phrases we've had drummed into us for three days. For example, I want him to list ten things that his administration will do to make us safer. And after each one, I want him to leave four seconds of silence so we can think to ourselves, "Holy cow! You mean we're not doing that already? What's wrong... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
From the floor
The bloggers' credentials allow us to go onto the floor only if we get an hour's special dispensation from the media papal office. So, yesterday I did a tour just as the post-dinner speakers began at 6:50. My view was skewed by the fact that, as a visitor, I had nowhere to sit, although I did ease my aching dogs for a few minutes by perching in the press galleries that flank the main stage. The galleries have about ten vertical rows of blue-marble formica desks that look out over the floor. Surprisingly, the section to the left of... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
More Convention weirdness
Last night, in a self-reflective capstone to the list of weird media moments at the Convention, Melissa Fitzgerald — CJ's assistant, Carol, on The West Wing — came by to talk with the bloggers. She was there to promote Environment 2004's ecological agenda. Why come to the bloggers? Because we're the future of the media, etc. etc. Being a celebrity, um, camp follower — and having utterly failed to satisfy my children's requirement that I come back with photos of The Daily Show correspondents — I interviewed her. What's her political background? H From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
Wednesday photos
View from Blogger Blvd Rebecca Blood and Dave Winer in Bloggerland Edwards pauses while the crowd cheers Press banks on the floor At the DCCC & Google party Rebecca Blood sees the sign of the end of blogging as we know it Bloggers party. Can you spot the garofalo? Granny D, not walking across America Jessamyn West, with Christian Crumlish in the shadows... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
Bricklin on AP on Blogging
Dan is once again providing thoughtful commentary, this time on the AP's article that says that bloggers are "feeling their way." No kidding!... From
Joho the Blog on July 29, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..
Tom, Here's an Interface for Ya!
Tom Hoffman, blogther (="blog+author", eh?) of
Tuttle SVC wrote today about
an interest in two-person interfaces: What occurred to me is that there are lots of jobs in real life where you have two people collaboratively operating one machine or even one set of data on paper, but I can't think of a single pc-based application, outside of games, where two people are working on two comput From
cogdogblog on July 29, 2004 at 3:35 p.m..
Apple Threatens Real
Apple has
released a statement in response to
Harmony: "We are stunned that RealNetworks has adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker to break into the iPod(R), and we are investigating the implications of their actions under the DMCA and other laws. We strongly caution Real and their customers that when we update our iPod software from time to time it is highly From
A Copyfighter's Musings on July 29, 2004 at 3:35 p.m..
Open Publish 2004 conference
I gave a presentation today at the Open Publish 2004 conference, held in Sydney. The topic of my talk was "Ensuring your CMS project is a success". Powerpoint presentation (79kB)... From
Column Two on July 29, 2004 at 3:35 p.m..
Network links go well beyond simple straight lines
This is an insightful piece of
project management advice from the trenches. Dennis Smith writes on the "simple line connecting two tasks in the plan... representing a relationship between tasks, and often indicates where one task stops and another starts." "In a project plan, tasks represent what people do, and in any hand off between tasks, there are far more interactions than can be shown by a simple line. Interactions include resolving specification issues, getti From
elearningpost on July 29, 2004 at 3:34 p.m..
Call for Participation: Public Workshop on Semantic Web for Life Sciences
2004-07-28: Position papers are due 6 September for the W3C Workshop on Semantic Web for Life Sciences to be held in Cambridge, MA, USA on 27-28 October. Attendees will discuss how Semantic Web technologies such as RDF, OWL and the Life Sciences Identifier (LSID) help to manage modern life sciences research, enable disease understanding and accelerate the development of therapies. Read about W3C workshops and the Semantic Web. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on July 29, 2004 at 3:34 p.m..
Apple Shows Some Mean Colors
CNN: Apple: RealNetworks hacked iPod. Apple Computer accused RealNetworks Thursday of adopting the tactics of a hacker and breaking into the technology behind its popular music player iPod device. So Apple is happy to let you play your music only in the way it permits, if you're going to use its devices. The company says it'll rewrite its software to thwart Real's customer-friendly hack -- and I use that word in the benevolent sense -- that lets people use what they've b From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 29, 2004 at 3:34 p.m..
IronPython released, Hugunin to join Microsoft
I arrived at the Open Source Convention just in time to catch
Jim Hugunin -- the father of Jython -- demonstrate IronPython, an implementation of Python for the .NET Common Language Runtime and Mono. The CLR version runs some benchmarks as fast or faster than the native C implementation of Python. (IronPython/Mono lagged both, however.) ... From
Jon's Radio on July 29, 2004 at 3:34 p.m..
Scientists: Scrutinize Biofoods
New designer foods, whether genetically engineered or conventionally developed, merit greater scrutiny if they're biologically different from existing foods. Officials should trace these products through the food supply, a panel says. From
Wired News on July 29, 2004 at 3:33 p.m..
Stepping on Big Brother's Toes
A British group announces 'winners' in its contest to identify the groups that have done the most to invade personal privacy in the United Kingdom -- including the U.S. government. By Michelle Delio. From
Wired News on July 29, 2004 at 3:33 p.m..
A Machine With a Mind of Its Own
Ross King wanted a research assistant who would work full time without sleep or food -- so he built one. By Oliver Morton from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on July 29, 2004 at 3:33 p.m..
Hollywood Chases Young Men Online
As advertisers go, Hollywood is one of the biggest, spending almost $7 billion a year. Trouble is, moviegoers don't watch much TV anymore -- they're online. So the studios may dump an avalanche of cash on the Web. By Daniel Terdiman. From
Wired News on July 29, 2004 at 3:33 p.m..
FCC to Sample TV a la Carte
The battle over roll-your-own cable moves to the FCC, which is due to write a report that will carry a lot of weight in Congress. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. From
Wired News on July 29, 2004 at 3:33 p.m..
Sue You: This Song Is Our Song
An animated parody of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry set to the tune of 'This Land Is Your Land' has everyone laughing except the owners of Woody Guthrie's copyrights. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on July 29, 2004 at 3:33 p.m..
Educational Help, Inc. Releases The Comprehensive Diagnostic Assessment Of Reading Difficulties
The Comprehensive Diagnostic Assessment For Reading Difficulties software is a 1 hour test that a child and parent will take together at the computer. The software saves the information so that you are able to stop and then restart later, without losing any information. The assessment identifies a wide range of reading problems and determines where the reading process is breaking down. Immediately following completion of the test, parents will receive a 7 to 9 page Diagnostic Assessment Of Reading Difficulties Report recommending an intervention strategy including the Skill Builder Modules, a From
PR Web on July 29, 2004 at 3:32 p.m..
Who are the Hare Krishnas?
"Wanna buy a flower?" That's a phrase many of us are familiar with. Collectively we imagine some thin, bald white guy in saffron robes standing at the airport as he asks that very question. We know these people as the "Hare Krishnas". We have seen them in the airports and on the street corners dancing with tambourines and bells. We have seen them selling flowers, books, and even in some cases, baseball caps. If you listen to a Christian preacher speaking about cults invariably he will mention the Hare Krishnas. Yet, your average American can't tell From
kuro5hin.org on July 29, 2004 at 3:32 p.m..
Roll up for PayPal payout
The payment unit of eBay tells wronged customers how to apply for a slice of a $9.25 million class-action settlement. From
CNET News.com on July 29, 2004 at 3:31 p.m..