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Virtual School for Independent Teachers
Learning-Park.com is a Classroom-Centered "Virtual Learning Environment." We build your Branded Virtual School in minutes, or your fully featured Classroom in seconds. We also host your For-Fee or For-Free WebCourses. From
Learning-Park on August 12, 2004 at 4:14 p.m..
Milwaukee's traffic solution: Work at home
For more traffic woes, and the hope that telework could provide a solution, see Milwaukee's traffic solution: Work at home by Chuck Haga (Star Tribune, August 9, 2004). A huge construction project worth $810 million, the biggest public works project in Wisconsin history, will soon make a huge snarl ... From
Kolabora.com on August 12, 2004 at 4:11 p.m..
SharePoint: Why Not?
SharePoint: Why Not? by Craig Roth (Meta Group, Delta 2944, 7 June 2004) offers a look at Sharepoint and how organizations are and should consider adopting portal technologies now and in the future. The summary also touches on it's related Microsoft products (Office, SQL Server, Active Dir... From
Kolabora.com on August 12, 2004 at 4:11 p.m..
The Future's Ahead
A frequent Internet Time Blog reader dropped me a note, fearing for my health and wishing me and my family well. I hadn't blogged in 72 hours, a sure sign that something was amiss. Thanks for the concern; I'm touched, but all's well in Berkeley. I've been busy working on the
Workflow Learning Symposium and contemplating the future of learning.Today was the deadline for submitting descriptions of the seven sessi From
Internet Time Blog on August 12, 2004 at 4:11 p.m..
Collaboration Cases and Spaces (Ross Mayfield)
Socialtext posted a new case study on the use of wikis in business by Stata Labs. Its a good account of how Social Software is being applied across a medium-sized business for customer care, research & development, marketing, working with... From
Corante: Social Software on August 12, 2004 at 4:09 p.m..
Silence and Noise
Garaging the road show gave me time to consider what was worth talking about. The mainstreaming of web standards should have freed us to focus on content, design, and usability -- but arguments about minutia prevent us from seeing our work whole. From
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on August 12, 2004 at 4:07 p.m..
New MoveOn.org ads
MoveOn.org has posted the winners of its "pick the ad" contest. They each feature a different talking head who happens to be a Republican voting for Kerry. I don't find them very effective, but I also thought Mondale walloped Reagan in the debates. I'd love to be wrong about these ads. BTW, I'm pretty sure that in one of them I noticed the weave in someone's tie spelling out "Bush = Hitler." Yeah, I'm sure of it.... From
Joho the Blog on August 12, 2004 at 4:07 p.m..
Blogs and Trust
A really interesting
article by J.D. Lasica titled "Transparency Begets Trust in the Ever-Expanding Blogosphere" picks up on some of my
fairly inarticulate ramblings from yesterday. The idea that I'm struggling with is how we can introduce both the reading and writing of blogs into the curriculum as a tool for students to sort through and reflect upon the increasingly complex issues that confront our world. Can bloggers and blogging collectively give a more honest and truthf From
Jon's Radio on August 12, 2004 at 4:05 p.m..
Graphic Novel as Sigil
The reviewer at
Media Underground pegged it. From his critique:The minimalism that is present in Club Zero G makes the pace of the book exceptionally fast. The images are simple yet bold with a richness in colour that seems extremely striking to the eye. The dialogue is sparse yet to the point and it is this which encourages the reader to run through the story quickly, whilst the mind is bombarded by an array of vivid imagery that conveys an almost subconscious message about a battle between human potential and con From
rushkoff.blog on August 12, 2004 at 4:04 p.m..
Banishing the demons of stupidity from a system that has been owned
Occasionally a computer will become so significantly compromised with viruses, trojans, backdoors, hacked, spyware or malware that it becomes irrecoverable with normal means. Occasionally said computer will belong to a client, family member, friend or otherwise very important person who needs said computer back with data. In most business envrionments user data should be on the server and the following process is not typically appropriate. This process is Windows specific, and will help you deal with Windows less than graceful failures when taken over by viruses, trojans, spyware or has been h From
kuro5hin.org on August 12, 2004 at 4:03 p.m..
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Amidst the chaos that currently surrounds me, I failed to recognize that last Tuesday (July 27) was the second anniversary of this website's existence. From
RHPT.com on August 12, 2004 at 11:11 a.m..
Friday, August 06, 2004
Although I frequently disparage Counselor's snobby attitude towards films, I must admit that I enjoyed every movie he ever recommended. From
RHPT.com on August 12, 2004 at 11:11 a.m..
Monday, August 09, 2004
Here is my dream job. "Take Vegas.com, which sells airline tickets, hotel rooms and other travel products to Las Vegas visitors. From
RHPT.com on August 12, 2004 at 11:11 a.m..
Stealing Passwords Via Browser Refresh
The browser's back and refresh features can be used to steal passwords from insecurely written applications. This paper discusses the problem and the solution. We will show how a bad guy can access the user credentials of the previously logged in user by exploiting this feature, if the web application has not been developed securely From
Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on August 12, 2004 at 11:10 a.m..
What Works (and Doesn't) in Online Communities
Who says geeks can't write? If you haven't checked it out yet, go see
Joel on Software, a blog by Joel Spolsky. Yes, it's about software – but it successfully manages to relate software to the real world in very human, vivid language. I daresay there are many novelists and essayists who could pick up a trick or two from this NYC software designer. In this blog's archives, I found a March 3, 2003 column called
Building Comm From Contentious Weblog on August 12, 2004 at 11:07 a.m..
How "Best Practices" Can Miss the Point
The business world is definitely hooked on "best practices." Companies and other organizations are hungry for examples of how to do anything right – from manufacturing to security to firing people and more. I must admit, I am a bit bugged by the prevailing obsession with finding examples to follow like sewing patterns... (
Read more...) From
Contentious Weblog on August 12, 2004 at 11:07 a.m..
How Search Engine Optimization Misses the Point
Continuing on a theme here, another buzzword that sometimes makes me cringe (although not quite as predictably as "
best practices") is search engine optimization (SEO). A July 27 post by blogger Anil Dash (who managed to deftly win a high-profile SEO contest &#150 to the consternation of many SEO professionals) nailed down for me what bugs me about much that I've seen regarding the practice, and sometimes the principles, of the SEO field. In
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Blogging at Community MX
CMXtraneous: The blog at Community MX has finally gone live today, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the kinds of things that my partners have to say. The blog was built from scratch by Tom Muck, mostly in ColdFusion, and the styling is done courtesy of Stephanie Sullivan and Paul Newman. Oh yeah, Paul also threw in some fun little Flash-based polls to liven things up. Most of my CMX buddies are not bloggers, but they are all writers, and the blog will take most of them in a... From
Brain Frieze on August 12, 2004 at 11:06 a.m..
Radio Comments in Manila
As
Will just pointed out, it is nice to see that Manila is still being developed. Not only can managing editors can now delete comments and trackback pings, but comments now have their own permalink. I am still hesitant, though, to leave a comment on another Manila site using a radio comment box because, as far as I know, there is still no notification to email mechanism if someone responds to my comment. That makes continuing discourse unlikely, for I don't have the time nor memory to go back and check to see if s From
Big IDEA on August 12, 2004 at 11:05 a.m..
Don’t nix the baby chicks
I just returned from assisting our president with a presentation and was struck by something another presenter said. An officer from the state extension office was talking about the programs they offer, including one that provides chicken eggs and incubators to classrooms. Not only does the office provide the eggs ... From
Big IDEA on August 12, 2004 at 11:05 a.m..
Writing on the Web with mozex
I had heard about mozex before but never tried it until I read Clay Shirky's rants about writing on the Web here, here, and here. Mozex is an extension which allows the user to use external programs for these actions: view page source edit content of textareas (possibly utilizing a spell-checker in the ... From
Big IDEA on August 12, 2004 at 11:05 a.m..
American poet Donald Justice died Friday
The poet Donald Justice, a master of poetic forms and styles, who crafted poems of understated beauty, playful wit, reserve, and sympathy, died in Iowa City on Friday, after an illness. He also taught many years at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He was 78. In a career which gave him time to master experiments in several styles, Donald Justice is perhaps best known for the imaginative precision of his work in traditional poetic forms, such as the sestina and the sonnet. He sought... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on August 12, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..
Future's Coming Soon
A frequent Internet Time Blog reader dropped me a note, fearing for my health and wishing me and my family well. I hadn't blogged in 72 hours, a sure sign that something was amiss. Thanks for the concern; I'm touched, but all's well in Berkeley. I've been busy working on the
Workflow Learning Symposium and contemplating the future of learning.Today was the deadline for submitting descriptions of the seven sessi From
Internet Time Blog on August 12, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..
BMC publisher: OA will dominate within five years
Jemima Kiss,
Open access is on the way, dotJournalism, August 12, 2004. Excerpt: "Open access publishing will become the most predominant model for scientific research within the next five years, according to Jan Velterop, publisher and director of open access site BioMed Central....[Elsevier] has been criticised for the significant wealth created by its journals, which account for around 35 per cent of the company's profits. Critics claim that academic journals cost higher education in the UK around £76 million every y From
Open Access News on August 12, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..
YASNS Watch: What up with Multiply? (Clay Shirky)
Reminiscent of the Zerodegrees spamming incident, I’m getting spammed by requests to join Multiply. Is this happening to anyone else? As for the service itself, so far, it looks like a standard YASNS, with an emphasis on broadcast messages, in... From
Corante: Social Software on August 12, 2004 at 11:00 a.m..
Duncan Watts on Collective Intelligence (Clay Shirky)
Great Duncan Watts piece on the dangers of centralized intelligence, his argument being that while centrally controlled organizations can respond well to situations they’ve forseen, only decentralized but coordinated groups can respond to unexpected catastrophe. (Duncan is the guy who... From
Corante: Social Software on August 12, 2004 at 10:59 a.m..
Hacking vs. Research (Ross Mayfield)
BusinessWeek interviews Howard Rheingold on his Cooperation Project. He describes what’s happening as the creation of a new economic system, the reaction of record and movie companies (Never before in history have we been able to see incumbent businesses protect... From
Corante: Social Software on August 12, 2004 at 10:59 a.m..
Unveiling of the Open Media Project
Do go check out
JD Lasica's and
Marc Canter's posting about the Open Media project. I (we?) often focus first on music, then on text (blogging) when it comes to digital media. Come pervasive broadband, video will play an increasingly important role. This is an exciting project that will hopefully harness video's potential in the personal/grassroots media ecology. From
A Copyfighter's Musings on August 12, 2004 at 10:57 a.m..
Online Course Development: What Does It Cost?
Nice points to ponder when making
costing decisions on delivering courses online. Here's the first rule-of-thumb: "the first rule of thumb is to use an LMS. Whether it is a commercial, home-grown, or open source system is not as important as whether it meets most of the collective needs, philosophy, and wants of the faculty delivering degree programs." From
elearningpost on August 12, 2004 at 10:56 a.m..
Open Thread
I'll be traveling most of Thursday, so let's have an open thread. As always, let's try to behave respectfully of each other. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 12, 2004 at 10:56 a.m..
Driver Watching DVD: Not Guilty
An Alaskan man was acquitted of charges he caused a fatal crash by watching a DVD on a dashboard-mounted player while driving. No law in Alaska prohibits operating a DVD player in view of a driver. From
Wired News on August 12, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..
Turning Slackers Into Workaholics
Researchers use a gene treatment to turn off monkeys' dopamine receptors -- yielding harder-working, more focused monkeys. Despite obvious applications in the corporate world, the scientists say they're just trying to understand mental illness. From
Wired News on August 12, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..
High-Def Olympics Underwhelming
Retailers are trying to use the Olympics as a wedge to get high-definition TV into more homes. The problem is, consumers won't find a whole lot worth watching. By Staci D. Kramer. From
Wired News on August 12, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..
Text Messages for Critical Masses
Political protestors are using a new tool that lets a person send a single text message to hundreds of mobile-phone users at the press of a button. By Daniel Terdiman. From
Wired News on August 12, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..
Cancer Stem Cells Hint at Cure
Stanford researchers have identified the source of tumor cells associated with chronic leukemia. A drug that kills the cells would wipe out the disease efficiently. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on August 12, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..
Beryllium Risk Remains Unclear
The strong, lightweight metal is a key ingredient in nuclear weapons, computers, even golf clubs. However, making sure workers don't get sick from beryllium is a sticky problem. Second of a two-part series by John Gartner. From
Wired News on August 12, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..
New TeamMemories
TeamMemories yearbook is a full-color, hardbound book that includes a customized cover with team and individual photographs, which can be personalized with each child's name. Professionally designed pages include coach and participant profiles, a season summary, game results, highlights, a photo gallery, parent comments, and even pages for autographs. The books are printed, bound and ready for distribution just weeks after the season ends.It also is a sugar-free fundraiser -- no need to sell or purchase candy or cookies HYPHEN enabling team participants to sell ads and sponsorships for th From
PR Web on August 12, 2004 at 10:54 a.m..
9/11 Kindness Revolution HYPHEN Remembrance Through Kindness
On September 11, 2004, please do at least one kind act in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 lives lost on 9/11/01 by playing the Giving Game. The Giving Game was created in an effort to unify our country and the world through kindness. You can help strengthen our world by letting go of fear and replacing it with kindness. [PRWEB Aug 12, 2004] From
PR Web on August 12, 2004 at 10:54 a.m..
New Legal Regime for VoIP
Next year, Congress will begin the difficult process of rewriting the Telecommunications Act of 1996. As a Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee (as well as the Judiciary Committee), I see this exercise as an enormously valuable opportunity to fashion new federal guidelines for the era of Internet-based... From
Lessig Blog on August 12, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..
Junk faxes to be legalized as "opt-out?"
The Register ran a story on August 6th called 'Phone spam misery looms stateside.' It seems that there's legislative nastiness underway in Washington, DC to essentially gut the existing junk fax law, and replace it with a marketer's wet dream. From
kuro5hin.org on August 12, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..
Covad adds new line--VoIP
It may become harder for the DSL pioneer to deliver the Internet via telephone lines. So why not deliver telephony via the Internet? From
CNET News.com on August 12, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..
Moveable Type history
Salon is running a background piece on blogging application Moveable Type. It's a good history, and a solid introduction for the newcomer.... From
MANE IT Network on August 11, 2004 at 11:07 p.m..
oneworld.tv
A public space on the internet for individuals and organisations to get their voice heard in video."OneWorld TV involves many layers HYPHEN you can watch, explore or create stories, join the discussion forums, share ideas and tips and help build a vibrant online video community. Please tell us what you think so we can make these help pages as useful as possible." From
unmediated on August 11, 2004 at 11:07 p.m..
What Makes Independent Media Tick?
Political journalist Kirsten Anderberg rounded up a small array of independent media makers
for some Q & A on what motivates them, and what they think can be done to improve the state of independent and alternative media.
My pal Aj's zine gets mad props from one of the interviewees:1. What are your three favorite alternative media sources in general?: ... Christa (Ladyfriend): "I like Bust and Venus a lot. I don't know how "alternative" From
unmediated on August 11, 2004 at 11:07 p.m..
Must-Download TV
Salon.com
on latest developments in TV-show-trading technology, aka BitTorrent+RSS, something I've mentioned here before. Forget Tivo, or even TivoToGo... "It's conceivable that the trading of standard-definition shows online may even slow the adoption of digital TV. After all, who will want a digital TV device locked down by copy protection when people can stick with standard TV and experience the sheer joy of doing what they want." From
unmediated on August 11, 2004 at 11:07 p.m..
When Piracy Becomes Promotion
Another excellent
article by Henry Jenkins at MIT Technology Review, on the fan-driven grey-market spread of anime. Copyright cartels take note:Japanese corporations have sought to collaborate with fan clubs, subcultures, and other consumption communities, seeing them as important allies in developing compelling new content or broadening markets. In courting such fans, the companies helped to construct a "moral economy" that aligned their interests in re From
unmediated on August 11, 2004 at 11:07 p.m..
what is a database?...
That is, what does the word 'database' mean to you, today? Is it that series of repositories that you and your corporation access to run your day to day business--containing very structured items like product names, numbers, descriptions, and customer names, ids, etc.? Or does it perhaps extend to your desktop--to your personal knowledge management hopes and dreams? A virtual repository of all of those emails you have been squirreling away for days, months, perhaps years? And all of those nifty documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, and the plethora of other forms of bits and byte From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on August 11, 2004 at 11:06 p.m..
The Changing Economics of Internet Video
Here's a new term for your conversations about the future of media: "Internet bypass." I first came across it in a fascinating report, "Pipe Dreams: Media's Exploding Capacity," prepared for investors by Tom Wolzien of Bernstein Research (
wolzientr@bernstein.com). His report focuses on the economics of video distribution, and his conclusion is a little startling: We are nearing the day when Internet-delivered video can be delivered at prices -- and video quality -- competitive with cable. Wolzien finds that a 300Kbps video stream ( From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 11, 2004 at 11:05 p.m..
Pointcast, Revisited?
Having worked in the interactive news field for more than a decade, I watched many failed Internet ideas resulting from the dot-com crash of a few years ago. And I've watched some of those ideas resurrected as the economy improved and the Internet became truly mainstream. Here's another resurrection, of sorts. Remember
Pointcast? Well, this
Online News Screensaver will give you deja vu. It uses
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More Big Pictures
If you want to see one strong vision of the future of multimedia news, go to
MSNBC.com to see its "The Big Picture" series. These are ambitious projects, typically reserved for covering big stories (War on Iraq, the Oscars, etc.). MSNBC.com senior producer for broadband productions Ashley Wells reports that his team has been on a roll lately, publishing two Big Pictures within a few weeks of each other. Newest is one about the
Olympics of Tomorrow, released this week. It was preceded by a
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It's Our 10th Anniversary ... So Hang the Important Stuff
Celebrations are one thing -- but sometimes they ought to give way to common sense. Two tropical
storms, Bonnie and Charley, are bearing down on the west coast of Florida. At least one is likely to become a hurricane. Both are expected to hit during the next few days. So I visited
TBO.com, the celebrated Tampa Tribune/WFLA-TV/web converged operation, to check on Bonnie and Charley. What& From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 11, 2004 at 11:05 p.m..
Local Search: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Not Us!
Newspaper executives perceive the search companies Google and Overture as a "moderate threat" of a 3.5 on a scale of 1-5, according to a new study, but don't believe that local search will have as much impact as classifieds verticals like
Monster.com has had. The study, released Wednesday, said newspapers reported a generally positive impact from Google, rather than a negative one, since many papers are receiving payments from Google for participating in its advertising programs. The conclusions were based on interviews with executives at 27 newspaper From
Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on August 11, 2004 at 11:04 p.m..
SSHRC cluster grants
SSHRC is promoting a program of small grants (30K) to develop position papers and identify strategic research priorities for the organization. I have a couple of ideas I'd like to pursue with this, notably the investigation of virtual learning environments... From
Rick's Café Canadien on August 11, 2004 at 11:01 p.m..
Usability Test Data Logger
Todd Zazelenchuk has developed a usability test data logger, a customised spreadsheet for recording and presenting the results of usability tests. To quote: Most people use Microsoft Excel to analyse the results of usability tests, but did you know you... From
Column Two on August 11, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..
The Secret Life of the Brain
This collection of online educational resources utilizes dynamic visual imagery and compelling human stories to help a general audience understand otherwise difficult scientific concepts. From
eLearnopedia on August 11, 2004 at 7:27 p.m..
In 20 Stunden eine neue Sprache lernen
Die Meldung ist bereits ein paar Tage alt, aber - wenn's funktioniert - dann haben wir hier mal "rapid e-learning" aus anderer, nämlich Lernerperspektive. Leider kann ich es nicht ausprobieren, weil mir die Kenntnis der notwendigen Transfersprache Französisch fehlt. Für... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 11, 2004 at 7:27 p.m..
Who benefits from the digital divide?
Der Titel führt definitiv auf ein falsches Gleis. Er müsste heissen: Wer profitiert davon, dass die digital divide aktuell auf der politischen Agenda ist? Die Antwort des Autors: ,,information capital, developing country governments, the development ,industry', and global civil society".... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on August 11, 2004 at 7:27 p.m..
Aufruf an den deutschen Adel!
Es ist aber nicht allein damit gethan, dass jeder, je nach seinen Verhältnissen, sei es Einen, mehrere oder viele Gulden oder Thaler als jährlichen Zuschuss in die Kasse des Museums lege, sondern dass auch die Geschichtsquellen und die ehrwürdigen Reliquien der Adelsfamilien erhalten werden. Wer daher von meinen sehr verehrten Standesgenossen in seinen Schlössern, Burgen oder Häusern dergleichen Dinge hat, die entweder entbehrlich oder einer spätern Gefahr der Zerstörung und Missachtung ausgesetzt sind, möge sie dem germanischen Museum überlassenArchivalia on August 11, 2004 at 7:26 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Aug 12
Today's highlights: Cincinnati Bell Mobile Office; Stalker CommuniGate Pro wins award; Cincinnati Bell released Mobile Office, a suite of wireless messaging, voice mail, and network access services for mobile professionals. Based on the JP Mobile SureWave Enterprise Server, for delivering... From
Kolabora.com on August 11, 2004 at 7:25 p.m..
Business blogs as a communication tool
Communication at Work by Robert Holland (Richmond.com, August 10, 2004) discusses blogs and other electronic communication tools, and how corporate trust factors into their use. It's nice to see business blogs getting referenced more - and respected more. '... One indication that blogs ar... From
Kolabora.com on August 11, 2004 at 7:25 p.m..
Recovering Alcoholic in College
Twenty years ago, Carl's alcoholism caused him to drop out of university. Now 38 and recovering, Carl expects to complete a degree by his 40th birthday. For a closer look at college drinking issues, visit About.com's Alcoholism / Substance Abuse... From
Adult/Continuing Education on August 11, 2004 at 7:24 p.m..
Jeopardy - The stupid cheat
Although I hadn't watched Jeopardy in maybe 20 years, a couple of weeks ago I watched a few featuring Ken Jennings, the million-dollar smart guy. Very impressive. And it struck me how they're cheating... Watch some reruns before Jennings was on. The questions were much easier. Having dumber questions favors any contestant who is outlandishly smarter than the others. So, while it's not quite cheating, it does tilt the board toward Jennings and lets him run up $50,000 daily totals leaving the other contestants with nothing but a snapshot of Alex Trebeck and a tune they can't From
Joho the Blog on August 11, 2004 at 7:21 p.m..
Two more images of summer
Our 13-yr-old son and I climbed to the top of Monument Mountain in the Berkshires a couple of days ago, despite my sloth and fear of heights, and I have the photographical evidence to prove it! My son at the summit of Monument Mountain Me at the summit of Monument Mountain... From
Joho the Blog on August 11, 2004 at 7:21 p.m..
Why don't we care about the Sudan?
According to an interview with International Crisis Group's John Prendergast, via EthanZ's blog, we will care. Just not in time: In Somalia, there were stick-thin figures on our nightly television when former President Bush decided to send in American troops [in December 1992]. In Darfur, the pictures aren't as graphic yet... What's going to start killing them in large numbers, which will then create the dramatic graphics that will - three months from now - instill the kind of emotion necessary for sufficiently robust action, are the diseases that are going to rip through t From
Joho the Blog on August 11, 2004 at 7:21 p.m..
How not to be a copyright putz
Dan Gillmor lists the ways his book is making its way into our intellectual bloodstream. Go Dan! Go We the Media! Here's an interview of Dan by Xeni Jardin.... From
Joho the Blog on August 11, 2004 at 7:21 p.m..
Figuring Out What's True
"It's hard to know what's true online." --
Dan GillmorNot exactly sure why, but as the rest of the carload slept yesterday during our drive home through the Berkshires, I decided to indulge in an hour of
Sean Hannity and
Bill O'Reilly on the radio and the experience was, in a word, unsettling. Not because of the politics; spinning is a f From
weblogged News on August 11, 2004 at 7:20 p.m..
'Push to talk' meets Wi-Fi
FCC says cellular carriers are working on extending the walkie-talkie feature to Wi-Fi networks--which could mean to VoIP phones. From
CNET News.com on August 11, 2004 at 7:17 p.m..
Expertise Finders: Pollard Goes Looking for Answers
George Siemens points to this item by Dave Pollard in which he asks, "How can we ever hope to produce effective Expertise Finders when we can't even get people in our own organizations to keep their personal information up to date?" It's what I try to convince people of in my own projects, that input is critical, and everything else is gravy. Right now the most effective input system is the blog, and Pollard writes, "I envisioned an Expertise Finder that would work by crawling people's blog content, penetrating corporate firewalls to find the best people in the world who had the From
OLDaily on August 11, 2004 at 7:16 p.m..
Olympian Struggle
"I don't see why, after all the money that Greek taxpayers will end up paying to host the games, McDonald's should dictate what I can eat in my own city." ... "Staff will also be on the lookout for T-shirts, hats and bags displaying the unwelcome logos of non-sponsors. Stewards have been trained to detect people who may be wearing merchandise from the sponsors' rivals in the hope of catching the eyes of television audiences. Those arousing suspicion will be required to wear their T-shirts inside out." By Mark Franchetti, Halifax Herald, August 9, 2004 [
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