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Participate in the RNC from Anywhere tonight and tomorrow night
We're at NYU assembling our interactive cameras and wearable computers for tonights Konscious Convention broadcast. We'll have four crews in the field, one in Madison Square Garden. Also, three of us from Unmediated will be at Manhattan Neighborhood Networks monitoring the four cameras in the field, and chatting with participants that want to ask convention attendees and protesters questions. You can watch and participate tonight at 7PM EST by going to www.Konscious.tv. You can watch a stream of the live From unmediated on August 30, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not
I love to post about new wiki resources because I know that I'm also giving blacklily8 a reading assignment And this piece is a good reading assignment for everyone. Bryan Lamb's Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not in the Sept/Oct 2004 issue of Educause Review is a comprehensive overview of wikis. Everything from pedagogy to IP licensing of wiki content. If you needed a detailed wiki overview to share with colleagues or students, this is it ( From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on August 30, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

The evolution of office space
Giving Cubicle Dwellers a Square Deal Sharing Workspace With Higher-Ups, Movable Offices Are Among New Solutions By Amy Joyce (Washington Post, August 29, 2004) delves into the pluses and minuses of the "21st-century workplace experiment where there are no seat assignments." "In one instance, the U.... From Kolabora.com on August 30, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

13 days later...
and now finally back home after my latest hospital stay, this time for a full-on bowel ressection. At least it's done now, and hopefully I can now enjoy a few years of relatively hassle-free life before the Crohn's rears it's ugly head again. Apologies to those who have tried to contact me over the last few weeks - I will get back to you as soon as I can, but even though I am back home now I am still be on the disabled list for a week or two more and likely won't be putting in more than an hour or two a day. - SWL From EdTechPost on August 30, 2004 at 10:41 p.m..

ATA letter to NIH
The Alliance for Taxpayer Access has publicly released its August 26 letter to Elias Zerhouni, Director of the NIH, in support of the NIH open-access plan. Excerpt: "The widespread dissemination of medical advances and scientific findings is critical to obtaining the best return possible on our nation's investment in research. Unfortunately, most Americans effectively do not have access to the results of research paid for with their tax dollars....Today's technology From Open Access News on August 30, 2004 at 10:40 p.m..

September 8: International Literacy Day
September 8, International Literacy Day, was initiated by UNESCO in 1965 to promote literacy around the world. Click here to learn more.... From Adult/Continuing Education on August 30, 2004 at 10:40 p.m..

Redwood group maps Managed Learning Environments
When any new technology comes on the scene, there's always a scramble of people figuring out methods, and trying stuff that'll work for them. Service oriented approaches (soa) to Managed Learning Environments (MLEs) are no different. Just as certain, however,is the point at which some structure and coherence is brought to bear. For service oriented MLEs, that is exactly what the Redwood Group is planning to do. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on August 30, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..

Gutless wonder
I don't think I'm going to have the fortitude to watch the Republican Convention. I know that makes me a small person, but I just can't take it. But reading the bloggery about it is a different matter. For example, Jay Rosen is nailing down ideas like a cabinet maker. And Ken Mehlman - a guy who "gets" the Net as far as I can tell - spinning the Kerry campaign as Rip van Winkely. And Oxblog on the Log Cabin Republicans' party (and on a talk with Koch). And here's a photo of Ari "Shameless" Fleischer holding a Blogs... From Joho the Blog on August 30, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..

Protest photos
GrannyD has posted some photos of the NYC protests... By the way, the Boston Phoenix has an excellent article by Adam Reilly on her Senate campaign and whether it's good or bad for the Democrats.... From Joho the Blog on August 30, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..

Waiting, hoping...
Josh Marshall, whose blogging over the past couple of days has been extra special good, has been saying for a while that we're going to be getting some interesting news about the Niger matter. Today he says it again, saying that news will be coming out in "weeks." I wonder what it is that he knows...... From Joho the Blog on August 30, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..

Short Staffed
The CogDog will be doing a lot more running around for the time being. It is not just the zaniness of semester start up, but I am feeling the loss of a valuable part-time student programmer who has been with MCLI for 5 years. This reduces my technology staff from 1.5 to 1.0, and that 1.0 is... ahem, moi. Colen was the third student we have taken on here, and it was a given that he would move on at anytime. He has been the principle programming and database support behind the Maricopa Learning eXchange (MLX), the online application From cogdogblog on August 30, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..

Going Under...
For the first time in a long time I feel just totally overwhelmed with getting ready for school stuff and birthday parties and house repairs and...well, you get the picture. This is a major crunch week...day long training on our new student info system tomorrow, day long workshop on MovieMaker on Wednesday then tons of documentation to write for a full staff training next Wednesday. Oy. What's been interesting to me, at least, is how strong the urge is to let all of that other stuff drop and just write/blog for a couple of hours. Partly because it's become such a habit, and partly be From weblogged News on August 30, 2004 at 10:36 p.m..

New York Visit, Talks at End of September
I'll be in New York City on September 27 to give a talk about the book. It's being sponsored by the Markle Foundation, and will include a reception and book signing. If you are interested, please send a note to the foundation's Stefaan Verhulst at SVerhulst (at) markle (dot) org to be added to the invitation list. Or shoot me an email and I'll pass it along. On Sept. 28 I'll also be speaking at Yeshiva University's Cardozo Sc From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 30, 2004 at 10:35 p.m..

You Look So Much Like Your Mother! 21st Century Genetics
The importance of genetics in the 21st century, the influence that genetics will have on us throughout our lifespan and the increasing desire for a genetics education for everyone will be the focus of a free public lecture at the University of Melbourne on Wednesday, September 1. Ms Dawn Gleeson from the Department of Genetics will present 'You look so much like your mother! The importance of genetics in the 21st century' in the first lecture of the Faculty of Science Deans public lecture series 2004.The University of Melbourne Media release, 26 August 2004 From EdNA Online on August 30, 2004 at 10:34 p.m..

IDEA Interoperability Demonstration for Education - Australia 2004: Presentations
The event was held in August 2004, at Victoria University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It illustrated the importance of using technical standards to support the sharing and reuse of learning systems and content for education and training in Australia; gave Australian organisations the chance to test, demonstrate and improve the interoperability of their online products and services; provided input to the development of standards and specifications used to support e-learning; highlighted international developments in the application and management of learning technologies; and demonstrated From EdNA Online on August 30, 2004 at 10:34 p.m..

Philosophy: hot major at two-year college
How professors at a New Jersey community college created a philosophy department success story. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on August 30, 2004 at 10:33 p.m..

Does the state have a right to monitor?
Home-schooling parents in Pennsylvania fight the state's required reports on their children's progress. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on August 30, 2004 at 10:33 p.m..

Cell phones could keep atomic time
Miniaturization advance could lead to highly precise atomic clocks being installed in cell phones and other consumer devices. From CNET News.com on August 30, 2004 at 10:33 p.m..

Mastery, Mystery, and Misery: The Ideologies of Web Design
Jakob Nielsen has become less relevant over the last couple of years - an expert on usability should have a better website. Really. This column, though, is a nice take on three design approaches. My own website - both before and after the redesign - is based on the 'mastery' meme - it is intended to be open and navigable, without making it difficult to find links or get to the items you want to read. By Jakob Nielsen, Alertbox, August 30, 2004 [Refer][--> From OLDaily on August 30, 2004 at 10:33 p.m..

Sun, Microsoft Meet on SOAs
Coverage of the activities of the Redwood Group (of which there haven't been many so far), the group that "was spawned from an IMS Global Learning Consortium Inc. meeting held in late July in Redwood Shores." The article plays on the theme of a Microsoft-Sun rapproachment. "At the meeting, developers from both companies decided to try to set some basic rules of engagement for Web services, starting with educational systems." By Darryl K. Taft, eWeek, August 30, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on August 30, 2004 at 10:33 p.m..

The Presentation
Barbara (Bee) Dieu writes from Brazil: "Last Wednesday August 25th, I had the audio workshop on blogs for Cyberlangues on Alado (details posted in the previous message). Together with me in the computer room at the Lycée Pasteur in Sao Paulo, nine teachers and two students of mine, who came to give their testimonials on how they view blogging in the classroom." Many links on this page including some to some presentations. Dieu's own slides are available in French in HTML format. By Barbara (Bee) Dieu, Bee-coming a Webhea From OLDaily on August 30, 2004 at 10:33 p.m..

FirefoxIE
It never bears repeating enough: if you are using Internet Explorer, switch to Firefox. There. Now that I've convinced you, you may be wondering how to get all those doo-dads that made Internet Explorer so nice. This page covers many of them - GoogleBar, ChromeEdit, Luna Theme, and many more. Via Robin Good. By Dan McTaggart, August 30, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on August 30, 2004 at 10:33 p.m..

People are America
There has not been protests like this since the Vietman War. I truly hope those who are blindly voting for the GOP ticket wake up to the fact that this country can’t afford 4 mores years of this administration. ¶ From Open Artifact on August 30, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..

E-book sales €2.7m for Q1 2004-08-30
While still peanuts compared to paper book sales, the e-book market has seen a sharp 28 per cent increase since last year. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

Dutch ISP experiments with e-mail encryption
Dutch internet service provider Xs4All is piloting e-mail encryption for customers, while ensuring e-mail tapping is possible for law enforcement agencies. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

BT opens Warsaw office
BT is to offer services including application management and call centre provisioning from its new office in Warsaw. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

Vodafone makes bid for Virgin Mobile...maybe
A number of different sources have published conflicting reports on an attempt by Vodafone to buy Virgin Mobile. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa trials 3G in Warsaw
PTC is the first telecom operator in Central and Eastern Europe to provide UMTS 3G mobile telephony services. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

BioChem Hub
Great place to start for information on biology, chemistry and related disciplines. There's even a link to an interactive Periodic Table. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on August 30, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

Caught in the Web
Cathy Frye, a reporter for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, won the 2004 American Society of Newspaper Editors Award for nondeadline writing. She took first place in the category for her four-part series, "Caught in the Web." Unfortunately, the version of the story that appears on Ardemgaz.com is poorly formatted for online viewing. Conversations that were written in instant messenger or e-mail run together in a confusing manner. Words are needlessly bolded, and sentences of poetry are missing From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 30, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

Cashing In on 'Hot or Not'
A lot of folks have wondered how to take the Hot or Not concept and make it a commercial success. For those who somehow missed it, Hot or Not is a "user-contributed content" site where people upload their pictures and allow others to rate them. It's been incredibly successful from a traffic perspective, and claims "9 billion votes counted and 13,300,000 photos submitted." Now an advertiser, the Gap, is taking the idea and turning it directly into a commercial. Here's the pitch: Dress up in Gap clothes showi From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on August 30, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..

Shared Spaces Briefing, Aug 31
Today's highlights: iCollaborate 3.5; Sonexis ConferenceConnect and ConferenceManager Plus; Open-Xchange Server Available; New Customer for Groove; CoCreate ra-ra; New Customers for Omnipod; The Data Corporation released Version 3.5 of iCollaborate, a collaboration solution. New features: improved s... From Kolabora.com on August 30, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

Aboriginal achievement awards
I just received the following announcement from Monica Goulet. ************************************** Saskatoon is fortunate to be selected as the host city for the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards on March 31st, 2005. There are many Aboriginal people in our province and nationally... From Rick's Café Canadien on August 30, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

Blogademia - weblog research blog by Scott Nowson
Another weblog research blog - Blogademia by Scott Nowson (via Torill Mortensen). Scott is doing PhD research on weblogs. More specific:What am I doing with blogs? As I said above, I am interested in studying personal blogs. Blogs which are, for the most part, the thoughts and words of one From Mathemagenic on August 30, 2004 at 3:44 p.m..

BROG papers
Elijah Wright lists papers by BROG (blog research on genre) group: I'm posting these here for convenience's sake - and because it is really hard for people outside of our smallish research group to track what we've been up to. Herring, Susan C., Kouper, Inna, Paolillo, John, Scheidt, Lois Ann, Tyworth, Michael, Welsch, Peter, Wright, Elijah, Yu, Ning. (2005). Conversations in the Blogosphere: A S From Mathemagenic on August 30, 2004 at 3:44 p.m..

Affirmations for the First Day of Classes
Today's our first day of classes at Seton Hill U. I'm teaching a Freshman Composition class after a blessed year's hiatus from the course after teaching composition annually at one campus or another since -- could it be? -- 1992. I'm also beginning my sixth year of teaching at Seton... From PEDABLOGUE on August 30, 2004 at 3:44 p.m..

NIH Fact Sheet for Public Access Publishing
The NIH has prepared a Fact Sheet on Public Access Publishing that it sent to participants in today's invitation-only stakeholder meeting on the open-access plan. Excerpt: "The goals of the agency specifically include expanding the knowledge base in medical and associated sciences, in order to enhance the Nation's well-being and ensure a continued high return on the public investment in research. The sharing of ideas, data, and research findings has always been encouraged by NI From Open Access News on August 30, 2004 at 3:43 p.m..

Open letter from 25 Nobel laureates
The Open Letter to the U.S. Congress from 25 Nobel prize winners has been released to the public (and I've posted a copy to SOAF). Excerpts: As scientists and Nobel laureates, we are writing today to express our strong support for the House Appropriations Committee's recent direction to NIH to develop an open, taxpayer access policy requiring that a complete electronic text of any manuscript reporting work supported by NIH grants or contracts be From Open Access News on August 30, 2004 at 3:43 p.m..

Enabling new scholarship
Amy Harbur and Abby Smith, Enabling New Scholarship: Scholarly Communication Institute Highlights Collaboration and Technology, CLIR Issues, September/October 2004. On CLIR's second annual Scholarly Communications Institute (SCI). Excerpt: "The presentations made it clear that digital scholarship cannot exist in a vacuum....Scholars today provide the content, but administrators must provide the institutional support, and librarians, technologists, and publishers must provide the structure, for digital information dissemin From Open Access News on August 30, 2004 at 3:43 p.m..

First Diversity Group Conference Diversity - Dare to Win! - 4 October 2004 at the University of Wolv ...
First Diversity Group Conference Diversity - Dare to Win! - 4 October 2004 at the University of Wolverhampton Science Park, UK. Programme now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on August 30, 2004 at 3:41 p.m..

CMS, Findability And The Importance Of Making Your Content Be Found
"The current emphasis on content management is not about content management at all but rather about content publishing - and there is a difference. Organizations are aware of the problems in getting current, reliable information into an intranet but feel... From Robin Good's Latest News on August 30, 2004 at 3:41 p.m..

Which circle of Zell?
Why is Zell Miller, who prominently links to his idiotic "Beethoven for Babies" bill that says more about his willingness to sell out to Sony than about his grasp of science, a Democrat? His site touts his exempting two Georgia counties from EPA regulations because it would have "a negative impact on the sitting [sic, I think] of new industry and the procurement of federal transportation funding..." He wants to push Bush's right-wing extremist judicial appointments through. He has a barbaric attitude about our treatment of Abu Ghraib prisoners that blames having men and women serve togeth From Joho the Blog on August 30, 2004 at 3:40 p.m..

DirectorWeb at Ten
In another of our self-serving web celebrations, August 2004 marked the 10th year since we created the DirectorWeb, a resource site for users of Macromedia Director. We have an irregular scrapbook of the site showing some its evol From cogdogblog on August 30, 2004 at 3:40 p.m..

Unfair, Unbalanced and Thin-Skinned

NY Times: Fox News Rejects Left-Wing Magazine Ad. While the ad will appear on Time Warner's CNN, as well as NBC Universal's MSNBC and Bravo, it will not appear on Fox News, a division of the News Corporation whose chairman and chief executive is Rupert Murdoch. "They rejected it out of hand," said Arthur Stupar, senior vice president for circulation at The Nation. "I find it ironic. They are the G.O.P. cable station, a champion of free markets, and they got spooked at the thought of running From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 30, 2004 at 3:38 p.m..

What is Longhorn?
Dave observes:When you ask a Microsoft person to say what Longhorn is supposed to do, you get rambly hand-wavy words that mean nothing. A product with a purpose has a two-sentence description that gets everyone so excited they can't wait. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 30, 2004 at 3:38 p.m..

Defining Chutzpah
Henry Blodget, the infamous Wall Street "analyst" who was hyping Internet bubble stocks to the public while telling his colleagues how lousy the companies actually were, is now writing for Slate magazine, which should know better. Blodget's latest missive is entitled, "When They Say 'Buy,' Sell" -- part of his "How to Understand Wall Street" series. Ironic? Try grotesque. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 30, 2004 at 3:38 p.m..

JOHN TALBOT OF 5 BELL YARD, LONDON, ENGLAND (b. 1574),WAS A SERVANT TO SIR WALTER RALEIGH, ELIZABETHAN KNIGHT (1552-1618)and his name appeared on a Warrant issued by The Tower of London: The King's Quinto: The Life and Times of Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618) ISBN: 1413708285 by Barbara O'Sullivan (originally written for Hollywood Actor Walter Sparrow for a screenplay)
John Talbot describes himself thus:I, John Talbot will say that I was born into this evil World in the Autumn of 1574 without ambition. I had no thought of raising myself up from my own humble background, and acknowledged with thanks, all that the good Lord had to offer me, when I attended Mass each Sunday at St. Bride's Church, Fleet Street in the City of London. There I knelt on the cold stone floor, for an hour or more, breathing in the cold air, as the Priest filled my willing ears. I deemed that on each Sunday, I had caused a good act to be performed on my own soul in that Church, From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on August 30, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..

AT&T chief refuses to 'miss' VoIP
David Dorman, AT&T's chief executive, is determined to turn voice over Internet Protocol into an HBO-like service that it can sell. From CNET News.com on August 30, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..

E-Learning Queen
Started five days ago, E-Learning Queen is a new blog, with three posts to its name. The first, a look at the ethics of video game-based simulation, is well worth a read. The next two posts introduce readers to the world of educational blogs, including this one. By Susan Smith Nash, E-Learning Queen, August 30, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on August 30, 2004 at 3:36 p.m..

Interaction Design - an Interview with Andrew Davidson
An interview with Andrew Davidson, Chair of the Education Program Interaction Design Institute Ivrea by GK. VanPatter Co-Founder, NextDesign Leadership Institute at NextD Journal The vision for Interaction-Ivrea, like the field of interaction design itself, is multi-faceted. We are primarily an educational institution that aims to develop innovators and leaders in the practice through our two-year masters program in in From soulsoup on August 30, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..

IDEO Story - An interview with Tim Brown
An interview with Tim Brown CEO, IDEO Inc. at NextD Journal A quote from the interview - the rules of the game are strongly applicable to learning experience design too - As you say, value in business is migrating from the world of products to one of services and experiences. We believe that many of the same methodologies and insights we developed as product designers are highly applicable to these new kinds of problems. Essent From soulsoup on August 30, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..

Knowledge Profile by Denham Grey
The knowledge profile (KP) By Denham Grey A knowledge profile records skills, tools, practices and social networks, it highlights competencies, identifies gaps, helps with learning programs to address deficits, realize opportunities and heighten awareness for the owner and colleagues. KPs may focus on the individual where they form a key part of your personal knowledge management (PKM) system or aimed at a 'collective' view of a team, group, community or firm. Profiles may be c From soulsoup on August 30, 2004 at 9:29 a.m..

Mobile games market worth €6.7bn by 2009 - report
Mobile entertainment publishers are clearly back in vogue, according to market research group Strategy Analytics, who are predicting that the number of Java- and Brew-capable handsets will rise from 186m units this year to over 1bn units in 2009. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 9:26 a.m..

Cesky expands broadband in Czech Republic
Cesky Telecom is to expand the availability of its high-speed internet offering, delivering an additional 100,000 telephone lines broadband internet, and has at the same time introduced a two-week free trial of the service. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 9:26 a.m..

75% of Swedes willing to pay for online music - survey
A survey by Scandinavian telco TeliaSonera has revealed that three quarters of Swedes are willing to download music legally, and 63 per cent would be willing to pay to download a film. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 9:26 a.m..

Universal Music launches MVNO over Bouygues network
Bouygues Telecom and Universal Music have launched a new mobile virtual network in France aimed at teenagers. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 9:26 a.m..

HP launches 'hPod', new home entertainment products
The Apple iPod from HP comes in a 20 GB and 40 GB version and is essentially the same as the product from Apple. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on August 30, 2004 at 9:26 a.m..

US schools need more tech savvy
These articles are all from the same source...I like it. US schools need more tech savvy | csmonitor.com... From Teaching and Developing Online. on August 30, 2004 at 9:25 a.m..

Teachers fight against Internet plagiarism
Another from the same source. Teachers fight against Internet plagiarism | csmonitor.com Teachers fight against Internet plagiarism... From Teaching and Developing Online. on August 30, 2004 at 9:25 a.m..

Wired schools help keep parents in the know.
Our school system is going to venture down this path in the next couple of years...I think it will be an interesting exciting venture. Wired schools help keep parents in the know | csmonitor.com Wired schools help keep parents in... From Teaching and Developing Online. on August 30, 2004 at 9:25 a.m..

Authenticity and validity
I was wondering if anyone has experiences of using e-portfolios to increase the authenticity and validity of its qualifications or could point me in the direction of some resources in this area? Thanks.... From ERADC Blog on August 30, 2004 at 9:25 a.m..

Technology Acceptance Model
Thank you Helen for pointing me towards this paper. This paper discusses the Technology Acceptance Model and as Helen points out - it could inform the adoption of portfolios. Development of an Instrument to Measure the Acceptance of Internet Technology... From ERADC Blog on August 30, 2004 at 9:25 a.m..

Call for contributions - ePortfolio Australia 6 & 7 Dec 2004 Melbourne
From Students, Teachers and Leaders, Knowledge Managers, Career Advisors, Recruiters, Software Developers, Researchers... * Professional Learning & Knowledge Management * Student Portfolios * Teacher Registration Portfolios * Innovation in Assessment * Digital Storytelling * ( We)blogging * Career Planning &... From ERADC Blog on August 30, 2004 at 9:25 a.m..

Shared Spaces Briefing, Aug 30
Today's highlights: Longhorn minus WinFS; Microsoft announced that Longhorn will still ship in 2006, but it will remove the new Windows File System (WinFS) from the initial release. No date for the final release of WinFS was announced. ComputerWorld, eWeek,... From Kolabora.com on August 30, 2004 at 9:24 a.m..

Missing bloggeral?
If you would like to automatically receive new entries to the Workflow Institute Blog by email, put your address in the box at the bottom of the column. You can unsubscribe at any time.... From The Workflow Institute Blog on August 30, 2004 at 9:23 a.m..

Outsourcing Learning
You didn't need a crystal ball to see this coming. Five years ago, business gurus showed us that profits come to organizations that focus on core and outsource the rest. Don't do your own payroll; don't take your own garbage to the landfill; don't assemble your trucks; stick to the knitting. Outsource! (And I don't mean "offshore" or "near-shore," although that could be the choice.)On Friday I talked with Chris, Sam, and Heather at --> From Internet Time Blog on August 30, 2004 at 9:22 a.m..

De Atenas a Beijing soñando con Madrid
Despedimos los Juegos Olímpicos de Atenas 2004 y nos encaminamos a los de Beijing 2008, confiando en la candidatura de Madrid 2012. Para los que no puedan esperar tanto, antes tenemos los XV Juegos Mediterráneos Almería 2005.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on August 30, 2004 at 9:21 a.m..

Technorati lanza el Politics Attention Index
La relevancia de los weblogs de opinión política en la campaña presidencial estadounidense ya se puso de relieve con motivo de la concesión de acreditaciones para la convención demócrata y para la actual convención republicana. En este contexto, Technorati acaba... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on August 30, 2004 at 9:21 a.m..

Biodiversity requires OA
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has released an issues paper, Sharing Information with Confidence: 'The Biodiversity Commons', May 2004. Excerpt: "Good information is critically important to good conservation of biodiversity and there is a recognition that we all need to share information far more regularly and openly than in the past. The cultural shift towards making information more readily available is already underway. The aim of the curren From Open Access News on August 30, 2004 at 9:20 a.m..

25 Nobel laureates support NIH OA plan
Dan Vergano, Scientists want research papers freely available, USA Today, August 29, 2004. Excerpt: "Twenty-five Nobel Prize-winning scientists today are calling for the government to make all taxpayer-funded research papers freely available. 'Science is the measure of the human race's progress,' scientists say in a letter to Congress and the National Institutes of Health. Signers include DNA co-discoverer James Watson and former National Institutes of Health chief Harold Varmus, a longtime supp From Open Access News on August 30, 2004 at 9:20 a.m..

All That Secrecy Is Expensive - Noah Shachtman, Wired
The 9/11 Commission, leaders in Congress -- even the government's top secret-keeper -- all agree that Washington's penchant for keeping information under wraps has grown out of control. Now, a coalition of watchdog groups has documented just how much i From Techno-News Blog on August 30, 2004 at 9:19 a.m..

Wi-Fi Goes Airborne - Eric Hellweg, Technology Review
A just-inked partnership gives airline passengers secure access to their corporate networks"and opens possibilities for a broadband pipe to the cockpit. With terrestrial Wi-Fi ramping toward ubiquity, the air traveler From Techno-News Blog on August 30, 2004 at 9:19 a.m..

Apple fans abuzz over new iMac - Richard Shim, CNET News.com
With Apple Computer's next iMac expected to be unveiled as soon as next week, Mac fan sites are buzzing with speculation over the design. Photos supposedly taken in a Paris airport elevator hit the Web on Thursday, fueling rumors that the new machine From Techno-News Blog on August 30, 2004 at 9:19 a.m..

How To: Maximize Google - Jeffrey Branzburg, techLearning
Google is shaking out to be the leading Web search engine, with recent research from Nielsen NetRatings reporting about 40 percent of all U.S. households using the tool at least once in January 2004. (For more information on the report, go to http://se From Educational Technology on August 30, 2004 at 9:19 a.m..

ED gives preview of new ed-tech plan - Cara Branigan, eSchool News
Student data management, online assessment, and eLearning will be key issues in the next national educational technology plan presented to Congress by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), according to Susan Patrick, director of the department's Offic From Educational Technology on August 30, 2004 at 9:19 a.m..

Carry Over Your Best Internet Explorer Features To FireFox
"I have been an explorer user for a long time. The question is not whether I like it or not. The question is, is there something that can reasonably replace it. Between spyware and BHO's changing my home page on... From Robin Good's Latest News on August 30, 2004 at 9:18 a.m..

The knowledge profile (KP)
Denham Grey has written a blog entry on knowledge profiles. To quote: A knowledge profile records skills, tools, practices and social networks, it highlights competencies, identifies gaps, helps with learning programs to address deficits, realize opportunities and heighten awareness for... From Column Two on August 30, 2004 at 9:17 a.m..

Tinderbox special price
Eastgate currently sells Tinderbox for $99 instead of $145. Including a full year of free updates this is really a good price for this multi-purpose information/content management software (and much more). It is almost free for a software that can make you a better human! From owrede_log on August 30, 2004 at 9:16 a.m..

Learning [Information Architecture] From the Internet Giants
At first glance this article, Learning From the Internet Giants, from the latest MIT Sloan Management Review (costs $6) looks like any other run-of-the mill article on some new Internet hype and thus not worth reading. This is exactly what went through my mind. But when I saw Larry Prusak's name as one of the authors, I decided to download and read the article. Larry is a KM guy and I wanted to know what he's doing with an article like this. It turns out that this article is on Information Architecture (IA), althou From elearningpost on August 30, 2004 at 9:16 a.m..

Mastery, Mystery, and Misery: The Ideologies of Web Design
Jakob Nielsen on the need for adopting a design ideology on the Web: "Behind a website's superficial appearance lies its fundamental understanding of user behavior in an interactive service. Choices such as whether the 'buy' button is red or orange or whether the navigation menu runs across the top or down the left side are much debated, but make at most a few percent difference in usability. In contrast, the design ideology can make or break a site." From elearningpost on August 30, 2004 at 9:16 a.m..

California, the Gambling State
(This is also my Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury News.) A classic example of audacity is the man who kills his parents and asks for clemency on the grounds that he's an orphan. A few weeks ago, a California gambler who lost a bundle online joined a lawsuit against search engines that sell advertising for Internet gambling sites. The case, filed in state court in San Francisco, is just one example of our society's utterly inconsistent and hypocritical tre From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on August 30, 2004 at 9:16 a.m..

Collaborative knowledge gardening
Next month I'll be giving a talk on social software to an audience of CTOs. To prime the pump, I've been spending some time with two of the newer services in the space: Flickr and del.icio.us. Neither focuses primarily on the six-degrees-of-separation dynamic that drives LinkedIn, Orkut, Friendster, and Spoke. Flickr, as I would explain it to my friends and family, is a way to easily upload and share digital photos. And del.icio.us does the same thing for Web bookmarks. From Jon's Radio on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

Next Windows Version: 2006 Target
Microsoft announces Longhorn, its next version of Windows, will meet its 2006 release date. But to deliver on time for corporate client contracts, a key component -- the underlying file system for the software -- will be missing. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

Phone Home and Find the Way
Route finders, once limited to executive autos, have become part of advanced handsets and are now being designed into mobile phones. New smartphones can load computer-like applications, adding mapping to their bag of tricks. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

Florida Judge: Recount Votes
A state rule barring Florida counties with touch-screen voting from conducting manual recounts is at odds with state law, according to an administrative law judge ruling in a lawsuit against the state. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

Duke Enrollment Package: New iPod
Instead of the usual Blue Devils T-shirt and ball cap, Duke University freshmen receive a free iPod engraved with the school's crest. The school hopes the devices will be used for recording lectures and capturing scientific data. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

Homemade Sat Radio Software Bump
A Canadian programmer who subscribes to satellite radio writes a little piece of software allowing him to record shows directly onto his PC. Then he sells the program to others. Now the RIAA and XM Radio are busy figuring out how to bust him for it. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

Pulling the PBA Out of the Gutter
Rob Glaser and his geek pals from Microsoft wanted to revive pro bowling. So they bought the whole damned league. By Tom McNichol from Wired magazine. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

A Celebration of Cell-Phone Film
Filmmakers who who make tiny movies now have a festival. An independent studio is collecting entries of films made for the small screen -- the cell phone. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

When Viruses Attack
A bacteria-eating virus is the star of a new video that could help researchers learn the secrets of viral infection and thereby develop better gene therapies. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

Computer Maker in an Alien World
A company that makes odd-looking computers for gamers wants to expand its market. But Alienware execs wonder how many customers will appreciate the glowing alien eyes and other flourishes that have become its signature. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

Supercomputer Seeks Comeback
Vector supercomputers, the original giant machines for massive computing tasks, have largely been replaced in recent years by cheaper cluster models. But the vector's maker and many researchers want a comeback. By Nancy Gohring. From Wired News on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

Website Provides Hands-On, Educational Fun for Everyone
EZweezy has enhanced its website with an online education directory that lets children and adults learn via an interactive environment. [PRWEB Aug 30, 2004] From PR Web on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

GAINTmicrobes have invaded Canada
GIANtmicrobes have invaded Canada. These fun furry dolls are identical to common viruses but 1 million times actual size. [PRWEB Aug 30, 2004] From PR Web on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

$500 Scholarship from Hazing Awareness Fund Available for the 2004-2005 Academic Year
Milk & Honey Publishing, CollegeGreekBooks.com and Big Walt Anderson are proud to announce up to twelve $500 cash awards for the fall 2004 to spring 2005 school year. All college students, undergraduate and graduate, that are enrolled in any accredited College or University that has a Greek social setting may apply. [PRWEB Aug 30, 2004] From PR Web on August 30, 2004 at 9:15 a.m..

A Few Closing Thoughts
What particularly strikes me in reading over the comments (not that I've been able to read carefully all of them) is the challenge of managing uncertainty. It is uncertainty that pervades the topics that I've touched on in my postings and that have provoked many of the comments. I started... From Lessig Blog on August 30, 2004 at 9:14 a.m..

A renaissance for the workstation?
A California start-up thinks so. Its 96-processor unit is aimed at the film industry and life sciences researchers, among others. From CNET News.com on August 30, 2004 at 9:14 a.m..