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Architecture of the World Wide Web, First Edition
http://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/ Het World Wide Web heeft, sinds zijn ontstaan in 1993, een zoals dat heet stormachtige ontwikkeling meegemaakt. En hoewel er vanaf het begin veel en zorgvuldig is nagedacht over de inrichting van het Web, heeft het W3C het nu toch raadzaam geoordeeld een expliciet architectuur-document voor het Web te schrijven. De groep die zich daarmee bezighoudt (de Technical Architecture Group binnen het W3C) werkt aan een document Architecture of the World Wide Web, First Edition. Inmiddels is het in wat wordt genoemd 'last call working draft' status. Het documen From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on September 2, 2004 at 5:01 p.m..
dbnl · digitale bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren - Nieuws
http://www.dbnl.org/nieuws/opl092004.htm De DBNL meldt de beschikbaarheid van nieuwe teksten. De volledige lijst: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1862-1863, 1866-1867, 1876-1878 Rob Nieuwenhuys, Vergeelde portretten uit een Indisch familiealbum Simon Vestdijk, Gestelsche liederen Joost van den Vondel, De werken van Vondel. Tiende deel 1663-1674 From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on September 2, 2004 at 5:01 p.m..
Electronic Medievalia
http://www.mun.ca/mst/heroicage/issues/7/ecolumn.html In het online tijdschrift The Heroic Age, een tijdschrift gewijd aan de vroege middeleeuwen in Noordwest-Europa, publiceert Daniel O'Donnell een prachtig artikel over de gevaren van onbezonnen omgang met digitale technologie: 'The Doomsday Machine, or, "If you build it, will they still come ten years from now?"'. Aan de hand van de geschiedenis van het Domesday Project bespreekt O'Donnell de voornaamste caveats voor digitaliseringsprojecten: * codeer niet voor specifieke hardware of software * maak duidelijk ondersche From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on September 2, 2004 at 5:01 p.m..
Island: Can Humankind Save Itself?
Aldous Huxley has written a number of wonderful books. Brave New World, perhaps one of his most familiar books, is an interesting survey of what happens when people lose their identity. I found Island to be even more intriguing. The... From
Experience Designer Network on September 2, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
Embracing Fear & Manufacturing Victims
Society has accepted the idea that there must be some psychological solution to all of life's pain and that one can buy it for oneself or even purchase it as a gift. Tana Dineen. Manufacturing Victims: What the psychology industry... From
Experience Designer Network on September 2, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
Tracking Memes in the Wild, Part I
The other day, I ran into
this post on the Contentious weblog which, in turn, led me to
this longer post about an experiment conducted by a PhD student. Basically, he created a survey that he asked people to fill out, post to their blogs, and then pass on, like… From
e-Literate on September 2, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
Search Plugins update
I've moved the search plugins for MLX and MERLOT to another page; I've added a few others as well: Filamentality, Gateway to Educational Materials, BIOME, Humbul Humanities Web, Enhanced and Evaluated Virtual Library (The Internet Guide to Engineering, Mathematics, and Computing), National Science Digital Library, UK Centre for Materials. Get ... From
Big IDEA on September 2, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
Collaborative knowledge gardening by Jon Udell
Collaborative knowledge gardening by Jon Udell, the article and the
blogpost. 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. Instead, both Flickr and and del.icio.us address specific activities that benefit from From
soulsoup on September 2, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
Your Total Site
A great new resource called
Your Total Site which covers the topics of Accessibility, Content / Writing, JavaScript, Online Marketing, and Usability. I hope to see this site expand into the realms of Information Architecture, Web Standards and, of couse, Web Design. The concept of the site is to help you fine-tune your web development skills with simple and easy to use advice. Another one for the bookmarks. Great work Garrett, Jeremy, and Luis! One of the gems from the site -
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What is Design For? A Discussion
What is Design For? A Discussion by Michael Bierut & Rick Poynor, from Design Observer Patrick Burgoyne I'd like to start by asking you both for a definition of graphic design and to outline what you think is wrong, and right, with graphic design today. Rick Poynor This statement, for me, sums the whole thing up. It dates from 1960 and it's by John Commander, a leading art director of the time, who said, "To design is to create images which communi From
soulsoup on September 2, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
Dismantling a Culture of Knowledge-Hoarding
Dismantling a Culture of Knowledge-Hoarding by Jamie S. Walters Despite the many corporate initiatives launched to decrease information-overload, increase teamwork, and facilitate knowledge-sharing, many organizations still find themselves stymied by cultures where knowledge-hoarding and "each man out for himself" behaviors flourish. While some of the programs designed to help turn out to be more costly than valuable, it's also true that hoarding, failing to share credit, and the lack From
soulsoup on September 2, 2004 at 5:00 p.m..
KM Stories: Part Five - Integrating Learning and KM
KM Stories: Part Five - Integrating Learning and KM A large health insurance organization was changing their IT platform to web-based and, more importantly, moving to a proactive customer service business model away from the traditional transaction model. This effort involved learning new technology and new business processes and attitudes. The traditional classroom model for training call center workers took twelve weeks and it was then still nine months before the reps beca From
soulsoup on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Copernic Desktop Search (CDS) - Free Search Engine For Your PC
Easily search your entire hard drive in less than a second to pinpoint the right file, e-mail, music or pictures. CDS brings the power of a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use search engine right to your PC and allows you instantly to search files, e-mails, and email attachments stored anywhere on your PC hard drive. It executes sub-second searching of Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, Ac From
soulsoup on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Forging a partnership between designer and user
Forging a partnership between designer and user By Sarah Horton at Digital Web Magazine In the material world, we are generally passive consumers of design. Each day we interact with the elements of our environment—buildings, walkways, vehicles, appliances and so on—and we have very little control over how they look or how they function. Our experience, good or bad, is driven by their design. We do not expect to take control of an element and make it more su From
soulsoup on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Report on digital repository interoperability
The Digital Library Federation has published a study group's
report on how the growing number of digital repositories interoperate. The group found that the variety of applications, content, and users has created enormous complexity, which requires collaborative solutions in order to facilitate communication between, and access to these increasingly popular tools. Additionally, the higher education landscape was extremely diverse, "even within single instit From
NITLE Tech News on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Copyright Advisory Network: distributed copyright resource
The Copyright Advisory Network is an experiment in distributed, collaborative copyright education. Users are encouraged to submit and discuss questions about copyright implementation. Sponsored by the American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy, its purpose: We want to study... From
MANE IT Network on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
International study and technology conference: October
Using Technology to Improve International Study, an October 4-7 conference at Hampshire College, is now accepting registration. We will examine current uses of technology, including "best practices" resentations and interactive online conversations. Participants will discuss the social, psychological and political... From
MANE IT Network on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Managing Digital Assets Workshop coming up in early 2005
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) will be hosting a Managing Digital Assets workshop in Charleston, South Carolina, on February 4-6, 2005. The event will address: the latest trends in digital-content management and on how small and midsize... From
MANE IT Network on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Peer-to-peer application creator on trial in Japan
The putative author of peer-to-peer application Winny, is on trial in Japan for making a device which facilitates copyright infringement. Isamu Kaneko, a research associate at the University of Tokyo, was arrested in May, partlyfor his leading role in supporting... From
MANE IT Network on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Information about your URL
Michael Fagan of Fagan Finder has introduced a new tool called URL Information. According to the site, it provides an interface for entering a URL and "finding information about it, translating it, finding related pages, etc." Especially cool is a... From
MANE IT Network on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Insecure voting begins
Friday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on a controversial decision by Missouri’s Secretary of State: the state of Missouri will be allowing soldiers stationed overseas to cast ballots via e-mail. [refererence
here]
¶ I hope I’m wrong, but I believe there will be a huge problem with voting From
Open Artifact on September 2, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season
We're in heavy hurricane preparation mode here today in Palm Beach County. As Hurricane Frances bears down on us, those of us who respect the power of these storms are making preparations for the worst and hoping for the best. With Hurricane Charley fresh in our minds it appears that more people than normal are doing what needs to be done to get ready for a storm of this strength. Right now it's very quiet. In the pre-dawn hours the stars are out and winds are light. But today promises to... From
Brain Frieze on September 2, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..
Linux vs. Windows: Slow Adoption
According to a recent study by the Yankee Group on Linux vx. Windows growth, Linux is expected to make very modest inroads into the corporate OS world. Their study indicates that a mere 4% of UNIX users and 10% of... From
Indiana IT on September 2, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..
Who's making media now?
What happens when there are more cameras than people?
Check the photos out on Flickr! bottom-up media at RNC critical massphotos from friday August 27, 2004 Union Square New York City with RNC in town... I was in North East corner of the Square, taki From
unmediated on September 2, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
HDTV: Engineering for Incompatibility
Even as the FCC and consumer electronic companies try desperately to push Americans toward HDTV,
one Washington Post reviewer joins the crowd throwing up hands at the complexity of it all. Parts don't interoperate well, even once you've upgraded for high-res, and worst of all, that's on purpose:[T]he link from cable box to D-VHS remains troublesome -- by design. Thanks to an industry agreement, a high-def program can be copied from Comcast box to D From
unmediated on September 2, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
Cassettes2CDs
Anil links to
Cassetes2CDs.com where you can convert your cassettes to CD or MP3.
Mike gives the service a thumbs up, getting three tapes of his Uncle playing sax and clarinet (one tape from 1970) converted for $7 each. From
unmediated on September 2, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
Freedom of Information and Copyright
Ever had trouble convincing someone that copyright matters beyond just copyright? That it bumps into questions of censorship, freedom of information, even plain-old civics more every day? If so, here's a nice anecdote to pull out next time. From the AP:The Defense Department spent $70,500 to produce a Humphrey Bogart-themed video called "The People's Right to Know" to teach employees to respond to citizen requests for information. But when it came to showing the tape to the public, the Pentagon censored some of the footage. Why? Copy From
unmediated on September 2, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
My DVD Collection 2004
"Owners of Windows Media Center Edition 2004 PC are going to love this news. Brian Binnerup has released a freeware add-on application for MCE called
My DVD Collection 2004, which can index a PC's entire ripped DVD collection or pull information during playback. Once indexed, users are able to browse their collection by title, actor, director, or genre ÂHYPHEN details also include ratings, cover art, and actor headshots." From
unmediated on September 2, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
Video Semantic Summarization Systems
The Video Semantic Summarization System generates a summarized video for a user based on his/her preference and delivers the personalized content effectively to the user. It is a complete summarization system to dynamically generate personalized video summaries using MPEG-7 descriptions of video contents in a middleware architecture. Our Vide From
unmediated on September 2, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
Otherpower
Here is a source for reducing our country's dependance on foreign oil reserves. Otherpower has many creative ways for individuals to conserve and generate power for their homes without plugging into a utility's power grid. From a hamster powered night light to a solar powered well, independent and inventive people will find both fun and practical solutions to conservation. From
Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on September 2, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
Action Bioscience
Produced by the American Institute of Biological Science to increase public awareness of current issues in biology, this site contains numerous essays on topics such as the ethics of cloning, the preservation of diversity, overpopulation and genetically modified foods to name just a few. From
Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on September 2, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
Ads in Webfeeds: Reliability Counts
According to this eWeek article, shortly Feedster will begin including its "sponsored links" (paid advertising) in its search-keyword-based webfeeds. As I've written before, I don't have a problem with the general concept of ads in webfeeds, as long as it's implemented considerately. However, I was a bit surprised to hear about this ad deal between Feedster and Kanoodle – mainly because Feedster's service is still pretty buggy, especially its custom webfeeds. Even Feedster founder Scott Johnson openly acknowledges his service's many quality problems (to his g From
Contentious Weblog on September 2, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..
Student's feelings on the eve.
Here is a posting from our students lounge on the eve of another school year in the Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School. I could not have said it better myself... I hate to say it... but it seems that I've fallen... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Noodle Tools
NoodleTools, Inc., a California company incorporated in 2002, was co-founded in 1999 by mother and son team Debbie and Damon Abilock. NoodleTools' flagship product, NoodleBib, has emerged as the leading bibliography software on the Internet, transforming bibliographic instruction methodologies in over 1,500 subscribing schools. The NoodleTools team offers expert help and unparalleled customer support to over 1.5 million subscribed students and professionals who depend on NoodleBib and other award-winning tools in the NoodleTools research suite. From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Has it really changed?
As the smoke clears and we examine the landscape, the picture from a user's perspective looks bright. While there was plenty of turmoil and contention in the year (spam disputes, e-mail bombs, censorship battles, outages, etc), the internet grew in... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Was I ever not a realist?
All the social software in the world is still not as powerful as a six-pack of Molson and a pound of chicken wings. Social software is still not as effective or as compelling and old-fashion schmoozing. That and being a blogger and working for a social software company could get you fired. From
silentblue | Quantified on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Diplomatic duplicity
When helping someone fix their computer over the phone, and you want them to see if all the cables are plugged in correctly, don't ask, "Have you checked to see if the cable is plugged in?" because the customer will always say, "Of course I did, do you think I'm a moron?" Instead say, "Remove the cable, blow the dust out of the connector, and plug it back in." The customer will most likely reply, "Hey, it's working now--I guess that dust really builds up in there!" and other Tricks of the Trade, according to DefectiveYeti. Mefites pitch in with more apprenticing wisdom for the a From
silentblue | Quantified on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Everybody's doing it
VoIP gets an unlikely contender: Nintendo. Their new dual-screenie portable game player, the Nintendo DS, will be VoIP capable. Essentially it's a PocketSkype derivative that allows free VoIP DS to DS phone calls in wireless areas. Maybe that's what that super-sekret headset jack was for. At this rate, it's making the Nokia N-Gauge look like an also-ran. We'll see in three months. From
silentblue | Quantified on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Wireless innovation
The big buzzword at Bell these days is "innovation", mostly because future livelihood depends on it. I went down to see Bell Mobility's new Centre for Wireless Innovation in Mississauga two weeks ago. This is the fourth of such state-of-the-art skunkwork facilities designed for innovation. The 5,000 square foot centre has these interesting features: a TieRack-like track where Mobility's latest gadgets are paraded around a large display case all tables are on rolling wheels so they can be configured and moved Samsung 21" flatscreens at every workstation Floor to ceiling whiteboards in From
silentblue | Quantified on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Reciprocal Linking
Here's a nice way to encourage links to (and from) a sports enthusiasts' site. The Sydney Morning Herald's "RugbyHeaven" site includes the following on
its "links" page: "Would you like a reciprocal link with rugbyheaven? Copy the code at the bottom of the page for a link to us and then e-mail the editor,
Ben Kimber, with your site's address and a short description." This From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
The Wheat & the Chaff
"The strength of blogs," writes journalism professor Anton Harber in his column "
The Harbinger" on
www.journalism.co.za, "is that they are relaxed, unedited, unmediated and are not bound by many of the standard limitations of journalism -- and it is also their greatest weakness." He writes that a problem with blogs is that there is nothing that separates "the wheat from the chaff" in the blog world, so a user can drown in quantities of From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
More Google
More Google (not a GOOG product, btw) is a new application that extends the usefulness of the
Google Search Toolbar. The features include page preview thumbnails, "Open in New Window" (sure to be a favorite of mine), "accurate" site access statistics, and the ability to retrieve older versions of a site. I haven't used it long enough to give it an endorsement, but you can't beat the price: free. From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
China's Internet Filters Work Overtime
The disclosure of the
words that are officially taboo on China's Internet by the China Digital News was already funny enough. China chat-giant
Tencent discovered that the filtering software it has to use under the pressure of the censors was taking up too much capacity of its chat service, called QQ. One day in March, when 6 million of its customers were online at the same time, the system could not bear it anymore. In a technically smart move, Tencent moved th From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Opportunities From iTunes?
You may have noticed Apple's announcement this week of an
iTunes affiliate program. Much like
Amazon.com's affiliate program, Apple is giving a commission (5 percent) on qualified referral sales that websites generate in digital music sales on iTunes. Obviously, this is potentially a nice revenue source for media sites that traffic in entertainment content. Websites of alternative-weekly newspapers, especially, might find this in From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
ONA Innovations
The Online News Association's
annual conference is looming (November 12-13 in Hollywood), and the group seems to come up with something innovative each year. This time it's a "Master of the Web Universe" competition, to find out who among the conference attendees will be crowned as the know-it-all of the online news industry. As explained on the conference website, "We're pitting teams against each other for the best solutions to real-world scenarios. Will your ideas impress your peers and our judges? Will you win the comp From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
ELGG - a new e-portfolio system
It is hope that the alpha version of ELGG will be ready for release by the end of September. ELGG is the creation of Ben Werdmuller and David Tosh. The concept behind the system is to develop a fully customizable... From
ERADC Blog on September 2, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Sep 1
Today's highlights: New customer for Groove; JP Mobile SureWave; Google IM?; FaceTime: We're winning AOL Enterprise Customers; New customer for Parlano; New customer for Groove Networks: the US Army, with a $5.2 million deal. Boston Business. The new deployment of... From
Kolabora.com on September 2, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Sep 2
Today's highlights: GroupSense; Plumtree Developer Support Program; Visto Planning for an IPO; No WinFS in Longhorn -- IT Managers Say "So What"; Interwoven on WorkSite MP 4; GroupSense is a Christchurch, New Zealand based firm offering collaboration consulting and software,... From
Kolabora.com on September 2, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Sep 3
Today's highlights: SharePoint SP1; Greif on Collaboration; Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for SharePoint Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services (WSS). Improved features for WSS: support for larger files (up to 2 GB), and an easy way to install updates.... From
Kolabora.com on September 2, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..
Thank You, Sep 3
This post is the most personal that has appeared on this site. For those who have read my Daily Briefing, you will know that I publish "mostly business" material. But this one is different. I want to publicly say thank... From
Kolabora.com on September 2, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..
BlackBoard and MERLOT working together
(9/2/04) Through the agreement, MERLOT has joined the Blackboard Developer Network(TM) and will work with Blackboard to use the Blackboard Building Blocks(TM) technology to develop integration between the Blackboard Academic Suite(TM) and the MERLOT services. Blackboard Building Blocks is Blackboard's open architecture initiative that allows Blackboard clients and independent software vendors to build new functionality on top of the Blackboard platform or integrate external systems, like MERLOT. Additionally, MERLOT will develop a Blackboard taxonomy within the MERLOT learning directory, From
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on September 2, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..
The Zellinator on Kerry
My job tonight is an easy one: to present to you one of this nation's authentic heroes, one of this party's best-known and greatest leaders — and a good friend. He was once a lieutenant governor — but he didn't stay in that office 16 years, like someone else I know. It just took two years before the people of Massachusetts moved him into the United States Senate in 1984. In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington. Early in his Senate career in 1986,... From
Joho the Blog on September 2, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..
Teacher or Textbook: who should work for whom?
Summary: We should do serious analysis of the power of publishing houses in the schools. It's possible that, in our confusion and dispute over excellence in teaching, we have given over essential school and professional powers and decisions to publishing houses. Is the excellent teacher ( aka "master teacher", "lead teacher" essential in each school ? Or may we conclude that the effort of training and supporting the master teacher is unnecessary, unnecessary because because the job is done "well enough" with mediocre teaching and the textbooks we have? I will be the first to s From
Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on September 2, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
BlogTalk videos
Finally I got the videos (they are in fact teasers - 5 minutes - of each presentation) of
BlogTalk 2.0 converted them to
avi-files which works on Mac, Linux, and Windows. Now I'm looking for a place for those 850 MB. Any ideas out there how to split them or where to put - 850 are to much for me? From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 2, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
Deadline Extension: Public Workshop on Semantic Web for Life Sciences
2004-09-02: The deadline for position papers has been extended nine days to 15 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 September 2, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
Deadline Extension: Public Workshop on Metadata for Content Adaptation
2004-09-02: The deadline for position papers has been extended one week to 13 September for the W3C Workshop on Metadata for Content Adaptation to be held in Dublin, Ireland on 12-13 October. Attendees will discuss how metadata can help the adaption of Web content to fit user needs and device characteristics, and will provide feedback and suggestions for future W3C work. Read about workshops and Interaction at W3C. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on September 2, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
W3C Co-Sponsors 26th Internationalization & Unicode Conference
2004-09-02: The 26th Internationalization & Unicode Conference will be held 7-10 September in New York, NY, USA. Presenters include Team members Martin Dürst and Richard Ishida and participants in the W3C Internationalization Working Group. The event is the premier technical conference worldwide for software and Web internationalization. During four days of tutorials and presentations, leaders in the field will discuss internationalized Web addresses and markup, language and locale tagging, complex scripts, ICU, software internationalization and other topics. Read about Unicode and the W3C In From
World Wide Web Consortium on September 2, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
Faking It
Maureen Dowd (NY Times): Cutups and Cutthroats. It's always amusing to watch Republicans try to get down. At convention time, they stop bilking Joe Lunchbox to act like Joe Lunchbox. Not amusing. Disturbing, because it seems to work. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 2, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
He's Not My Commander in Chief
I wish people (including
Republicans pretending to be Democrats) would stop calling George W. Bush "our commander in chief." If they'd check Article II, Section 2 of the
Constitution -- a document about which they keep showing their limited knowledge and even more limited respect -- they'd learn that the president commands the armed forces, not the nation. Or do they have bigger goals than we know? From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 2, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
Zell Miller's Loathings
Andrew Sullivan: Zell Miller's address will, I think, go down as a critical moment in this campaign, and maybe in the history of the Republican party. I kept thinking of the contrast with the Democrats' keynote speaker, Barack Obama, a post-racial, smiling, expansive young American, speaking about national unity and uplift. Then you see Zell Miller, his face rigid with anger, his eyes blazing with years of frustration as his Dixiecrat vision became slowl From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 2, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
Meta-mail
In an item entitled
personal message deflection, Phil Windley says he'd like to move his process-related communication out of email and into task-oriented software. Here's the glitch: One problem with moving from a single general purpose tool like email to multiple special purpose tools is split focus. To understand what I mean, think about RSS. RSS has reduced the number of mailing lists I subscribe to and consequently reduced my email traffic. Perfect application, except that now From
Jon's Radio on September 2, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
Bloggers Ad Nauseum
I did a panel the other night - part of all the generally anti-Republican Convention stuff going on this week in NYC - about Blogs and Bloggers. We covered the obvious ground, about whether blogs make a difference or are just having a good time (my response was that having a good time can make a difference, and that making a difference is a good time). But as we veered over into the realm of career blogging, we touched briefly on the subject of whether ads hurt blogs - and that's where I think the whole thing died. And even depressed me a bit. I tried to mak From
rushkoff.blog on September 2, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Photos from the RNC
In case you haven't been checking in with my Slower.net widget (bottom-right corner of the screen), you should be aware that Elliot's been posting some amazing photographs from the Republican Convention in New York City over at Slower.net. His work raises many important questions, including, "What is it with Republicans and hats?" Surely the following photos demonstrate the decisive issues facing our country: Ugly red hat, Why wear one hat when you can wear two, Cowboy up #1, Cowboy up #2, My giant American red hat, My American red hat #2. Maybe the whole red/blue America is really j From
megnut on September 2, 2004 at 4:44 p.m..
Workplace IM Showing Growth
Usage is likely curtailed by security concerns, along with split opinions as to whether the application actually inspires collaboration. From
ClickZ Stats on September 2, 2004 at 4:44 p.m..
Embedding online information resources in Virtual Learning Environments
A short study of the use of online information resources by university lecturers using Virtual Learning Environments as a teaching tool for the first time provided insights into the strategies they use to select those resources, and into some of the difficulties they encountered when using online materials in their teaching. From
eLearnopedia on September 2, 2004 at 10:27 a.m..
Access
Wow! Access to our deepest capacity to sense and shape the future. Right up my alley. By inspiring authors, too.Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future by Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers How would the world change if we learned to access, individually and collectively, our deepest capacity to sense and shape the future? This is just one of the questions posed by the authors of a b From
Internet Time Blog on September 2, 2004 at 10:27 a.m..
Blogging jobs
Recently Will asked if there are any blogging jobs open. In some places, like a university, the best way to get a blogging job might very well be to slowly turn another job into a blogging job. "Just a thought," he said, and then he opened another browser screen and returned to the university's new weblog, which needed a new posting or two. From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 2, 2004 at 10:27 a.m..
Aaron's weblog
I've just started reading a lively weblog kept by Aaron P. Campbell, hosted here. He begins a recent post called "Blogging: Tipping the Scales of Society" (in a thread of posts called Society, Democracy, and Freedom) with this quotation from Marx: The less you are and the less you express your life, the more you have and the greater is your alienated life. That makes a theory of psychology where language and other forms of creativity and communication are the core of... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 2, 2004 at 10:27 a.m..
My Nokia 7610 is my Olympus D500 of the 21st Century
My first digital camera was an
Olympus D500 back in January 96. I loved that camera! It had a great lens and a 3 times optical zoom, and you couldn't use the viewfinder to focus (had to use an old fashioned optical viewfinder). Lots of limitations like the fact that it couldn't focus in low light since it had no focus lamp. Still I took over 5,000 pictures with that camera. I could see past its limitations though and see that digital photography was going to take off. And I see past th From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on September 2, 2004 at 10:27 a.m..
Brian Ingerson on programming, Kwiki and collaboration
Brian looks to be both an amazing developer as well as a cool person. Amazing final paragraph. Just substitute RSS, Flickr, blogging, Drupal, Manila or Blogware for Perl in the last paragraph; these are my peoples! From
Interview with Brian "INGY" Ingerson :: OSDir.com :: Open Source, Linux News & Software: QUOTE For fun, I decided to make Kwiki a completely object oriented Perl project. I brainstormed all the components necessary to make a wiki, about 20 of them, and made a class f From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on September 2, 2004 at 10:27 a.m..
A vueltas con Gmail
El bueno de Google no deja de mandarme gente buscando cuentas de Gmail. Creo que de los modos que sugerà aquÃ, lo más efectivo son las comunidades. En Orkut, por ejemplo, hay decenas de comunidades especializadas en Gmail. También hemos... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 2, 2004 at 10:25 a.m..
TelefonÃa móvil
Una magnÃfica fuente de recursos sobre telefonÃa móvil es The Mobile Phone Directory. Incluye un completo glosario, un resumen de cada una de las generaciones de móviles, un amplio directorio clasificado por fabricantes y una sección de noticias con fuentes... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 2, 2004 at 10:25 a.m..
Slowly restoring connections to my network...
I'm slowly coming back to my regular life after travelling and
brain vacation... Getting back to work is easy - deadlines are not waiting - but now I'm also starting to catch up with blogging. It feels good slowly sorting through unread subscriptions, making "there are no new things anymore" folders and getting good ideas from all people who have been writing. I guess I'm a bit like my
Tablet - getting switched on, slowly restoring connectio From
Mathemagenic on September 2, 2004 at 10:25 a.m..
Moodle 1.4
La nueva versión de
Moodle 1.4, ya disponible. presenta entre otras las mejoras siguientes: - Compatibilidad con PHP 5. - Proceso de instalación mucho más sencillo por medio de un asistente. - Se pueden añadir recursos en un sólo paso. - El nuevo sistema modular de inscripciones puede utilizar ficheros o bases de datos externas y gestionar pagos de matrÃcula mediante Paypal. - Chat instantáneo y escalable por medio de un nuevo demonio. - Nuevo módulo Wiki. From
Octeto - Tecnología educativa on September 2, 2004 at 10:25 a.m..
International Statistics
Loyal reader Joe W. sent me a link to the educational information on NationMaster.com, an index that compares international statistics, particularly interested in the comparisons of starting salaries for teachers worldwide and the differences in the number of teaching weeks per year. This is excellent information -- I learned a... From
PEDABLOGUE on September 2, 2004 at 10:25 a.m..
A breakthrough in measuring the knowledge economy
Der Economist berichtet über eine neue Studie, die eine Antwort auf eine wichtige Frage versucht: Gibt es einen nachweisbaren (!) Zusammenhang zwischen Investitionen in das Humankapital einer Gesellschaft und ihrem wirtschaftlichen Wachstum? Bisher konnte nur belegt werden, dass individuell von... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 2, 2004 at 10:24 a.m..
Outsourcing Learning
"Emergent Learning Forum dedicated its July meeting to the topic. SRI Learning on Demand is issuing a report on it. Bersin & Associates' latest report is titled The Economics of Outsourcing Training Technology and Operations. T+D will be publishing a... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 2, 2004 at 10:24 a.m..
September 1, 2004, marked the introduction of the new ERIC Web site. The new site provides users wit ...
September 1, 2004, marked the introduction of the new
ERIC Web site. The new site provides users with increased search capabilities utilizing simple, streamlined retrieval methods to access the existing ERIC bibliographic database (1966-2004). For example, users are now able to quickly refine search results through the use of keywords, publication date, publication type, or the ERIC thesaurus. In addition, the Web site provides users with the capability to save and rerun searches using the My ERIC per From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 2, 2004 at 10:22 a.m..
Definitions Dictionary At Your Fingertips: CleverKeys
"CleverKeys is free cross-platform (PC, Mac) software that provides instant access to definitions at Dictionary.com, synonyms at Thesaurus.com, and more from most any Windows or Mac OS application, including word processors, Web browsers and e-mail programs. With CleverKeys, the answers... From
Robin Good's Latest News on September 2, 2004 at 10:22 a.m..
Is free municipal wifi good?
Philadelphia is considering investing $10M to blanket 135 square miles with wifi coverage. Some people for whom I have the highest respect, and from whom I've learned a lot, I anticipate are going to denounce this. Their argument is that the government is exactly the wrong entity to make decisions best made by the market. Why? Because: Government agencies are ill-equipped to make technical decisions. Governments are corrupt. The incumbents have too much influence. Even if Philadelphia makes the right decision, it will lock the city into one technology that will be hard to displace. There From
A Copyfighter's Musings on September 2, 2004 at 10:21 a.m..
Skylink Linking
Jetlagged and busy, I can't do a thorough enough job on
Skylink yet. Apologies. I agree with many of
Ernest's points, though I think I'm happier, or at least more optimistic, about the door being opened for companies to successfully defend themselves under the DMCA. For now, I want to direct your attention to a couple noteworthy docs. First, read Dan Burk's
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The End of Gatekeeper Journalism?
I've been thinking a lot lately about what it must be like for an 18-year old getting ready to vote (maybe) in her first presidential election this November, trying to make sense of the vitriolic and accusatory politics that we have lapsed into, all the while being told that this is a world she should fear and that it may be the most important election "of our lifetime." No pressure. If she's feeling a bit of angst, she's not alone. I am too. Not so much about the choice for president; for me that's always been very clear. What I'm having some butterflies about From
weblogged News on September 2, 2004 at 10:20 a.m..
Interfaces for Staying in the Flow
Archiving this for the weekend read: "
This paper reviews the literature, and interprets the characteristics of flow within the context of interface design with the goal of understanding what kinds of interfaces are most conducive to supporting users being in the flow. Several examples to demonstrate the connection to flow are given." From
elearningpost on September 2, 2004 at 10:20 a.m..
About that Microsoft 'Win' over Linux...
In its latest love letter to Microsoft, Forbes
makes the odd claim that Linux is the monopolist's best friend. Rationale? From the story:"Consider the deal that Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) snagged with the London borough of Newham, announced in early August. Looking to overhaul their computer systems, the Brits originally planned to dump Microsoft's Windows and switch to open-source programs, including Linux. But when they commissioned a study to ev From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 2, 2004 at 10:19 a.m..
MSN Music Store No Original
Microsoft insists its music store differs from iTunes, but the two services sure have a lot in common. The company will sell songs for $1 like Apple, and plans to match the volume of songs Apple makes available to users. From
Wired News on September 2, 2004 at 10:19 a.m..
Permanent Lenses in Sight
Positive study results on a new implantable contact lens show that the surgery can help even those with Coke-bottle glasses. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on September 2, 2004 at 10:19 a.m..
Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom
Explosive growth has made the People's Republic of China the most power-hungry nation on Earth. Get ready for the mass-produced, meltdown-proof future of nuclear energy. By Spencer Reiss from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on September 2, 2004 at 10:19 a.m..
Florida Vote Is Calm, for Once
A strange thing happened in Florida this week. A primary election took place, and observers found few reasons to complain or question the results. But some say November's national election may be a different story. By Jacob Ogles. From
Wired News on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Finally, a Car That Talks Back
Those too proud to ask another person for directions have a new option. This fall, Honda will release two cars that let drivers ask directions and receive a spoken response from their vehicle. By John Gartner. From
Wired News on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Feds Hunt Source of GOP Data
When contact info for Republican delegates got posted on the web, the Department of Justice subpoenaed an ISP, but now seems to be backing off. Ann Harrison reports from New York. From
Wired News on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Is That Jobs in Your Pocket?
Apple's CEO may be on sick leave, but a diminutive Steve Jobs doll is busy traveling the world like a kidnapped garden gnome, spreading the message of Mac unity. By Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Hydrogen Fuel Closer to Fruition
Finding a cheap way to produce hydrogen fuel has been something of a Holy Grail to energy researchers for years. Recently, teams across the world announced advances, but observers say some promises are running ahead of results. By Daithà Ó hAnluain. From
Wired News on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Child Care Connection Goes to College
RI's leading provider of child care and education services has been contracted to provide child care at three campuses of the RI Community College for students, faculty and staff. [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004] From
PR Web on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Replicom
K-One 8/16 provide unrivaled cost/performance in remote server management [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004] From
PR Web on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Language Learning Strategies Get a Make-Over
Learn-A-Lang, started in late 2003, has flourished within the past three months after adapting it's original seven-day email course into a full language learning manual. The manual, aptly named "Language Success Strategies for the Struggling Learner," promises to save its readers not just money but time as well. [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004] From
PR Web on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Everyone's Buzzing About "the Bleep." Dr. Pat Baccili Invites You to a Special 2 Hour Interview with Filmakers of the Award Winning Film, "What the Bleep Do We Know" William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, and Mark Vicente on VoiceAmerica.com. Tune in on Friday, September 3rd from 2:00-4:00 PST to find out what the "buzz" is all about.
Combining over 25 years of filmmaking experience William Arntz, Mark Vicente, and Betsy Chasse are embarking on their most important project to date: Delivering to the world through the combined mediums of film, interviews, animation and visual effects the answers to the most asked question in the universe. " What is it? Where do we fit in? And, why do we do what we do?" [PRWEB Sep 2, 2004] From
PR Web on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Women on Waves
Portugal has a long tradition of protecting the human life. It was the first European country to abolish the death penalty, and more than 50% of voters rejected a 1998 referendum that would have liberalized abortion laws [en] (abortion is legal in Portugal if the pregnancy resulted from a rape, if it endangers the mother's life, or if the fetus is severely malformed; the morning-after pill is also legal). Now a Dutch boat from an organization called Women on Waves intends to pick women in Portugal, bring them to international waters (where the law of the boat's country applies: th From
kuro5hin.org on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Australia's Strategic Framework for the Information Economy 2004–2006
Australia's Strategic Framework for the Information Economy 2004-2006: 'Opportunities and Challenges for the Information Age' produced by the Australian Government Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, provides the policy platformneeded to address new challenges to Australia's position as a leading information economy.DCITA, 2004 From
EdNA Online on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Children's Book Council Awards
To view what might be popular books for kids, check out what won in the Children's Book Council Awards this year.ABC, 31 August 2004 From
EdNA Online on September 2, 2004 at 10:18 a.m..
Behind the music: Microsoft?
Partners line up to support new digital media playback software, but can portable video and music rental rights defeat Apple? From
CNET News.com on September 2, 2004 at 10:17 a.m..
An Open Letter to the U.S. Congress
The open letter to the U.S. Congress signed by 25 Nobel prize winners has been released. It calls for support for open access to scientific materials. "When a woman goes online to find what treatment options are available to battle breast cancer, the cutting-edge, peer-reviewed research remains behind a high-fee barrier. Families looking to read clinical trial updates for a loved one with Huntington's disease search in vain because they do not have a journal subscription. Libraries, physicians, health care workers, students, researchers and thousands of academic institutions and companies From
OLDaily on September 2, 2004 at 10:17 a.m..
OOPS! A Free Model for Open Knowledge
Description of OOPS, a site that invites people to create Chinese translations of MIT's OpenCourseWare courses. Goof discription of how a chaotic, non-managed project can produce good results. Summary of a talk given by Luc Chu and Meng-Fen (Grace) Lin at ITI in Utah. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, September 1, 2004 [
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Free Culture
Lawrence Lessig outlines the history of remix - the practice of using materials from previous works to createnew works, and contrasts this with the copyright "insanity" that has come to characterize the legal environment today. Summary of his talk at ITI in Utah. By Stephen Downes, Stephen'sWeb, September 1, 2004 [
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OLDaily on September 2, 2004 at 10:17 a.m..
Two from Online magazine
The
Sept/Oct issue of Online features some OA-related articles which are not available on the magazine's website. Peter Jasco reviews three search utilities in his Picks and Pans column (p.57), and calls
Citebase Search "the crown jewel of the Open Citation Project," noting its facility in searching open access sources such as arXiv, cogprints, and BioMed Central. He has high regard for the Institute of Physics (IoP) archive search interface, but dismisses Google's interface fo From
Open Access News on September 1, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..
Paula Hane and Robin Peek on OA
Paula Hane,
Developments in Open Access, Search, and More, Information Today, September 2004. On the US and UK open-access proposals, BMC's consultation on OA business models, and an upcoming
Open Access Forum for Internet Librarians at
Internet Librarian International 2004 (London, October 10-12, 2004). The
same issue of Information Tod From
Open Access News on September 1, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..
Brilliant
This is hardly news but can I just add to the heap of praise for
Stephen's Educational Blogging article. Succinct, powerful, persuasive and, I reckon, a moment that might just be one we look back on as a significant point in time. In many ways a great piece of collaboration with
Will too. Love it! From
James Farmer's Radio Weblog on September 1, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..
Other things
Things might get a bit quiet round here over the next few weeks as the final hearing for the custody of
my daughter at the
Federal Magistrates Court of Victoria begins on the 13th September. It's been a year long (well over two really), arduous and horrible journey through the worst of what can possibly happen between two people. Apparently less that 1% of cases filed at the court get to this stage... never thought I'd be one of them... but I guess I never thought I' From
James Farmer's Radio Weblog on September 1, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..
Test IE Compatibility Inside Firefox!
This is something we have been longing for quite a while, and, in my humble opinion, something that can have a profound disrupting role in how IT departmens and Web developers will select their Web coding and testing standards. As... From
Robin Good's Latest News on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
The Corporate Weblog CounterManifesto
Here is my counterpoint to the corporate blogger manifesto Robert Scoble has just published through the ChangeThis initiative. He has gotten some really good points. But the view of the emerging grassroots, semantic Web should reflect some universal laws that... From
Robin Good's Latest News on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
How To Measure Link Desirability? Link Appeal
If you are looking for yet another indicator to assess the credibility, authority or popularity of a Web site you may like to add Link Appeal among your list of valuable resources. Link Appeal computes a reference score (1-10) which... From
Robin Good's Latest News on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
Halley interviews me
I seem to be on the other end of the phone in conversation with Halley over at IT Conversations Memory Lane. It all seems like an out-of-body experience now. Anyway, Halley and I talked mainly about techno-politics, as well as technology and politics, as I recall. By the way, allow me to answer one of the burning questions we left hanging in the interview: A balustrade is a railing along the front of a gallery.... From
Joho the Blog on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
A bad idea
Here's a site that's trying to "use up" the Republican's virtual space by reloading "several Republican websites" automatically every 60 seconds. See, if we all leave the protest page up in our browser, we'll show them Republican bastards ... well, I'm really not sure what we'll show them. I'm confused enough about this that I am only reluctantly posting the protest page's url: http://users.drew.edu/clotito/protest_rnc.htm. Maybe you can explain to me if this page is: 1. A sincere but misguided attempt to make a point no one understands through a protest From
Joho the Blog on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
Scott R on Fairness
Scott Rosenberg writes about the Miami Herald's absurd code of ethics. Here's a snip: For clarity here, let's distinguish between the unattainable standard of objectivity — a scientific absolute poised as subjectivity's opposite — and the entirely attainable, and laudable, standards of fairness and accuracy and honesty and transparency that any journalist of good mind and heart will subscribe to. Fairness: If you're presenting one side of a story, you owe it to your readers, your subjects and yourself to weigh the other side's case. Accuracy: Observati From
Joho the Blog on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
Hole in blackbox voting caused by smoking gun
David Isenberg circulated by email this morning a snip from Bev Harris at Black Box Voting: The Diebold GEMS central tabulator contains a stunning security hole Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator — 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million votes at a time. By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes... From
Joho the Blog on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
Arnold: An immigrant's story
Don't you find it ludicrous that the Republicans put forth Arnold as a heartwarming example of how America welcomes immigrants? Ah, yes, Ahnuld who came from Austria as a poor, struggling Mr. Universe, and groped his way to the top.... From
Joho the Blog on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
The words of the prophets are written for $14.95
Remember Rael? No, not Rael Dornfest. The French "journalist" and lying clone meister who has been appointed ambassador by the extraterrestials who created life on this planet. In fact, the ET's dictated a book to Rael to set the planet straight. And yet Rael charges $14.95 to buy it. Why haven't the aliens cut Rael down with a laser death beam beam for not posting the whole book for free on the Web? Did Isaiah hold out for foreign rights? Did Ezekial hold on to the film rights? Did Jeremiah run blog ads?...... From
Joho the Blog on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
I'm out of Friendster
I've quit. I don't ever use it. I don't have a pressing need to be registered at a site for daters and people with "open" marriages. I wasn't impressed with the CEO throwing Friendster condoms into the audience after giving a talk. I have a problem with the site's disrespect for the implicit. And then Friendster fired an employee for blogging. Click here to go to the cancellation form, if you're so inclined. (Thanks to Jeremy Zawodny for the cancellation link. And here's a great post by Jon Udell.)... From
Joho the Blog on September 1, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
The Sunday Triathalon
In preparation for a
mid September Grand Canyon trip, this past Sunday I completed the unofficial, unsanctioned CogDogBlog triathalon, which will not be covered on NBC or commented on by Bob Costas. The event included:
A two mile mountain bike ride to Camelback Mountain A grueling ascent and descent of Camelback on the Cholla Trail (1200 feet gain in 1.5 miles). Bike ride back home for 5 hours of back breaking yard work. From
cogdogblog on September 1, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..
ASU Wiki Workshop
Last night, my friend and colleague
Tom Foster invited be as a "guest expert" (hah!) for a class he is teaching at Arizona State University, "Social and Ethical Issues in Educational Media". The students were all K-12 teachers, librarians, and media specialists, and they had amazing, heroic energy for a group who had worked all day with kids, then put up with technology stuff from 5-9 PM. The class had already reviewed issues in Copyright and Fair Use, and Tom asked be to take the turn from the messages of what they ca From
cogdogblog on September 1, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..
Abandon IE Now
In a world where human behavior is in accordance to PT Barnum's laws, we all would be using Internet Explorer. I am afraid we live in that world. I waste more time trying to fix CSS problems in IE than I care for. Why cannot those Microsoft engineers build a browser that follows Web Standards? Anyhow, 90 minutes today was shot chasing down the Peekaboo bug for our Ocotillo Wikis- this is the effect where only in IE browsers, the first view of a web page much of the content is blanked out for perhaps 1/3 to 2/3 of the screen, scrolloing down and up often reveal From
cogdogblog on September 1, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..
Skyped? Skyping?
I've not read much on
Skype until I noticed via
Joi Ito that a Mac version was out. Heck, I did not even know what it did! It appears to be a simple way to have audio conversations via the net, and even 3,4 way conversations. The trouble is I don't have anyone to Skype with! If you have Skyped, let me know your handle, or Skype me at cogdogblog. Aren't new verbs fun? From
cogdogblog on September 1, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..
Online Information 2004
I'm excited to report that I'll be travelling to London in December to speak at Online Information 2004. In addition to my talk on "ensuring intranets are successful", I'm running a one-day workshop on "Techniques for Building a Better Intranet".... From
Column Two on September 1, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..
The future of computing
I am currently busy to finish a presentation about the future of computing. I am going to present at the Museum for Communication in Frankfurt on Thursday, 7 p.m. If you have heard of a interesting technology, a future vision or application concept - please consider adding this to the
Wiki here. Update: Someone anonymously added some text to the Wiki page saying that the items listed are nothing more than advances in material science and that "true" future lies in applications. I think the impl From
owrede_log on September 1, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..
Frontier Open Source
Dave Winer on the upcoming open source release of Frontier: "Technically, the software is ready to go." I am curious if the old Frontier developers cam back to life. There have been so many threads dropped after Frontier went commercial in 1996. From
owrede_log on September 1, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..
Turn Search Into Find
Forget call-centers, try
Web-based customer support: "A new breed of customer service and self-service solutions transcends the ubiquitous search box by emphasizing the process of discovery -- finding, not searching. Web-based customer self-service is gaining rapid adoption as one of the most promising opportunities for customer-facing firms in all industries to decrease customer transaction costs while maintaining or improving service quality." From
elearningpost on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
Some Apple News
Apple has released its new
iMac G5. All the hardware is at the back of the screen. Looks nice. Also for some cool news: Skype, the popular VOIP tool, is now available for
OSX. From
elearningpost on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
Why Is That Thing Beeping? A Sound Design Primer
Nice in-depth article on how to create
audible identities into your designs: "Art forms such as theater, film, and video games have grown to include carefully considered sounds and are clearly better off for it. By learning to include audio as an important design parameter in web or product design, we might achieve the same successful results." From
elearningpost on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
Working Drafts: Quality Assurance
2004-08-30: The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has published three Working Drafts. Written for W3C Working Group Chairs and Team Contacts, The QA Handbook provides techniques, tools, and templates for test suites and specifications. QA Framework: Specification Guidelines are designed to help make technical reports easy to interpret without ambiguity, and explain how to define and specify conformance. Variability in Specifications is a First Public Working Draft. Formerly part of the Specification Guidelines, the document contains advanced design considerations and conformance-related tec From
World Wide Web Consortium on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
XForms 1.1 Requirements Updated
2004-08-31: The XForms Working Group has updated the XForms 1.1 Requirements Working Group Note. XForms is the new generation of Web forms. Version 1.1 has enhancements for the XForms 1.0 framework, embraces SOAP, makes XForms authoring easier, and facilitates XForms use in other host languages. Visit the XForms home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
EMMA Working Draft Updated
2004-09-01: The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released an updated Working Draft of EMMA. The Extensible MultiModal Annotation language (EMMA) is a data exchange format for interaction management systems. EMMA represents user input. Speech and handwriting recognizers, natural language engines, media interpreters, and multimodal integration components generate EMMA markup. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)
2004-09-01: Through joint efforts, the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group and the CSS Working Group have released the First Public Working Draft of SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL). The sXBL language defines the presentation and interactive behavior of elements outside the SVG namepace. A future version may extend XBL to any markup. Visit the SVG and CSS home pages. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
'Winning' Against Terrorism
NY TImes: Bush Cites Doubt America Can Win War on Terror. "I don't think you can win it," Mr. Bush replied. "But I think you can create conditions so that those who use terror as a tool are less acceptable in parts of the world." This is a welcome dose of reality, and it's about time Bush offered it. But his statement raises a couple of questions. Such as: If the war can't be won, will Americ From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
Skype Goes Mac
Skype just launched a public beta version of its
new OS X client software. This means the Voice over IP software that has almost 10 million registered users is now on every major desktop platform -- another major step forward for the product and the people behind it. I've been playing with a pre-beta version of the OS X software, and had some difficulty. The new version does seem to be an improvement. I already have VoIP at home, but this will be quite useful when I'm traveling and find a broadband c From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
Wikipedia, Reputation and Accuracy
There's been a fascinating uproar in cyberspace about the estimable
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia I
discussed here early this year and in the book. One of the topics was whether a site written entirely by its readers -- and where every page can be edited by anyone -- could meet any kind of "standards" of accuracy and reliablity. The latest tempest was stirred by
thi From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
Information routing, redux
In last week's column, I mentioned
del.icio.us, Joshua Schachter's "social bookmarking" service. Since then, I've explored the service more deeply in a series of
blog entries. Using del.icio.us, I'm now able to process information in dramatically more efficient ways. ... In a
March 2003 column, I wrote about the challenges of doing publish/subscribe at Internet scale. From
Jon's Radio on September 1, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
Paris Says Bonjour to New IMac
Apple introduces a new flat-screen iMac in Paris that looks more like an iPod than a Luxo-lamp. Starting at $1,300, the new model has Parisian Mac nuts saying 'oui.' From
Wired News on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Florida Says E-Vote Primary A-OK
The touch-screen voting machines used in 15 Florida counties appear to work smoothly during the state's primary election Tuesday. From
Wired News on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Astronomers: More Earths Likely
Two separate teams of astronomers find Neptune-size planets beyond our solar system. Earth-like planets are just around the corner, they say. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Scientific Method Man
Gordon Rugg cracked the 400-year-old mystery of the Voynich manuscript. Next up: everything from Alzheimer's to the origins of the universe. By Joseph D'Agnese from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Segwaying Across the Country
Bidding his desk job goodbye, a web designer is taking his Segway scooter on a cross-country trek from Seattle to Boston. Friends are documenting the 10-mile-per-hour trip along the way. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Site Tracks Political Zeitgeist
With 24-hour-a-day talk on all things political, the web is the ultimate gauge of public thinking. A new site seeks to capture up-to-the-minute buzz with an index of the most authoritative political bloggers. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From
Wired News on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Have 25 Years of Progress Helped?
At this year's Ars Electronica, the largest annual festival of technology and art, organizers are focusing on a simple question: Have the technological advancements of the last quarter century helped or hurt us? By Michelle Delio. From
Wired News on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Monster Mashes Attract Masses
Kaiju Big Battel -- a multimedia event in which costumed combatants spew toxic ooze on audience members -- is growing in popularity. There are already dedicated websites and a DVD series. Coming next: a book and TV pilot. By Xeni Jardin. From
Wired News on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Vote Swaps Revamped for 2004
If you'd like to vote for a third-party candidate, but don't want to cost the Democrats or Republicans the election, take heart. Sites are cropping up to allow voters in swing states to swap votes with people in non-swing states. By Joanna Glasner. From
Wired News on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Filipina Women's Network Launches Nationwide Search for "Filipina Women Who Could Be President"
The Filipina Women's Network announces the nationwide search for "Filipina Women Who Could be President," a campaign to highlight the achievements of Filipina women in management and leadership roles. The search is part of a larger FWN campaign, "Shaping the Filipina Image" and officially kicks off the FWN Summit, "Leadership, Power and Influence for Filipina Women," on October 22 and 23, 2004, in San Francisco, CA. [PRWEB Aug 31, 2004] From
PR Web on September 1, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
The Gift to be Remembered at LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY® PERSON OF THE YEAR TRIBUTE TO CARLOS SANTANA
ESSEX JCT. VT. HYPHEN Peacetoys.com made a contribution of SPANISH language Hugg-A-Planet, Earths to 2004 Latin Recording Academy's person of the Year Honoring Carlos Santana. Many Latin music stars will be receiving a special planet earth on this day and sure to be used for years after. The SPANISH Hugg-A-Planet, Earth. is now in their hands. Latin music trend setters have one of the 25 Best Toys of the Past 25 years to share with their friends and family. A useful reminder to make a difference with their musical talent and influence.-Promoting peace, and environmental goodwill for From
PR Web on September 1, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..
No Passport Required for 'Trip' to Vietnam
'Families of Vietnam' - Newest Title in the Award-Winning Families of the World Video Series - Available Nationwide September 7, 2004 from Master Communications [PRWEB Sep 1, 2004] From
PR Web on September 1, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..
September?!
Holy moly but I can't believe it's September already! I'm not sure where the entire summer went, but it seems to be nearly gone. The nice thing about that? So are the tourists! Different plants are blooming, traffic is returning to what it was back in June, and we're into an R month so I can go shellfishing for oysters! From
megnut on September 1, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..
Insecure elections marching ever closer
Friday's St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on a controversial decision by Missouri's Secretary of State: the state of Missouri will be allowing soldiers stationed overseas to cast ballots via e-mail. Their absentee ballots will be scanned and converted to PDF files, which will be emailed to the Defense Department, printed out, and then faxed to Missouri. I'm in favor of helping soldiers vote; this is a democracy, everyone should be able to vote. Yet I'm deeply skeptical of this proposal, for two reasons: The plan depends on e-mailed ballots being printed out and faxed by th From
kuro5hin.org on September 1, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..
