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ciber brings together a unique blend of expertise in bibliometrics, cybermetrics, web log analysis, ...
ciber brings together a unique blend of expertise in bibliometrics, cybermetrics, web log analysis, research evaluation, scholarly communication, user studies, commercial publishing strategies, electronic publishing, and policy analysis From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 4, 2004 at 12:41 p.m..
New issue of JOHO
Found another wifi hotspot in town, so now I can post the table of contents of the new issue of my newsletter, JOHO...if my anonymous benefactor doesn't decide to pull the plug and call it day. Why Dewey's Decimal System is prejudiced: The DDC's aging value system shows the pernicious influence of reality. There seems to be a disturbing message hidden in the Dewey Decimal Classification system, the organizational scheme first published in 1876 and now used in 95% of US schools: Of the hundred numbers set aside for topics concerning religion, 88 — numbers 201-287 — ar From
Joho the Blog on September 4, 2004 at 12:40 p.m..
Proud to be a girlie man
Bill Clinton is "a little scared, but not much" of bypass surgery. Good for him. We need to make it safe to admit to honest fear. If that makes me a girlie man, then I take it as an accolade. Besides, while only 1-2% of bypass patients die, that's a lot higher risk than I'm facing today (knock wood, salt over the shoulder, and plant a smacker on Arnold's muscular lips).... From
Joho the Blog on September 4, 2004 at 12:40 p.m..
Study: Facets on the web
Kathryn La Barre has published the preliminary results of a study into the use of facets on the web. To quote: This is the project homepage for the preliminary study: Adventures in faceted classification: A brave new world or a... From
Column Two on September 4, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
Topic map design patterns for information architecture
Techquila has published an article on topic map design patterns, for use in information architecture. To quote: Software design patterns give programmers a high level language for discussing the design of software applications. For topic maps to achieve widespread adoption... From
Column Two on September 4, 2004 at 12:39 p.m..
Strange Bedfellows in E-Mail Case
Civil liberties groups join the Department of Justice to protest a ruling that said ISPs can freely monitor e-mail. By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on September 4, 2004 at 12:38 p.m..
X-Prize Long Shots Still in Play
So far, one entrant, SpaceShipOne of California, seems likely to win the prize for a successful manned spacecraft launch. But three other teams say they're still in the running. By Dan Brekke. From
Wired News on September 4, 2004 at 12:38 p.m..
Driver Education "How tO Drive" DVD videos.
Driver Education DVD videos for Teens, Parents, and Mature Adults plus specialty driving video's for winter driving; advanced driving skills; and On/Off Road driving skills. [PRWEB Sep 4, 2004] From
PR Web on September 4, 2004 at 12:37 p.m..
Kobe Potentially Admits to Sexual Assault
Kobe Bryant's statement admits that the female in his case may not have given consent. Without consent, a person is committing sexual assault. [PRWEB Sep 4, 2004] From
PR Web on September 4, 2004 at 12:37 p.m..
5th Annual DV Film Festival
FESTIVAL MISSION & OBJECTIVE The DV Film Festival's mission is to celebrate and support independent filmmakers using digital video and high-definition to achieve their artistic visions and creative dreams. The festival showcases digital films with intriguing subject matters, robust scripts,... From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on September 4, 2004 at 1:16 a.m..
Conference Humanities, Computers and Cultural Heritage 2005
http://www.ahc2005.org/en/ Van 14-17 september organiseert de Association for History and Computing haar zestiende internationale conferentie in Amsterdam. De organisatie heeft onlangs een Call for papers doen uitgaan. De conferentie richt zich op: * Scholars using computers in historical and related studies (history of art, archaeology, literary studies, etc.) * Information and computing scientists working in the domain of cultural heritage and the humanities * Professionals working in cultural heritage institutes (archives, libraries, museums) who use ICT to preserve and give access to th From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on September 4, 2004 at 1:16 a.m..
Homeschooling Styles
I thought that since quite a few of you are gearing up to homeschool for the first time, this information would be appropriate. There is not just one way to homeschool your children. A lot of people have different styles and approaches. But from our observations it seems that most people fall into one of three categories. See if one of these fits you: Your top concern is a diploma If you choose not to attend a traditional school, you select a curriculum package that is already setup for you by an outside school (on From
HSAdvisor.com Featured Articles on September 4, 2004 at 1:15 a.m..
Home School Dad
I'm a homeschool dad! While my wife does most of the work, the importance of my role is not diminished one bit. I take the time to look over my daughters work and praise her for her effort and accomplishment. That's an important foundation for the instruction that follows. Kids need positive feedback from Dad, and I am more than willing to supply. Only then have I earned the right to constructively critisize. I used to be more of a negative type of guy but God has convicted me on this and so I kinda changed my ways. As a result my daughter ge From
HSAdvisor.com Featured Articles on September 4, 2004 at 1:15 a.m..
Just A Homeschool Pep Talk
Here it is, another school year, is now upon us. Most of you have your curriculum and are already getting your homeschooling organized. I must confess, due to circumstances beyond our control, I don't have my entire curriculum yet. I hope this is an encouragement to those of you that don't have all or yours now. We have started with what we do have and plan to add to as soon as possible. I just know that some of our curriculum may take a little longer than I planned. But that is the way it goes. This is really out of character for me, bec From
HSAdvisor.com Featured Articles on September 4, 2004 at 1:15 a.m..
Small World Indeed
This is apropos of nothing but it’s such a great story that I have to share it. Today in her ESL class, Kathy paired up her students for an icebreaker writing assignment. And, as often happens, there were two stragglers left over (one young woman and one young man, in… From
e-Literate on September 4, 2004 at 1:15 a.m..
All media will fail
It's important to back up your data. Recently an instructor lost several tests he had saved on a floppy disk when the disk became corrupted. Unfortunately he did not have a backup of those files on his office computer or the network. I think floppies and zip disks are the ... From
Big IDEA on September 4, 2004 at 1:14 a.m..
7 deadly excuses for poor design
Seven deadly excuses for poor design By Dr. Kevin Scoresby from ZD Net
"We have to be first to market." Translation: “We don’t have time to make sure the product meets our customer’s needs.” “Our budget doesn’t allow for design specialists." Translation: “We can’t invest what’s needed to maximize long-term company revenue." "The requirements make it clear what has to be From soulsoup on September 4, 2004 at 1:14 a.m..
Intranet Trends to Watch For
Intranet Trends to Watch For by Shiv Singh from Line56 Cultures and priorities vary, but there are some common issues for organizations as intranets continue to evolve So what is in store for intranets next? As an intranet manager, what should you be worrying about? How can you create greater business value through your corporate intranet? Is your intranet going to be most impacted by a new technology, a new business idea or something else? Or is it all just about informatio From
soulsoup on September 4, 2004 at 1:14 a.m..
Collaboration for the Masses
Collaboration for the Masses By Cade Metz from PC Magazine A nice article on 3 great virtual collaboration software and service - Basecamp, Groove and Intranets.com Is your business spread across multiple offices? Does it work closely with outside clients? Do you spend your day trying to collaborate with faraway people via phone and e-mail? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it's high time you adopted an Internet collaboration tool—a set of graphical a From
soulsoup on September 4, 2004 at 1:14 a.m..
Need a color palette? Just pixelate.
Need a color palette? Just pixelate. from Your Total Site One of the tricks I also used in my previous life as information designer How many times have you sat down to start on a design and gone crazy trying to choose a color palette? What if you could just give photoshop a picture... .. just fire up Photoshop®. Get your images ready and go to "Filters > Mosaic > Pixelate". You might want to adjust the size of the pixels to get just a few colors or From
soulsoup on September 4, 2004 at 1:14 a.m..
Collaboration First, Then Knowledge Management
Collaboration First, Then Knowledge Management by Matthew Clapp from CMS Watch In my opinion, this order is significant. The goals of collaboration should first be to allow knowledge workers to labor together to complete projects and only then to collect that knowledge to be leveraged for the rest of the enterprise. Too many collaboration technology implementations are led by a knowledge management team that may have reversed the order of those two priorities. This can c From
soulsoup on September 4, 2004 at 1:14 a.m..
I really enjoy taking pictures, so I'm playing aro ...
I really enjoy taking pictures, so I'm playing around with a
photo-blog... I'm using
Hello to do quick uploads and auto-thumbnails. I looked at Flikr, but this works easily with Blogger. Not much interesting is up there right now, but because of the distributed nature of my family, I need to be better about getting pictures up...Still futzing around with the RSS feed for it... From
blog.IT on September 4, 2004 at 1:14 a.m..
Design your own GIS subject workshop: new NITLE opportunity
Discipline-Specific GIS Workshops is a new Request for Proposals from NITLE's GIS initiative. With this RFP, we invite the submission of proposals for a 3- to 4-day GIS workshop that is focused on specific disciplinary or interdisciplinary teaching interests. Workshops... From
MANE IT Network on September 4, 2004 at 1:14 a.m..
Supporting cyberinfrastructure seminar
The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) are holding a one-day seminar on supporting cyberinfrastructure on October 15, in Washington, D.C. The term was coined by a 2003 National Science Foundation report, describing the... From
MANE IT Network on September 4, 2004 at 1:14 a.m..
What’s the going rate for speaking at the RNC?
From
Democracy For America: Three years ago Zell Miller introduced Senator Kerry as “one of this nation’s authentic heroes.” Today he claims that “for more than twenty years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more wobbly than any other national figure.” From
Open Artifact on September 4, 2004 at 1:13 a.m..
Power of one
Another protester got in to the RNC convention. Interesting how the RNC’rs so quickly shouted him/her down. Mob rule is a Party Platform.
¶ BTW: It’s interesting listening to this speech. So full of misleading snippets, twisted and twirled, revisionist… it is shameful.
¶ From
Open Artifact on September 4, 2004 at 1:13 a.m..
Hurricane Frances Bears Down
Today is the last day for people here in Florida to prepare their homes and get ready for what promises to be a very very serious hurricane. Tens of millions of people are already affected by a strong hurricane the size of Texas that will sweep ashore sometime tonight or tomorrow morning. And with such a strong storm it's not a matter of if there will be major devastation, but only where. I spent a FULL day yesterday getting ready and was finally finished, exhausted and soaking wet... From
Brain Frieze on September 4, 2004 at 1:11 a.m..
New Blogger on the Horizon ...
My brother George has recently entered the league of educational bloggers and has setup shop on the educationaltechnology.ca domain at: http://www.educationaltechnology.ca/rjshs. George is a teacher at Rimbey Junior Senior High School in Rimbey, Alberta, and felt that setting up his... From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on September 4, 2004 at 1:11 a.m..
Gates: 'We're early on the video thing'
A
Q&A with Bill Gates in BusinessWeek Online talks about portable music players, portable video players, and more. "Downloading music tracks will never be a gigantic business. But the strategy of creating the foundation for e-commerce and more content for advertising, that's big." I think he's largely right. And it's something to keep in mind as we create more and more grassroots video for the Open Media project. From
unmediated on September 4, 2004 at 1:11 a.m..
Videophones used to break Russian hostage battle
Absolutely harrowing coverage this morning from the school in Beslan, Russia, as a battle broke out between the terrorists holding hostages and the Russian police and army. CNN and Fox had reporters outside the school with videophones - and the reporters continued to talk even as people around them were being shot. At one point, Fox reporter Dana Lewis said "A bullet round just went over my head." CNN's Ryan Chilcote reported two people shot next to him. The immediacy of the reports has been compelling and the work outstanding - but we hope the reporters are first concerned with their From
unmediated on September 4, 2004 at 1:11 a.m..
RNC Blogging TV Style
PRWeek.com reports that Konscious Media, a non-profit group that provides content on the internet and for television stations, is demonstrating with its Republican National Convention coverage how participatory journalism might work on the small screen - television that is, not 'puters. Following the blogger ethos, Konscious welcomes participants into the newsgathering process. People at home can log onto
Konscious.tv and use the chat application to communicate with ot From
unmediated on September 4, 2004 at 1:10 a.m..
Anyone turning camera phones into Webcams?
Dennis Hettema, the head of
camera phone barcode systems integrator OP3 in Sweden, wonders whether anyone has developed or is developing software to turn a camera phone into a standalone Webcam. Dennis has done some work on this and says it's certainly do-able. Dennis discontinued the effort because it's not directly part of his core business, but he's very interested in the concept...as am I. He's even registered two URLs for a camera phone-Webcam business: www.JoinMyDay.com and www.JoinMyNight.com. He tells me the latter -- From
unmediated on September 4, 2004 at 1:10 a.m..
more km and legal news...
Knowledge Management is alive and well and living in the hallowed halls of legal research. Today:
Hummingbird Announces Integration with LexisNexis(R) Total Search Here's an excerpt from the press release: ORONTO, ON, and LAWNET, PHOENIX, AZ, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Hummingbird Ltd. (NASDAQ: HUMC, TSX: HUM), a leading global provider of integrated enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, and LexisNexis®, a leader in compr From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on September 4, 2004 at 1:10 a.m..
km europe 5th anniversary...
Managing Information News reports:
KM Europe Celebrates 5th Birthday. ...The speaker line-up consists of John Seely Brown, Leif Edvinsson, Dave Snowden, Karl Wiig, Karl-Erik Sveiby, Richard Cross and Dan Holtshouse. On the importance of KM Europe, Dave Snowden of the Cynefin Centre said, "It is hard to overstate the importance of this industry event and the impact it has on countless KM professionals around the globe"?. As with previous years, entry t From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on September 4, 2004 at 1:10 a.m..
FEMA and KM...
According to Federal Computer Week's Dibya Sarkar:
FEMA ponders processes. The government continues to commit budget and resources to the advancement of their Knowledge Management initiatives. Here's an excerpt from this article: ...FEMA's IT budget for fiscal 2005 is projected to be $443 million, about $23 million higher than this year and about $93 million more than in fiscal 2003. Driving the increase are the development of an enterprise arc From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on September 4, 2004 at 1:10 a.m..
km as an intranet trend...
In
Intranet Trends to Watch For Line56.com contributer, Shiv Singh identifies eight trends. I've excerpted the 5th: 5. The new killer app -- the knowledge management tool Intranets need killer applications to survive and grow. The killer applications that replace the corporate telephone directory and the cafeteria menu will be knowledge management tools. Irrespective of your organization type, employees will perceive knowledge as a key mechanism to st From
judith meskill's knowledge notes... on September 4, 2004 at 1:10 a.m..
STARNet
STARNet is the NATO science, technology and research network. It offers a virtual library on topics concerning common international security, within NATO's scope of interest. From
Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on September 4, 2004 at 1:10 a.m..
Teacher Site on Scholastic.com
Thanks to Judy Byers for bringing this site to our attention in the OLC 2004-2005 newsletter-Issue 1 Check out the free tools and resources for your classroom. This site offers online activities, "Writing with Writers" workshops, lesson plans, teaching strategies... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 4, 2004 at 1:10 a.m..
Discovery School's Puzzlemaker
This is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word searches, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Choose from 11 different types of puzzles and follow step-by-step instructions for adding in your... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 4, 2004 at 1:10 a.m..
Moblogging From the GOP Convention
Once again, the University of South Carolina fired up its
Wireless Election Connection to cover this week's Republican Convention in New York City. WEC, you may recall, has journalism students armed with photo phones covering important events, snapping photos and sending in accompanying text for a "moblog" journalism experience. USC's Randy Covington reports that this time he worked with students from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and the University of California at Berkeley. Their work was edited at the Ifr From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 4, 2004 at 1:09 a.m..
'Rhapsodizing' the News
A few years ago, a consulting firm called Hypergene put together a provocative presentation entitled "
Amazoning the News." Hypergene argued that news sites could learn a lot from Amazon about how to generate "social interaction around a story." And the firm created prototypes (one for
news, one for
sports) illustrating what was possible. I was reminded of the Hypergene idea this week when I wanted to p From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 4, 2004 at 1:09 a.m..
Before the Memories Fade
Before the memory of these Olympians fade fully from our memory, swimmers Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe finally did crack
the Lycos 50 at Nos. 35 and 48 in the latest listings. The women of the XXVIIIth Summer Olympic Games in Athens remain bigger online draws, of course, for a variety of non-content-related reasons: swimmers Amanda Beard and Amy Acuff and gymnast Carly Patterson at Nos. 12, 14, and 41 respectively. The Olympic Games, overall, remained at No. 2, although they will soon disappear. Up and coming: the NFL at No. From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 4, 2004 at 1:09 a.m..
iPods Go to School at Duke
Once upon a time, Palm considered distributing its PDAs on college campuses free of charge for a variety of student uses, including class schedules, course descriptions, and university updates. For a variety of reasons, that mass distribution never took place. But this fall, the 1,650-member freshman class, as well as some faculty members and upperclassmen, are receiving iPods, the palm-sized digital music player from Apple Computer, according to
a story by Scott Carlson in the Chronicle of Higher Education (subscript From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 4, 2004 at 1:09 a.m..
Making RSS Really Useful
I have to admit, I have been underwhelmed by
RSS. The concept of breaking content up into pieces and delivering it to my desktop automatically makes all the sense in the world. But every time I experiment with an RSS reader, I fail to see how it makes my life any easier. Lance Arthur, at glassdog.com, has a great
rant on the subject. The post is worth reading just for its humor value, but th From
Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on September 4, 2004 at 1:09 a.m..
Marconi's Virtual Presence appliance
Marconi this week added new capabilities to its ViPr Virtual Presence System. The system has a form more similar to a video-phone than a PC, having no keyboard or mouse, and is meant to be added to the existing mix of tools on your desk. The SIP-based videoconferencing product eliminates ... From
Kolabora.com on September 4, 2004 at 1:09 a.m..
Collaborative Communities of Practice Online Conference
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE 2004 Online Conference HYPHEN September 14, 15 & 16 Register Now: www.icohere.com/ccop Early bird rate still available! Learn the latest in developing and nurturing Communities of Practice! Join thought leaders and practitioners to discuss key trends, share best practices, ... From
Kolabora.com on September 4, 2004 at 1:09 a.m..
ID position in Weyburn
SaskPower is looking for an "Education and Performance Support Specialist" that sounds a lot like an ID position to me. Alec Couros passed it along to us, so read on if you're interested.... From
Rick's Café Canadien on September 4, 2004 at 1:08 a.m..
Great conference in Saskatoon
If you're an instructional designer, run, don't walk to the information on the upcoming Instructional Design Conference, November 18-19, 2004. The key note speakers are Katy Campbell and David Jonassen. This promises to be an exciting event. The site information... From
Rick's Café Canadien on September 4, 2004 at 1:08 a.m..
Blocking Moodle
In my three previous Moodle Meanderings articles we've sort of 'poked a stick' at Moodle and verified that in fact it's alive and looks well, so this time we decided to see how easy it would be to extend one aspect of its functionality. From
Auricle on September 4, 2004 at 1:07 a.m..
Integrated learning in Humanities and Social Sciences
The integration of e-learning into university degree courses would seem to be a complicated undertaking in the field of letters in German universities. Firstly, those outside these disciplines continue to believe that there is a widespread feeling of hostility towards technology in these academic circles. Secondly, many scholars working in the sphere of letters tend to take it for granted that their field is a 'science of books'. This image of letters would seem to cast doubt on their capacity for innovation, especially in the sphere of the new technologies. From
eLearnopedia on September 4, 2004 at 1:07 a.m..
Higher Education Staff Experiences of Using Web-Based Learning Technologies
Given the drive in higher education institutions to employ web-based learning (WBL) technologies in their curricula, this article sets out to address the question of how staff experience the incorporation of such technologies into their educational practice. The study focuses on an initiative involving four institutions in South and West England that aimed to encourage the strategic development of WBL resources in health and welfare professional education programmes. From
eLearnopedia on September 4, 2004 at 1:07 a.m..
Educational Blogging
The number of educational bloggers is growing daily. The Educational Bloggers Network, sponsored by the Bay Area Writing Project and Weblogger.com, is a community of some 120 teachers and educators involved in blogging. The following announcement on the site, by San Diego State University's Bernie Dodge, is typical: "It's that time of semester again. Tonight I introduced blogging to my class of pre-service English and foreign language teachers." The result: twenty-eight new student blogs.7 This same pattern is being repeated in schools and universities across the United States and ar From
eLearnopedia on September 4, 2004 at 1:07 a.m..
Halfway around the world
I arrived in Abu Dhabi this evening. I left Berkeley at 8:00 am Wednesday, fly from SFO to Philly at 10:00 am, flew from Philly to London-Gatwick, and from London to Dubai. A private car took me and another speaker at e-Merging e-Learning on a 90-minute freeway ride past an incredible number of mosques and skycrapers. Thursday just became Friday here; back in Berkeley it's still early Thursday afternoon.The United Arab Emirates is the size of Austria. It's on the Persian Gulf, above the straight of Hormuz, between Oman on the south and Qatar on the north. I think we flew From
Internet Time Blog on September 4, 2004 at 1:07 a.m..
Nueva temporada de radio
Entre las Novedades de la Temporada 2004-2005 en la radio española, destaca la puesta en marcha de la cadena de emisoras Punto Radio del Grupo Vocento, nacida con la ambición de convertirse en dos años en una de las cadenas... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 4, 2004 at 1:05 a.m..
Writing a Teacher's Guide
Because my flash fiction collection, 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories, was getting some attention from creative writing teachers -- and because I know some folks were teaching selected excerpts to various classes -- my publisher and I thought it might be worthwhile to produce a free teacher's guide/reader's guide to... From
PEDABLOGUE on September 4, 2004 at 1:04 a.m..
Keine Chance für engen Nutzenkalkül
Die aktuelle Ausgabe der DIE Zeitschrift beschäftigt sich mit dem Nutzen von Bildung, aber leider gibt es nur kleine Appetizer online. So z.B. das Gespräch zwischen einem Bildungsökonomen und einem Erziehungswissenschaftler, in dem aber allzu harmonisch Bälle zugespielt werden. Was... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 4, 2004 at 1:04 a.m..
Wide Open Spaces: Wikis, Ready or Not
"Remember when the Internet was about opening up access to information and breaking down the barriers between content creators and content consumers?" An diesem Punkt kommen Wikis ins Spiel. Ihre wichtigsten Merkmale sind, so der Autor: "- Anyone can change... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 4, 2004 at 1:04 a.m..
Selecting Instructional Media
Classroom presentations, video broadcasts, interactive computer-assisted instruction, simulations, audiotapes, lecture, take-home assignments, distance learning, or individual coaching - how to choose, and pitch, the best mode of delivery for your program.... From
Adult/Continuing Education on September 4, 2004 at 1:04 a.m..
Mobile IM Usage Nearly Doubles - Robyn Greenspan, Clickz
There may soon be another communications-driven figure accompanying the walking/talking headset-wearing cell phone user " the mobile instant messaging (IM) [define] user. According to America Online Inc.'s second annual IM survey, these thumb boarders From
Techno-News Blog on September 4, 2004 at 1:03 a.m..
Experience On-Demand: Personal Content Recorders
"Nowadays personal digital assistants help us with planning, address information, communication and making notes. Soon they will be able to capture our environment audio-visually and store our perceptual experiences. They turn into personal content managers. Personal content managers will be... From
Robin Good's Latest News on September 4, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..
Born under a dark electrical cloud
We arrived at my family's house in the Berkshires to discover that both phones and many of the lights are fried. Apparently, there was a lightning strike. Or maybe it's just my bad electrical mojo running ahead of me. So, I had to drive around with Netstumbler to find a working, open wifi hotspot in town. (Yay for free wifi.) It's gone this afternoon, though. So, I have 12 minutes remaining on the public Internet in the local library. Must type faster...... From
Joho the Blog on September 4, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..
New issue of JOHO
I've published a new issue of my newsletter, which you can read here. It's got an article about why the Dewey Decimal System is prejudiced and why small talk (chit chat, not the programming language) is so important. Plus some other stuff. But I'm almost out of time here on the public library's computer...... From
Joho the Blog on September 4, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..
Take A New Survey Tool For a Test Drive
In the last two years, we have home spun 4 or 5 online surveys for our projects. It took a bit of elbow grease in PHP and mySQL to get a decent system, and we were successful in creating a usable form for our survey-ees and a reporting tool. But this year, the demand was growing for doing more of these, and each iteration of a new type of survey was a big pile of custom changes to our code. It looked like time to buy a package that we could use to deploy web surveys more quickly. After some research, we purchased
phpQuestionn From cogdogblog on September 4, 2004 at 1:01 a.m..
Weblogs as Website Update
Been working non stop to get the new Weblog Website ready for it's kickoff next week. Frankly, I'm getting pretty psyched, and it's getting more and more buzz as we spruce up the department sites with pictures of new teachers and other newsy type stuff. Built
the index today and am hoping to have a search engine in place next week. (I need to limit the search to only certain sites on the server.) And I started editing the top nav bar that
Bryan built as a module so that every pag From
weblogged News on September 4, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
Blogging and Invention
Ken says: So maybe here's my point: blogging is not democratic only because it gives each person a place to publish -- it is also democratic because it is a body of practices that help each person invent something worth reading. That's an interesting way of thinking about it...reading invents writing, which when you think about it isn't all that radical, but I've never heard it put that way. My reading of his blog has helped me invent this post which, hopefully, is something worth reading. (If this makes no sense, see the last post about From
weblogged News on September 4, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
Bad News Spreads like Wildfire
Here's a perfect illustration of the need to track what's being said about your organization online:
Mustn't Text"I can understand a place like a restaurant asking mobile phone talkers to step outside, or a place like a gymnasium asking mobile camera users to please not get strange, but a library threatening to fine people if they use text messaging... that I don't quite understand...?" [JD on MX] --> From The Shifted Librarian on September 4, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
The Digital Hoards
We Are Becoming Digital Pack Rats "Personal computers -- our jukeboxes, photo labs, accountants and film studios -- are becoming the proverbial junk drawer, scattered with scads of must-have information. Sister devices such as digital cameras, MP3 players and digital video recorders overflow with often barely a bite of spare storage. The ravenous nature of society coupled with the quest for convenience has spawned a nation of digital pack rats, From
The Shifted Librarian on September 4, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
Site diagrams: mapping an information space
Jason Withrow has written an article on site diagrams, as an information architecture deliverable. To quote: To successfully communicate the characteristics of an information space I needed an approach for creating easily understood diagrams. To be useful to my audience,... From
Column Two on September 4, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
IA Heuristics for Search Systems
Lou Rosenfeld has written some excellent heuristics for search systems. To quote: Another day, another project, another set of IA heuristics. A client asked me to kick the tires of their search system, so I decided to expand on the... From
Column Two on September 4, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
Intranet trends to watch for
Shiv Singh has written an article on intranet trends, looking into the future. To quote: So what is in store for intranets next? As an intranet manager, what should you be worrying about? How can you create greater business value... From
Column Two on September 4, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
Understanding organisational culture for knowledge sharing
Maish Nichani has written an article on understanding organisational culture, as part of knowledge management initiatives. To quote: Culture encompasses the values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviour of an organisation. Culture is how things get done in organisations. It is also... From
Column Two on September 4, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
Back from Frankfurt
The "Future of computing" presentation at the Museum for Communication went well although only few people appeared (among them was Jochen Robes from
weiterbildungsblog.de who happened to read about it here). Jochen suggested I should have advertised the event more on my weblog, but I assume this wouldn't have made much of a difference. I will have to add some background links to the Wiki space later. From
owrede_log on September 4, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..
Lock-in
Horrible, the University of Vienna and its employees are doomed to use SAP and Microsoft. The usage of SAP - if I remember correctly - was imposed on all Austrian universities before they were sent into autonomy. Some say it was a conscious act of complication. It was for sure a good deal for SAP and its consulting firms.
SystemzwangWas in der Philosophie schon lange skeptisch betrachtet wird, feiert im Software From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 4, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..
21publish new German blog ASP
Interesting new blog-service. 21Publish offers a portal to you. You can create as many blogs as you want and can afford. So it's not about group-blogging but about providing a quasi-server - like a hosted
Manila-service. I did a quick test-drive. What was particularily interesting was the backoffice - the admin area. I think here are the opportunites to distinguish the services that are already in place. Only backdraw I was not able to publish a post. Maybe the platform doesn't like Safari on Mac ;-). From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 4, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..
cultures of matrices
Nothing more to add. Just if you work on an extranet-project the things are getting more fuzzy. Maish Nichani's article is based on a study of
Goffe/Jones. They developed the 2 dimensions of sociabilty and solidarity in organisati From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 4, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..
Lost in Translation
Looking at outsourcing? Read this article first. It outlines the
knowledge transfer problem that cripples understanding between both parties... "So many [outsourcing initiatives] are going to fail, it's not even going to be funny, simply because [companies] skimp on ensuring that ongoing two-way traffic." From
elearningpost on September 4, 2004 at 12:59 a.m..
Checking it Out
Jay Rosen: Independence From the Press Rocks the Gatekeeper's World. There is a smear campaign launched against John Kerry. But that is not the only thing going on with the Swift Boat Veterans. The press may have knocked down the most serious charges. But the idea of the press as the great adjudicator has also been knocked down. Jay is onto something important here, and it worries me. The Swift Boat smear campaign remains successful on despite the main From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 4, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..
Intel's Uh-Oh
Mercury News (reg req): Intel forecast rattles stocks. In an ominous sign for Silicon Valley's fragile recovery, Intel slashed its revenue forecast Thursday amid falling worldwide demand for computer chips. This is disturbing, but not a sign of doom. Intel has been having more troubles lately than just customer demand, including a surprising number of internal miscues leading to delayed products. Still, Silicon Valley is holding its breath at the moment. Is the recovery going to be su From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 4, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..
Music Fans, Beware the Big Bass
Doctors report several cases of collapsed lungs apparently caused by loud music. They theorize that lungs may start to vibrate in the same frequency as the booming bass, which could cause a small rupture. From
Wired News on September 4, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..
Why Hybrids Are Hot
Have you seen gas prices? Purists can wait for hydrogen. The market can't. By James Surowiecki from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on September 4, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..
Bold New World for Bald Mice
Scientists find a way to grow hair follicles on furless mice using stem cells. Now, they hope to extend the research to humans. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on September 4, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..
Slice of Heaven in the Desert
Sure, there's plenty of fire at this year's Burning Man festival, but celestial tributes dominate the playa. Daniel Terdiman reports from Black Rock City, Nevada. From
Wired News on September 4, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..
Fans Keep Newton in Motion
The first gathering of the Worldwide Newton Association this weekend in Paris promises a surprise that may extend the life of the aging but much-loved Apple handheld platform. By Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on September 4, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..
Microsoft Flexes Music Muscle
The software giant's new pay-per-download service offers an easy-to-use interface and above-average sound quality. But some critics wonder if the MSN Music service will foster a widening rift in digital music security standards. By Xeni Jardin. From
Wired News on September 4, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..
Cleaning Up After Ourselves
Though banned in the 1970s, toxic PCBs persist in high concentrations around the world. Now a Stanford team says it may have the solution: carbon. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on September 4, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..
Club ZeroG & end of the Convention
Yes, ClubZeroG is still alive and well, enjoying the shelves in the comics shops and online, if not the bookstore chains. And a new interview (well, actually, an expanded version of an older interview) on
Comic Book Resources should help some new people find out about its existence.How about that convention? Thank goodness it's finally over. The lying and meanness were really over-the-top. The theme of the whole show was, pretty much, that real men have no doubt about what they do because they're macho and God loves From
rushkoff.blog on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
How To Write Your Own EBook
How to write and publish your own Profitable eBook in as little as 7 days. Even if you can't write, can't type and failed high school English class. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004] From
PR Web on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
Suicide Prevention Week Starts September 5, 2004
This year, National Suicide Prevention Week, sponsored by the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), will take place September 5 through September 11. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004] From
PR Web on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
Expert Offers Tips to Help Students Set Goals for Success at School
With a new school year upon us and in the face of stagnant test scores and fresh controversy over the government's "No Child Left Behind" initiative, many parents and teachers are more concerned than ever about the nation's education system. But one expert says that even under themost trying conditions, students have the tools needed to ensure academic success. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004] From
PR Web on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
Green Architecture A Priority At GBBN Architects
Sustainable design and green architecture are alive and well at GBBN Architects, and can be found in a number of their past and current projects. The firm is currently working on its sixth project at Berea College. [PRWEB Sep 3, 2004] From
PR Web on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
thanks
Thanks to Congressman Boucher, Judge Posner and Professor Wu for keeping the blog alive in August. We're putting together a page to make it easy to link to guest blogger threads. I was not surprised to see how great all three as bloggers are -- perhaps this will inspire them into blogspace. I'll follow up in the next weeks with some comments on each. From
Lessig Blog on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
the declaration of independence, the constitution, and now this: yet another inspiration from philadelphia
Philadelphia is
considering adding WiFi boxes to all street lights, making the whole city WiFi alive. What I like best about this idea is how the link to street lights suggests how we should think about this resource: (1) Is it free? No, just as street lighting costs money, it will cost money to put Wifi boxes on street lighting. (2) Is it free. Yes, like lighted streets, and air conditioned city hall, you won't have to pay to enjoy the resource. (3) So it is free and not free: yes, as all great public From
Lessig Blog on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
help the British think about free software?
The UK Parliamentary Office on Science and Technology is preparing a POST note on 'Open Source'. (No, I didn't know what a POST note is exactly either, but check it out
here.) The author is looking for helpful comments. I've created a
temporary email address for David Berry. You can send him comments at that address for a week. From
Lessig Blog on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
can this really be true: diabolic diebold
I've never really bought the conspiracy story surrounding the Diebold voting machine stuff. I've been happy that the issue has been raised (and even happier that the battle about copyright that Diebold's effort at censoring criticism created also created the
Free Culture movement at Swarthmore, and now spreading). But if
this story is true, I will have to rethink my view. As reported at Blackboxvoting: By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of vot From
Lessig Blog on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
Ranked Choice Voting: the democratic cure to Naderitis
Here's a
demo of San Francisco's implementation of Ranked Choice Voting -- permitting people to vote for their first choice in an election, but then allowing their preferences to count if the first choice loses. As many have observed, this would make it easier for people to vote for their first choice (e.g., a 3d party candidate certain to lose), without having that vote increase the likelihood that their third (or 100th) choice wins. From
Lessig Blog on September 4, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..
More Than 80% of Survey Respondents from the VET System Say Flexible Learning Toolboxes Help Them Deliver e-Learning
More than 80% of participants from the vocational and educational training (VET) system who responded to a national online survey have reported that the Australian Flexible Learning Framework's (Framework) Flexible Learning Toolboxes have had a positive impact on learning and that they would recommend the e-learning product to other teachers and trainers. Over 1,000 teachers and 15,000 students across 55 TAFE Institutes are currently using Toolboxes as part of their e-learning delivery. These figures represent 82% of all TAFE institutes and approximately 20 teachers and 300 students for e From
EdNA Online on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
Trying a switch to OmniWeb5 for a week
Prior to Safari, I was a die-hard OmniWeb 4 (then 4.5) user. I really liked OmniWeb, but Safari was much better (IMHO) at things like bookmark management. I've been following OmniWeb's development, and really like some of the new stuff (using WebKit means pages render correctly, the new tab implementation looks ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
JavaEOXMLSupport is now working!
I finally got a version of the JavaEOXMLSupport.framework working to the level that it could actually be used in a project. The previous version was usable for read-only cases, but was pretty useless for editing/writing XML. I had to rethink the strategy a bit. The previous strategy treated every Element in ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
OmniWeb 5 Update
It's only been a day, but I'm really liking OmniWeb 5. I had one crash, but other than that it's been flawless. The extra features are great (edit HTML then refresh the browser window - on any website!). Love the thumbnail tab view. Love the speed and ad-blocking. Hate the ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
DirectorWeb is 10 years old!!
The DirectorWeb website is 10 years old! Holy cow. Time flies. I used to spend a LOT of time on this site, using their Direct-L listserv archive/search utility, back when I was doing ~100% Director stuff. Alan did an awesome job on DirectorWeb, so much so that I considered it ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
Best Anti-Bush Protest Sign. Evar!
Thanks to BoingBoing for the link to this awesome RNC protest sign. I'm not too aware of the American political landscape, but are Democrats just that much geekier than Republicans? There's yet another reason to give Kerry the vote (you know, aside from the whole rigged-2000-election thing and the lying-to-go-to-war thing...) ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
One Week With OmniWeb 5
I said I'd write up my thoughts on spending one week with OmniWeb 5. Before starting, here's the Coles Notes version: I bought the upgrade license, and have switched to using OmniWeb 5 (almost) 100% (see below for reasons why it's not at a full 100% yet). Here ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
iLingo: Language Translator for iPod
Wow. This looks awesome. iLingo Language translation application. It comes with something like 450 phrases in a bunch of languages, and uses the iPod Notes feature to provide a handy translator. It even somehow links to audio versions of phrases. Could be handy if walking in a foreign country, and ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
FSU Signs Deal With Apple
Wow. Now I just need to transfer down to Florida State University, and I can get myself a free copy of iTunes, along with the option to buy songs from the iTunes Music Store for just $0.99 per track! What an amazing stroke of contractual genius on the part of ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
Big Blue veteran heads to EMC
Jeffrey Nick will become EMC's chief technology officer, an addition that analysts laud as a big win for the storage company. From
CNET News.com on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
OOPS
This link to Opensource Opencourseware Prototype System (OOPS) is from yesterday, which I forgot to add to the article. Like the poster in the Community are, I find it is not working at the moment. Also, for an English news summary, try
this link. By Various Authors, September 2, 2004 [
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Research][
OLDaily on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
Principles of Resource Sharing in Online Self-Organizing Social Systems
This very enjoyable presentation looked at informal learning, as exemplified in places like Yahoo Groups, from the perspective of self-organizing systems. What results is some very useful documentation of the fact that learning, a lot of learning, does occur in these groups, and that it is managed without a central authority or even a school. This article is a summary of the presentation by Erin Brewer at the ITI conference in Logan, Utah. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, September 2, 2004 [
OLDaily on September 4, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..
Obstacles in the Path of a Blogging Initiative
Light look at some of the obstacles faced as a fictional history professor decides to start a blogginitiative for his class. Summary of a presentation by Trey Martindale at ITI in Logan, Utah. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, September 2, 2004 [
Refer][
Research][
Reflect] From
OLDaily on September 4, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..
How Social is Computer Supported Collaborative Learning: Do Off-task Interactions Exist?
Today's newsletter continues with coverage from ITI in Logan, Utah. Regular link coverage will resume tomorrow. In the meantime, these summaries offer a glimpse into the conference. Please keep in mind that they are being written as the sessions are given, so expect typos, sections in italics, and so on. The firewall here at Utah State won't allow me to upload images, so you'll have to wait until next week for photos.Interaction and communiy does not occur, either in physical space or online, merely because a space is provided. Rather, what is created a set of affordances From
OLDaily on September 4, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..