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DRM s*cks and so do software patents
Title says it all really.
Tim does his usual great job of catching cool stuff and pointing out the absurdities of it. From
ongoing ; The DRM Debacle: QUOTE Imagine that: by introducing DRM, Microsoft can lock out competing office software from opening its data files. Does that make you paranoid? It should. ContentGuard In a lightly-reported story, Microsoft and Time Warner are jointly bidding to take over ContentGuard, From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on September 11, 2004 at 10:54 p.m..
[foo] Designing shared ontologies
Jason Cole lead a session on how to design a tool he wants to build. He says most academic technology is aimed at teachers. How do we build tools that support learning? His wife just started grad school and wants a tool that will build a personal knowledge base. But it should work with her friends' bases. And you'd like to find others working on the same issues. That means merging disparate ontologies. What do you do about degree of belief? Ontologies are binary, but people don't think in that binary way. "The problem with monolithic ontologies is that interesting... From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..
New RSS Feed at Feedburner
Following in
Brian's steps yet again, I've started using
feedburner so that all the RSS feeds I generate can be grabbed in one place (my feeds from this site,
del.icio.us, and soon
Flickr). If you care to see the all the things I'm writing, sites I'm reading, and pictures I'm taking, please update your RSS feed for me to point to http://feeds.feedburner.com/davidwiley From
autounfocus on September 11, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Problems with Modeling the OSOSS
Thanks to those of you who looked at the model I posted the other day. Aside from the many small problems the model has, it turns out that there is an extremely large problem with the model. In the OSOSS context, there is no way to gather pre and post knowledge / understanding / etc. data, because everyone is busy being distributed all over the world and not taking exams someone else prepared for a formal class because they're frequently not part of formal classes. So here's the problem - the OSOSS model, the way it currently stands, could never be validated or invalidated with data. From
autounfocus on September 11, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Free Alternatives To Commercial Software Tools
This is a good list of free tools that can easily replace commercial software applications we normally use. The software tools in this list are all free replacements for software that people commonly pirate, copy or steal through illegal means.... From
Robin Good's Latest News on September 11, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
Scholastic journalism resources
I just ran across a large collection of web resources for people involved in scholastic journalism at our sister (uncle? father? estranged cousin?) campus, Indiana University in Bloomington. Lots of things you'd hope for are there, such as design guides, media watchdog sites, legal resources, news services, sample policy statements, and style guides. There are even a few streaming audio stations broadcast by high schools. And maybe best of all, this substantial site was made by students... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 11, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..
[foo] Endangered Devices - Buy an HDTV for Freedom! (Offer not good after 7/05)
Wendy Seltzer, lawyer for the EFF (join here), talks about the drive to mandate building restrictions devices into hardware that plays media content. The broadcast flag requires HDTV devices to check for a "do not redistribute" flag in the content they receive. With the flag, they can't output high-def digital or record it. She says that this mitigates against open source software since it is modifiable; all tuners would have to be closed source. "In the post broadcast flag world, no one can bulid a TiVo without first asking permission from the FCC." Until July 1, 2005, it's capable From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
Informationstechnologien in Organisationen und Gesellschaft
Die Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung versorgt mich regelmäßig mit Hinweisen auf neue Publikationen. Und manchmal sind richtig interessante Sachen dabei, wie dieses Mal der Hinweis auf den Band Medienpädagogik "Wissensgesellschaft". Zur Leseprobe habe ich mir den vorliegenden Aufsatz genommen, der... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 11, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..
[foo] Mag stripes
Billy Hoffman wondered what was encoded in the mag stripe inside his various cards. A friend had a reader, that he got from Germany for about $300. He discovered that some encoded his social security number for no apparent reason. a mag stripe is PVC, magnetic particles and glue. The particles are arranged in magnetized vertical strips. There are 3-4 tracks on each. Stripe 1 can have 100 characters, stripe 2 can have 40, and stripe 3 is journalized. (I'm not sure why journalizing it is useful.) There's nothing available for reading cards except expensive, proprietary models. So Billy From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..
On the island soup front
Exciting news! "Soups are back" at the Fog Island Cafe, or so claim the signs posted in their windows, enticing customers with an exclamation point and "thumbs-up" graphic. Ah fall on Nantucket... From
megnut on September 11, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
On the island running front
I've been building up my distance lately as marathon day (or M-day) draws closer. Last Sunday I had a beautiful 10 miler out to the ocean and back, which you can see here on my map of my running route. I'll keep adding to this as my weekend runs lengthen. For my 20 miler, I'm thinking about going out to Siasconset, around to Polpis and back home. And maybe if I go totally insane, I'll run out to Great Point and back. But that seems unlikely. From
megnut on September 11, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Post-social at foo
I'm at Friends of O'Reilly, the geeks-in-tents get-together that's just too much fun. Since I'm on east coast time, I was up at 4:30 and came to the largish room where people go for focused computing time. Now at 9:30 there are about 20 stellar geeks sitting around tables arranged into a U, each staring into her/his laptop, now and then snorting in laughter and drawing their neighbors' attention to yet some new wonder on the Web. From the faces each two feet from the next but focused on the glowing screens, it'd be easy to mistake this for anti-social... From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..
[foo] Tim on book sales
Tim O'Reilly is giving a talk on what book sales tell us about the industry. He says that .Net O'Reilly books have sea creatures on the cover because Microsoft would like to cover most of the earth's surface. Java titles are trending down (in terms of market share), but C# and PHP are on the upswing. C and C++ sales are steady. Oracle is down. MySQL is up. Reference books don't do nearly as well as tips 'n' tricks because reference works so well on the Web. In any particular thematic area (e.g., programming books), a few books do very... From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..
Blog Reputation Systems
The Online Journalism Review
has an interview up with Dan Gillmor, author of "
We the Media..." which if you haven't read yet you should. The book is a great primer for the changes that we're going to have to prepare our students for, changes that are becoming more profound each day. Since I think a lot about how we teach our students to find and read good sources of information, I find it particularly interesting when Gillmor talks about blog rep From
weblogged News on September 11, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Three...Four...More Feeds in One?
Not sure why I hadn't seen this before but
FeedBurner has a cool Link Splicer feature where you can automatically insert your
Furl or
Bloglines Clip Blog posts into your main site RSS feed. I'm just thinking how cool that would be for a classroom. Say you have your students (individually or in groups) using blogs to collect and annotate links for a project as well as track their time and thinking about the project. At the same time, you have them Furling pages to create From
weblogged News on September 11, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Open Thread
I'll be on the road for the next 18 hours or so, so this is an open thread. Please behave. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 11, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..
Learn What CSS Can Do at the CSS Zen Garden
The CSS Zen Garden is one of those sites I wish somebody had told me about a long time ago. Basically, they invite designers to show off their CSS kung fu by taking the same HTML file and styling it radically differently. The site features an ability to switch CSS… From
e-Literate on September 11, 2004 at 2:01 p.m..
Where we blog about
Ethan Zuckerman has published the initial results of the alpha version of a project he's started, and it's pretty damn interesting. He's scraping NY Times articles and then checking which ones are being linked to in blogs. The raw results are depressingly unsurprising: We blog about the US, then about the US, with occasional digressions about the US.... From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
Grasping for cyber-straws
From the AP: Indicators measure the nation's unemployment rate, consumer spending and other economic milestones, but Vice President Dick Cheney says it misses the hundreds of thousands who make money selling on eBay. "That's a source that didn't even exist 10 years ago," Cheney told an audience in Cincinnati on Thursday. "Four hundred thousand people make some money trading on eBay." What next will the Bushies dredge up to convince us that the economy is swell? The value of shared MP3s should count in the GDP? Add offshore employees to the ranks of the newly employed? When you c From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
Instruction design for e-learning training course
This 1-day course, from Academy Internet "is designed to answer the question of how e-learning courseware can best be structured to facilitate effective, performance-enhancing e-learning - this course takes you through the instructional design process by working on a real project." Instruction design for e-learning training course This course is scheduled for Public Delivery on 23/09/04 26/10/04 17/11/04 Location: London, UK Listed on September, October and November e-learning events... From
What's New at the e-Learning Centre on September 11, 2004 at 1:02 p.m..
7 e-Learning Conferences in 2005
Web Based Communities 2005 Dates: 23-25 February 2005 Venue: Algarve, Portugal The e-Assessment Question Dates: 3-4 March 2005 Venue: Shaw Theatre and Novotel Euston London, UK Microcomputers in Education Conference 2005 Dates: 3-4 March 2005 Venue: Arizona State University Tempe, USA SIXTH CONFERENCE of Use of New Technologies in Foreign Language Teaching Dates: 24-26 March 2005 Venue: Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France British Learning Association Conference Dates: 30 March 2004 Venue: The Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK 10th Annual TechEd International Confer From
What's New at the e-Learning Centre on September 11, 2004 at 1:01 p.m..
Abracadabra
Abracadabra! With this magic word you can amaze all your friends! You can find a whole bunch of magic tricks Funology.com -- Abracadabra -- Magic tricks... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 11, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..
HotKeyz
This time saver free key stoke program is so useful at this busy time of year. Open programs and files with a few strokes on the keyboard. HotKeyz allows you to add parameter controls, such as launching your e-mail program... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 11, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..
The basic critical move
Media watchdog Campaign Desk praises an Associated Press reporter, Scott Lindlaw, for making the basic critical move necessary for the American press to work: checking a politician's statements against other sources. Students should be able to do this kind of work; teachers can help them polish and publish it to the web for others to read. Citizens should think of this as normal. Maybe we'll read these two pieces for class this week. From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 11, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..
CBS's Credibility Gap
I'm sorry to see CBS News
stonewalling this way. There are still far, far more questions than trustworthy answers about the purported Bush National Guard documents. What a mess, and CBS -- which dismisses even the possibility of an internal investigation -- isn't helping to clean it up. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 11, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
All the machines are revolting
In four days every server I like to think of as a friend has gone down: the server supporting the campus email and our new democracy publication, the famous free blogging company's server hosting the weblogs of my 40 students, and the server hosting my own sites. Bad kharma... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 11, 2004 at 11:54 a.m..
TNA (Tim Neill Associates Ltd)
TNA (Tim Neill Associates Ltd) e-Learning content developers TNA have expanded into offering the NetDimensions' LMS system known as EKP. The company has implemented this large scale Learning Management System across the Phones 4u intranet, serving 4,500 staff at over 370 stores. "Phones 4u wanted a complete e-Learning solution from a single source", says Tim Neill, MD and founder of TNA. "By offering the EKP system directly, we could guarantee that all elements of the solution worked together perfectly before installation." "So far, we've delivered 22 e-Learning modules for Phones 4u From
What's New at the e-Learning Centre on September 11, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..
September 11
It's in images that I find myself remembering those who died in the attack. Horrifying, heart-tearing images. But it's with an intake of breath that I remember those who walked into flaming towers to save others.... From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..
Social reading -- A niche to be filled?
There's a niche in the blogging/media ecosystem I hope someone fills. Aggregators are wonderful, but I find using them makes me as lonely as a night watchman making his rounds. So, between the solipsism of aggregators and the impersonalism of mainstream newspapers, I'd like a site where my friends and I can read stuff together. We suggest blogs and sites, and the aggregator surfaces the hot posts based on clever metrics and heuristics (mumble mumble handwaving). And we get to comment and annotate for one another. That last point is important because I find that I often don't lea From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..
Reverse twist spam with a half-gainer
I've been noticing that, not surprisingly, spammers seem to be getting yet smarter about their subject lines; I'm having to open more of the little buggers that get through the Thunderbird spam filter to see if they are in fact spams. This morning, though, I got one with a twist I don't understand. the subject line was "Don't open this, I'm pushing cia!is." No, I didn't open it.... From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..
Jon Stewart for President T-Shirts
This t-shirt that promotes Jonny for president in 2004 is just ridiculous. Everyone knows that 2008 is Stewart's year, when he'll be running against the Schwarzengroper. C'mon people, get real!... From
Joho the Blog on September 11, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..
Scottish eLearning Lecture
Scottish eLearning Lecture Date: 26 October 2004 Venue: Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland The Scottish eLearning Lecture takes place this autumn, organised by the eLearning Alliance with the geneerous sponsorship of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The speaker is Dr Richard Majors. Listed on October 2004 e-learning events... From
What's New at the e-Learning Centre on September 11, 2004 at 10:01 a.m..
Judge Dumps Child Porn Law
A federal judge gives Pennsylvania's internet child pornography law the boot. The controversial law required ISPs to block child porn websites, but in doing so, they prohibited access to many legal sites, leading to a 'massive suppression' of free speech. From
Wired News on September 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
NASA Has Hope for Genesis Samples
Scientists sifting through the wreckage from Wednesday's space capsule crash say some of the experiments can be salvaged, but it won't be easy. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on September 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Tech Boosts the Fraudsters
Controversy over the veracity of recently released Bush National Guard memos has put the spotlight on digital forgery. These days, computers make document fakery easier -- and harder to detect -- than ever before. By Randy Dotinga. From
Wired News on September 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Copyright Proposal Induces Worry
U.S. copyright officials say legislators should amend the law so firms that profit from others' infringement of copyright materials can be held liable for their actions. Tech companies and digital-rights activists say proposed changes go too far. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on September 11, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Avantaje ale cursurilor online
Aparut in mai 2003, articolul Ten Ways Online Education Matches, or Surpasses, Face-to-Face Learning de Mark Kassop apare citat in mai multe weblog-uri - prima data l-am gasit in soulsoup. In ... From
WeBlog.ro feeds on September 11, 2004 at 6:01 a.m..
The Business Singularity
Come TogetherBusiness is morphing into flexible, self-organizing components that operate in real time. Software is becoming interoperable, open, ubiquitous, and transparent. Workers are learning in small chunks delivered to individualized screens presented at the time of need. Learning is being transformed into a core business process measured by Key Performance Indicators. Taken together, these changes create a new kind of business environment, a Business Singularity.... From
The Workflow Institute Blog on September 11, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..
IFIS launches functional foods journal
The International Food Information Service (IFIS) is proud to announce the launch of the Food Science and Technology Bulletin: Functional Foods (ISSN: 1476-2137) - the first in a new series of electronic review journals offering concise summaries of developments in key areas of food science, technology, and nutrition. [PRWEB Sep 11, 2004] From
PR Web on September 11, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Unmediated Gmail Giveaway
A little contest: if you want or need a
Gmail invite, leave a comment that describes the future of media, entertainment, and communications in 5 links. Link to photos, searches, blogs, music. Link to thesis projects and startups. Link to unmediated. Link to the future. Link to anything. But only link 5 times. Small print: Winners will be announced next Friday (September 17) morning. You can enter more than once and win multiple invites, but you need to leave the word 'greed' somewhere in each extra comment you leave. And From
unmediated on September 11, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..
Preference of the well-informed
Brooks in Saturday's NYT (too new for permalink): "For librarians, who must like Faulknerian, sprawling paragraphs, the ratio of Kerry to Bush donations was a whopping 223 to 1. Laura Bush has a lot of work to do in shoring up her base." From
homoLudens III on September 11, 2004 at 1:46 a.m..
Courseware is Dead!
No more courses? by Jay Cross at Workflow Institute Blog Courses will always be with us, but they are fading. Think radio in the age of television. Within five years, real-time enterprise systems will have given every knowledge worker a dashboard. What's more, they also will provide a steering wheel, accelerator and brakes for action as well as reflection. By disseminating information about the current situation and decision support to all levels, the whale of an organizat From
soulsoup on September 11, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
Post to del.icio.us from FeedDemon
Post to del.icio.us from FeedDemon from FeedDemon Tips If you're a
del.icio.us user, you can add del.icio.us as a "BlogThis" tool to post directly from FeedDemon. Here's how to configure this:Right click on a news itemSelect Blog this news item > Configure Blog Publishing ToolsClick Add, then enter "del.icio.us" as the nameFor the command line, enter http://del.icio.us/username?url=$ITEM_LINK$&a From
soulsoup on September 11, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..
Open Source - Opens Learning
Open Source - Opens Learning by Chris Coppola and Ed Neelley from the r-smart group
Because of the rise in popularity and consideration of open source applications in all markets from education to government to business, it is critical for all decision makers to understand what open source applications are and what the implications are for their organization. This i From
soulsoup on September 11, 2004 at 12:01 a.m..