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Trust-building for a virtual team
Peter Andrews has written an article on building trust in virtual teams. To quote: Establishing trust among members of a virtual team is a prerequisite for being able to work as a team. Coworkers can help build trusting relationships in... From
Column Two on September 16, 2004 at 10:48 p.m..
Making a market in knowledge
Lowell Bryan has written an article on approaches to sharing knowledge. To quote: Put simply, there is great value in sharing, across a whole company, proprietary insights into customers, competitors, products, production techniques, emerging research, and the like. In practice,... From
Column Two on September 16, 2004 at 10:48 p.m..
The shape of the Internet
Hanan Cohen points us to DIMES (Distributed IUnternet Measurements and Simulations), a distributed project similar to SETI@home that runs on your machine during slow times, pinging sites and reporting what it finds back to a central server: "What we ask is not so much your CPU or bandwidth (which we hardly consume), but rather, your location." It's a project of Evergrow, a consortium of 20 universities. The management is not responsible for any problems you may encounter... — The Management... From
Joho the Blog on September 16, 2004 at 9:49 p.m..
Extending a technique: Group personas
Mike Kuniavsky has written an article on a new approach: group personas. To quote: So we decided to see if we could make group personas. At first, there was some apprehension—what if the groups are so varied as to be... From
Column Two on September 16, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..
Introduction to structured content management with XML
Kay Ethier and Scott Abel have written an article on structured content and XML, in the context of content management systems. To quote: At the heart of managing content for re-use, however lies the job of exposing the underlying structure... From
Column Two on September 16, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..
Integrating CSS with content management systems
Victor Lombardi has written an article on using CSS with content management systems. To quote: Building CSS editing features into our content management systems allows us to make style changes as easily as we make content changes. In the future,... From
Column Two on September 16, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..
RSS Wave
I foresee a very great number of possible uses for RSS in business and marketing which will surface in the coming 12-18 months. As of now, I see what I call newsmastering as being probably the most effective use of RSS for creating a viable information-based business online. Let me explain this to you in simple terms: a newsmaster is someone capable of designing search formulas and filters that tap into the vast amounts of online information including the Web and the full RSS universe. From
RSS Blog on September 16, 2004 at 9:04 p.m..
Pachyderm Foundation Development
I've left (early) from the Pachyderm development session. King and Josh kept going, and we're going to be unbelievably close to a working Pachyderm Presentation Authoring application. The work is shifting to the user interface, so changes will become visible. We took some photos today, to document the ad-hoc Extreme Programming ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 16, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Students plug into online high school,
Matt Giardina is enrolled in a Web design course at St. Joseph's Central High School. He's never met his teacher and it's doubtful that he'll ever meet his classmates. They live in Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and eastern... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 16, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Teacher2Teacher
The Teacher2Teacher service grew out of the Ask Dr. Math service at the Math Forum in March of 1998. Teacher2Teacher can be characterized as a peer-mentored question-and-answer service. We focus on answering questions from teachers and parents about math teaching... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 16, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Trust-Building for a Virtual Team
Establishing trust among members of a virtual team is a prerequisite for being able to work as a team. Coworkers can help build trusting relationships in several ways: clearly communicating the value each brings to the team, demonstrating commitment to... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 16, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Global Education Digest 2004 : Comparing Education Statistics Across the World
The Global Education Digest 2004: Comparing Education Statistics Across the World is the second in an annual series of UNESCO Institute for Statistics global statistical reports that provides the latest key education indicators from early childhood to higher education. It is a fundamental reference work for a general readership interested in comparing education systems and trends across nations. This report also provides an additional analysis of school life expectancy, progress towards education goals and a survey of national compulsory education standards. From
EdNA Online on September 16, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Career Facilitators' Guide
myfuture.edu.au is Australia's online career exploration and information service, assisting people to make career decisions, plan career pathways and manage work and education transitions. The myfuture Career Facilitators' Guide has been developed for careers teachers, teachers from a range of departments in a school, VET teachers and coordinators, counsellors and community-based organisations to support utilising the broad range of resources available in myfuture. It is available for download from the Assist Others area of the myfuture website. From
EdNA Online on September 16, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Face Detection
This site tries to gather all useful information about finding faces. Since much research is going on in this area, the information is grouped into several categories, which are listed on the left side of the page. From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Activist Video on the Internet
Before blogging (or even the Internet) existed there was an activist video scene. Much of it has moved onto the Internet, some of it has not. Here's a few groups that do have a lot of work on the Internet. - Freespeech TV - They have a channel on DISH network, there are hundreds of activist clips in their archive, produced by them or others. http://freespeech.org/ - Dyke TV http://dyketv.org/ - Global Justice Video Project http://globaljustice.ca/ - Working TV - Primarily labor but also environment and general social From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
XM to Start Internet Radio Service
XM Radio has announced their intention to market their own internet radio station, rebroadcasting (or simulcasting, I guess) the 200+ channels of music that XM subscribers now receive for $8 a month (or $4 if you already get the satellite service). Their intention to launch their own internet radio station clarifies their highly-antagonistic attitude towards the time-shifting software From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
How to hustle rich companies with video blogging
Tony Perkins' AlwaysOn Network has come up with a great way to hussle CEOs. It's called "CEO Pitch video blog". Here are the details....."We wanted our members to know first that AlwaysOn is launching an interactive CEO Pitch oevideo blog." Based upon the huge success of the live CEO pitch sessions at our Stanford Innovation Summit last July, and the fact that over 20,000 industry insiders from 72 countries watched our show by webcast, we think this new product is a winner. For CEOs that want to create brand leadership in their market From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
AP building online video library
Associated Press Television News (APTN)
hopes to become "the world's largest digital commercial library" with thousands of hours of video available on-demand. The most innovative feature: clients will be able to edit video remotely before they download the finished clip. (Via
PaidContent) From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Link structure of the audio/video web
A thing about weblog trackbacks that bothers me is that you can do the same thing using nothing but link structure. Trackbacks are used to notify the author of a web page A when another web page B has commented on it. The idea is to make the "commented on" relationship explicit. This is done by having the A page point to a form which the author of B can fill out. The net effect is like tapping somebody on the shoulder. The ability to tap somebody on the shoulder is a good feature, but why this implementation? Users hate up-front work in a deep and enduring way. The From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Math and Reading Help Site
I came across this interesting web site while reading through an assignment given to a grade 7/8 class. The students were asked to find a user friendly, interesting, educational and useful web site. They then went through the site and... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 16, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
A weblog for every student
The University of Warwick is giving every new student the opportunity to start a weblog hosted on their home-grown BlogBuilder system. It'll be interesting to see what the take-up is once the new university term gets underway. I spoke to
Steven Carpenter at the ALT-C conference and he told me that Warwick will probably let the system run for 12 months then they'll tie it in more closely with their PDP e-portfolios. Perhaps Warwick might even decide that the student weblogs will actually be the e-portfolios, a b From
David Davies: Edtech on September 16, 2004 at 6:46 p.m..
Homeland Security, Networks, and Accountability
Social networks guru Valdis Krebs has written
an analysis which purports to show that creating a single intelligence czar is less efficient in terms of getting intelligence to the President than leaving the stove pipes but adding connections among them. Maybe. But Krebs leaves out at least two critical externalities.… From
e-Literate on September 16, 2004 at 6:02 p.m..
New digital library for New Zealand materials
Matapihi is a digital library of New Zealand materials, fully accessible on the Web. Users can examine pictures, texts, and other media files in the repository, along with Dublin Core metadata records for each object. (via ResourceShelf)... From
MANE IT Network on September 16, 2004 at 6:01 p.m..
Application record at Augsburg University
This summer 1130 students applied for 71 places in our Media and Communications BA program at the University of Augsburg, Germany. I had no idea how competitive the selection process is. Hope that I will be able to please such an elite student body in my upcoming seminars ;-) [
Sebastian Fiedler] From
Seblogging News on September 16, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..
Revisiting a dialogue on reusable content
The content conundrum is a short piece I wrote back in Feb '03 on reusing content. After re-reading it the issues seem as familiar today as they were back then with not a lot of progress being made over the last 18 months. We do however have a couple of learning design tools now.
RELOAD, the popular content packaging tool is about to get a learning design editor and player based upon the
David Davies: Edtech on September 16, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..
Extending the web with metadata profiles
If you hang around on web-related mailing lists long enough, you start getting the idea that the future is full of metadata. Now, this metadata may or may not be XML, or it may or may not be RDF or OWL or a dozen other technologies with impressive-sounding words like “ontology” in their names. It may or may not be the long-dreamt-of (and often derided) “Semantic Web.” In fact, it may or may not be a dozen different buzzwords, and it may or may not be a good thing. But whatever the future is, it will definitely be full of metadata; on this the experts agree. To my min From
kuro5hin.org on September 16, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
FactCheck.org - Annenberg Political Fact Check
I’ve seen references to
this site pop up in a bunch of places on TV and the web over the last couple of weeks. Basically, they are a non-partisan group (funded by the widely respected Annenberg Foundation) that fact checks political ads and stump speeches from both American Presidential candidates.… From
e-Literate on September 16, 2004 at 5:05 p.m..
Two Technologies Hope to Personalize Advertising
It is well known that consumers have had it with the incessant delivery of irrelevant ad message. Two new technologies hope to
put the consumer in control and offer greater relevance. Really Simple Shopping is based on RSS technology and provides the opportunity to sign up for and receive specific messages from specific marketers to a desktop newsreader program. It's similar to email but, to date, is spam free.Dotomi lets consumers opt-in to receive specific banner advertising on partner sites. In exchange for p From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 5:02 p.m..
OpenFTS: Open Source Full Text Search Engine
OpenFTS (Open Source Full Text Search engine) is an advanced PostgreSQL-based search engine that provides online indexing of data and relevance ranking for database searching. Close integration with database allows use of metadata to restrict search results. From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 5:02 p.m..
The Council of Europe and Cybercrime
Cybercrime is one of the major challenges facing modern society. The Council of Europe believes the Convention is an ideal way for governments to anticipate problems and resolve them, working together to create security for the citizens of Europe and... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 16, 2004 at 5:01 p.m..
They're Robots? Those Beasts!
I think it would be very cool to work towards a working robot. Frustrating but cool. Technology > Circuits > They're Robots? Those Beasts!" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/technology/circuits/16robo.html?ex=1252987200&en=65c82e175c0e8cbe&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt">The New York Times They're Robots? Those Beasts!... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 16, 2004 at 5:01 p.m..
Classroom Weblog Model #745
(via
Michael Feldstein) Well, maybe not quite 745, but I am finding more and more of these out there. And
this one by Cole Campalese (and others) at
Penn State plays it pretty close to the
Barbara Ganley model of teacher engagement. I don't think the homepage will eventually be taken over by his students, but I do like the way he uses his posts to synthesize the discussion from earlier posts, frame the di From
weblogged News on September 16, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..
David Wiley defends open education projects
wiley.ed.usu.edu - The Wrath of Kaa: A Letter to the Editors of The Register :: David Wiley has written an open letter to the editors of the Register taking them to task on their criticism of Wikipedia as an example of an open education project. It is too bad that ... From
Just Another Ant on September 16, 2004 at 4:03 p.m..
Broadband Dominates Many US Markets
Broadband Internet access has taken a commanding lead over dial-up in many US markets, according to
new data from Nielsen//NetRatings.Affluent San Diego, always the leader, has 69.6 percent at-home broadband market penetration, followed closely by Phoenix, Detroit, New York, Sacramento, Orlando, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston -- all above 60 percent. This comes on top of findings announced in August that 51 percent of Internet users nationwide are connected via high-speed lines.The implications for publis From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 16, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
Archivalien bei Reiss 95
http://www.reiss-sohn.de Nr. 5 "Amorbach. - "Kloster Amorbach Jagd Protocoll angefangen Anno 1723 und von daher jedoch nicht vollständig continuiret." Deutsche Handschrift auf Papier. 1723-1782. Kl.-4to. Blattgr. 200:160, Schriftspiegel verschieden u. teilw. nur wenig kleiner. Von verschiedenen Händen in braunen u. schwarzen Tinten geschrieben. 139 Bll., dav. 100 beschrieben. Hldr. d. Zt. mit Deckelschild, berieben. Begonnen am 7. Januar 1723 u. endet am 26. November 1782. Teilw. sehr flüchtig geschrie From
Archivalia on September 16, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..
Prediction?
Ryan Overbey,
Ryan's Lair, September 15, 2004. "I look forward to the day when librarians tell their grandchildren about bundled journal packages that cost over $10k a year, straining the already-strained budgets of research libraries, just because academics were too lazy and timid to publish in new fora with new technology. The grandchildren will laugh, and wonder how we could ever have been so stupid." From
Open Access News on September 16, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..
The Case for Enlarging Online Photos
Small photos on news websites. It's one of my top online pet peeves. You find them on most news homepages, and that makes some sense; most sites cram a lot of material on their homepages, so photos can't take up too much screen real estate.You also find small photos used on many article-level pages, and that I have a hard time justifying. Something (annoying) that I spot too often: a small photo accompanying an article with an "enlarge photo" link -- but the enlarged photo, opening in a new browser window, is the same size or just slightly bigger than (...)
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 16, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..
Un anuncio lamentable
Los hechos: Descubrí la historia del anuncio el miércoles por la noche en Adrants un blog especializado en publicidad al que considero una fuente relevante y fiable sobre la materia. Adrants identificaba como fuente a Barcepundit quien a su vez... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Trust-building for a virtual team
Peter Andrews on how
trust is built in virtual teams: Basically, it comes down to team members being able to answer three questions about each other in the affirmative: Do you have anything to offer me?Can I count on you?Will you get it straight? From
elearningpost on September 16, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Generational Media
This should be interesting. A press release arriving this morning announces that the
Online Publishers Association next Tuesday will release findings from a "Generational Media Study" it commissioned (and which was conducted by Frank N. Magid Associates). This should give us some additional understanding of why consumers turn to various media, and offer the latest look at how the Internet, TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines are used across the generations. From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 16, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..
Earthlink's SIPshare
While Congress trudges away trying to outlaw P2P technology, one of the major telecom's, Earthlink, has released a new, open source P2P network application:
SIPshare. While the technological implications are certainly significant--Earthlink notes that this protocol can enable VoIP over a P2P network--what is more important is Earthlink's demonstrated and stated commitment to P2P: EarthLink believes an open Internet is a good Internet. An open Internet means users have full end-to-end connectivity to say to each From
Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on September 16, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..
Firefox and RSS
So I took
Tom's suggestion and downloaded
Firefox so I could play with it's integrated RSS features. First of all, let me say that for someone who has been a loyal IE user for God knows how long, it's a little strange using something else. But the interface is cool, the easy subscribe to RSS is interesting (though I'm not sure why I might use it over
Bloglines) and the fact that it remembers the last login and passw From
weblogged News on September 16, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..
Medbloggers
From an article entitled Doctor offers opinions on the Net, from the
Nashua Telegraph, reprinted in yesterday's
Keene Sentinel: Like most doctors, Kevin Pho keeps a busy schedule. But when he gets a break in the middle of the day or after he has finished seeing patients, he likes to log in to his Internet diary. Pho's oasis is his Web log (
www.kevinmd.blog), a place to express his opinions, c From
Jon's Radio on September 16, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..
Freshman & Their Wacky Gadgets
What toy, er, "academic technology" would you give an incoming freshmen class? AThere's an interesting article
on this topic in the Chronicle with discussion. Apparently, laptops are "so last year," even though they guarantee that every student at least has access to a modern computer and, if we assume they ship with integrated wireless LAN, access to the internet. As someone who has suffered through 8 years of college without a laptop, I know just how useful these gadgets can be. It's become a common sight to see at least one gradua From
Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on September 16, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..
A model of university publication
A colleague has pointed out Sightings, a web and email publication of the University of Chicago's Martin Marty Center. Their focus is specific: "Sightings" reports and comments on the role of religion in public life via e-mail twice a week to a readership of over 5,000. Through the eyes, ears, and keyboards of a diverse group of writers--academics, clergyman, laypeople, and students--"Sightings" displays the kaleidoscope of religious activity: a reflection of how religious currents are... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 16, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..
Reading everything
When I was a kid, we had the twenty-odd volumes of The World Book Encyclopedia sitting in its own rack in our upstairs hallway. It was a lively encyclopedia, with pages of colorful flags from around the world and a supplement that one year used acetate overlays with the enthusiasm of a Hollywood director who's discovered a left-over special effects budget. I was not the nerd who in 6th grade let it slip that he was reading the entire set, although I was envious of him. Fortunately, my attention was soon taken up by the serious pursuit of masturbation. Still,... From
Joho the Blog on September 16, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..
The Wrath of Kaa: A Letter to the Editors of The Register
I love people. I care about them as human beings. I feel somehow disappointed in myself when I say things like I'm about to say. Maybe one day the little voice in the back of my head will prevent me from saying things like this:Kaa's law states: "In a sufficiently large group of people, most are idiots." This law seems to apply to all groups of people, as we will see below. Unfortunately the group of people interested in providing open access to educational opportunity is apparently becoming sufficiently large.
autounfocus on September 16, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Quote of the day
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” ~ Dr. Seuss
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Open Artifact on September 16, 2004 at 10:01 a.m..
Small Talk & Teabreaks
The tea-break is not just about small talk. In fact, small talk is not just about small talk. It is as much about the ceremony of small talk as it is the content. From
Monkeymagic on September 16, 2004 at 9:56 a.m..
Access Canada, The UK gateway to information on Canada, is now live. The portal is free to access, a ...
Access Canada, The UK gateway to information on Canada, is now live. The portal is free to access, and has been designed for use by all those with an interest in Canadian Studies. Subject areas include: Aboriginal Peoples, Francophone Canada, Genealogy and Family History, Government, Law and Politics. Access Canada has been compiled by the Library and Resources Group of the British Association for Canadian Studies, with the support of Foreign Affairs Canada and in association wi From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 16, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..
Random Walk in E-Learning
"Albert Ip's random rumbling during his journey through the E-Learning wonderLand." Random Walk in E-Learning Albert, from Australia, wrote the Fablusi,, From
LinuxAdvocate.org News on September 16, 2004 at 9:01 a.m..
¿Qué tiene Britney Spears?
Veo en The Buzz Index World Report - Popular Searches From Around The World de Yahoo!, que al menos en 11 países aparece Britney Spears entre las 10 búsquedas más populares. En el caso de Estados Unidos, la búsqueda está... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 16, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
eCornell Research Blog
Seb Schmoller points to this useful blog from eCornell. Good listings and, as Seb says, "well structured, frequently updated, broad, with no interpration or judgements, and with a large number of links to e-learning resources world wide." Gee, he makes it sound like "interpretation or judgements" are a bad thing. ;) By Ulises Mejias, September, 2004 [
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OLDaily on September 16, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
E-Learning Framework
This was pretty much the consensus picture being presented at various conferences over the summer. The E-Learning Framework web site provides a clear list of the major architectural components of what Dan Rehak calls 'next generation' e-learning. Each item in the diagram is a link to a page describing the component in question. There are three major layers of services depicted: user agents, domain services, and common services. Following the links take you to a lot of blank pages, but that's OK, the ideas are well documented
e From OLDaily on September 16, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Prevention & Treatment (1997HYPHEN2003) R.I.P.
Interesting commentary on the demise of an online journal. "The other struggle was getting submissions of sufficient quality and quantity to meet the high standards of the editorial board.... I am not wise or knowledgeable enough to diagnose why the paper journal still holds sway--readability, tradition-bound tenure committees, inertia, the dangers of cybercascades--but it does." Thanks, Dean, for the submission. By Martin E. P. Seligman, December 19, 2003 [
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OLDaily on September 16, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
ERPANET Persistent Identifiers Seminar
Cecil Somerton summarizes this site as follows: "All of the documents from the ERPANET Persistent Identifiers Seminar are now available. This is one of the most comprehensive collections of material on the subject. Of particular interest will be Die Deutsche Bibliothek presentation and other URN topic presentations. The presentation on the 'Info URI Scheme' is also pertinent as it describes how the 'info' Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme for information assets that have identifiers in public Namespaces such as the LLCN, NISO and OCLC Worldcat Control Numbers have be From
OLDaily on September 16, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?
Reading the review was probably enough for me, as it depicts what seems to be a pro-intellectualist rail against what it is today's intellectuals (including myself, if I may be so bold) are actually saying. The reviewer summarizes, "'Student-centred learning' assumes that the student's 'personal experience' is to be revered rather than challenged. People are to be comforted rather than confronted. In what one American sociologist has termed the McDonaldisation of the universities, students are redefined as consumers of services rather than junior partners in a pub From
OLDaily on September 16, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Firefrss, Your New RSS-enabled Browsing Buddy
The big news on the web this week is the long awaited release of Firefox 1.0, the first 'production' version of the popular open source web browser. And the big news with this new release is the integration of RSS right into the browsing experience, something that not only vaults RSS into the mainstream but which means that designers may well realize their goal of
a million downloads in ten days. Still have doubts about Firefox? Read
Jay Cross on the subject. By Giles Tu From
OLDaily on September 16, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
New Students, New Learning
Greetings from Canberra. This issue of OLDaily is a little short, but having landed just yesterday and given a longish presentation today, I'm dead tired. This item is the slides from the presentation - originally intended to be two separate talks, one on e-learning quality, one on the new student, but mixed and mashed into one quite long presentation. I have audio, but rather than inflict 130 megabytes of download on you, will try to get it compressed first. Meanwhile, enjoy the slides. Readings associated with the talks may be found on my wiki,
OLDaily on September 16, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Another Patch Job From Microsoft
The latest vulnerability to plague the world's largest software maker is a doozy, affecting its Windows operating system as well as its Office and developer tools programs. Microsoft says its patch plugs the leak. From
Wired News on September 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Five Fired at Los Alamos Lab
As part of the fallout from an incident at Los Alamos National Lab in July, five workers have been fired. They are among 23 suspended when computer disks containing classified information went missing. From
Wired News on September 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Ivan May Just Be a Messenger
The recent run of hurricanes hitting the Atlantic Ocean has been helped by warmer waters, which some scientists attribute to global warming. That means get ready for more storms. By Stephen Leahy. From
Wired News on September 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Weather Makes Lawmakers Antsy
The Senate Commerce Committee hears testimony on the connection between greenhouse gases and climate changes. Many legislators want to take action, but the best course remains unclear. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. From
Wired News on September 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
High-Tech Hearing Bypasses Ears
New consumer devices use bone-conduction technology to produce sound by vibrating the bones around the hearer's ear, so the sound is all in your head. By Laila Weir. From
Wired News on September 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
An Anime for Deep Thinkers
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is dense, but better than the original in many ways: fewer clichés, more sophisticated animation, deeper insight into human nature and technology. Jason Silverman reviews the film. From
Wired News on September 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Instant Messaging Goes Graphical
Some say people may be more civil when they see who they're communicating with as IMVU and AOL introduce sophisticated avatars to instant-message services. But will the services make any money? By Daniel Terdiman. From
Wired News on September 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Finding Truth on the Internet
When it comes to covering politics, journalists often fall into the 'he said, she said' trap without taking the time to delve into the details. The nonpartisan FactCheck.org jumps into the informational breach. By Louise Witt. From
Wired News on September 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Special Issue: Pedagogy and Learning Objects
I'm just beginning work on a special issue of a normal, peer-reviewd journal on the topic of Pedagogy and Learning Objects. If you are interested in writing something, the timeline is thus: let me know your intentions by September 26, you may receive an invitation to present an early version of the paper at AERA in April (if you can't be at AERA, don't let that stop you from submitting something!), incorporate feedback received online or at AERA into a final version of the paper and submit by July 1, 2005. Please cross post this announcement. Looking forward to seeing your paper From
autounfocus on September 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Manifestos in the Run-Up to War Against Blog-Spam
Bloggers Declare War on Comment Spam, but Can They Win? By Mark Glaser at Online Journalism Review Spammers find a way to game Google search results by posting links in comments sections of popular blogs. Now the makers of Movable Type and bloggers are banding together to try to keep real-time interactivity alive in the blogosphere. Here's a look at the battle so far. Manifestos in the Run-Up to War Prominent blogger and Yahoo technical guru Jeremy Zawodny published his "Guerrilla T From
soulsoup on September 16, 2004 at 5:00 a.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Sep 16
Today's highlights: Kunami.com collaborative workspace; Genesys Meeting Center 3.0; AfterMail; Kunami released a suite of web-based applications for email, collaboration and shared document management. Key features: encrypted email, a document manager that permits simultaneous user access and editin... From
Kolabora.com on September 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..
Re-negotiating on Part II, Sep 16
Last month I released Part I of an argument about Collaboration Software Clients, and announced a self-imposed deadline of "toward the end of September" for the publication of Part II. It's not going to happen. I have experienced a significant... From
Kolabora.com on September 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..
RSS enclosures filtered
Well the idea of transfering files as enclosures is around for quite a while. At least since
Radio Userland is able to syndicate and download
enclosures.
Feedster even collects those enclosures. A tool that helps filtering these enclosures is definetely helpful. For the time being it's content filtering but I'm sure you can filter by size as well. From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 16, 2004 at 4:47 a.m..
Homeschool Mom Starts Internet Search Engine
Searching the web can be very intimidating for the novice surfer and it would be easier if everything were in one place for the more seasoned user. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2004] From
PR Web on September 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Impenetrable racial barrier in higher education broken 50 years ago this month!
A few months after the U.S. Supreme Court ordered racial integration of the public schools in "Brown vs. the Board of Education" young Marigold Linton mustered the courage to break an even more impenetrable racial barrier in higher education -- without any fanfare or court decisions. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2004] From
PR Web on September 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Family Fitness Energized for Atlanta Festival
Fulton County Parks and Recreation of Georgia has announced the Fulton Fitness Fest, a free three-day festival full of healthy and fun activities for the whole family. The festival will begin on September 30. US Global Marketing Group will be promoting the event using the most advanced Internet marketing techniques. [PRWEB Sep 16, 2004] From
PR Web on September 16, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
The Battle of Algiers Revisited
In September of 2003 the Bush administration telegraphed their intent to use torture on prisoners in Iraq when they screened Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 film The Battle of Algiers for officials in the Pentagon. From
kuro5hin.org on September 16, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
The campaign that isn't getting covered
Steve Johnson has a good piece on the absurdity of the press whining about the lack of substance in the campaign. He looks at the serious issues discussed on the candidate's web sites but ignored by the press. "Just don't complain about our declining political discourse when you're the one dragging it down," he tells the media.... From
Joho the Blog on September 16, 2004 at 3:49 a.m..
When media worlds collide: Comparing weblogs and discussion boards
What Are the Differences Between Message Boards and Weblogs?::There seems to be a lot of discussion around this post, at least in the Knowledge-Management-Social-Software-Markets-Are-Conversations sphere. I appreciate the analysis, and I think that Lee is right as far as he goes, but I think there's something missing. Both blogs and ... From
Just Another Ant on September 16, 2004 at 3:01 a.m..
The ants are united
We're building a web OS::So says Marc Canter. And I think he understands what this is all about: The ants are united in their intentions. All this little grains of informational sand that we are pushing around do create a design that is bigger than any of us ants could imagine. From
Just Another Ant on September 16, 2004 at 3:01 a.m..
Two must read articles on blogs and wikis in education
Have you ever read a couple of articles that just seem to pull everything together? I've just read a couple of articles, mentioned by the cogdogblog, sometimes known as Alan Levine. They are so great I have to pass the links along, even though my classroom is currently in a ... From
Just Another Ant on September 16, 2004 at 3:01 a.m..
A Modest Blogging Tool Request
As mentioned in the other blog, I'm looking for a weblog tool but I'm not sure it exists yet: an end-user interface as intuitive as Blogger. Their interface redesign since becoming acquired by Google has been brilliant, and shows what the user interface should be. I need a tool that will ... From
Just Another Ant on September 16, 2004 at 3:01 a.m..
The new look
Ta-da - presenting the new and improved stigmergicweb! I have been wanting to try some new blogging tools for a while for a few different projects. D'Arcy Norman suggested WordPress, and I liked what I saw. I added Michael Heilemann's Kubrick theme, and really liked what I saw! The transfer over ... From
Just Another Ant on September 16, 2004 at 3:01 a.m..
Transition Turbulence
So far the transition to WordPress is going nicely. I have imported all my old entries from Movable Type, but all the old draft posts require that I change the date or else they show up as today (or whatever day I move them from draft to publish status). It ... From
Just Another Ant on September 16, 2004 at 3:01 a.m..
P2P search could achieve sublinear efficiency
Will the next Google be a company that uses P2P technology? Some researchers from UCLA have created a search algorithm that uses local rules to find content in ad-hoc networks. They have proved it can find any content in a P2P network of size N in time proportional to O(logN). We had to dust some of our theoretical Computer Science background to read their
paper presented at the IEEE P2P 2004.While the concepts involved in the design of our search algorithm have deep theoretical underpinnings, any imple From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..
French translation for CJLT?
Rchard Kenny, the Editor of the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, just contacted me because their translator for the journal has left the organization. If you, or anyone you know, can handle translation from French to English for the... From
Rick's Café Canadien on September 16, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
Upset about Putin
Scott Rosenberg puts well what should be our dismay about the return of Russia to authoritarianism. Snippet: So what if Russia's "war on terror" is an entirely different conflict from the United States' "war on terror"? Let's roll these conflicts up, unite our enemies and delude ourselves that Russia's decade-long war with Chechen guerrillas is morally aligned with the U.S.'s struggle against the perpetrators of 9/11. Yup, President Bush looked into "Pooty-poot's" soul and saw a good man. Now we see what happens when you base politics on appearances instead of fac From
Joho the Blog on September 16, 2004 at 2:49 a.m..
Making a Market in Knowledge
Good in-depth article on the '
knowledge marketplace' and how to make it work. This includes paying attention to knowledge objects, exchange mechanisms, competitive force, standards and facilitators. "In short, effectively exchanging knowledge on a company-wide basis is much less a technological problem than an organizational one: encouraging people who do not know each other to work together for their mutual self-interest. There is, of course, a well-known, well-tested solution to making it possible t From
elearningpost on September 16, 2004 at 2:47 a.m..
synclosure
Synclosure is a RSS aggregator to flexibly download files in enclosures. It supports filter keywords, custom actions and a caching mechanism From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..
Facial Gestures To Surf The Web
Worried about carpal tunnel? Maybe you should stop using your hands altogether when controlling your computer. A Canadian inventor has developed a
system to control a mouse by where your nose is pointed, while letting you click with the blink of an eye (left eye, left click; right eye, right click). The idea, of course, behind this "nouse" system is to use it for people with disabilities. Of course, as someone points out in the article, the fact that using this From
unmediated on September 16, 2004 at 1:58 a.m..
Style
After some important time talking about security and how news aggregators work, we turned late in the period to style. I thought that most people would be much more comfortable starting with style as we know it in areas of life besides writing, and that seemed true. We put a list on the board of things we associate with style: fads, appearances, customs demanded by particular audiences, customs that innovators can challenge, structures that allow you to get something done, opportunities... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 16, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..
Who gets to speak
Leonard Witt summarizes a practice from Ken Sands that can help a newspaper or other publication think about its approach to authority: [Ken] does a little exercise in which he goes through a newspaper and highlights all official sources in blue, then all real people in yellow.... Even in policy stories about issues that would directly affect everyday folks they were not included in the story. Just the officials and elite. No one like you showed up on the pages. Part of what we want to... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on September 16, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..
“Extreme Programming” Pachyderm
Joshua Archer has been in the Learning Commons this week (up from the CSU Center for Distributed Learning at Sonoma State University. We're working on the code that will drive Pachyderm 2.0, and it's been a pretty intense week so far. I'm feeling a bit out of my league, with King ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 16, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..
Comment spam: a survey of the war
The OJR has a good article on comment spam. It lays out the history and growth of the thing, and offers a good assessment of various responses. Just what the heck is "comment spam" and how did it get so... From
MANE IT Network on September 16, 2004 at 12:00 a.m..
Carnival Cruises Made Me Feel Irrelevant
I wrote a while back about how much trouble I was having with the travel industry and figuring out what kind of trip to take my 16-month old daughter on... (plus various family members, including an elderly great-grandmother who doesn't get around too well). Well, we ended up opting for a ... From
Relevancy on September 16, 2004 at 12:00 a.m..