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The switch of dewm
AskTog has possibly found the Worst Interface Ever. It's a particular aftermarket pump that circulates fluid through the transmission of a Lexus SUV so that the gears stay lubricated if you are moving the car while the engine is off, i.e., while it is being towed. This is because if the transmission doesn't stay wet, it can be destroyed. Inversely, the pump must be turned off before the Lexus is to be driven, or the fluid won't get to the the operating transmission and the transmission will go bye-bye. So here's the kicker - the only thing between you, a dead tranny and a $ From
silentblue | Quantified on September 22, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..
Finding Feeds
On how posting is the easiest way to find good feeds, and how that might affect your pitch to your boss. From
Monkeymagic on September 22, 2004 at 10:57 p.m..
CFP: Rhetorically Rethinking Usability
Via TechRhet comes this call for papers: The editors of Rhetorically Rethinking Usability: Theories, Practices, and Methodologies are seeking 15-25 page articles for a collection discussing how usability studies have impacted theory and practice in writing and English studies. The editors invite submissions from a wide range of topic areas and perspectives. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, usability and its relationship to: Rhetorical situatedness Writing practices From
Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on September 22, 2004 at 9:58 p.m..
IT Conversations
I came across this valuable resource in a recent posting from Bruce Landon's Weblog for Students (
http://radio.weblogs.com/0101747)-- thanks Bruce. The IT Conversations ("New Ideas through Your Headphones") contained at the site are interesting, timely, and provocative; they include audio conversations and transcripts with Tim O'Reilly, Lawrence Lessig, Stephan Wolfram, and other notables. (Registration is not required to use the site and access is free; registration From
EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on September 22, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..
Big challenges for small drives
Miniature drives can continue their success in consumer devices but must get roomier, more rugged and more efficient, industry observers say. From
CNET News.com on September 22, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Weblogs en el Congreso Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital
Santiago de Compostela acogerá el Congreso Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital que tendrá lugar los dÃas 29 y 30 de noviembre en la Facultade de Ciencias da Comunicación de la USC. Compartiremos una apasionante sesión sobre weblogs con Mariano GistaÃn, Arcadi... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 22, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Blogless Barbara
Barbara Ganley's blog is down due to structural issues, and she's
reflecting on the impact: And so, my missing the blog isn't about an addict finding withdrawal a torture. It's about being denied a powerful tool in my teaching set, and if I don't get it back by the end of the week, I don't know what I'm gonna do... I know I would have felt the same way had it happened to me. I don't think I would want to ever go back to xeroxing papers and From
weblogged News on September 22, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
Voting Roadblocks for Some Americans Abroad
For reasons that don't pass the smell test, the Pentagon has
shut down a site that helps expatriate Americans with voting information, the International Herald Tribune reports. VerifiedVoting.org has put up
a page with links to mirror sites. The Pentagon's action has a partisan, political feel to it, as Salon
reports. I hope they're wrong about this, but the smell is pretty rank on this one From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 22, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..
Business Networking Systems, Dead Already?
The death knell has sounded for social networking systems, and I have to agree, because they don't do what they are supposed to do, which is to link people together. My analysis - and I have
talked about this before - is that because these systems are centralized and isolated from each other, and because they allow only the exchange of messages, they do not provide very good connectivity at all. A social networking system must be, like society, distributed. By John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine, September 20, From
OLDaily on September 22, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Peter Hope's MA Thesis
I haven't read this, but I want to make sure not to lose it. So here is the link, and I'm sure it's good stuff, because Peter Hope knows as much about learning object metadata and SCORM as anyone. By Peter Hope, Undated [
Refer][
Research][
Reflect] From
OLDaily on September 22, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
How Blog and Wiki Fit Together (For Me)
I've been talking a lot over the last week about blogs and wikis. This item looks at how the two technologies fit together. My plan is to put together (or convince someone to put together) a small addition to wiki software that allows a wiki page to import an RSS feed - preferably a topic-specific RSS feed that aggregates a number of blogs, and to place that feed inside a wiki page. Via
Owrede Log. By Julian, Synthesia, September 20, 2004 [
OLDaily on September 22, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Possibilities; the best blog software you’ve probably never heard of
A new year, a new MIS director, a new lease on life. After three years of constant frustration at not being allowed to do just about anything with technology, the new director has the philosophy that it's best to empower users and give them control. This means the possibility of ... From
Big IDEA on September 22, 2004 at 6:02 p.m..
Students offended by distribution of printed listserv postings
Today I found this message in my in box, from a teacher whose students reacted negatively when she gave them printed versions of listserv dicsussions. I'm posting it here with permission. I don't have much direct experience teaching via listserv, and I don't really use e-mail to encourage communication within small groups. So I didn't have much to say. Perhaps someone else does? I teach undergraduate education majors a course in young adult literature, and, although we havn't progressed to blogging yet, we do keep journal exchanges on the books we rea From
Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on September 22, 2004 at 5:57 p.m..
SciQ is giving away an iPod
This is pretty cool. The SciQ project - which was one of the early adopters of CAREO (and now APOLLO), is sponsoring a contest to get students to talk about science. The SciQ: Science Revealed - Talk About Science Contest is open to all Alberta students in grades 7, 8 and ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 22, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Back to the Drawing Board: Is the Traditional Theory of the Firm Obsolete?
The traditional theory of the firm - based on the ideas of Adam Smith, Alfred Lord Marshall, and other economists - has had a good run. But those notions were designed for a different world, according to Wharton professors Yoram (Jerry) Wind and Paul Kleindorfer. Can the old theory still work in a world in which globalization and outsourcing are transforming operations, marketing, accounting, and other disciplines? The SEI Center at Wharton is organizing a meeting on Sept. 30 to ponder answers to that question. From
Knowledge@Wharton on September 22, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
Andy Grove to Corporate Boards: It's Time to Take Charge
Most of what passes for corporate governance today has little to do with the actual business of running companies, according to Andy Grove, chairman of Intel. Addressing students in San Francisco and Philadelphia on Sept. 17 as the inaugural speaker in the newly created Dean's Lecture Series, Grove said that members of many corporate boards seem obsessed with merely making sure that they are not cited by regulators or sued by shareholders. For Grove, the board's true mission should be to play an active role in shaping strategy and add value to the company's business. From
Knowledge@Wharton on September 22, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
When You Wish Upon a Star ... The Eisner Saga at Disney Continues
Michael Eisner's decision to step down as CEO of The Walt Disney Company in two years hasn't made the succession issue there any easier. The company has been mired in controversy over board member conflicts-of-interest and various in-house maneuverings even as it struggles with disappointing performance by its movies and theme parks. Despite an announcement this week laying out more specific plans for Eisner's replacement and its board, questions about corporate governance, in this context and others, remain. From
Knowledge@Wharton on September 22, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
Is the Latest Corporate Bankruptcy Strategy a Death Knell for Pensions?
Chapter 11 filings by US Airways and United Airlines, and the possibility of other airlines following them into court, bring new attention to bankruptcy reorganization as a management strategy. For example, is bankruptcy a last-ditch effort to salvage a firm passing through a temporary rough patch, or is it a way to get rid of long-standing pension obligations to employees? Wharton professors and bankruptcy experts look at this issue and others, including the dangers that companies face during bankruptcy, and recent economic conditions that may push a growing number of firms into bankruptcy co From
Knowledge@Wharton on September 22, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
Teamwork in a Shock Trauma Unit: New Lessons in Leadership
Imagine that you have been assigned to a six-person team in your company and asked to complete a top-priority project on a very short deadline. Some of the people have never worked together before, team members change every hour or so, leadership constantly shifts between three different individuals, and any mistake could have disastrous, even fatal, consequences, for the project. Wharton management professor Katherine J. Klein spent 10 months studying such teams in action at the Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, Md. Her research, presented in a new co-authored paper, suggests a novel view of From
Knowledge@Wharton on September 22, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
Oracle and PeopleSoft: In Dubious Battle?
Fifteen months after launching its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, Oracle has moved closer to victory by winning a Department of Justice lawsuit that sought to block the merger. While the fight is far from over, will the victory - if it arrives - be a Pyrrhic one for Oracle? Experts at Wharton and elsewhere weigh in on the prospects. From
Knowledge@Wharton on September 22, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
Why Bush and Kerry are Wrong on Health Care
Though health care has taken a backseat to Iraq and the economy in this year's presidential campaign, the two candidates have put forth detailed - and vastly different - proposals to solve the three broad issues facing American health care: mushrooming cost, inadequate availability and uneven quality. Yet Wharton health care experts doubt either candidate's plan could be enacted as proposed - or would lick all those problems if it were. Here is what they suggest instead. From
Knowledge@Wharton on September 22, 2004 at 5:03 p.m..
A New Low For Spammers: MLX Package Comment Spams
I just got a message from one of our faculty member's who got a notice that her Maricopa learning eXchange "package" on
Creating a Webliography was blessed with a comment from "Casino Gambling" offering tons of wonderful and exotic URLs for various substances and things I had never heard of. So into the database I went and quickly rooted out a few more (also FYI, From
cogdogblog on September 22, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Sony Marginally Less Stupid, Takes Nearly Meaningless Action
Sony usually provokes a mixture
of anger and joy as their digital media projects miss even the most basic elements of common sense. Finally, Sony is slowly, hesistantly, and partially
allowing MP3s to be played on some of its players. Sony still seems to have no coherent strategy here. Why on the flash players and not the hard drive players? Why is ATRAC better and why must they push it on their music sto From
A Copyfighter's Musings on September 22, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..
How Blogs and Wiki fit together
Julian Elve describes
how he uses Weblogs and Wikis together: I've found the writing style that has started to evolve since I had this combination of tools is to scatter thoughts around the wiki-spaces until some juxtaposition forms that is sufficiently clear to create a blog-entry. The blog-entry becomes a picture of my thinking at a point in time and therefore essential to mapping out some kind of path. The state of the wiki pages continues to evolve — by From
owrede_log on September 22, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..
Best Blogs: Nominate Your Favorites by Oct. 17
A new contest, the Best of the Blogs (BOB) awards, is being offered by the German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. This global contest is open to blogs in Arabic, Chinese, German, English, Russian, Portuguese, and Spanish... From
Contentious Weblog on September 22, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
Web savvy helps foil bomb plot
A 16-year-old girl from Idaho who police credit with speaking up and preventing a teenager from carrying out violent threats against his Detroit-area high school learned about the importance of detecting and reporting internet threats from her father, who heads... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 22, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
My Two Fall Courses
I've spent a lot of time in the summer and early fall designing my two online courses for this semester. It's a pretty labor-intensive job, although I'm learning a few ways to make updating a bit simpler. I've been using... From
Martindale Matrix on September 22, 2004 at 3:51 p.m..
The CBO Challenge - An opportunity to affect Congress
[NOTE: Eventually, this wends towards an opportunity to make a case against DRM to the CBO. Click here to skip the context.] The lunchtime speaker at the World Economic Forum meeting I was at yesterday was the affable Douglas Holtz-Eaken, Director of the Congressional Budget Office. I found what he said to be surprisingly sympathetic, and just one (big) step short of being all the way there. (Covering my ass: Yes, the CBO accepts that creative works are property, a fundamental error. Work within the system for just a few minutes, won't you, people?) The CBO advises Congress, trying... From
Joho the Blog on September 22, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..
Is Google Helping China Censor the Net?
New Scientist:
Google omits controversial news stories in China. Some users recently reported that Google's Chinese news search returned different results depending when they searched using a computer based outside of China. The claims were substantiated by researchers who connected to computers inside the country. Very disturbing if true, but not all that surprising. The tech industry, after all, has happily been supplying China with technology that helps keep the Great Firewall up From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 22, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..
Sony to support MP3
Major strategy shift aims to help consumer electronics giant compete with Apple Computer and other rivals. From
CNET News.com on September 22, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Link Blurbs (Basic Blog Post Formats, Part 2)
As with a link-only post, this kind of blog posting focuses on a link to another site or blog. However, the blogger adds significant value to the bare link by writing some original content or context. The goal of the link blurb format is to explain to readers why a particular link is relevant or interesting – in other words, why it's worth clicking on. (NOTE: This is part 2 of a 7-part series on blog posting formats.) From
Contentious Weblog on September 22, 2004 at 2:59 p.m..
Link-Only (Basic Blog Post Formats, Part 1)
NOTE: This is part 1 of a 7-part series that describes the main types of blog posting formats. See the index to this series for the complete list.> In a link-only posting, the blogger simply posts a link – perhaps with a few words of context. While this offers some advantages, generally it's not a good idea for bloggers to rely heavily on this posting format... From
Contentious Weblog on September 22, 2004 at 2:59 p.m..
Blogging Style: The Basic Posting Formats (Series Index)
After reading blogs for awhile, I've come to see some patterns in the ways postings in text-based blogs are formatted. As I see it, there are seven basic formats for blog postings. Each serves a different purpose for bloggers and their readers. Why should bloggers understand and care about posting format?... (NOTE: This is the introduction to a seven-part series.) From
Contentious Weblog on September 22, 2004 at 2:59 p.m..
More information =? Safer travel
The TSA wants 77 airlines to turn over information about everyone who traveled domestically during June so it can be compared with a "newly concentrated security watch list." Some of the names would be compared with bank, mortgage and credit agency databases. This compels all airlines to turn over personal information that JetBlue and Northwest were embarrassed to be caught turning over voluntarily, according to the NY Times. It's a replacement for the CAPPS 2 system that caused a ruckus among civil liberties folks. Unlike CAPPS 2, it would not also be used to find people wanted on outsta From
Joho the Blog on September 22, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..
Record fines for Janet Jackson's right teat
The FCC is fining CBS $550,000 for transmitting the image of Janet Jackson's bosom during the SuperBlow, protecting Americans from, well, Janet Jackson's bosom. Meanwhile, the portion of the SuperBowl most re-watched by TiVo owners was the part where we saw Janet Jackson's bosom. The market has spoken!... From
Joho the Blog on September 22, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..
The Learning Web
Welcome! The Learning Web, part of the USGS Website, is dedicated to k-12 education and lifelong learning. Explore things on, in, around, and about the Earth, such as land, water, plant, animals and maps. Welcome to USGS Learning Web... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 22, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..
Deaf and Blind
Who are the most eager users of second- and third-generation mobile services, which allow for picture and video transmission? Blind people immediately started using picture phones to get assistance from seeing friends, as it is so easy to send a picture and ask for assistance ("tell me what I am not seeing").Deaf people also are enjoying the benefits of 3G mobile phones because of the ability to
use sign language via your mobile phone. In Sweden, most of the deaf community has now signed up for 3G mobile phones, and operator "< From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 22, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..
3G Is Coming to U.S. Markets
AT&T is
rolling out 3G (fast wireless Internet) in Dallas, San Diego, Detroit, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Seattle. Verizon already has a 3G operation in San Diego and Washington, D.C. Sprint is preparing a launch, and while Cingular is also working on a 3G operation, it may merge with AT&T before that happens.This is a good start at a technology that the U.S. has lagged in, but don't go pick out a phone just yet. Just as with any other
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 22, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..
Multimedia vs. Text Comprehension: Empirical Data
The
Eyetrack III project has has conducted a
valuable study on information recall when the identical information is presented through text or multimedia. (Despite the word “comprehension” in their article title, they really are testing recall.) The piece is worth reading in its entirety, as is the entire site, but… From
e-Literate on September 22, 2004 at 1:03 p.m..
Divorce Is Hell (on Danish Web Servers)
A Royal divorce is no catastrophe. At most it's a tragedy for the people involved. But the
royal divorce that last week hit Denmark with very little warning did crash half the national news websites.Most of the top sites have techniques in place to lower the pressure on servers.
Ekstra Bladet had its main page redesigned a while back with a 9/11 situation in mind. The lower part of the cover page can be dumped instantly. Still the site crashed under the load for a short while.
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 22, 2004 at 12:58 p.m..
NetNewsWire 2.0 Beta
Great. I just buy a license for Shrook because I didn't like some of the things missing from NetNewsWire Pro. Now, Ranchero Software released a public beta of NNW 2.0 and the thing rocks! It's got the flag-and-archive posts feature I liked from Shrook. It's got the smart folders I liked ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 22, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Aboriginal Education Research Proposals
The Aboriginal Education Research Network, through Saskatchewan Learning, is issuing a Call for Expressions of Interest to conduct Action Research in the field of Aboriginal education. Expressions are due by October 22, 2004. For more information or to download submission... From
Rick's Café Canadien on September 22, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..
Governor Should Veto Spyware Bill
(This is also my
column today in the
San Jose Mercury News.) When is a proposed anti-spyware law actually the invaders' friend? Easy: When California's legislature gets finished doing the bidding of corporate interests. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has just such a law on his desk today. SB 1436 started out as an anti-spyware bill with teeth, but has unfortunately degenerated into something the governor should veto. More... From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 22, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..
Blogs Take Lead Role In CBS Memo Furor
The people who write blogs, short for Web logs, don't get much respect from the mainstream media. Jonathan Klein, a former senior executive at "60 Minutes," said on Fox News last week that "Bloggers have no checks and balances. ... (It's) a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas." But it took only a day for bloggers to show the emperor has no clothes, exposing CBS for airing a report based on possibly forged documents about President Bush's National Guard service. From
RSS Blog on September 22, 2004 at 11:05 a.m..
RSS Hype
That's because few technologies in recent years have received the same kind of broad media hype that has been lavished on RSS. Much of the hype has been deserved, as RSS clearly eases the distribution and consumption of information and news. But when breathless observers predict how RSS will change all software--not to mention the way we work and live--they are doing RSS more harm than good. From
RSS Blog on September 22, 2004 at 11:04 a.m..
Closures for anonymous storage
Via The 80/20 Solution I saw a piece of Python code by John Lam, which he calls elegant. Now he is right to call it elegant — he is comparing it with his experience to implement the same in C++. But he uses a technique which you see a lot in scripting, but which I find rather unelegant: creation of propertynames (or attributenames) with string manipulations. … From
Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on September 22, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..
Briefly: Hello, halitosis
roundup Plus: House takes on piracy, 'video voyeurism'...Verizon sets up Iobi Home...Sun makes financial pitch...PeopleSoft-Oracle trial delayed. From
CNET News.com on September 22, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
The user-centric design trap
Bryan Eisenberg presents the argument that UCD is not robust enough for commercial websites. To quote: User-centric design's (UCD's) aim is to enhance and improve the user's experience with software or a product. This principle has benefits, but can it... From
Column Two on September 22, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..
Wireless data gamble
Kent Thexton took a gamble when he crossed the Atlantic to become co-CEO of Seven. But the notion of the cell phone as gateway to the Internet isn't the easy sell it was on the other side of the pond. From
CNET News.com on September 22, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Introducing MarsEdit
MarsEdit, our new weblog editor, is also in public beta. NetNewsWire 2.0 does not include a weblog editor: instead, it works with
external weblog editors. MarsEdit is designed to make writing for the web like writing email. It has a main window listing weblogs and recent posts, and you create and edit posts in separate document windows. A
screen shot illustrates. For e From
Seblogging News on September 22, 2004 at 7:51 a.m..
On the Online Campaign Trail - Zachary Rodgers, ClickZ
The Internet has been an important weapon in the political battle now being fought between presidential candidates and their advocates. Witness its influence in the ongoing documents debacle that's finally forced an apology from CBS News. Take a look a From
Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
Collaboration Solutions For The Enterprise
"Can't we make both collaboration and contributing to the corporate knowledge base easy? Because of overcomplicated metadata requirements and document management tools still in their infancy, some enterprises are making it more difficult for people to contribute knowledge. The business process ge... From
Kolabora.com on September 22, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
Great Presentation Showcases Groove V3 Best Collaboration Features
A lovely friend pointed me today to a Groove presentation which I hadn't seen before. This excellent audio-visual streaming presentation showcases Groove version 3 new key features and it provides visual examples of how the new features and facilities can be used. Groove v3 is really an outstand... From
Kolabora.com on September 22, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
Aprendizaje
Lo escribió un estudiante en una pintada (graffiti): TEACHING = LISTENING LEARNING = TALKING Lo leà en Dispatches from the New World of Work, el blog de Tom Peters.... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 22, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..
Hack Attack Gums Up Authorize.Net
A leading internet credit card processor is under siege by a denial-of-service attack, slowing its servers and leaving many customers high and dry. By Noah Shachtman. From
Wired News on September 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Remixing to Protest Sample Ruling
Music fans are miffed about a court decision that says musicians must get permission to sample tunes even if the remix bears no resemblance to the original. An activist group is sponsoring a remix project based upon the clip in question. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on September 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Blogging the Story Alive
Bloggers force CBS News to admit to a serious mistake, and journalists recoil from the thought of so much scrutiny of their work. But isn't this exactly what we need to get better-quality news? Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From
Wired News on September 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Refreshing Drinks of Fresh Air
An army needs water to operate, but it's a pain to tote the stuff around. So Darpa is looking at ways to pull it out of thin air. By Noah Shachtman. From
Wired News on September 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Airlines Told to Cough Up Data
The Department of Homeland Security is looking for some live data to feed its new Secure Flight watch-list system, so it will order airlines to fork over a months' worth of passenger itineraries. By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on September 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Uncle Sam Wants Your Airwaves
Lawmakers believe the analog TV spectrum can be put to much better use and can generate billions in auctions to telecom companies. So Congress is considering paying Americans to ditch over-the-air analog TV and switch to digital. Michael Grebb reports from Washington. From
Wired News on September 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Activists Find More E-Vote Flaws
More weaknesses appear in the Diebold electronic voting system that activists say could be used to rig the November election. The company says auditing procedures would catch any vote fraud. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on September 22, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
The ABCs of VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or phone calls over the Internet is steadily going mainstream. Any technology that enables people to connect easily and cheaply is worth following. Just take a look at the phenomenal adoption of
Skype. So, this
VoIP primer is a must read no matter which business you're in. From
elearningpost on September 22, 2004 at 5:47 a.m..
Judge Strikes Down Campaign Finance Rules
U.S. District Judge Kollar-Kotelly, the same judge who threw out the Microsoft break-up ruling, and backed the feds in the Gitmo case, issued a 157-page ruling today which rejects 15 of the 19 federal rules implementing the two year old US campaign finance law. While the ruling does not affect the law's key prohibition against large donations to political parties (known as "soft money") it does seem to create some uncertainty for political fund-raising, with only six weeks to go until the elections. From
kuro5hin.org on September 22, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Qumana launches - the rest is blood, sweat and code
Congrats and good luck to the Qumana crew! I have been an unofficial (and of course unpaid) advisor to these folks for many moons. I love their vision of a drag and drop microcontent remixer for blogs initially (and the world later!). Qumana's current state reminds me of the early days of the
Flickr: lots of unrealized potential. Fred has an ace marketer in
Victor and an ace visionary in
Jon. Now all
Qumana needs is an ace From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on September 22, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..
Off-Label Antidepressant Use in Children
It must be noted-Any drug not proven to be safe, effective, or beneficial for children must be viewed as dangerous and life threatening to children and must immediately be withdrawn from availability for prescribing to children. These drugs must not be permitted to return as drugs available for child prescriptions until they have been proven effective, safe, beneficial, and no longer bear a threat to children lives. The loophole of off-label prescribing must be eliminated, thereby protecting the lives of children across America. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004] From
PR Web on September 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
New Schedule of Japanese Language Courses for Winter 2004
Japanese Language Center (JLC) provides Private, Semi-private, and Group Lessons of Japanese Language. JLC announces New Schedule of Japanese Language Evening Courses and Saturday Daytime Courses. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004] From
PR Web on September 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
ADHD Awareness Season: A Call from Wildest Colts Resources: To All Caring Adults Fall, 2004
We declare Fall 2004 as ADHD Awareness Season. Psychiatry says that ADHD stands for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a "mental illness" that strikes millions of our children, requiring that they take stimulant drugs to hold their disease at bay and eke out a functional existence in the society of the schools. This is a lie. We say that A is for Attention! D is for Death! H is for Horror! D is for Destruction! [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004] From
PR Web on September 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
'Guerilla Guide To Politics' A Hit in Georgia
This October, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) Education will air 'Guerrilla Guide to Politics' (GGP) to over 2000 K-12 schools, 64 public libraries, and 70 post-secondary institutions as part of the Georgia Secretary of State's "Civics Month" initiative. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004] From
PR Web on September 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Babson College Named One Of "50 Best Colleges For Girls" By CosmoGIRL! Magazine
Six key factors -- small class size, prominent female faculty members, strong women's sports programs, a career center that facilitates internship opportunities, opportunities to hold leadership positions in clubs and activities and an active alumni network -- were all seen by CosmoGIRL!'s panel of experts to provide unique elements essential to success. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004] From
PR Web on September 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Fascinating Learning Factory hosts "A Class Act"
Fascinating Learning Factory, Boulder's own resource for exciting, entertaining, educational programming, is holding their first annual fundraiser, "A Class Act" on Wednesday, September 29th at the Dove House in Lafayette, CO. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004] From
PR Web on September 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Independent Review Reveals MBA Admissions Success Rate of Over 95% AdmissionsConsultants Clients Gain Acceptance into Target Business Schools
AdmissionsConsultants, Inc., a consulting firm which guides prospective undergraduate and graduate students through the entire admissions process, announced the results of a recently released independent review by McLean, Virginia-based accounting firm, Fitzgerald, Snyder & Co., P.C. The evaluation substantiated AdmissionsConsultants 2003 performance record, which indicated that the company's consulting services resulted in nearly 100% of its clients securing admittance to at least one of their top business school preferences. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004] From
PR Web on September 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Accessing your hidden career potential
With the continued decline in manufacturing, basic IT services and the changing market place, it's not surprising that many individuals are looking to up-grade their skill base. PPI Business NLP's winter programme offers a variety of courses for those seeking to develop a framework and unlock their hidden potential. [PRWEB Sep 22, 2004] From
PR Web on September 22, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Ask K5: Meeting locals when travelling
While travelling I like to meet locals. In some countries this is easy, I look different and peole approach me. In other countries people are more reserved. What can I do in the latter case? From
kuro5hin.org on September 22, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Google Goes Local
A recent elearnspace post alerted me to this new Beta service from Google named Google Local. Google Local allows one to search for anything in your local community. And after a day like this, I thought I would set out... From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on September 22, 2004 at 1:57 a.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Sep 22
Today's highlights: IMlogic and EMC; EMC Express Solution for E-Mail; What Does KM Mean?; IMlogic announced an integration between its IM Manager solution and EMC's Legato EmailXtender, an archiving solution. The integration enables fully formed IM conversations to be stored... From
Kolabora.com on September 22, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..
ID Conference Information
The Instructional Design Conference in Saskatoon will be held and November 18-19, and it will feature mini-workshops with Dave Jonassen on problem based learning and Katy Campbell on writing for e-learning environments. You can download some information here. You can... From
Rick's Café Canadien on September 22, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..
Electrical poltergeist strikes again
My one-month-old Thinkpad X40 needs a new motherboard. Yesterday, it stopped noticing what was plugged into its USB ports. Today it can't find its audio board. IBM has authorized the repair. This occurred while I was on the road, lending credence to the theory that my electrical problems are not due to bad wiring in my house but in fact stem from some sort of perturbance in my aura. Or possibly an electrolyte balance. Ultimately, I think, we have to blame it on Karl Rove. By the way, not having my laptop for the next few days is pretty much... From
Joho the Blog on September 22, 2004 at 12:49 a.m..
Stupid Ice Breaker Tricks
If I ever came across this in a workshop or presentation, I'd be headed for the door or flipping the laptop open while praying for wireless. In the
September 2004 Training & Development Magazine, under a department of fundamentals is "A Trick For Your Trade" Are you looking for a lively demonstration of a learning tool to kick off your next learning session? Try this simple card guessing trick. In addition to helping trainees focus on how to use learning tools, this flashy card trick, From
cogdogblog on September 22, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..
