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At what cost pervasive? A social computing view of mobile computing systems
With the advent of pervasive systems, computers are becoming a larger part of our social lives than ever before. Depending on the design of these systems, they may either promote or inhibit social relationships. We consider four kinds of social... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 27, 2004 at 10:57 p.m..

Dante's sentence
"The Florence State Archive has printed 2,000 facsimile copies of the XIV century manuscript detailing the charges and sentence against Dante - the author of the Divine Comedy - and will give them to universities and libraries. The copies closely match the original - down to the original binding - but with the addition of explanatory notes. From the BBC [...]" Source: http://www.cronaca.com/archives/002801.html http://news.bb From Archivalia on September 27, 2004 at 10:54 p.m..

Eigentum und Urheberrecht
http://www.netzeitung.de/voiceofgermany/kulturnews/306644.html Eine in Privatbesitz neu aufgetauchter Hemingway-Brief samt Kurzgeschichte darf zwar versteigert werden, aber nach dem Willen der Nachlaßverwalter nicht publiziert. Siehe auch: http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2004/09/locking_up_hemi.html From Archivalia on September 27, 2004 at 10:54 p.m..

Senate weighs H-1B visa changes
U.S. senators are debating a controversial measure to exempt foreign student graduates from the cap on H-1B visas. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Briefly: Credit union beefs up database security
roundup Plus: Computer scientists slam e-voting machines..."The Sims 2" hits 1 million sales...Adobe, Kodak team on photo printing...Cray promotes two execs. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Start-up banks on Java hardware boost
Hardware expected to begin selling next year is designed to make it faster and more efficient to run Java programs. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Setting Up Your Own Webfeeds, Continued
If you just have a basic weblog, creating a webfeed is probably easy -- you simply use the built-in tool in your blogging software. However, what if your webfeed generation needs are more complex? Here's some basic advice on more advanced webfeed options... From Contentious Weblog on September 27, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..

Conference on online knowledge networks
The International Centre for Governance and Development is sponsoring a conference/workshop for graduate students entitled: Online Knowledge Networks for Public and Social Policy Research A Graduate Student Workshop October 22, 2004 http://www.icgd.usask.ca/workshop.html Ben Daniel is helping organize the workshop, so... From Rick's Café Canadien on September 27, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Yahoo pages to get touch-up
Web giant plans to give visitors a peek at its new home page as early as Tuesday; some changes in appearance, functions are in store. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Computer scientists slam e-voting machines
Experts recommend the machines not be used in elections unless they provide a physical paper trail. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Briefly: Computer scientists slam e-voting machines
roundup Plus: "The Sims 2" hits 1 million sales...Adobe, Kodak team on photo printing...Cray promotes two execs...HD-DVD group forms promotion unit. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Senate weighing work-visa changes
U.S. senators are debating a controversial measure to exempt foreign student graduates from the cap on H-1B visas. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Credit union beefs up database security
IPLocks will help Western Corporate Federal Credit Union meet government security requirements. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

'Opening' University Research
There's an interest article by Michael Geist in today's edition of the Toronto Star Law Bytes column. Basically Geist is arguing against the existing practice of that Universities spend billions of dollars on research only to end up 'buying back"... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on September 27, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Akimbo appears to be legit
Via TMCnet.com, Akimbo strikes VOD Deal with TBS, and is going to have programming from CNN, CNNfn, Cartoon Network, TCM, Boomerang. I have to say, Akimbo has done a great job of securing content for their service. With a few 100,000 subscribers, they'll be the same size as a small cable network with a fraction o From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..

Urheberrecht bei anonymen Plakaten
Wie lang läuft das Urheberrecht bei nicht namentlich gekennzeichneten historischen Plakaten? Bezugnehmend auf http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/36386 http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/145113/ soll die Aussage von Gabriele Lutterbeck über die Schutzfrist "70 Jahre nach Erstveröffentlichung bei künstlerischen Werken anonymer Urheber (interessant an dieser Stelle ist, daß man u.U. mit einer Erstveröffentlichung selbst diese From Archivalia on September 27, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..

Critical issues in the design and implementation of employee self-service
Bridgette Di Ferdinando, Eric Lesser and Tomer Amit have written an article on designing employee self-service solutions. To quote: While firms are making notable strides in enabling employees through Web-based self-service applications, few have begun to consider the needs of... From Column Two on September 27, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

Connecting the world and unlocking the 'deep' web through GLOBE
Organisations from Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and the US, yesterday announced a global alliance to make shared online learning resources available to educators and students around the world.The Global Learning Objects Brokered Exchange (GLOBE) alliance has been established between the following founding members: the ARIADNE Foundation in Europe, Education Network Australia (EdNA Online) in Australia, eduSourceCanada in Canada, Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) in the US, and National Institute of Multimedia Education (NIME) in Japan. These orga From EdNA Online on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Dell and AOL expand PC program for needy students
"TechKnow" program doles out PCs to children who complete special class, meet standards regarding grades and attendance. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Microsoft flexes more open-source muscle
Microsoft releases code for FlexWiki Web collaboration program--the company's third application to go public. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

"The Sims 2" hits one million sales
The virtual life game sold more than a million copies in its first 10 days on the market, Electronic Arts said. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

HP sinks utility project, lays off some workers
Firm to sell Utility Data Center package as separate software modules. UDC staff handed walking papers. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Adobe, Kodak team on photo printing
Adobe Systems is making Kodak's Ofoto the preferred online printing service in consumer versions of its Photoshop image editing applications. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Bridging the gap between digital camera & cameraphone
Via LinuxElectrons, Sharp Develops 2-Megapixel CCD Camera Module: As phones with embedded cameras have increasingly provided pixel counts beyond one megapixel, industry demands for greater functionality and higher image quality on par with ordinary digital cameras has increased. At the same time, the industry demands more compact and thinner camera modules to provide this greater function From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..

MusicBrainz
MusicBrainz aims to create a music information commons where the community creates and maintains a public database of information about music. This music metadata will enable non-ambiguous communication about music, and will allow the Internet community to discover new music without any of the bias introduced by marketing departments of the recording industry... Another interesting project that tries From Seblogging News on September 27, 2004 at 7:52 p.m..

30,135
Sometime over the weekend, this site received its 30,000th visitor since mid-2003, as recorded by SiteMeter. As I write this, it's sitting at 30,135 visitors (about 100 per day). That's actual human visitors, with image-enabled browsers (bots and spiders aren't included in this, because they don't download the image used by ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

When students grade their teachers
Online service riles some - but others say it's only fair to turn tables. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on September 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Too often, teachers extinguish a student's spark
From a teacher: Why do teachers sometimes forget to allow children to see their world with their own eyes? From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on September 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Philadelphia's church-school experiment
The city is asking all of its schools to each partner with a synagogue, mosque, or church. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on September 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Cookies and curriculum
Education 'house parties' were held last week across the US to promote discussion of national education policy. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on September 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Reseller CDW upgrades abilities, ambitions
Company offers higher-end equipment and new expertise for selling complicated combinations of products. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Coastsider, a new community blog
I get jazzed about local community sites, where both amateur and trained journalists are practicing a labor of love. The latest is Coastsider.com, a news and community site for coastal California around the Santa Cruz area. Coastsider uses a blogging format. I bumped into its publisher-editor, longtime blogger Barry Parr, at the Online News Association function Tuesday night, and he said to check it out. I did, and it's impressive. Take a look. From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..

Fable Tops Sky Captain
Need a specific example of how the video game industry now nets more then the film industry? Look no further than the release of the new X-box game, Fable which netted $18.7 million in its first week, surpassing this week's top grossing film, Sky Captain. 1up via waxy. (I'm not sure I buy it --pun.forgive-- @ $50 a pop, Fable sold 375,000 units while Sky Captai From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..

Google your company on TV
Using speech recognition and closed captioning, a company called Multivision Inc. scans 1,000 TV channels for certain keywords, such as the name of a company. Clients can buy "buzz reports" to determine how much media they received. "The goal is to watch every television station in the country," said CEO Babak Farahi. Multivision has been around for 8 years, but the company has doubled in size over the last year. (Free reg. req. via T From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..

Digital Negative (DNG)
The public, archival format for digital camera raw data Raw file formats are becoming extremely popular in digital photography workflows because they offer creative professionals greater creative control. However, cameras can use many different raw formats &ampmdash; the specifications for which are not publicly available &ampmdash; which means that not every raw file can be read by From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..

Game Culture: A Glimpse into the Present
A look at the gaming landscape and how it is influencing all media. "In an average day, I perform numerous activities which have nothing to do with gaming explicitly, but which feel somehow game-like. These include blogging, creating a playlist for my iPod, programming my TiVo, and learning the hacks behind Yahoo Internet Messenger. If there's one point from all these examples, it's that "gaming" might become so pervasive as to become invisible." From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..

3D Immersive Virtual Spaces: Future Or Hype?
Second Life, is the latest 3D digital world imagined, created and owned by its own inhabitants. In it you can chat, play games, build houses and meet with other people. In second Life you can have your own land on which you can literally "build" any permanent structure like a house, an office buildi... From Kolabora.com on September 27, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Interoperability Issues For VoIP
The challenge gathering critical mass over the VOIP landscape concerns interoperability. As chip, software and hardware makers build their IP PBXes, phones, terminal adapters, carrier softswitches, media gateways and application servers, how do they ensure that they support calls consistently?... From Kolabora.com on September 27, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

OSCON 2004 audio records
Thanks to the great folks at O'Reilly, IT Conversations streamed and recorded the keynote presentations from OSCON 2004 July 28-30. Neat. A collection of audio recorded presentations at the recent O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) 2004. Files can be either streamed or downloaded. [Sebastian Fiedler] From Seblogging News on September 27, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..

Toshiba presses Play on 60GB audio player
Up to 15,000 audio files can be stored on the company's upcoming hard drive-based player. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Intel invests in the 'Digital Home'
From eHomeUpgrade, Intel Digital Home Fund Adds Five New Companies to Portfolio, by Alexander Grundner: Intel has announced its latest round of funding in "Digital Home" technologies. Among the From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..

Draft of Creative COmmons for Canada licence
http://creativecommons.org/projects/international/ ca/english-changes.pdf Potentially of interest to Canadian readers, the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has released a draft of a Canadian Creative Commons (cc-ca) licence. The biggest difference - we spell 'Licence' different than Americans! But seriously now, there is value to having Canadian lawyers translate this into language used in our courts, and without being a lawyer myself, it seems like From EdTechPost on September 27, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

3D Virtual Spaces For Learning And Collaboration
Though the majority of you may likely resist the ideas that follow, I do believe that, in an increasingly apparent way, this will be the future of online collaboration, learning and cyberprofessional work: online real estate and fully immersive 3D environments, digital 3D worlds in which most any work or learning activity can be carried out. It maybe yet a relatively distant future, but that is where we are directed.... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on September 27, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Open Arms for Open-Source News
For years, publications have been looking for ways to get community members more directly involved in the news process. Papers across the country have experimented with giving readers blogs, as well as other forms of community-contributed content. In Korea, OhmyNews has for several years relied on reader submissions. But according to several media experts, there has never been a project in the United States in which a newspaper company has turned the reins over to the community. "I thin From Seblogging News on September 27, 2004 at 5:52 p.m..

A Computer In Every Classroom
Schools are spending a fortune on technology in the hopes of gaining relevance with Generation I. Bad news--they've already lost. From kuro5hin.org on September 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

HD-DVD group forms promotion unit
Group to push development of HD DVD hardware and content, plus try to drive commercial adoption. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Nanotechnology aims to cure smelly feet
Your secret shame is over. A start-up in Pennsylvania says it can cure foot-odor problems with nanosocks. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Briefly: HD-DVD group forms promotion unit
roundup Plus: Avici extends AT&T contract...IronPort spam shield gets steelier...Via brings PCI Express to AMD PCs...Rice lab makes nano parts less toxic. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Cingular Wireless plans to sell interactive unit
Fund manager Cerberus Capital Management to buy the Mobitex network, used to support a quarter of the world's Blackberry users. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Monday, September 27, 2004
This past weekend, many-a-Manns came to town for Emily's bridal shower  the Nashville version. From RHPT.com on September 27, 2004 at 5:01 p.m..

The Spam That (Almost) No One Heard
If a tree falls in a forest ...This morning, someone spammed Poynter's Online-News discussion list with an e-mail promoting something to enlarge the male sexual organ. As administrator of the list, it was of course my job to take action, by blacklisting the offending sender address. (Only members of the list can post to it; this appeared to be a case where someone signed up, sent the spam, then unsubscribed. It's very odd.)Also odd about this incident was that I never saw the offending e-mail. I have some pretty good From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 27, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

iPhoto to Flickr to MT (What a Cool Trip)!
flickr foto P8181355.JPGavailable on my flickr Rest a Bit on the "Restbit Bench", Santa Maria Springs, Hermit Trail, Grand Canyon From cogdogblog on September 27, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..

Noah Mendelsohn Appointed to TAG
2004-09-27: W3C is pleased to announce that Noah Mendelsohn (IBM) has been appointed to the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG). Noah joins TAG participants Dan Connolly (W3C), Paul Cotton (Microsoft), Roy Fielding (Day Software), Chris Lilley (W3C), Norm Walsh (Sun), and co-Chairs Stuart Williams (Hewlett-Packard) and Tim Berners-Lee (W3C). The remaining one open seat will be filled at the next TAG election. Created in 2001, the TAG documents principles of Web architecture and works with other groups to resolve architectural issues. Read the Architecture of the World Wide Web Last Call Wor From World Wide Web Consortium on September 27, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..

Oracle looks beyond big-ticket contracts
The small-business push is aimed squarely at Microsoft, database giant executives acknowledge. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

PalmSource to unveil smart-phone software
Operating system might help make up for a rough quarter and Microsoft nipping at the company's heels. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Endangered NHL season to hit ice via video games
Cable channel G4techTV promises to make the 2004-2005 season happen one way or another. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Commercial space travel to take flight?
Pack up your Tang. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and a Paul Allen venture aim to send tourists to the stars. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Apple to replace 'spotty' PowerBook screens
Firm offers free replacement screens to owners of 15-inch PowerBook models that display white spots. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Vidget 3
This is the latest version of my interactive networked video project. Click on the image to load Vidget 3 in Quicktime Player. (It is quite small but very processor intensive - especially as it first loads) This version is a mix between the my first vidget which featured a text based interface for mixing up to three video clips on top of eachother, and my Quicktime Flickr photo viewer which let you search for and view images based on a search word. The interface has been redesigned and now features a grid of 25 draggable images which represent video clips. These may be d From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

Social tools
Just talked to a colleague of mine about the phenomenon of web-based social tools and their use for private and business issues. We talked more precisely about usability and those tools and if there is a market for usability studies. And yes I think there is growing need for that. If services are going commercial there is already a proof of some usability issues met. Though I think more refinement is necessary. In case of the realm of shared ühoto-services I'm still a little sceptic. The reason might be that I'm still a more literal than pictoral type of persons. Thinking of pi From thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 27, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

the wrong side of the curve
Another helpful and necessary argument from David Weinberger. Weblogs are not about replacing journalists/media. They are maybe not even about challenging them or improving their professional conduct. The article David quotes is on blog-celebrities, their daily live, and sources of income all presented like an ethnographic study. Good stuff to read but as David is underlining: the power of weblogs is not at this fraction it's where the readership is low and the fascination is high. Of course it seems more attractive to media to go and research where they recognize (and project) themselve From thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 27, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

mapping knowledge
Got this via Email from Wolfgang Neurath. The following is a quote from the introduction to the anthology Mapping Knowledge domains. Sounds interesting. Who can read it and feedback?The term "mapping knowledge domains" was chosen to describe a newly evolving interdisciplinary area of science aimed at the process of charting, mining, analyzing, sorting, enabling navigation of, a From thomas n. burg | randgänge on September 27, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..

AOL wants developers to get the message
The push is on to get Instant Messenger software on more and more mobile phones. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Can Skype live up to the Net phone hype?
The first-year growth rate for the no-cost phone service was "sky high." Now it has to avoid a sophomore jinx. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Distributed Categories: A General Implementation
The guy who created BooksWeLike is now apparently working on a general embeddable system for distributed categorization that does the following: Let you publish citations to books, urls, photographs and other digital ephemera. Categorize your observations using tags Pivot on tags and observations to find more like tags, observations and… From e-Literate on September 27, 2004 at 3:01 p.m..

Demand For Media Dips Except For Online
MediaPost's ongoing survey of media demand indicates demand for all media is down 7 points in September over September 2003. However, in that sea of apparent discontent, online stands out as the shining star with demand increasing 12 points during the same time period. The biggest losers are network TV and newspapers. From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

location aware fiction
Hypertext's limit exceeded - The emergence of location aware or physically located narrative works is the subject of Data and Narrative: Location Aware Fiction, a Trace article by Canadian writer and new media artist Kate Armstrong. Earlier Turbulence blogs have described one of the works Armstrong addresses, unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

TiddlyWiki - a reusable non-linear personal web notebook
TiddlyWiki is "an experimental MicroContent WikiWikiWeb built by JeremyRuston. It's written in HTML and JavaScript to run on any browser without needing any ServerSide logic. It allows anyone to create SelfContained hypertext documents that can be posted to any web server, or sent by email." From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

OpenP2P.com: The Power of Metadata
Metadata applied at a fundamental level, early in the game, will provide rich semantics upon which innovators can build peer-to-peer applications that will amaze us with their flexibility.... Whether or not peer-to-peer fares any better than the Web, it certainly presents a new challenge for people concerned with describing and classifying information resources. Peer-to-peer provides a rich environment and a promising early stage for putting in place all we've learned about metadata over the pas From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

(re) Descubriendo blogs
Cine Bloggermania.com: crítica cinematográfica a cargo de Jerónimo José Martín, José María Aresté, Fernando Gil-Delgado, Juan Orellana, Juan Luis Sánchez y Alberto Fijo. Gastronomía Entre los blogs de La Coctelera descubro El Pingüe Gourmet: Críticas gastronómicas sinceras, deliciosas recetas sencillas,... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 27, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..

AOL AIMs for a mobile standard
America Online creates a developer program for its Instant Message software; Motorola, Siemens and other handset makers sign on. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Briefly: Avici extends AT&T contract
roundup Plus: IronPort spam shield gets steelier...Via brings PCI Express to AMD PCs...Rice lab makes nano parts less toxic. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Skype's pipe dream?
The first-year growth rate for the Net phone start-up was "sky high." Now it has to avoid a sophomore jinx. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Disabilities Act doesn't cover Web, court says
But a three-judge panel, which dismissed the case largely on procedural grounds, says the legal questions raised are significant. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Sun offers help in academic networking
The new program includes grants and classes to help research and academic institutions to manage their network systems. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

New Network Offers 'Minor League' for Student Videos
Via 2-pop: Students hoping to make a living in the industry need a place where their work can be seen. Toward that end, The U Network (TUN) will make its debut this month on more than150 college campuses throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, providing students a venue to showcase their work for professionals before they graduate...Programming on TUN is entirely student generated. Half of From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

On the path to IT-based camcorders w/ all the right bells & whistles
Speaking of the need for video analysis functions to be built into camcorders so personal media (and video blogging) can succeed, today, Texas Instuments and Object Video ">announced the launch of a TI processor embedded with intelligent video algorithms. Porting ObjectVideo's video surveillance algorithms to TI From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

The Weekly Show, live today at 2 PM EDT
We're back again today, Monday, with the Weekly Show. Webcast and chat will be open at 2PM EDT here. We're still working on the system and the structure for the show, so log on and tell us what you want the show to be. Email suggestions for the show to contribute@unmediated.org. As soon as we get into a weekly rhythm, we'll start bringing the guests you want to talk to onto the s From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

you've been replaced by a very small playlist.
Hugo Schotman has a number of posts detailing his setup for audioblogging. In particular, check out how he uses audio chat software for doing interviews and remote reports and soundflower for passing audio from one app to another. unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

Flickr/iPhoto Plugin
Flickr: iPhoto Plugin Fraser Speirs has used the Flickr API to create an iPhoto plugin that allows you to easily export images from iPhoto to your Flickr site...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on September 27, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Networked devices
Jon Lebkowsky at WorldChanging blogs a message posted by Frank Coluccio referring to the October Scientific American (which I have not yet seen) that talks about "Internet Zero," "an architecture that defines the protocols and internetworking relationships of everyday objects found in the home and the business place." As Jon says, "As networks grow and evolve and we add more devices (as with Internet Zero), it's important to be explicit and forceful about the requirement to deep it open and 'dumb'." Around 1990, I had this great idea: DataTotes. Y'see, you plug this little From Joho the Blog on September 27, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

Article in Wired
Apparently, my article on how we're going to manage when we each have tens of thousands of photos on our hard drives is in the latest issue of Wired. As usual, I'm afraid to read it.... From Joho the Blog on September 27, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..

The Next Financial Disaster?
Reuters: Fannie Mae in Deal to Increase Its Capital. Embattled mortgage finance company Fannie Mae agreed to keep billions of dollars more cash on hand while it corrects accounting problems, its government regulator said on Monday. This comes after a report of major financial oddities, and it's not enough. Fannie Mae is a quasi-governmental corporation that counts on -- but has not earned -- the b From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 27, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Cisco switch products target small business
Company aggressively addresses smaller businesses with products that reduce the cost and complexity of operating a Cisco network. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Saluting the data encryption legacy
Security technologist Bruce Schneier explains that while cryptography is one of the most basic tools of computer security, it barely existed as an academic discipline 30 years ago. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

E-mail firm baits hackers with security challenge
Avecho offers $18,000 prize to anyone who can sneak a virus past its GlassWall product. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

IDC raises estimate for PC sales
Growth in commercial PC shipments in the second quarter was the highest in that segment since 1999, the researcher says. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

What to Do with Your Extra Gmail Invites
Gmail is still an invitation-only service. Lately, Google has been very generous with the number of invitations it allots to Gmail users to redistribute. Right now, everyone I know who wants Gmail has gotten an invitation from me -- yet I still have plenty leftover, and I keep getting more. What to do with those extra invitations?... From Contentious Weblog on September 27, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..

Confession of a Technorati Junkie
Technorati is a key tool for "ego surfing." (Yes, I have an ego -- imagine that!) Basically, it's an easy way for bloggers to find out which other blogs are linking to them or talking about them. When it works, it's great. Technorati has had its functional bugs here and there, but the service is so useful I haven't minded them much. Then, last Friday, disaster struck... From Contentious Weblog on September 27, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..

Adobe offers standard for raw photo formats
The company is also offering a free tool to convert photos stored in other formats to the new Digital Negative specification. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Spinsanity - Countering rhetoric with reason
Here’s another “will-somebody-please-tell-me-the-goddurned-truth-about-the-Presidential-campaign-issues” site in the same spirit as FactCheck.org. I have only had time to give it a cursory scan so far, but Spinsanity looks good at first glance. Plus, it has an RSS feed, unlike FactCheck.org. (Found via Wired.) From e-Literate on September 27, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..

Short Articles (Basic Blog Post Formats, Part 5)
This nebulous category includes any blog posting that runs up to about 500-700 words long. Typically, these blog entries are long enough to merit extending off the home page to a separate full-text page, but not so long as to require more than a couple minutes' reading time. Short articles can present any kind of content, and they also can include external links. (NOTE: This is part 5 of a 7-part series.) From Contentious Weblog on September 27, 2004 at 11:57 a.m..

Wikis, Blogs und Wissensmanagement
"Das Web-Logging kurz Blogging hat sich in kurzer Zeit zum Publikationsformat unserer Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie gemausert. Blogging basiert auf einer Kultur, die durch den Austausch von Informationen, Ideen und Wissen in Form von Tage- oder eben Logbüchern definiert wird. Damit wird es fast zur natürlichen Ausdrucksform impliziten Wissens und gewinnt dadurch zunehmende Bedeutung für das Wissensmanagement im Unternehmen. Blogs mutieren somit zu Klogs, den Knowledge Logs", schreibt Dr. Bernhard von Guretzk From BildungsBlog on September 27, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

AT&T Wireless unveils messaging-only handheld
The company says the device, dubbed the Ogo, won't be bogged down by features that are "hardly used." From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Two Thirds of Faculty for Online Courses Receive No Pedagogy Training
According to this survey, a lot of universities still don’t get that teaching online involves more than knowing which buttons to click. Right now the administrations probably don’t have to care; the demand for distance learning (even weak distance learning) outstrips the supply. But that won’t last forever, and when… From e-Literate on September 27, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Avatar spaces in college
Wired reports on using 3d avatar spaces in college. Trinity University professor Aaron Delwich is described teaching a class using Second Life. Linden Lab charges a monthly fee of $10 for access to an open-ended virtual world with a... From MANE IT Network on September 27, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Jeff Jarvis on the death of broadcast TV
Jeff Jarvis has a great post on his realization that he doesn't watch broadcast TV anymore. He writes, 'I don't consume media anymore; I live it.' From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..

Right to Protect Confidential Sources at Risk?
Since the founding of the United States, journalists here have treasured the legal protection that allows them to conceal the identities of confidential sources. This protection enables much important news coverage based on information from whistleblowers, well-placed insiders, and others who would not cooperate with journalists otherwise.Recently, however, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) has been publicizing incidents where journalists have been cited for contempt in federal court for not revealing sources.To demonstrate strong support in the journalism From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 27, 2004 at 10:57 a.m..

A Close Look at Sony's E-Book
On a recent trip to Beijing, I had a chance to take a close look at Sony's new e-book device, the Libri, the first commercial product to use Philips' breakthrough "e-ink" technology. It makes the old RCA/GemStar e-book (no longer in production) look like a primitive Etch-A-Sketch. The Libri seems thin and delicate (only half an inch thick), and provides a display about the size of a paperback book at a very high (170 dots per inch) resolution. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 27, 2004 at 10:57 a.m..

Tell Me Your Sorrows
Last Thursday, the beloved Dutch singer Andre Hazes died at 53, news that came out on the radio at 11.45 in the morning. News during office hours results in an immediate communications gulf and it is interesting to see which role the different platforms play.Of course, his website, andrehazes.nl, reported high traffic (11,000 visitors at noon vs. 150 on a normal day), as did websites like condoleance.nl, where visitors can leave messages: More than 50,000 people have left wishes so far.But the From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 27, 2004 at 10:57 a.m..

Ausweg aus dem Dilemma der Migration?
Die geringe Haltbarkeit digitaler Unterlagen ist hinreichend bekannt wie beklagt worden. Die von den Experten der Archivierung digitaler Unterlagen daraus gezogenen bzw. geforderten Konsequenzen nach permanenter Migration der Daten auf den jeweils neuesten Stand der Entwicklung elektronischer Speichersysteme ist zwar legitim; merkwürdig still dagegen wird es, wenn man nach der Finanzierbarkeit solcher Sisyphos-Projekte frägt. Das Freiburger Fraunhofer-Institut Physikalische Messtechnik versucht in einem interessanten Projekt Digitalisierung und Langzeitsicherung zu verknüp From Archivalia on September 27, 2004 at 10:55 a.m..

Singapore fair use
I'm giving a couple of talks in Singapore in December and one of my kind hosts has sent me a form on which I'm to list every copyrighted and non-copyrighted source I use in the handouts, along with this explanation of what constitutes fair use in Singapore. I'd say that this is what we have to worry about our copyright law doing to the free expression of ideas, but I'm afraid you're going to tell me that this is in fact where our copyright law already is. Sigh.... From Joho the Blog on September 27, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

AT& Wireless unveils messaging-only handheld
The company says the device, dubbed the Ogo, won't be bogged down by features that are "hardly used." From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Refugees in Key Largo
It's good to have Tom Petty's "Refugee" bouncing around in my head this morning, instead of the one that I couldn't shake yesterday--that awful "Key Largo" song. Refugees is what we are at this point, and yes, we're in Key Largo. Yesterday morning before Jeanne had really subsided all that much, we were tossing clothes into bags, stashing a few days worth of food into the cooler, and with the dog and the cat in tow, we hit the road. It was a blustery 3 hour drive... From Brain Frieze on September 27, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..

xrefer has announced today that it has launched a new service, xreferplus Specialist Reference, whic ...
xrefer has announced today that it has launched a new service, xreferplus Specialist Reference, which delivers in-depth, subject-specific expertise from reference works by such publishers as Blackwell Publishing and MIT Press, and includes works previously unavailable online From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 27, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

Canonical URLs and network effects
After retracing his steps in order to correctly credit a link he had recently cited, Darren Barefoot wondered whether it had been worth the trouble: Generally, I just choose the site closest to the source, and credit them. That probably doesn't make sense, as I should be crediting the source where I found them. Or is it important to show the entire 'chain of evidence'? Ultimately, who really cares? [Darren Barefoot: The (boring) problem of attribution] I From Jon's Radio on September 27, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

Russia gets budget version of Windows
Microsoft effort is designed to wean people off pirated software and the open-source Linux OS. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

E-Learning Frameworks and Tools: Is it too late? - The Director's Cut
I missed this item when I was toodling around over the Pacific, but you shouldn't. This is a first-rate paper looking at plans for JISC, the state of e-learning technology, and the impending roll-out of web services. It's written strictly within a British context, but it would be well worth reading by anyone in the field. This item was pointed to in another item at Auricle referring to my current Australian tour. By Derek Morrison, Auricle, September 15, 2004 [OLDaily on September 27, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

Blogs, Learning Objects, and Other Cool Stuff
As promised, today's OLDaily comes to you live from Uluru - see here for a picture - and I lead it off with slides used for my talk at Alice Springs (and broadcast to nine other learning centers throughout the Australian Outback) this morning. I know it's a bit early for the Monday OLDaily but there's no reason to wait - no guarantees on when Tuesday's will be, though, as I am back in Alice Springs for a chat tomorrow, then off to Adelaide tomorrow evening for meetings Wednesday. By Stephen Downes, Stephen&apo From OLDaily on September 27, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

The Pattern Which Connects
How we perceive our experiences, indeed how we learn to think, are significantly shaped by years of education. These patterns of perceiving and thinking are deeply influenced by the underlying structure of education, or the assumptions embedded in the design... From Experience Designer Network on September 27, 2004 at 9:00 a.m..

AP plans local blogging
Via PaidContent.org: Associated Press, one of the oldest and biggest news organizations in the country, is looking into using blogging on local community level...The company has been looking at blogging for almost a year now, and is still working on which way to go and how to implement this. Click through to listen to PaidContent's Rafat Ali speak with Jim Kennedy, head of strategic planning at AP, about the AP's vision. From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 8:57 a.m..

Money Flows into Video Surveillance
The funny thing is that the same technology for surveillance will end up in IT-based camcorders and be used by personal media management services to help us easily search and retrieve what we want from our videos. From facial recognition to pattern recognition, the emerging generation of media producing citizens will expect this kind of functionality from their media service providers. Today, Vidient unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 8:57 a.m..

Plazes: location-aware participatory mapquest
Via del.icio.us, plazes.beta: Plazes is the first global location-aware interaction and geo-information system, connecting you with the people and Plazes in your area and all over the world. It is the navigation system for your social life. Plaze is a physical location with a local network - private or public, wired or unwired... A Plaze constitutes of the information about the actual location like pictures, comments and mapping information, as well as the people currently online at that P From unmediated on September 27, 2004 at 8:57 a.m..

Link Chile 2004 1r Encuentro Internacional de Expertos en Educación a Distancia
La Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM) organiza el Primer Encuentro Internacional de Expertos en Educación a Distancia LINK CHILE 2004, cuyos objetivos son: - Compartir, analizar y reflexionar sobre las experiencias en Educación a Distancia a través de medios tecnológicos en la Enseñanza Superior, en el ámbito nacional e internacional. - Debatir en torno a la acreditación de programas académicos dictados a distancia a través de internet. - Generar un Proyecto de Acreditación de From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on September 27, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..

LIScareer.com News - updates about new LIScareer.com articles and website enhancements. News about b ...
LIScareer.com News - updates about new LIScareer.com articles and website enhancements. News about books and other information relating to library and information science career management. Published by Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 27, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

The programme for Access 2004: Beyond Buzzwords is now available. This year the conference is being ...
The programme for Access 2004: Beyond Buzzwords is now available. This year the conference is being held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from October 13-16, 2004. Registration is limited to 200 people From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 27, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

The earliest documentation of Jewish settlement in America will be on display in an exhibition openi ...
The earliest documentation of Jewish settlement in America will be on display in an exhibition opening at The New York Public Library from September 21 to November 13, 2004. The exhibition, Jewes in America: Conquistadors, Knickerbockers, Pilgrims, and the Hope of Israel, coincides with a yearlong celebration marking the 350th anniversary of the arrival of the first group of Jews in New York City. With materials drawn primarily from the Library's collections, t From Peter Scott's Library Blog on September 27, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Kill The Poor
I've been a soup van volunteer for three months plus a couple of weeks. I've also been casually mentioning this example of my beneficence in everyday conversation for about the same length of time. I use this particular phrasing, rather than "I work on a soup van", because what I'm trying to emphasise is that I didn't take it up lightly or gingerly. In the beginning, I didn't know exactly how it would turn out, but I did know that I wanted to be good. Between then and now, an awful lot became clear. From kuro5hin.org on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Is there money in being 'green'?
Solar Data Centers, a Web-hosting company, plans to power its servers on electricity generated by solar panels. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Let the fantasy sports games begin--at work
Fantasy sports are a big draw for Web companies and a workplace diversion. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Legalized extortion by any other name
CNET News.com's Washington watcher, Declan McCullagh, gets behind the Senate Commerce Committee's approval of an controversial bill. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

RSS Digest
Cool resource for content syndicators and webloggers. Place items and headlines from any RSS or Atom enabled site onto your site, no programming or required. It can use either JavaScript, PHP, or an IFRAME as the inclusion method. Get no ugly ads, and use ANY feed! From RSS Blog on September 27, 2004 at 8:02 a.m..

Yahoo: Internet withdrawal anguishing - Jim Hu, CNET news
Tobacco companies, drug cartels and Starbucks beware--the Internet may be giving you a run for the money in the addiction department. According to a study sponsored by Yahoo and advertising company OMD, Internet detox makes people feel emotionally vaca From Techno-News Blog on September 27, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

I work, therefore, IM - Red Herring
Instant messaging may be regarded as a waste of time in many corporate offices, but new studies suggesting that it can increase productivity may open the door for widespread adoption at work. But whether it From Techno-News Blog on September 27, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

WiMax wings into the Wild World of Wireless - John Blau, IDG News Service
Tired of new wireless technologies? Then stop reading. Because here's a story about a new wireless system that could someday eclipse the Wi-Fi service you've just begun to understand. The technology, called WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwa From Techno-News Blog on September 27, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

MIT Open Course Ware: Mathematics
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with funding from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and MIT, has launched this "large-scale, Web-based electronic publishing initiative." The website posts lecture not From Online Learning Update on September 27, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Faculty Training for Online Teaching -Peg Pankowski, THE Journal
Experts agree that faculty need training to teach online, yet a survey of faculty who teach undergraduate mathematics courses online indicates that most faculty at two-year colleges are still not receiving adequate training. While 89% of the participan From Online Learning Update on September 27, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Growing Virtual Communities - Debbie Garber, IRoDL
As online collaborative technologies become easier to use, an increasing range of oevirtual communities are being established, often for educational purposes. This report stresses that an efficient technology is only part of the process underlying a su From Online Learning Update on September 27, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Big is beautiful ... or perhaps not!
Here's one from OLDaily (25 Sep 2004) in which Stephen Downes describes a key theme for the Australian leg of his world tour. "I have been touting the benefits of 'small' e-learning and questioning the value of large learning management systems." Downes' then goes on to highlight a DEOS-L (The Distance Education Online Symposium) listserv contribution by Christopher Sessums, Director of Distance Learning at the University of Florida. Be warned this makes for... From Auricle on September 27, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..

Politics And The Lab
Stem cells take a prominent role in California politics and in the presidential race. From Chronicle: free on September 27, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

The Writer's Tale
The founder of the New Historicism school of literary criticism, in writing a biography of Shakespeare, follows a paper trail that links his life, his beliefs, and his morality. From Chronicle: free on September 27, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

Google Bows to Chinese Censorship
A new Chinese news service launched by Google displays no results from websites banned by China's officials. The search engine that promises to do no evil says why include links that come up empty? anti-censorship advocates are watching. From Wired News on September 27, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Taking Aim at 'Arms Race of Spin'
Both sides of the political spectrum twist the truth in their media briefs, according to a website that's tracking the spin. The system of half truths make it hard for ordinary folks to become informed. From Wired News on September 27, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

U.S. Makes Spy Images Inside U.S.
In the name of homeland security, a little known branch of the Defense Department -- the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, or America's spy imagery agency -- is keeping a close eye on the United States. From Wired News on September 27, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Rural Kids Print, Bind and Read
Anywhere Books sets up digital bookmobiles in developing countries like Uganda, Ghana and Macedonia. The souped-up vans can print and bind books on the spot, and children get the fresh-made publications for free. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on September 27, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Fable Feels Like Unfinished Tale
Fable succeeds as a plain-ol' fantasy action game where you kill things to buy stuff to kill bigger things. But given the expectations that preceeded it, the game is ultimately disappointing. Lore Sjöberg reviews Fable. From Wired News on September 27, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Changing at the Push of a Button
You might not be able to morph your wallpaper just yet, but digital ink is already threatening to make big changes in the way we experience advertising. By Rachel Metz. From Wired News on September 27, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Nice Ride: The Hydrogen Gremlin
Long before President Bush ever put 'hydrogen' and 'economy' together in a sentence, a group of students at the University of California, Los Angeles, were revving the engine on their hydrogen-powered Gremlin. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on September 27, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Long Trip for Psychedelic Drugs
Researchers who believe psychedelic drugs like ecstasy and mushrooms can help people with mental disorders are slowly getting federal agencies on board. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on September 27, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Make the most of your valuable study time
Tips on using your time effectively, improving concentration and dealing with distractions.... From Adult/Continuing Education on September 27, 2004 at 5:51 a.m..

Art of the Start
I'm enjoying Guy Kawasaki new book: The Art of the Start. Highly recommended for anyone in the startup business. The first chapter is available here. From elearningpost on September 27, 2004 at 5:47 a.m..

Launch of TKWs Skill Development Center
Education is the backbone of any individual. We provide professional training in Selling, Finance, Logistics, Personal Productivity and Communication Skills, with our Experiential Learning Pedagogy. [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004] From PR Web on September 27, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Award-Winning Author Tobias Wolff to Read from Old School at The Ellis School
Tobias Wolff to Visit Pittsburgh - Event is Free and Open to the Public [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004] From PR Web on September 27, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

New Software Product Enhances Spanish and English Language Learning and Communication
Versatil new software product from SEER Education Corporation enhances support of language learning and personal translation for travelers, students, teachers, and business executives. [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004] From PR Web on September 27, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

II Congreso «La educación en Internet e Internet en la educación»
El Centro Nacional de Información y Comunicación Educativa del Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte de España organiza la II edición del congreso «La educación en Internet e Internet en la educación». Los objetivos de este congreso son: -Colaboración e intercambio entre profesores, investigadores y profesionales dedicados al uso de las TIC en la educación. -Promoción de experiencias en el campo de la creación de contenidos hipermedia interactivos como material curricular en el aula y fuera de ella. -Divulgación de innov From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on September 27, 2004 at 3:52 a.m..

Drawing in Flash
Drawing in Flash: A Beginner's Introduction to the Flash MX 2004 Drawing Tools by Michele Howley at Macromedia Flash Developer Center The purpose of this exercise is to gain a basic understanding of how to use the drawing tools in Flash MX 2004. Before proceeding, I need to define a few terms. You'll find it much easier to understand how Flash draws if you are familiar with what Flash draws. From soulsoup on September 27, 2004 at 3:00 a.m..

Communication tools as seen through my Cyber Glasses
I have decided to once again place upon my eyes my cyber glasses and express my opinion about communication tools. Here goes: I am a fan of chat and other synchronous group communication tools; however I do find them to... From Teaching and Developing Online. on September 27, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..

AECT Curriculum Committee
Another placeholder post for stuff related to the AECT Curriculum Committee, Chicago meeting. I'm chairing this group for the next three years. More to come.... From Martindale Matrix on September 27, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..

Critical issues in the design and implementation of employee self-service
Nice in-depth article from IBM on the emerging trend of employee self-service tools. These tools have a high chance of succeeding as they help reduce reliance on long drawn out manual processes and help employees work faster. From elearningpost on September 27, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..

Briefly: IronPort spam shield gets steelier
roundup Plus: Via brings PCI Express to AMD PCs...Rice lab makes nano parts less toxic...TV chip company gets $19 million. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Virgin launches online music service
Move could help test viability of bridge--if there is one--between old offline world of music selling and new digital medium. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

IronPort spam shield gets steelier
IronPort Systems plans to release new virus-protection and enterprise-management tools on Monday. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Hotmail to wean users from free export tool
Starting Monday, MSN will cut back on the use of exporting e-mail to another client, part of its new spam-fighting plan. From CNET News.com on September 27, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Connectivity and Learning in Canadian Schools
StatsCan has released another report in the Connectivity series that details the key indicators for Internet connectivity in Canada. The report can be downloaded here: http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=56F0004MIE2004011 It was good to see Saskatchewan in the list of provinces/territories that were identified... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on September 27, 2004 at 12:58 a.m..

Backson
Pretty overwhelmed by stuff at the moment but will be backson, promise :o) Have just wiped over 2000 items from Bloglines as don't feel I can make my way through them... so if I start posting stupid, right, then... From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on September 27, 2004 at 12:51 a.m..

Blog Talk, AECT Chicago 2004
This post is a placeholder for the presentation David Wiley and I will be giving at AECT in Chicago, October 22nd. More to come soon. Needed a URL for the printed program.... From Martindale Matrix on September 27, 2004 at 12:51 a.m..

Grab Bag : Volume 1
Back after a brief blog break, this is a grab-bag kind of post, after all, blog is for my PKM too. How's Your eLearning? by Badrul H. Khan About two years back, I asked a friend if his institution was doing any eLearning. He said, "Oh, yes, we have an LMS and we are doing all sorts of eLearning stuff." I said, "Having an LMS does not necessarily mean that you are creating meaningful eLearning." He asked, " From soulsoup on September 27, 2004 at 12:01 a.m..

Grab Bag : Volume 2
Gerry McGovern - Knowledge management: Are you too busy to think? Being busy is often an excuse for not doing something you should be doing. For me it has often been an excuse for not thinking, managing, and planning properly. Working hard is no longer the route to success it once was perceived to be. In an era of outsourcing and offshoring, success definitely does require hard work, but what is way more important is smart work. Basically, all the hard work From soulsoup on September 27, 2004 at 12:01 a.m..

Are you a blogaholic?
Now I have a documented proof to demonstrate to my wife I am not a blogaholic Participate in this fun survey and prove it to your spouse too. - Are you a blogaholic? I scored 56%. From soulsoup on September 27, 2004 at 12:01 a.m..

The Story of the Fosbury Flop
An inspirational story from Robert Paterson's Weblog - Why Change is so difficult - The Story of the Fosbury Flop Imagine we are back in the late 1960's and you are a high jump coach trying to convince an elite jumper to switch to the Flop. "You must be joking - I go over backwards! I will break my neck!" It took 10 years for the Flop to be adopted an From soulsoup on September 27, 2004 at 12:01 a.m..

Streaming Surgical Education
In case you like this sort of thing, or happen to need to perform a little emergency surgery, take a look at Streamor.com: A Digital Window to the OR for Physicians, Trainees, and Patients. Featuring Cutting Edge Open and Endoscopic Surgery From the World's Leading Medical Centers From unmediated on September 26, 2004 at 11:58 p.m..

video games are people too
Via Lost Remote, G4TechTV hosts a virtual hockey season: The NHL lock out may have postponed the 2004-2005 season, but disappointed hockey fans can still watch the puck drop in more than 50 million U.S. and Canadian homes when the defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning face off against the Philadelphia Flyers in the season opener of the video game NHL season on G4techTV.. From unmediated on September 26, 2004 at 11:58 p.m..

PhotoCop
PhotoCop is a private, non-commercial web site providing research, management, and technical information about the photographic enforcement of traffic laws. From the site, on 'Who delivers this technology?' Most photo-enforcement equipment in use around the world is manufactured by American Traffic Systems (ATS), Driver Safety Systems, Ltd. (DSS), Econolite, unmediated on September 26, 2004 at 11:58 p.m..