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OT: Short Trippi Report
The rains kept many away, I think, so it was less crazy than expected. I gotta say: Trippi's got a certain something in his voice and inflection. I could see why people would listen to and get behind him, and I could see a little of what makes him special. The way he talked about the campaign and the bottom-up nature was at times inspiring (at times, he was clearly channeling
Jim Moore). That was cool. Unfortunately, I can't tell you anything substantive becau From
A Copyfighter's Musings on September 28, 2004 at 10:49 p.m..
Pixies
At last, I saw my long-time favorite rock band the
Pixies in Berkeley this weekend. That doesn't have much to do with Creative Commons --
not yet anyway. Except that this band is the reason for my first picking up a guitar 13 years ago (and, I might argue, for my improving little since). Which means that they're also the reason for my wondering, for the first time, "Who owns a song?" and "How do songwriting credits work?" I clearly remember wondering, "Why do From
Creative Commons: weblog on September 28, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Archivar bis 2003/3 online
Der "Archivar" hat endlich seinen Rückstand aufgeholt:
http://www.archive.nrw.de/archivar/index.html Schimmelpilzkundlich ist aus 2004/3 vor allem von Interesse: Schutzmaßnahmen bei Tätigkeiten mit mikrobiell kontaminiertem Archivgut. Inhalt und Bedeutung der neuen archivspezifischen „Technischen Regeln für biologische Arbeitsstoffe“ (TRBA 240). Von Hanns Peter Neuheuser Aus 2004/2 hebe ich den Bericht zur Lage der brandenburgischen Gutsarchive hervor. From
Archivalia on September 28, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
Frontier Kernel Open Source Release
Finally Frontier has been released as
open source package: This is a fresh start for the Frontier kernel, the technology under Manila and Radio UserLand, and in the future, possibly many more useful system and network applications. We're releasing the code under the GPL, the rationale for this is explained in the FAQ and in the audio blog post I recorded about this event. There is also a
mailing list, a
down From owrede_log on September 28, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..
Notational Velocity
I've got a couple of outboard brains. This weblog is one of them, but I also use an app on my PowerBook to store stuff that I don't necessary want Google to find (passwords, source code snippets that don't make sense out of context, list of the members of the ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on September 28, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
E-Learning an deutschen Hochschulen
Martin Röll und Beate Paland haben ein Konferenzweblog zur Informatik 2004 angeboten, die vom 20. - 24. September an der Universität Ulm stattfand. Da E-Learning in verschiedenen Beiträgen ein Thema war, hat mich Martin Röll netterweise auf die Veranstaltung hingewiesen.... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 28, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
[nb] CALEA panel
John Morris, Center for Democacy and Technology Mike Godwin, Public Knowledge Geraldine Matise, FCC Christopher Murray, Vonage John Morris, Douglas McCollum, Fiducianet Timothy Wu, Columbia Law School David Young, Verizon Matise: CALEA allows law enforcement agencies to get information in close to real time. And it requires the information to be put into a standardized format. The Justice Dept. would like the FCC to assume more of an enforcement role, which the FCC is reluctant to do. Morris: The substantial replacement language is applicable to email. If we go down the road the FCC is going d From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
[nb] Andrew Pincus
Andrew is the former general council of the Dept. of Commerce and now is a partner in Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Mawe. [Pardon my brevity. This was a very good, short talk. But I'm pretty fried. Here's a quick snippet: The Internet is global. We had been successful on pushing our "don't regulate the Internet" line, but with the World Summit on Information Services there's a serious push for world regulation of the Net. Countries have inconsistent demands. To defeat pro-regulation forces, we hvae to take a decentralized approach. We have to defeat them all, not patch them up. The. From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 6:50 p.m..
Shutting Down K-12 Blogging
One of "
Anne"'s colleagues who had gotten a whole bunch of elementary school teachers blogging has had his district shut all of the sites down because they don't allow student messaging in their telecommunications policy. Apparently, they want to be able to filter everything that goes up on any of the sites on their servers. Oy. I think that I've chronicled the fine line that I've had to walk with similar issues at my school. In my perfect world, student weblogs would be as free and open as a teacher From
weblogged News on September 28, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
Your Disease Risk
Through a series of questions related to ones health history and habits, this site will give an estimate of how likely it is that one will get cancer, diabetes, lsteoporosis or a stroke. From
Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on September 28, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..
Bush: "Taliban no longer is in existence."
"That's why I said to the Taliban in Afghanistan: Get rid of al Qaeda; see, you're harboring al Qaeda. Remember this is a place where they trained — al Qaeda trained thousands of people in Afghanistan. And the Taliban, I guess, just didn't believe me. And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence." [Bush, 9/27/04] There's estimates that 90 percent of the country — at least a very large percent of the country, is under the occupation of the Taliban and the warlords." [Rep. Paul (R-TX)., Remarks to House Committee on Internationa From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 5:50 p.m..
Briefly: .Mac customers suffer e-mail glitches
roundup Plus: IBM launches business research group...Verbatim to make discs with HP labeling feature...SWsoft teams with Acronis to boost virtual servers...Dell, Topspin tout InfiniBand clusters. From
CNET News.com on September 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
It's the E2E argument
Why is it a bad idea for the RSS enclosure tag to have an attribute for the mime type of an enclosed object? Partly for efficiency, but more importantly for accuracy. The mime type in the attribute can never improve on the value reported by the host of the enclosed object. It adds nothing by reiterating the value reported by the host. It can, however, make things worse by getting the value reported by the host wrong. This is an instance of the end to end argument. The ultimate client has to check the mime type, and the ultimate host has to get the mime type right. The RSS en From
unmediated on September 28, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Presidential blogpulse
BlogPulse is graphing the attention bloggers are paying to candidates and issues. They explain what they're doing here.... From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
[nb] John Rogovin, FCC, on CALEA
John is the legal counsel to the FCC and he's going to talk about CALEA and the obligations of VoIP to assist law enforcement. But, first, as he steps up to the podium, he gets two phone calls. He doesn't take either. This happens in the midst of two major changes. First, there's the digital revolution, which the FCC is trying to apply only a "light regulatory touch" to. Second, there's the security imperative. CALEA requires carriers to give access to the content and the metadata of calls to law enforcement agencies. But how do you do this in the... From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
[nb] Stewart Baker on CALEA
Stewart is general counsel to the Commission on Intelligence Capabilties or the US Regarding WMD, but he's speaking on behalf of himself. CALEA was pretty good as written, he says. "The problem with the FCC's tentative conclusions is that it takes a statutory set of standards and turns it into a kind of commission mush." "The one fundamental thing about regulating to give law enforcement access to new technology is that there's a big cliff effect." At some point the regulations stop. Are you going to tell Intel how to design their chips and Cisco how to design their routers?... From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 4:50 p.m..
Don't Go Here If You're on a Deadline
20 Questions: "20Q.net is an experiment in artificial intelligence. The program is very simple but its behavior is complex. Everything that it knows and all questions that it asks were entered by people playing this game. 20Q.net is a learning system; the more it is played, the smarter it gets." From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 28, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
Tracking Issues on Blog
BlogPulse Campaign Radar "delivers daily analysis on politics, candidates and campaign-specific issues discussed on blogs commenting on the upcoming U.S. Presidential Election. All statistics in these trend charts represent the percentage of all blog postings relevant to the election/campaign." From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 28, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
University blogging
A new article on blogging in academia (registration required) does a good job of laying out the landscape. The authors points out some costs and problems for grad student blogging, and offers a nice set of links: Crooked Timber, University... From
MANE IT Network on September 28, 2004 at 4:02 p.m..
CNNfn to air 'voter reaction meter'
While CNN is covering the first Bush-Kerry debate,
CNNfn will feature live reaction from a group of undecided voters -- including a real-time meter gauging their impressions. Meanwhile on CNN, a research team will fact-check the candidates' statements during the debate. And on CNN.com, Paul Begala and Robert Novak will follow the action in "rapidly-updated" weblogs. From
unmediated on September 28, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
Here comes P2P Radio
A few weeks ago, I got a chance to chat with Srivats Sampat, the former chief executive of McAfee.com. These days he is running
Mercora, which is an interesting twist on P2P music revolution. One of Mercora's co-founders is Michael Stokes, who developed the Gnutella 2 platform. Mercora is a small little application, which you download and install on your computer. It scans your hard drive, looks for all sorts of music files - Mp3, From
unmediated on September 28, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
Down with Boring E-Learning!
At ASTD 2004, I had a chance meeting with Michael Allen, CEO of Allen Interactions. For those of you not familiar with his work (and I can't imagine there are too many of you folks out there), Allen has been... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 28, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
Learning Objects Resources page
Creating quality learning objects demands a team approach coupled with instructional design and planning. Contact us today to learn more about designing and developing learning objects for your e-learning environment. AliveTek, Inc. [Learning Objects]... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on September 28, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
Open Repository - a U.K.-based DSpace implementor
http://www.openrepository.com/ As if additional proof was needed that there is legs to the value-added open source service model, another example in the field of 'institutional repositories' (in addition to the
Fedora implementors, VTLS) is this U.K.-based company that is making a business of implementing DSpace. In addition, the existance of not one but 2 commercialized Institutional Repository packages gives weight to the idea that the IR market is likely to become more well-formed, q From
EdTechPost on September 28, 2004 at 3:54 p.m..
[nb] Dan Gillmor
Dan's giving the lunchtime presentation. Something big is happening, he says. The former readers are now writers and participants. The media need to learn some lessons. E.g., CBS should learn not to refer to bloggers as "pajama people." He describes the moments when he realized that something big was happening to media. [I'm not going to recount the anecdotes in detail because I won't do them justice. Get his book.] E.g., Election night in Hong Kong when he realized that he was assembling for himself Net sources that were giving him a better view than the broadcasts in the US... From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 3:50 p.m..
[nb] Universal service
Robert Frieden, Penn State, College of Communications Jonathan Askin, Pulver.com Jonathan Weinberg, Wayne State, Law Kevin Werbach, Wharton School Brad Ramsay, Nat'l Assoc. of Regulatory Utilities Comissioners Matthew Brill, FCC Topic: "Should universal service contributions be required of all IP-enabled services? Or only those that use telephone numbers or connect to the traditional telephone network." From the FCC site: The goals of Universal Service, as mandated by the 1996 Act, are to promote the availability of quality services at just, reasonable, and affordable rates; increase acce From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 3:50 p.m..
iPodding, and Why it Matters
I've been increasingly blown away by the potential of what
Adam Curry,
Dave Winer and others are thinking about -- and now doing -- with Web audio. The word for this is "podcasting," delivering audio to MP3 players like the iPod. I'm working on a column about the genre, but if you're interested you should read
this explainer by Doc Searls. This is going to be a big deal, sooner than you think. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 28, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..
Auricle: Weblog Scalability and Automation
“Ask and ye shall receive.” The very day that I post a
plea for enterprise-oriented and internet-oriented educational tools communities to start talking, Derek Morrison at Auricle posts a
good example of how that dialogue could start. Here’s my interpretation: Dear grubby internet guy, Love your blog thingamabob. But IR From
e-Literate on September 28, 2004 at 3:02 p.m..
Vara Software : Wirecast
Wirecast makes it easy to create dynamic webcasts. Build detailed multimedia broadcasts with many web cameras, images, titles and movies etc. Wirecast uses the QuickTime Streaming architecture for its broadcasting. You can "unicast" over the public internet or your LAN. When you want From
unmediated on September 28, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..
Toshiba Meta Brain Television
You know a new television is starting out on the right foot when its manufacturer shows a picture of its mainboard on its product page. The
Toshiba Meta Brain is an 37-inch LCD television that bridges the space between dumb display device and home media PC, wit From
unmediated on September 28, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..
Al Gore's new cable network hiring vloggers and untrained, would-be digital reporters
INdTV, the media company founded by President former Vice President Al Gore and entrepreneur Joel Hyatt, is hiring talent. It looks like they're specifically trying to recruit "young adults" with or without any experience -- but with an affinity for low-budget digital production, and a desire to learn. Video-bloggers or would-be correspondents comfortable with the idea of indie soup-to-nuts newsmaking will write, shoot, and edit their own segments. Last May we acquired an existing television network that is currently available in almost 20 million U.S. homes. In 2 From
unmediated on September 28, 2004 at 1:59 p.m..
Audioblogging setup for Windows
Mark VandeWettering writes up his Windows-based audioblogging setup. Sweet.I've used two different machines to do my audio recording: the first is my rather generic HP laptop (2 Ghz processor, 512M of memory, 30gb disk space), and the other is my HP multimedia PC (2.8ghz processor, 512M memory, 160gb disk). In both cases I use a cheap stereo headset with microphone such as you might use for audio conferencing via Skype. The other day I also purchased a $25 Plantronics headset: I have yet to use that From
unmediated on September 28, 2004 at 1:59 p.m..
Weblog scalability and automation
As editor of Auricle you would expect me to be quite a fan of blogs, and I am; but their personal publishing heritage tends to get the in the way of scaling up their widespread use in education. For example, what if an article has multiple authors? What if we want every student and faculty member to have a blog (x,000s) automatically. What if the author want to choose who can view his/her articles, e.g. friends, project groups, tutors? Using these criteria most blog engines fall at the... From
Auricle on September 28, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..
Raub und Wiedergutmachung
"RAUB UND WIEDERGUTMACHUNG": DIE NEUE AUSGABE DER ZEITENBLICKE
http://www.zeitenblicke.de/ Vergessene Konten, verborgene Kunstschätze, ruhende Policen: Banken und Museen „entdecken“ das geraubte Vermögen von NS-Verfolgten. Fast 60 Jahre nach dem Ende des nationalsozialistischen Regimes ist der Wettlauf um die Bereicherung von „arisiertem“ Besitz immer noch ein aktuelles Thema. Die staatlichen Finanzbehörden öffneten ihre Aktenbestände in den From
Archivalia on September 28, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..
[nb] Ancillary Jurisdiction
Robert Blau, BellSouth Jeffrey Carlisle, chief of Wireline Competition Bureau of FCC Bill Hunt, Level 3 James Lewis, MCI Randolph May, Progress & Freedom Foundation Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge James Speta, Northwestern U., Law Since this is about ancillary jurisdiction and I don't know what this, I'm lost. As I'm googling around, the panel is proceeding. Damn. (Some resources here). Here's the official topic: What are the arguments for and against FCC's exercise of "ancillary jurisdiction" over IP-enabled services? Are there new ways of thinking about the FCC's ro From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
Ink Markup Language Working Draft Updated
2004-09-28: The Multimodal Interaction Working Group has released a third Working Draft of the Ink Markup Language (InkML). The InkML data format is used to represent ink entered with an electronic pen or stylus. Ink-aware Web applications can process and exchange handwriting, gestures, sketches, music and other notational languages. Visit the Multimodal Interaction home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on September 28, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..
Flying thru hyperspace IS like dusting crops
"I remember saying things like, 'Well, wait a minute. I just got out of the trash compactor. How come my hair's all perfect?' And Harrison (Ford) would go, 'Hey kid ... it ain't that kind of movie.' " - Mark Hamill, aka Luke Skywalker, telling fans how he realized that scrutinizing Star Wars would be a futile gesture. From
silentblue | Quantified on September 28, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..
What Goes Around, Comes Around
RSS began as a tool for publishers to place headlines on the old
Netscape Netcenter portal, back in the days when everyone thought Netscape was going to rule the world. Netscape as an independent company died, and RSS disappeared until the world of blogging (and especially
Dave Winer) brought it back to life. Now RSS is back on a portal, but this time it's the
newly relaunched My Yahoo. In addition to supporting personalized displays of Yahoo conten From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on September 28, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..
Literarische Nachlässe in Rheinischen Archiven
Ein neues Internetportal
http://www.rheinische-literaturnachlaesse.de/ Zu den Nachlassbildnern findet man nützliche und vergleichsweise biographische Informationen. Das Museum des Oberbergischen Kreises verwahrt von Anton Wilhelm (Florentin) von Zuccalmaglio u.a. rhein.-berg. Sagen-Slg. auf kl. Blättern; Slg. „Zwölf Volkssagen v. Zwergen u. Heinzelmännchen aus d. Bergischen“; dt. u. internationale Lieder-Slgen.; 17 Hefte Sagenkunde m. Glossarium; Slg. Vo From
Archivalia on September 28, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
[bn] Justification for Regulation
It's a six-person panel: Rebecca Arbogast, LeggMason Daniel Benoliel, UC Berkeley, Law Harold Feld, Media Access Project James Gattuso, Heritage Foundation Russell Hanser, FCC (speaking for himself and off the record [Blog off]) David Isenberg, isen.com Eli Noam, Columbia U. economics Christopher Savage, Cole, Raywid & Braverman Susan Crawford moderates. She asks that if there weren't a Broadcast Act from the '30s, what's spoecial about the Internet that means it needs regulation? Russell gives a reasonable, coherent answer that I am not allowed to report. Isenberg says tha From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..
Al Gore's TV Channel
BoingBoing
takes note of the increasing visibility of the new
TV news channel -- by and for young adults (great way to save on wages and health insurance, eh, guys?) -- being put together by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt. Video blogging is going to be a core competency, it would seem. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on September 28, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Making old technologies new
"I'm worried about the up-and-coming generation of geeks," a leading Internet innovator told me at a recent tech gathering. "They try stuff, use it, and throw it away. But I don't see many of them inventing new foundation technologies." In other words: rip, mix, burn. Is this a bad thing? Perhaps quite the opposite. There's no shortage of foundation technologies, and latent within many of them are unanticipated uses. Discovering new ways to use existing technologies is arguably as important as inventing new ones. ... From
Jon's Radio on September 28, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Marx Brothers and copyright
During the struggles over copyright, it's worth recalling the historical record, and finding something cheerful. The Marx Brothers were involved in a copyright dispute with Warner Brothers over their 1946 movie A Night in Casablanca. Warner sent them a note... From
MANE IT Network on September 28, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..
Data Libre
Steve Mallet has started
Data Libre, a move towards a standardized way for us to be in control of our own information. His elevator pitch is "Own your Data. Write Once, Read Everywhere." Currently, aggregated information about people can be found within the likes of Google or Amazon or in social networking services, like
Linked-In or
Spoke. In each case the individual inputs personal information, and the value of the network increases exponentially with additional From
jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on September 28, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..
[nb] Bruce Mehlman: Internet Innovation Alliance
Bruce says it's all about accelerated change. He explains the advantages of Voice over IP: Lower cost, more features, greater competition. It'll make us more productive, stimulate broadband adoption, and enable innovation. When it comes to VoIP and the government, we hae three boxes: Unavoidable priorities such as CALEA, E911, Life Line (?) and Access for the Disabled. Political realities such as universal service (urban subsidizing rural) Avoidable mistakes: Applying legacy access charge subsidies (telephonic protectionism) and importing heavy telecom taxation: If you want broadband From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..
Long Articles (Basic Blog Post Formats, Part 6)
The long article format includes almost any blog posting that runs longer than 700 words and that is not a list. Good long articles are hard to write. Bad long articles are easy to write – but awful to read. Editorial skill and clarity of thought make all the difference. (NOTE: This is part 6 of a 7-part series.) From
Contentious Weblog on September 28, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..
[bn] At Bellhead/Nethead conference
I'm at a conference in NYC called "Bellhead Nethead: The FCC takes on the Internet." There are about 60 of us here; I don't know what the split between the bells and the nets is, although I hope to find out during the skins vs. shirts game of hoops scheduled for 10 am. It's being put on by the Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy, hosted by the Cardozo School of Law, organized by the remarkable Susan Crawford, who teaches at Cardozo. Susan introduces the session. She says that her aim is to get a conversation going about whether the Internet... From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..
[bn] Bob Pepper
Bob Pepper, Chief of Poilicy Development at the FCC, says the bellhead/nethead dichotomy is false. The FCC doesn't want to take over the Net. He's going to talk about the effect of "Everything over IP," not just Voice over IP. [Bob is a great person to send to this. He "gets" the Net and is open to actual discussion.] The old rules were written, he said, back when there was a non-competitive model because there were "natural monopolies." The regulations were written to protect producers in the name of consumers. And they were written when the conduits told you something... From
Joho the Blog on September 28, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..
NELA Presentation
This post is primarily for the attendees at the blogging session yesterday at the New England Library Association conference in beautiful downtown Manchester, NH. The link to the presentation is
here, but beware it may take some time to load (1.9 mb). And, please refer to the
RSS Quick Start Guide for Educators that I mentioned for more on how to use RSS in your libraries and classrooms. As I was driving back home last night I realized that From
weblogged News on September 28, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..
If RSS ain't broke...
Good article on some of the discussion surrounding the potenmtial traffic problems that may be caused when numerous RSS readers check for new content every hour. The author argues that the complainer, Robert Scoble (who works for Microsoft) is depending on a flawed example to make his point, an MSDN aggregator that pulls together a thousand RSS feeds and which must be reloaded every time one of those changes (probably built by the same geniuses that brought us Outrlook). The author argues - and I agree - that RSS is not broken - after all, if we can check for new email every minute or so, we c From
OLDaily on September 28, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
Ebooks Ready for Take-off as Sales Accelerate
As sales have nudged up slightly, a print publication (with, we observe, a vested interest) has once again touted the coming wave of ebook readers. It's an easier call to make today - witness the success of the iPod as a music-specific device. But with prices still hovering around ten dollars for a title and with the content locked down, we're not there yet. I mean, 10 megabytes built-in memory? Give me a break - my cambera has 50 times that. But a very portable ebook with the capacity to read standard format flash memory - that might work. Of course, you'll still have to offer From
OLDaily on September 28, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
Driving Higher Ed Institutions to an Enterprise Approach
The message in a nutshell: "Adopting an enterprise approach to e-learning results in systems and processes that are powerful, reliable, and, most of all, flexible enough to support all stakeholders and provide benefits across the institution." The author outlines signs that your institution is ready to move to an enterprise system, describes the major changes such a move entails, and offers practical steps toward moving in that direction. Me, I've never seen an enterprise system that I've liked, and while the author touts service and standardized processes, these seem to me to be the From
OLDaily on September 28, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
In a Flash, the Latest Fashion in Computing
It occurs to me that I mentioned flash memory in passing yesterday without really saying what it was. Fortunately, Bonnie Bracey sent this link to WWWEDU today providing an overview. The article talks mostly about flash memory attached to a USB plug - often called 'memory sticks' - but flash memory can also be plugged into many other types of slot as well, such as in a digital camera. My 512 megabyte flash memory for my camera cost about $100 - the 64 meg memory stick I picked up in Canberra (I lost my other on) cost be about $A 50. By Michel Marriott, International Herald Tribune, From
OLDaily on September 28, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
Theses for Your Perusal
You always wonder about these announcements during an election, but according to this news item the Australian government is funding $500,000 (Australian) to put up an online directory of all research theses and dissertations from Australian universities. By Louise Perry, The Australian, September 22, 2004 [
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OLDaily on September 28, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
Forecast: Song Costs May Fall Like Rain
See, it's not just me. As NewsScan Daily summarizes it, "The music industry is fighting a losing battle, says Newsweek columnist Steven Levy, who says the RIAA's legal tactics make about as much sense as trying to sue a hurricane." Yup.And the music industry's problems may just be beginning. In
this Wall Street Journal article (normally subscription, but Google cached a daily freebie) we read about a CD of free (and freely sharable) music being released by Wired.Meanwhile
OLDaily on September 28, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
NAWeb 2004
You still have time to register for NAWeb 2004 - it's the tenth and final edition of NAWeb - and though I have attended most of the ten years, it's my first as a keynote speaker. By Various Authors, September, 2004 [
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OLDaily on September 28, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
More Australia Photos
In the usual location (I won't be able to create proper galleries until I get home) are many new photos from Darwin, Alice Springs and Uluru, in Australia. I'm in Adelaide now, where it's cool and rainy - just like it was in the Australian Outback. Go figure. The new colour scheme is based on my outback experiences; the masthead is a composite of various Aboriginal cave paintings I photographed. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, September 28, 2004 [
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OLDaily on September 28, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
integated search
The BBC runs a clear simple story about some of the exciting new approaches for searching: "Ask Jeeves bets on smart search". This new version of AskJeeves, not unlike the functionality A9 introduced recently, enables search management: saving searches, annotating... From
ErikLog on September 28, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
GLOBE
Not sure if the press release (bottom of this message) is the best way to disseminate this news, but I do want to get the word out about GLOBE, a new collaboration between ARIADNE, Education.au, eduSource Canada, MERLOT and NIME.... From
ErikLog on September 28, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
Messbarkeit des Wertbeitrags von Corporate Universities
Ich habe letzten Freitag einen Workshop besucht, den Jürgen Deller und Augustin Süßmair von der Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen/ Lüneburg organisiert hatten. Gastgeber war die SAP in St. Leon-Rot - etwas mehr als eine Stunde Autofahrt von Frankfurt entfernt. Es gab verschiedene... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 28, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
Those Superfast Chips: Too Darn Hot - Business Week
Intel's recent announcement that it plans to produce new "dual-core" processors that amount to two Pentiums on a single chip drew attention mainly from hard-core techies. But it was an admission that the company's strategy for making PCs ever cheaper a From
Techno-News Blog on September 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
Refining the Search Engine - Ramesh Jain, Ubiquity
The vast amount of information on the Internet is growing every day " it's enough to gag a Google search. Researcher Ramesh Jain offers up new strategies for information retrieval. Researcher, entrepreneur and teacher Ramesh Jain is currently professor From
Techno-News Blog on September 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
I work, therefore, IM
I work, therefore, IM by from Red Herring, Via:
e-Learning Centre Blog 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’s a drain on human resources or a boon to the bottom line, for some, ins From
soulsoup on September 28, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
Free PDF Creator - PrimoPDF
PrimoPDF: Convert to PDF from any application by simply 'printing' to the PrimoPDF printer - it couldn't be easier! Within minutes, you can create high-quality PDFs by converting from Word, Excel, PowerPoint and virtually any other printable file type. From
soulsoup on September 28, 2004 at 7:59 a.m..
Recipe For Web Design
My Recipe For Web Design From Asterisk Defining Web design with a fun little recipe analogy. Yummy. ..Basic Ingredients 2 tbsps Solid Goals 1/2 Cup User Research A liberal dash of Competitive Analysis 2 cups chopped Information Architecture 2 cups sliced user-centered Interaction Design 1-1 1/2 cup Visual Design sauce 1 cup diced User Testingsoulsoup on September 28, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..
eLearning in Wonderland
Lessons on E-Learning Strategy Development from the Cheshire Cat By Lance Dublin at Learning Circuits What happens when your e-learning strategy isn’t aligned with your company's other strategies—or worse, you don’t even have one? Because it will suffer from lack of coordination and focus, there likely will be a duplication of efforts and inefficiencies. Your organization may experience internal skirmishes, if not full-gear battles. More important, y From
soulsoup on September 28, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..
Virgin Astronauts in Space
The designer of the SpaceShipOne vessel, which cracked the barrier to manned commercial space flight earlier this year, signs a deal with Virgin Airways' Richard Branson to build more spacecraft based on that design. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Phone Lines Deliver Next-Gen TV
On-demand viewing isn't just for TiVo owners anymore. Television over internet protocol, or TVIP, offers custom programming over standard copper wires. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Study: Compact Disc Rocks On
Digital music is ramping up, but Jupiter Research reports that the venerable CD will remain the best-selling format throughout the remainder of the decade. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
New Induce Act Alarms Foes
The latest version of the Induce Act, headed for markup this week, is basically the same as the first version, critics say. It could mean trouble for companies that had no intention of inducing copyright infringement. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Survey Says: Cell Phones Left Out
Telephone surveys are the meat and potatoes of political polling groups. But as more Americans switch from land lines to cell phones, a growing segment of the population may be left out of the equation. By Daniel Terdiman. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Origins Traces Our Original Din
From the big bang to the search for ET, a new PBS miniseries seeks the meaning of life, the universe and beyond. The show brings together the latest research on ancient frozen moss, far-flung meteors and organisms that live in boiling water. By Jason Silverman. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Engineering God in a Petri Dish
A bevy of scientists is helping Jonathon Keats reverse-engineer God. Observers will witness the experiment's final phase to answer the question: Is God's DNA more like blue-green algae or a fruit fly? Kari Lynn Dean reports from San Francisco. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
All Aboard: Space-Tour Bandwagon
Two business moguls announce plans to capitalize on the current hubbub over private spaceflight. Also: Speculation increases on whether SpaceShipOne will carry passengers on its second prize-attempt flight.... and more. By Dan Brekke. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Law Sends Sharers to Slammer
A new California law will make it illegal to share files online without providing a valid e-mail address. The MPAA says it hopes to get the law on the books in other states, too. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
ActBlue Lets Anyone Be PAC Man
Voters who feel disempowered by political fat cats have a new option: a website that allows individuals to create their own political action committee. Now anyone can be a professional Democratic fund-raiser. By Daniel Terdiman. From
Wired News on September 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Sep 28
Today's highlights: Parlano MindAlign 6.0; Roadmap for SharePoint; 18% of Fortune 500 have IM; New customer for NetIDEAS; New customer for Interwoven TeamSite; BlackBerry Connect for Palm OS; RIM BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0; Parlano released Version 6.0 of MindAlign, its... From
Kolabora.com on September 28, 2004 at 4:55 a.m..
Correo de lectores
Ales Blog: Un blog sobre Palm, escrito con un Palm, escrito por un comercial que itinera por toda España, y que envÃa posts desde su pda en cualquier escenario vial: gasolinera de autopista, cafeterÃa de carretera, hotel de camioneros, parking... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on September 28, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..
Wayne's World: Visions of a Strategic Futurist
Es gibt zwei Fassungen dieses Interviews mit Wayne Hodgins, Direktor von Worldwide Learning Strategies at Autodesk Inc. (?), und ich empfehle unbedingt die Langfassung. In dem Gespräch geht es um me-learning, embedded learning und, da Wayne Hodgins als ,,the Father... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on September 28, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
GAO Confirms Bush Giving Away $Billions in Federal College Aid to Banks, Padding Their Corporate Profits at College Students' and Taxpayers' Expense
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed that George W. Bush Jr. is going out of his way to do special favors for banks administering student loans, diverting resources that could be used to help students paying tuition. While government subsidies have exploded, the New York Times reports that the Bush administration has strong political connections to lenders. "Indeed, [Don R.] Bouc was appointed by the department to serve on a financial aid advisory committee." And quarterly payments from the government to his company have expanded more than ten-fold since the end of 2002, from From
PR Web on September 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Breakthrough Soap Making Secrets
Dave Cushion says: "These are secrets most soap makers never discover" in his breakthrough new book made just for people who love making their own soap... or want to learn how to. [PRWEB Sep 28, 2004] From
PR Web on September 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Armchair Millionaire Community Bulletin: Getting the Best College Buy
There are many factors to consider when choosing a college, including location, size, academic strengths and reputation and campus environment. But cost is always going to be near or at the top of the list, especially for parents. Be sure you're getting the biggest bang for your college buck. [PRWEB Sep 28, 2004] From
PR Web on September 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
OT: Trippin' over Trippi
Joe Trippi's on campus, and the hype is coming in full force, on posters and in my e-mail box. At first, I was pretty excited and wanted to go to his
new study group, but that's receding as the student chatter grows. Maybe I'm too cynical but... Joe Trippi helped do some really interesting campaigning and fundraising using the Internet and social software. He was a critical component, and he's probabl From
A Copyfighter's Musings on September 28, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
My Yahoo Takes RSS Another Step Towards the Mainstream
Introducing the All-New My Yahoo! "You still get all your favorite Yahoo! services like Mail, Movies, Maps, Photos, Stocks and Sports. Now you can mix in cool stuff from around the Web - Craigslist, BBC, CNet, plus blogs like Boing Boing, Defamer, Instapundit and thousands more. Unlimited choice - nice alternative to boredom, isn't it? Whatever your interests, it's easy to track down what you want and feed it into your page. Look for specific sites or type in a t From
The Shifted Librarian on September 28, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
Ethan Zuckerman on bias in Wikipedia (Clay Shirky)
Good Ethan Zuckerman post on systemic bias in the Wikipedia, and on a proposal called CROSSBOW (Committee Regarding Overcoming Serious Systemic Bias On Wikipedia), to address the problem: Amazing though it is, Wikipedia is not flawless. It’s got a problem... From
Corante: Social Software on September 27, 2004 at 11:51 p.m..
Creative Commons in New York
Last week was a little like
The Muppets Take Manhattan, only with cameos by Gilberto Gil and David Byrne instead of Liza Manelli and Ed Koch. Converging from as far as Berlin, Portland, San Francisco, and Tokyo, the Creative Commons team ran wild in the streets of New York, leaving us little time to explain our exploits on our site. That's a bit of an exaggeration, but in any case we'd like to share some of our experiences with you here soon. Stay tuned . . . From
Creative Commons: weblog on September 27, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..