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The Pedagogy of Weblogs
The Pedagogy of Weblogs from Weblogg-ed Blogging has to be integrated into the course pedagogy...it is a new means of expression that must be used accordingly with the course goals in mind. In other words, what does linking and commenting and writing evolving, multi-media hypertexts in this virtual space do to the course goals, methods and structures? [..] Starting today, you are going to take charge of your learning. You will tell the story of what you are learning and what From
soulsoup on October 1, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..
Birthday Business and Elearning Industry
Birthday Business and Elearning Industry by Albert Ip Great analogy - here goes one - The birthday cake: If you are a good content provider, you can still capture a good part of the value-chain. The open movement is basically a back lash on the over greediness of some of the current publishers. Granted, the difference between digital goods and physical goods, the marginal cost of production of content is near-zero. I suppose this alone From
soulsoup on October 1, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..
Developing Content to Deliver Results
Developing Content to Deliver Results by David Ian Forbes at CLO Magazine Developing high-value content that advances your business strategy and tactics presents two key challenges. The first challenge is to determine what existing content provides the greatest value and, just as important, what does not provide value. The second challenge is to determine what content doesn’t exist, but should. Certainly the highest-value content is that which directly From
soulsoup on October 1, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..
Real-Time Co-Editing of Microsoft Word Documents
A client shared a collaboration problem with me a couple of months back: internal people had no way of jointly viewing and editing Microsoft Word documents from their desktops with others internal to the organization, nor with the external experts... From
Kolabora.com on October 1, 2004 at 8:55 p.m..
Conway or the highway
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the board is only telling half the story behind the surprise firing of PeopleSoft's CEO. From
CNET News.com on October 1, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Facing Bush
The DNC has released an ad that boils the campaign down to Kerry's uptilted chin and Bush's unfortunate facial body language (bodily face language?). Yes, politics has now been reduced to as close to nothing as possible. But, given that Gore lost the first debate because he sighed in exasperation at Bush's unknowing incoherence, maybe turnabout is fair play. Might as well complete the degradation of democracy and get it over with.... From
Joho the Blog on October 1, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
Micah's new home
Micah Sifry has a new blog address. Not only do you get pungent analysis by a guy who knows politics and knows progressive organizing, it's yet another tasty design by Bryan Bell.... From
Joho the Blog on October 1, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
The Pedagogy of Weblogs
Descriptions of teachers' experiences using blogs in classrooms; what was once considered fanciful becomes reality: "If we show our students how these tools might work in their efforts to communicate their experiences, to connect with communities and to engage in complex intellectual and artistic endeavors, we can step back, out of the way, and watch them take over their education." By Will Richardson, Welogg-Ed, October 1, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 1, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Newsflash! Technologies Can Support Online Collaboration!
The audio isn't ready yet, and there were no PowerPoint slides, but my afternoon workshop in Adelaide need not reamin a mystery any longer thanks to this content map Marty Cielens captured of the discussion. Today's newsletter comes to you from Strahan, Tasmania, Australia. I'll send another tomorrow (Saturday) to round out the week. By Marty Cielens, Marty by Design, October 1, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 1, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Berkman seminar: Web of ideas
I'm leading the first in a series of open discussions at the Berkman Center this Wednesday at 6pm. You're invited. Here's the blurb the Center sent out: Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the Berkman Center [Baker House, on Mass Ave. in Cambridge] at 6 pm for the first in a series of discussions, led by David Weinberger, on the effect of the Web on how we understand ourselves and our shared world. Each session will begin with a 20 minute discussion-opener, followed by open conversation. (Food will be provided.) Oct. 6th topic: Objectivity, Truth and Blogs Wikipedia.org --... From
Joho the Blog on October 1, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..
Possible savings from internet distribution
For those lucky enough to see Terry Fisher lecture, this is nothing new. But for everyone else,
this is a four slide presentation that tries to identify the potential savings to a record company from internet distribution of CD content. From
Lessig Blog on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
WIRED CD -- going forward
Needless to say, the
concert last week was unbelievable, especially after two years in the basement of the
Stanford Law School (thank you Stanford), trying to convince people that new copyright licenses are the key to the evolution of culture and intellect in the new millennium -- often responded to with a deafening silence, and then: "click." When we're not preaching to the choir, we're often faced with this challenging task: communicating a complicated co From
Creative Commons: weblog on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Blog Trumps Trad Media
As of 8:42 this morning, the top headline on
Google News was a blog. That’s a first as far as I know. The algorithms have spoken, and the most relevant source of news on the 2004 Presidental debate isn't a "news organization," it's a guy with a brain and a text editor. Looks like
Dave Winer might win
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 5:57 p.m..
E-Learning Gone Awry in Poor Schools
I love e-learning (whether on the internet, or on a standalone computer or independent network), mainly because I believe this approach holds tremendous potential for education at all levels. With that in mind, I'd like to draw your attention to an excellent and highly disturbing series recently published by Baltimore Sun writer Alec MacGillis: "Poor schools, rich targets." In a nutshell, the message of this series is that many US schools are increasingly using educational software as a easy and generally teacher-free way to prepare students in poor schools to pass federally mandated tes From
Contentious Weblog on October 1, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..
Learing Tools
The e-learning tools listed here are publicly available for academic use, within and outside the Univesity of British Columbia. Periodically Arts IS releases new tools to this site, so please check back in the future to see whats new. You are invited to explore these exciting new learning tools, and make free use of the learning objects they generate for educational or research purposes. From
eLearnopedia on October 1, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..
Kollaboration (?)
Using the term "collaboration" in German means using the term "Kollaboration" which has distinct historical connotation that leads back to World War II. A person who collaborates is considered (more or less) as a traitor because he
"collaborates" with the enemy - though there is a more elaborate discussion going on in the field of historiography. I, originally myself an historian, forgot about that when using the term with respect to virtual collaborative environments in consulting projects. So be aware of (your lang From
thomas n. burg | randgänge on October 1, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
faces of frustration
This is the impression I got from the debate. Click on the video
here for a wonderful remix of the debate. From
Lessig Blog on October 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
JavaXStreamDBAdaptor Breakthrough
Well, breakthrough may be a bit much, but we did figure out some stuff today, and it's going to work quite well... King just spent an hour with me pouring over the JavaXStreamDBAdaptor code, trying to help me figure wtf was going on (i.e., it wasn't behaving as expected, leaving it ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Clone Contest
If you missed out on our
moving images contest earlier this year, you have a second chance of sorts. The Center for the Study of the Public Domain's
Arts Project Contest is based on our moving images contest. A contest to create a 2-minute moving image that explains to the public some of the tensions between art and intellectual property law, and the intellectual property issues artists face, focusing particularly on either music or documentary film.Creative Commons: weblog on October 1, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
UK's Media Watchdog Redundant in Net TV Age
Lord Currie, the chairman of UK's media regulator Ofcom has suggested that http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=567677the watchdog may have to cease regulating programme content as TV starts to be broadcast over the internet. Lord Currie said: "We won't be able to exercise the same regulatory power. Perhaps we have to think about not so much regulating content but helping people navigate. That allows us to get out of content regulation." He used the analogy of "Sky Plus [Satellite TV combined with DVR service] meets Google" as a future v From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..
Disintermediation in an IP world
Andrew Grieg, employee at the open source consultancy Starnix in Toronto, has made the World of IP a reality for himself and his neighbours. He offers TV, telephone and Internet services to himself and his neighbourhood; his neighbours do not pay phone bills or digital cable bills. His setup, which he calls a "wireless sweetspot", includes: Access: 802.11a Wi-Fi access points with inline amplifiers and boosted antennae VoIP Host: open source Asterisk IP PBX running on Linux Clients: Tri-mode VoIP softphone running on Linux PDA Network: Vonage.ca Video over IP Host: open source MythTV PVR runni From
silentblue | Quantified on October 1, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..
CC_Books.be
STADSchromosomen (City Chromosomes) is a project from Antwerp, in which the people of Antwerp were invited to write a biography of the City. They've published the
book under a
CC license -- perhaps the first in Belgium. From
Lessig Blog on October 1, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..
So Long Big Box Retailers, It's Been Good To Know Ya!
Bill Dreher, an analyst with Deutsche Bank, said he believes Wal*Mart could start selling private-label high-definition TVs in select stores as soon as Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that traditionally marks the start of the holiday shopping season. Wow! When the largest retailer on the planet decides it's time to get into a market, no one can compete. As technology gets more complicated to build, it gets easier to use and big screen HDTVs, the last hope of big box guys like Best Buy & Circuit City and the only hope for specialty guys like Tweeter and Ultimate, From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..
Mitsubishi Double Sided LCD
Mitsubishi has developed an LCD that is capable of displaying images on both sides of a single liquid crystal panel. They will be used for mobile flip phones that use two displays, the main display and one that's viewable without opening the flip for displaying phone numbers or the time. The benefit to the dual-sided LCD is that the phone can be made 30% smaller while reducing production costs. From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..
Molecule of the Month
If you have ever wondered about why some people have fish breath, or about the chemistry of garlic this is the page to visit. Every month has an article on a poison, sweetner, pheramone, anticancer drug or any of a wide variety of remarkable molecules. From
Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on October 1, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..
The Pedagogy of Weblogs
Barbara and
Anne are making me whistful about getting back in the classroom. (I spent about 30 minutes with a class yesterday getting them setup with Weblogs and I just didn't want it to end...I'm definitely teaching at least one class next year no matter what.) I just love reading about what they're experiencing with their students and this technology. Barbara is reflecting on four years of using Weblogs with her students a From
weblogged News on October 1, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..
god copyrighted
Dave Weinberger has a great story on copyright abuse, this
one involving (a) god. From
Lessig Blog on October 1, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Global Knowledge Review
Es gibt eine neue Knowledge Management-Zeitschrift, aber nur die September-Ausgabe wird man umsonst lesen können: In dieser Ausgabe melden sich KM-Experten aus aller Welt mit kurzen, persönlichen Statements zu Wort. Und das ist wohl auch die tragende Idee hinter dieser... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 1, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..
We're Blogging at eSchool News Online
The "official" launch isn't until Monday, but the new eSchool News "
Ed Tech Insider" Weblog is up and running, featuring the blogging insights of yours truly,
Tim,
Tom,
Anne,
Steve and a few other edbloggers. I think it's a great opportunity for all of us to reach a much, much wider audience of teachers and administrator From
weblogged News on October 1, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Open Thread
Heading up to Lake Tahoe to speak tomorrow at
Gnomedex. My panel includes my older, wiser brother
Steve, among others. While I'm driving, you can talk below. Please behave nicely. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 1, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..
Companies increasingly turning to instant messaging
A new article argues that American businesses are increasingly using instant messenger (IM) applications for work, either by tolerating their usage or implementating tools. "Instant messaging is an incredibly important technology that's still in its infancy," said Mr. Reid from... From
MANE IT Network on October 1, 2004 at 1:01 p.m..
Jury duty -- rituals for collaboration
I seem to have slipped off the radar screen there for some reason. For the last two days that reason has been jury duty, which was a good experience in this democratic season. Of course I was happy when the judge said the trial would last less than two full days, and it helped all of us that the jurists were, well, maybe not ecstatic, but satisfied to fulfill this civic duty. The case itself was interesting to think about, was presented with clarity and force by the state, was... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on October 1, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Yahoo Groups Personalbereich
Heute muss ich etwas Werbung für eine Online Community der besonderen Art machen: Unter Yahoo Groups gibt es ein deutschsprachiges Diskussionsforum für das Personalwesen, in dem aktuell ca. 400 Mitglieder nach Informationen fragen bzw. Antworten geben. Alle Unternehmensgrößen sind dort... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 1, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..
[bn] Overview of Nethead Bellhead conference
After spending Tuesday at the Bellhead/Nethead conf (live blogging begins here) that brought together FCC officials, telecomm folks, and some telco rebels, the magnitude of the gap in thinking is more apparent to me than ever. And it does not make me feel good. As I meet more and more FCC folks, I find I'm having the same reaction as I do in general with Microsofties: What terrific, bright, well-meaning, funny, serious people...so how does the overall entity end up working against my interests so consistently? As I see it — and believe me, I am waaaay out of my... From
Joho the Blog on October 1, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
Copyrighting God
ToTheSource reviews What the Bleep Do We Know, a movie that pretends it's scientific but is actually a recruiting tool for Ramtha, "the 35,000 year old 'Ascended Master' and 'warrior spirit' god of Atlantis who channels himself through JZ Knight." The article says that Knight ...has even copyrighted Ramtha. A psychic in Vienna had the audacity to claim in 1992 that Ramtha had also contacted her. She started channeling Ramtha for fun and profit just like Knight does. Knight sued her and won exclusive rights to all of Ramtha's relayed messages. Wow. You can copyrigh From
Joho the Blog on October 1, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
The Republican take
Email from Ken Mehlman, the Bush campaign manager: President Bush spoke clearly and from the heart last night about the path forward - toward victory and security - in the War on Terror. The President spoke candidly about the difficulties facing our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan as these countries prepare for their first free elections. The terrorists will continue to fight these steps toward freedom because they fear the optimism and hope of democracy. They fear the prospects for their ideology of hate in a free and democratic Middle East. President Bush detailed a path forward in the War... From
Joho the Blog on October 1, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
Iraq reality
WiserBlog runs a letter home from Farnaz Fassihi, staff reporter and Middle East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. It is a devastating portrait of the situation in Iraq. Here's just a snippet: Despite President Bush's rosy assessments, Iraq remains a disaster. If under Saddam it was a 'potential' threat, under the Americans it has been transformed to 'imminent and active threat,' a foreign policy failure bound to haunt the United States for decades to come. Iraqis like to call this mess 'the situation.' When asked 'how are thing?' they From
Joho the Blog on October 1, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
A Genuine Discussion
Well, Bush and Kerry genuinely talked about their differences last night. Bush made his talking points and showed (not that it needed showing) that he's not stupid, but at times he seemed lost for something to say and, on several occasions while Kerry was speaking, downright petulant. He won't lose any of his serious supporters over that, though. Kerry made his points well. But the entire point of these affairs seems to be to make voters comfortable with the idea of someone being president. I remember Reagan on stage with Carter in 1980, and knew right away that he'd c From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 1, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
A Connected Continent
Some interesting new facts on telephone usage in Europe from the "
Telecoms Services Indicators 2004" report: The percentage of European households with at least one mobile telephone reached 81 percent in 2004. This puts mobile telephony on a par with households having at least one fixed telephone line. In fact, more and more households have mobile phones and no fixed line at all. The average of households without any fixed line is already 15 perc From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 1, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..
Would Dean have done better?
Back when Dean was Da Man, one of the things that kept me going was the thought him and W squaring off in a debate. So, having seen Kerry last night, do I think Dean would have done better? I actually think not. If Dean were debating W, I would expect more jabs. Kerry has the rhythm of a howitzer. But it worked for him. I think Kerry gained more votes for himself than Dean would have. I think Dean would have done well, but Kerry is more presidential, i.e., he talks slower and is taller. Yes, here in America... From
Joho the Blog on October 1, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
One Debate Moment
Responding to a question about the use of pre-emptive force against Iraq Bush said, "the enemy attacked us," conflating Osama, Saddam, and, presumably, all who oppose America into one big evil clump. Even more remarkably, Kerry picked up on it, and called the statement "extraordinarily revealing." He then made the distinction that close to half of America still doesn't know: "Saddam Hussein didn't attack us, Osama bin Laden attacked us." "Of course I know Osama bin Laden attacked us," Bush answered. We can't attack Bush's point of v From
rushkoff.blog on October 1, 2004 at 10:46 a.m..
BlogBuilder highlights
In a
couple of other articles this week I've referred to the University of Warwick's BlogBuilder system as a first rate example of how one institution makes potentially powerful eTools available to staff and students. I thought it might be helpful to show a few of the features of BlogBuilder from which we can all learn. From
Auricle on October 1, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..
reporting the debate
I saw only part of the debate last night, but the part I saw was consistent with
this Gallop poll indicating Kerry won the debate, 53% to 37%. Yet
according to "US Press": the debate was a tie. Was it a tie? Or is it just impossible for the press to appear anything but "neutral"? From
Lessig Blog on October 1, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..
WITNESS: Peter Gabriel and Human Rights
If you are a reader of EDN, I hope you'll consider joining an innovative human rights group, called WITNESS. WITNESS is a human rights organization rooted in the principle that "a picture is worth a 1,000 words." By partnering with... From
Experience Designer Network on October 1, 2004 at 9:00 a.m..
Real-Time Co-Editing of Microsoft Word Documents, Oct 1
A client shared a collaboration problem with me a couple of months back: internal people had no way of jointly viewing and editing Microsoft Word documents from their desktops with others internal to the organization, nor with the external experts... From
Kolabora.com on October 1, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..
El temor a lo diverso
Hace algunos dÃas se preguntaban en Boulé: ¿Quién tiene miedo a las bitácoras? Ayer, Fernando BerlÃn levantó la mano en El PaÃs con el penoso artÃculo: La Red de pensamiento agitativo en Internet (registro), en el que sostiene que hay... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 1, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
Educaweb.com: monográfico sobre formación virtual
El portal
Educaweb.com dedica su último
monográfico a la formación virtual. «Los distintos artÃculos e investigaciones sobre formación virtual a los que hemos tenido acceso insisten en subrayar la centralidad de las comunidades virtuales como recurso para romper con el sentimiento de aislamiento de los estudiantes y para facilitar su percepción de acompañamiento», señala Enric Renau, editor de Educaweb.com en un editorial titulado «La formación virtual desde la perspectiv From
Octeto - Tecnología educativa on October 1, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
EFF/CIS victory
And neither did we.
EFF and
CIS received news of a huge victory yesterday in the Diebold case. In an
opinion released yesterday, the Court held 512(f) of the DMCA could be used affirmatively against the company for its baseless claims of copyright infringement brought against the Swarthmore students who posted memos from Diebold on the net. These From
Lessig Blog on October 1, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Hanging up on telemarketers
As it celebrates its first anniversary, the Do Not Call list seems to be a winner for consumers. Are there lessons for e-mail? From
CNET News.com on October 1, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
NewsGator & FeedDemon Partner
NewsGator on Wednesday announced a co-marketing agreement with Six Apart Ltd., one of the leading makers of Weblog software, and integration of subscription information from its Web- based aggregation service with FeedDemon, a leading Windows desktop reader. From
RSS Blog on October 1, 2004 at 8:01 a.m..
Yahoo Takes RSS Mainstream
Yahoo's (Quote, Chart) public embrace of the RSS content syndication format took a major leap forward with the release of a revamped My Yahoo portal seeking to introduce the technology to mainstream consumers. The mega portal on Monday released a sneak peek into a site overhaul that promises to take RSS (define) to the masses by simplifying the use of the technology on the personalized service and allowing the creation of RSS feeds from search queries. From
RSS Blog on October 1, 2004 at 8:01 a.m..
New Books in Studio
Indesign CS for Macintosh and Windows: Visual Quickstart Guide Related Subjects Adobe InDesign Desktop publishing -------------------- Adobe Photoshop CS : photographer's guide : picture-perfect techniques for film and digital photographers Related Subjects Adobe Photoshop Computer graphics Image processing -- Digital... From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on October 1, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
New Issue of Mac Design
The September/October 2004 issue of MacDesign has arrived in The Studio. There are some great articles and tutorials on how to score a movie using GarageBand, Adobe Photoshop CS: Photoshop Variety Pack, Adobe Illustrator CS: Data-Driven Graphics, Adobe InDesign CS:... From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on October 1, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Web Founder Promotes Future Cooperation - MARK JEWELL, AP
The inventor of the World Wide Web told a technology conference on Wednesday that making the Web more useful hinges on a familiar challenge: Getting the players behind the technology to agree on standards governing how computers communicate with one an From
Techno-News Blog on October 1, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
Image virus spreads via chat - Dann Ilet, CNet News
A virus that exploits the recently discovered JPEG vulnerability has been discovered spreading over America Online's instant-messaging program. Experts at the SysAdmin Audit Network Security, or SANS, Institute said the virus is still in its infancy, From
Techno-News Blog on October 1, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
Relationship Networking
Relationship networking is simply the art of meeting people and benefiting from those relationships. Often the benefit of these relationship is to obtain information and leads to further grow your business. Any successful relationship, whether a personal or a business relationship, is unique to every pair of individuals, and it evolves over time. Effective relationship networking is all about building those relationships and maintaining long lasting connections with other professionals. From
Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on October 1, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..
Russian Software Conference Review
I recently attended the ISDEF conference for software developers in Moscow, Russia. The conference attendees were not hobbyist, many of them were involved in collaborative projects and multiple businesses. The efforts made to pool resources was something that western developers could learn from. From
Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on October 1, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Tim Berners-Lee, the man who invented the web, says the medium will never realize its potential unless everyone involved can agree on standards that let computers more easily communicate with each other. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
RIAA Fires New Round of Volleys
The music group says it's filed suits against 762 people it suspects of song swapping, including students from 26 different colleges and universities. The RIAA has now sued roughly 5,400 people over the past year. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Netflix, TiVo Promise New Service
The two companies say they will jointly develop a set-top box to download movies over the internet. Netflix will arrange the movie licensing from Hollywood studios, and TiVo will take care of the product technology. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Arnold Vetoes Privacy Bill
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says the bill, which would have required businesses to tell employees that their e-mail and internet usage were being monitored, was overly broad. By Mark Sullivan. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
ID Rule Exists, But Can't Be Seen
Justice Department lawyers say there is indeed a rule requiring passengers to show ID at the airport before boarding a plane, but they say the exact wording of the rule can't be read by the public and can't be challenged. By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Point. Shoot. Kiss It Good-Bye
Your hard drive is overflowing with gazillions of digital pics. DSC00234.jpg might as well be labeled don't_know_don't_care.jpg. Here is the quest to build the photo archive of the future. By David Weinberger from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Secrets of the CO2 Eaters
Unraveling the genetic map of diatoms -- microscopic sea creatures -- could pay big dividends in defending the world's ecological systems. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Diebold Loses Key Copyright Case
A California judge says Diebold Election Systems broke the law when it threatened students for posting internal company memos on the web. Advocates say this is a precedent-setting victory for free speech on the web, and a warning to litigious companies. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Getting Closer, Yet Farther Away
What happens in the online world can be a freeing experience. Sometimes too freeing, so be careful out there. Commentary by Gina Lynn. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Mobile-Phone Ban May Be Near End
Tired of listening to travelers yakking on their cell phones in the airport lounge? You may have to put up it with in the cabin too, as regulators consider scrapping rules that ban use of most wireless devices in flight. By Joanna Glasner. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Solution for Slashdot Effect?
Slashdot is so popular that traffic from its links can cripple small websites, sometimes for days. So a couple of fans have set up a site called Mirrordot to alleviate the problem by hosting copies of sites mentioned on Slashdot. By Daniel Terdiman. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
All's Fair in Space War
Should war move into space, the U.S. military has a plan. And not being an enemy doesn't necessarily mean your satellites and ground-control mechanisms aren't targets. By Noah Shachtman. From
Wired News on October 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
The Decline and Fall of Canada?
The New York Times has recently run a piece pondering the renowned nation of Canada, and whether it has fallen from its once lofty heights of international greatness. "A country is not just a health system." This is the sentiment of one of a few Canadian authors recently lamenting the decline of Canadian engagement around the world. The question then becomes: what makes a nation great? Why would Canadians resent the place of their placid and peaceful country? And, what does this say about the roles taken on by other influential nations around the world? From
kuro5hin.org on October 1, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Sherlock Holmes Takes the Case for America
Inventive and satirical, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing American Culture is an influential work of modern fiction that compels readers to put in the open their own values and ponder American culture in general. [PRWEB Oct 1, 2004] From
PR Web on October 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Pagans, Occultists and New Agers take over Doubletree O'Hare in Rosemont
Ancient Ways: A Gathering in Spirituality and Magick being brought to you by Project Mercury. This is a National Convention Taking place in the O'Hare at the DoubleTree O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois on November 26-28, 2004. This convention is going to be part educational, part networking as well as part social event. There will be authors, live music, venders, psychics and a lot more. This three day event will be one for Chicago to remember. [PRWEB Oct 1, 2004] From
PR Web on October 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
More movie download news: Sony Connect
The planned addition of movie downloads to Connect Sony's online music store could possibly enable users to buy the movies, instead of renting. No doubt there'll be plenty of DRM involved (because Sony ain't gonna stop being Sony), but at least you'll be able to create a video collection that you can transfer to other machines without worrying about expiration dates. There's even a mention that the downlo From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 3:57 a.m..
The Five Digital Disruptions
Digital disruption is happening all around us. Music, Movies, Telephone, -- it all is being digitized, chopped, assembled and reassembled by us.Between Tivo/PVR functionality (now integrated into one chip), P2P file sharing platforms, Hi-Def. TV, BitTorrent, broadband Internet, falling HDD costs, rising CPU power, we're seeing a confluence where entertainment should continue to be interesting and challenging for both the content providers as well as us the customers. [
PVR Blog] I had a ch From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..
Derrick Oien on MP3.com data mining
MP3.com data mining to identify local acts with broad appeal: Generally speaking, from the beginning until the end, our most searched for artists closely mirrored the top selling Billboard artists. This was a great testament to the power of marketing dollars, MTV, radio and retail distribution.This phenomenon is the reason that Webjay had no search function until recently. When your goal is to find good music that lacks a brand name, search is counter-productive. And this phenom From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..
Father of MP3 Format says DRM is killing the Digital Music Industry
News.com
reports the comments of a founder of the MP3 standard, saying what we've all known all along: the number one roadblock to growth in the online music biz is not piracy, but DRM."It has slowed the download business for sure, and it's doing the same for the gadget makers," said Karlheinz Brandenburg, director of electronic media technologies at the Fraunhofer Institute in Ilemenau, Germany.Consumers nowadays can store thousands of songs in a pocket-size device, play music and videos on their From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
FABL
Fabl (pronounced "fable") is a native programming language for the
Semantic Web. The Fabl object model is the RDF property graph, and the Fabl type system implements a subset of the OWL web ontology language (
RDF is the W3C standard data representation for the current generation of Semantic Web technology, while
OWL is a W3C standard for describing classes of RDF objects). However, this manual does not assume prior familiarity with RDF, OWL, or other Sem From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
MPEG-4 BIFS and XMT Tutorial
These pages aim at providing a base understanding of the MPEG-4 scene description language BIFS (BInary Format for Scenes). The tutorial you will find here explains base principles of the scene manipulation. It is recommended while stepping through this tutorial to keep an eye on the
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
Sending video files via MSN
There are several ways to send large files over the Internet. For example: 1) Use file sharing software! That's its 'legitimate' use! For example, try the excellent and open source "eMule" package. You can be pretty sure it's free from any spy ware. And it's free. Here's the link:
http://www.emule-project.net/ To be honest, I've never tried sending my own videos over the net using eMule but I can't think of any reason why it shouldn't work. And it should work well - eMule has loads of From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
Recorded Music Being Replaced by Other Media
The music industry likes to complain about sales lost to piracy, but figures that show huge sales declines only tell part of the story. Before we blame this trend on infringement, we have to make several assumptions, including that the demand for music (whether purchased or pirated) has remained steady. Figures available from the US Census bureau suggest otherwise. Data on "Media Usage and Consumer Spending" abstracted from a study by Veronis Suhler Stevenson show the average number of hours spent listening to music by US residents age 12 and older has declined steadily si From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
New Sony Webcams with Wi-Fi, Two-Way Audio
Sony's
new webcams aren't really that cool - I'm still frustrated their max resolution is only 640 x 480 pixels - but they do have a couple of tricks up their sleeves, including native MPEG4 support and built-in Wi-Fi. Well, they do have web servers built-in, too, so you can access them d From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
Wasting Time
My favorite part of "
Writing a Social Content Engine with RDF"At the time I was puzzled by finding ways to categorize knowledge--wanting to build all kinds of complicated virtual file systems and the like... But
Del.icio.us tags pretty much demonstrated that this was actually trivia--and that thinking about this too much is basically just a waste of time.emphasis mine. Words to live by... From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
Kerry for presidential
Perhaps you could hear my long sigh of relief. I thought Kerry was clear, concise, determined and offered a better set of solutions. Bush looked startled and confused and, for my money, kept repeating lines that Kerry's very presence refuted. The bad news is that I was certain that Gore creamed Bush, Mondale creamed Reagan, Carter creamed Reagan...... From
Joho the Blog on October 1, 2004 at 2:49 a.m..
Overseas trips
In the last few months I've had a number of requests to present at conferences, or run whole workshops, overseas. This is what's booked in for the rest of the year: Managing and growing your intranetAuckland, New Zealand (18-19 October... From
Column Two on October 1, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
Topic Maps
When metadata becomes content, and authoring learning by Wilbert Kraan, CETIS Via :
EdTechUK Topic Maps are a means of capturing knowledge (as opposed to information) about a certain field. Rather than merely listing facts, it enables people to model how they think bits of information relate to each other. [..] Yet the use of topic maps in education goes beyond the functions usually assoc From
soulsoup on October 1, 2004 at 1:59 a.m..
The Web is a Human Creation
The Web is a Human Creation By Michael I. Almond from Digital Web Magazine As unlikely as it seems, many of the guidelines and methods used in the field of social marketing and social-change campaigns are useful to Web professionals. To my surprise, I am looking to a set of principles—a road map—used in the first part of my career as I search for a new one in an entirely different community. Effective social-change campaigns—just like those in the From
soulsoup on October 1, 2004 at 1:59 a.m..
CreativeCommons.ca Launches
A Canadianized version of the Creative Commons was launched today through efforts of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC). Many of you are familiar with the original Creative Commons, however, if not: "... the Canadian Creative Commons... From
Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on October 1, 2004 at 1:56 a.m..
ResFest in San Francisco this week
The amazing RESFEST Digital Film Festival comes to the Bay Area starting tonight with an opening program of shorts and a reception featuring a performance by the group
Midnight Movies. (Click the image for a better view.)
"RESFEST 2004 kicks off with a survey of state-of-the-art storytelling that mixes anim From
unmediated on October 1, 2004 at 1:56 a.m..
bnetd Loses Huge in DMCA & Contracts Case
This is about as bad as it could get. The court follows Bowers and affirms that copyright holders can override copyright's limitations via contract. Moreover, the court rejects bnetd's argument under the reverse engineering exception of the DMCA. (via
Felten) EFF's got a
press release up. The appeal brief will, I would expect, involve From
A Copyfighter's Musings on October 1, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..
Well, how did I get here?
Back in Indiana after a whirl-wind week in New York City, I'm still processing the whole experience, telling everyone I can about Creative Commons and the concert. Never having been to NYC, the entire experience is worth remembering. That said, the concert definitely stands out in my mind. Seeing the sheer energy of the volunteers manning our t-shirt table was inspiring. Seeing the audience dancing in the aisle was heartening. I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" without picturing David Byrne jumping up and down on stage, a From
Creative Commons: weblog on October 1, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..
