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Do make Me Think
Please make me think! Potential dangers in usability culture From Design By Fire I'm not entirely sure how serious I am about this article. On the one hand, I find myself agreeing with my more cynical side on uglier, more demanding work days. On the other, I think I'm overreacting and way off base with this train of thought. Either way, consider this entry nothing more than a philosophical meandering on the culture of usability in the high-tech world, intended only to spark conversation, not to be t From soulsoup on October 5, 2004 at 11:01 p.m..

Incsub
James is back with Incsub. His new Wordpress blog is here, and the RSS is here. Alsi he is now offering free consultation, hosting and support in online learning - with the launch of incsub where he's providing hosting, consultation and support for educators interested in using technologies like blogs and wikis. James s From soulsoup on October 5, 2004 at 11:01 p.m..

TAFE frontiers Research : 8 Varieties of KM
Knowledge Management Research Circles 2004 at TAFE frontiers Research What's KM? If you've really tried to find out what 'knowledge management' is, you've probably reached the same conclusion we did - life's a bit short. What we have found, though, is that on the ground there are 8 main varieties of the beast being practised in VET. We found KM at work in: - learning and development - information management - client feedba From soulsoup on October 5, 2004 at 11:01 p.m..

Does web site navigation matter any longer?
I teach several different web development courses in community college. One of the topics I focus across all of the courses is usability. Structured, consistent navigation designed to provide users a sense of where they are, and how they may get to where they want to go, has been one of the key points in this discussion of web site usability. ¶ Clarification: I’m not only discussi From Open Artifact on October 5, 2004 at 11:00 p.m..

Wireless sensors ready to go global?
Soon millions of the data-collection devices will be scattered around the world, but there are still many obstacles to the networks. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

House approves spyware legislation
Prohibits "taking control" of a computer, surreptitiously modifying a Web browser's home page, or disabling antivirus software. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

SAP taps search technology
Says improved search capabilities will return results an average of 10 times faster than before. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

Communication dynamics: Discussion boards, weblogs and the development of communities of inquiry in online learning environments
Online learning environments (OLEs) are now critical to teaching and learning across Australian higher education. Their influence impacts on the availability of content, the design of courses and, perhaps most pedagogically significantly, the nature of communication. The discussion board is the ubiquitous communication tool within these OLEs and hence significantly ... From DEC Daily News on October 5, 2004 at 9:51 p.m..

New Induce Draft
Professor Felten has posted a new draft of the Induce Act.  At long last, the drafters have decided to focus more narrowly on decentralized P2P rather than the grab-bag standard of the original Induce.  Well, good for them, but it's still overbroad.  Felten points out that the Web and perhaps the Internet itself would be covered.  It could also apply to Windows networking, which allows sharing of folders over a network that cert From A Copyfighter's Musings on October 5, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..

Best Education Web Sites
The Center for Digital Education has just named the winners in its Best of the Web Digital Education Achievement Awards Program. The 40 awards span  K-12 and Higher Education sites. I believe that it is significant that an open course ware site (MIT) was included among the winners. JH____ "In its third year, the BOW evaluates Higher Education, K-12 state and K-12 local district Web sites on their innovation, Web-based delivery of public services, efficiency, economy, and functionality for improved student and faculty From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on October 5, 2004 at 9:48 p.m..

Using a "strawman" for page layout design
"Using a strawman design -- a design that is created with the intent of discarding it -- can help to overcome many of the difficulties in the design process." From elearningpost on October 5, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..

Communication dynamics: Discussion boards, weblogs and the development of communities of inquiry in online learning environments
James Farmer provides this longish paper on how weblogs can play their part in facilitating communities of inquiry. I truly believe that weblogs and wikis, if implemented properly, can add value to the entire online learning experience, not only for students but also for instructors. The difficult part is trying to persuade instructors or academic decision makers to try this low-effort but high-presence technology. This paper can surely help in kick-starting the conversation. "The discussion board is the ubiquitous communication too From elearningpost on October 5, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..

Web 2.0 Conference
At the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, where Jeff Jarvis is blogging the show with his typical thoroughness. The conference is keeping track of other coverage here -- and there's a ton. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 5, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..

New Snap site thinks outside the search box
Idealab founder follows success of Overture Services with another search project--one that tries to guess what you really want. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Appeals court to reconsider e-mail snoop case
Order reinstates charges against a former executive for Amazon.com accused of snooping on clients' e-mail messages. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

Shared Spaces Briefing, Oct 5
Today's highlights: SBC Unified Communications; Citadon ProjectNet Small Team Edition; Tungsten T5; Visto Mobile 5.0; Sproqit Personal Edition; SBC Communications released SBC Unified Communications, a network-based service that combines voice mail, email and fax mail into a single service. Features... From Kolabora.com on October 5, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Shared Spaces Briefing, Oct 6
Today's highlights: Antepo OPN System 4.5; Records Management for SharePoint; PalmOne and Microsoft on ActiveSync; TechTerra TerraMeeting Collaboration and Conferencing Service; Synchronica SyncML Gateway for Microsoft Exchange; Antepo released Version 4.5 of its Open Presence Network (OPN) System, ... From Kolabora.com on October 5, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Direct Links to specific pages in the VCCS Policy Manual
Jon Udell points out that you can directly link to a specific page in a PDF file by adding #page=number after the url of the PDF file. This makes specific pages in the VCCS Policy Manual addressable, which is a good thing since they don't implement bookmarks. For example:http://www.vccs.edu/Polcypdf/section/Sct3.PDF#page=49links to page 49 of the manual, which contains information about From Serious Instructional Technology on October 5, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..

Semel and the art of the deal
He may not be Donald Trump, but Yahoo CEO Terry Semelhas quite a track record as a negotiator. In a talk with Harvard students, he shares lessons learned and other tricks of the deal-making trade. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

AMD's dual-core performance boost
Although about the same size, the forthcoming dual-core Opteron will be up to 55 percent faster than today's single-core chips, AMD says. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Nose-steered Mouse Could Save Aching Arms
I saw the prototypes at the National Research Council offices in Ottawa a couple of years ago, but this invention by NRC staff is finally getting some public play. The nouse is a system that uses a video camera to locate your nose and use it as a mouse pointer. Want to switch it on? Blink twice. By Celeste Biever, New Scientist, September 16, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Incorporated Subversion
James Farmer has moved his Incorporated Subversion blog to a new location, giving it (finally) its own website. And he launches the new site with a flair, beginning with a longish article titled Communication dynamics: Discussion boards, weblogs and the development of communities of inquiry in online learning environments. The paper looks at the use of online learning envrionments (OLEs) in Australia, arguing that the use of blogs should be encouraged to supplement the communications capacities of discussion boards, encourage social presence, From OLDaily on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Can't Find on Google
Can't find what you're looking for on Google? Post it on Can't Find on Google and maybe someone can help you. Via E-Media Tidbits. (Update: I posted a query, a genuine failed Google search, at about 7, and got a correct response by email by 7:19.) By Various Authors, October, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Geneva Declaration on the Future of the World Intellectual Property Organization
It's not everything I would like it to be, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), despite recent announcements, is still a very long way from any real recognition of open access or publisc domain, and still a very long way from anything like actual public input. But it's a start, and as a start, I applaud it. More. By Various Authors, October 4, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

25% of Internet Sites Violate Copyrights of News Articles
I have serious doubts about the accuracy of this item, but let's suppose, for a moment, that it's true, that the survey was fairly and accurately conducted and that the results are reflective of the population as a whole. It says, then, that a quarter of all websites violate copyright. If this is true, then what we have here is far more than a mere policing problem. 25 percent of the internet population, plus or minus a hundred million or so, is a quarter billion people. And you can't simply say, based on the needs of a few content providers, that what a quarter billion people a From OLDaily on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Information Hunters
Interesting (and probably accurate) premise: "The behaviour of human beings when searching for information intensively resembles that of the hunter-gatherers of our past and that of the foraging of animals." This site develops a strategy, information visualization, to build on this premise. Some useful references worth following up at the bottom of the page, including The WebBook and the Web Forager and Surf Like a Bushma From OLDaily on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Amateur Revolution
What's interesting is not the fact that this is the case - though it is of course startling to find that "committed, networked amateurs working to professional standards (called) Pro-Am workers, their networks and movements, will help reshape society in the next two decades." No, the really interesting question is why this is the case. How can the amateurs outdo the professionals? "Some professionals will find that unsettling; they will seek to defend their monopolies. The more enlightened will understand that the landscape is changing. Knowledge is widely distributed, not controlled in a From OLDaily on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Positioning Tasmania as a Leader... Summary
Kirsty Sharp does us a huge favour with these detailed notes from my seminar Monday in Hobart, capturing in a way the slides cannot the ebb and flow of the discussion as it proceeded through the day. By Kirsty Sharp, FLL-ing, October 5, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..

Moving Toward Increased Usability with Drupal
Earlier today, I posted about Jeffrey Veen's Making A Better Open Source CMS to drupal.org. In response, Dries has offered 5 hours of his development time for implementing Veen's suggestions for every one hour of consultancy Veen and/or his company spends in reviewing Drupal. This would be good for Drupal users in general, including those of us on Kairosnews. So the question is whether or not this was just an academic critique, or is Veen really interested in improvin From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on October 5, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..

Information Hunters
Juan C. Dürsteler has written a short article on information foraging theory, from a practical standpoint. To quote: One of the most interesting topics is, consequently, which strategies may be more appropriate in order to improve that search and how... From Column Two on October 5, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

Bags-of-Keywords vs. Nested Taxonomies
It just struck me that the shortcut I described to allow me to easily search del.icio.us and Flickr would have been darned near impossible if they'd used some form of complex nested taxonomies instead of employing bags-of-keywords. The more I play with tools that use bags-of-keywords, the more I see the ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

The WIRED Concert and CD: Newsweek/MSNBC
Another great article on the WIRED CD and Concert, this one from Newsweek/MSNBC. The piece features great quotes from the bands Spoon and Matmos, who happen to be two of my favorites, two of the WIRED CD contributors, and nice fellows to boot. From Creative Commons: weblog on October 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Brain Links
Via elearnspace, a whole bunch of links to sites about the brain. Something to think on. By Various Authors, October, 2004 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on October 5, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Designing blogs for education
This presentation looks at the blogging work that I have done so far and at the design of www.jonathanbriggs.com to incorporate the lessons learned from previous experiments. It is being given to a teachers' conference in New Zealand. Designing blogs... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

How Technology Will Destroy Schools
It occured to me that the near term answer is: technology will destroy a lot of what elementary schools currently do. This was a hard pill to swallow, as I count myself as very down-to-earth person who never cries "the... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Connectivity and Learning in Canada's Schools
Stats Canada checked out the online world for schools and this research paper takes a look at the stats. A very interesting read. Connectivity and Learning in Canada's Schools... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..

Bring on the rich cross platform internet apps, Laszlo Goes Open Source
Go Laszlo go! Bring on the rich internet cross platform zero install apps. Laszlo (or something like it) will (should, IMHO, I am not privy to the next gen plans for Qumana or ecto) power the next generation of Qumana, ecto et al as well as enable apps we couldn't even think of before. From davidtemkin.com: Laszlo Goes Open Source: QUOTE Today is a big da From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on October 5, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..

Upcoming W3C Talks
2004-10-05: Browse upcoming W3C appearances and events, also available as an RSS channel. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on October 5, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Working Draft: XML Binary Characterization Properties
2004-10-05: The XML Binary Characterization Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of XML Binary Characterization Properties. Derived from use cases, this first draft in a series describes properties identified as desirable for any serialization of an XML data model. Comments are welcome. Visit the XML home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on October 5, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

ACER Paper on School Non-attendance
This paper, prepared by ACER, is to update and comment on the statistics on school non-attendance in schools of the Australian States and Territories gathered for DEST by Ainley and Lonsdale (2000), and supplement it with information from other international sources where available. It explores recent initiatives, both within Australia and overseas, by systems or schools to reduce wilful student absenteeism, for whatever reason it might occur. 1 October 2004. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

More Opportunities for Gifted Students
A new Centre For Extended Learning Opportunities will ensure Tasmania's gifted students reach their full potential. The centre, which will operate from the start of 2005, will be available to students in both Government and non-Government schools. From EdNA Online on October 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Del.icio.us shortcut for OmniWeb 5
Just added another really handy shortcut to OmniWeb 5. With it, I can just hit "command+L" to get to the address bar, and enter "del xml database" and del.icio.us will spit out all bookmarks matching the words (after del, of course - in this case I'd get all bookmarks tagged ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

AT&T looks into closing its Windows
A team of researchers is evaluating how Linux and Mac OS X stack up against Windows for internal use. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Heather James on Wikis and Usability
Heather James addresses the question that many wiki newbies have when they encounter a wiki, a question I too posed a little over a year ago: Once you get to a wiki, what do you do? How do you get around? James has a clear explanation supported by annotations of a couple of articles on usability. What she says makes sense: The usefulness of hierarchical navigation is being called into question because users often don From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on October 5, 2004 at 5:58 p.m..

Improv Learning
I'm cross-posting this column I wrote for this month's CLO magazine because it covers one of several dozen memes I plan to include in my keynote at the Workflow Learning Symposium next week. (Wish me luck. I picked up some bug while traveling last week and I am losing my voice.) CLO magazine, October 2004 - Jay Cross All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. --William Shakespeare, "As You Like It" The first wave of e-learning brochures five years ago invariably touted th From The Workflow Institute Blog on October 5, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

Now in Sweden: BlogWalk 5 - blogging on the move
After travelling its Netherlands - Germany - Austria - UK root BlogWalk is coming to Sweden. So, BlogWalk 5.0: Focus: "Blogging on the move"& From Mathemagenic on October 5, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..

Finding blogs linking to a specific blog post: Bloglines Citations for Radio and Movable Type
If you happen to come across my older post Finding blogs linking to a specific blog post: test results you know that so far "Blogines" seem to be the best solution. Just a bit after my experiment Seb developed Bloglines citation bookmarklet that allows you to see Bloglines citations for a page you are browsing. Since then I was thinking of a macro that would do something similar to Mathemagenic on October 5, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..

EQUAL Meets Bits and Bytes
Andrew Dean vom Marchmont Observatory an der University of Exeter hat heute in Karlsruhe eine hilfreiche Gegenüberstellung präsentiert. Es geht um Lernen gestern und heute/morgen: OLD vs. NEW - Top-Down vs Bottom-Up - Attendance vs Attainment - Tyranny of time... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 5, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Laszlo Platform now open source
The Laszlo Platform, which is kinda like Macromedia Flex, was just released as open source (under the Common Public License). I'd looked at Laszlo Platform a while back, and it was pretty cool, offering dashboard-like stuff, sorta like Macromedia Central meets Sherlock meets Konfabulator. Kinda cool for dynamically generated flash content ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

EarthLink to offer free Net telephony
The ISP's new software supports speed dialing, caller ID, three-way calling, hold capability and call logs. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Windows XP Service Pack 2 heads to retail
New packages promote promise of improved PC security. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Tech edges ahead at Japan show
At CEATAC, Sony unveils a home server packed with a terabyte of storage. Also: Networking via ordinary light fixtures? From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

redlightgreen.com
EdTechPost just alerted me of this really neat library search service located at redlightgreen.com. With it, you can reportedly search over 130 million library catalogue references. Sure, that's impressive, but what's REALLY cool, is that it automatically creates and stores... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on October 5, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..

CFP: Stories of Mentoring
Via TechRhet and the Coalition of Women Scholars listserv: Call for Essay Proposals For a proposed collection tentatively titled: Stories of Mentoring Edited by: Michelle F. Eble (East Carolina University) and Lynée Lewis Gaillet (Georgia State University) In the last several decades, mentoring has evolved from a concern for "graduate students' ability to research, write, and publish" in order to secure a job after graduation to an emphasis on professional development through formal and informal mentoring programs that focus on teaching, research, and/or admi From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on October 5, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

CFP: AoIR 6.0, Internet Generations
Call for Papers " IR 6.0: INTERNET GENERATIONSInternational and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association ofInternet ResearchersChicago, Illinois, USAOctober 5 " 9, 2005Workshops: October 5, 2005AoIR conference: October 6 " 9, 2005Deadline for submissions: February 1, 2005. Submission instructions will be announced soon.INTERNET GENERATIONSTheInternet has been a rapidly evolving phenomenon, so much so tha From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on October 5, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..

Blogger founder leaves Google
Evan Williams denies rift, mum on future plans on departure from the search giant. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

White House race gets political sites running
The hot political season in the United States creates an explosion of humor and commentary on the Internet. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Via to throw hat in 64-bit x86 chip ring
Taiwanese firm makes mulitmedia performance a key measure of its upcoming processor. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Anchors Fight Back at Bloggers
Tom Brokaw on citizen journalists: "What I think is highly inappropriate is what's going on across the Internet, a kind of political jihad...It is certainly an attempt to demonize CBS News, and it goes well beyond any factual information a lot of them has, the kind of demagoguery that is unleashed out there." ( {{chuckle.}} -kc.) From unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

TiVO To Go, Any Day Now
Looks like TiVO-to-Go is going to be available any day soon. One astute reader sent me a link to Good Guys advertisement, which is pus From unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

Start-Up Delivers Movie Downloads
A Boston startup called NetCableTV is trying to use P2P to legally deliver movies onto consumers' hard drives...NetCableTV adds two layers of DRM to prevent piracy, the company said. From unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..

How Interactive are YOUR Distance Courses? A Rubric for Assessing Interaction in Distance Learning
However, we also note great variation in what faculty and students view as "interactive qualities." In order to clarify the role of this important factor and encourage faculty to make their distance courses more interactive, the authors have designed a... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Evaluation Concepts and Practice in Selected Distance Education Institutions
Evaluation Concepts and Practice in Selected Distance Education Institutions... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Evaluation in Distance Education
The challenge of evaluation in distance education can be both a complex and confusing enterprise. Most of us would like to merely get on with it, do an evaluation of our distance education program, and not spend an inordinate amount... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation
ASSESSING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS often entails using the four-level model developed by Donald Kirkpatrick (1994). According to this model, evaluation should always begin with level one, and then, as time and budget allows, should move sequentially through levels two, three, and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

A Convergent Participation Model for Evaluation of Learning Objects
The properties that distinguish learning objects from other forms of educational software - global accessibility, metadata standards, finer granularity and reusability - have implications for evaluation. This article proposes a convergent participation model for learning object evaluation in which representatives... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Basic Guide to Program Evaluation
Note that the concept of program evaluation can include a wide variety of methods to evaluate many aspects of programs in nonprofit or for-profit organizations. There are numerous books and other materials that provide in-depth analysis of evaluations, their designs,... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Designing an assessment system.
As any HE teacher soon becomes aware, assessment is a major concern in designing and running a course. It can take up a large part of both teachers' and students' time, cause considerable anxiety and play a major role in... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

Does your instruction rate 5 stars?
Over the years I have had the opportunity to evaluate hundreds of instructional products. An amazing number of these are surprisingly ineffective and some do not teach at all. Like a book, too much instruction is judged by its cover... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..

The News Implications of Paid Search
CBS Marketwatch columnist Bambi Francisco reports that in the wake of last week's recall of the arthritis drug Vioxx, the price of the search engine keyword "Vioxx" is skyrocketing -- fueled by law firms trolling for prospective clients for lawsuits against Merck, the drug's manufacturer. On Yahoo!'s Overture network, the price was up to almost $12 per click. And according to one lawyer interviewed by Francisco, the keywords are driving From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 5, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

Help When Google Fails You
Last week I found myself in the rare predicament of not being able to find what I was looking for with Google. Where do you turn when the all-knowing oracle fails you?You could try posting a message on Can't Find On Google, a quasi blog-message board setup to help people find what they are looking for and provide tweaks to search queries that help point you in the right direction.Another side benefit: It also may be that Google keeps an eye on t From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 5, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

Guardian Proudly Uses the 'W' Word
No, not that "W" word -- there ARE other things happening besides the U.S. presidential election! Actually, Guardian Unlimited recently debuted an extensive collection of webfeeds. While this is a welcome and useful development, I'm intrigued and pleased that such a major news organization actually calls them "webfeeds," by deliberate choice.In his personal blog, Complete Tosh, Guardian assistant editor Neil McIntosh wrote on From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 5, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..

[microsoft] Swag
At the Search Champs private conference I'm at, Microsoft has been giving out excellent swag: A copy of Money, Office and Flight Simulator, a logo-ed windbreaker, sun visor and golf shirt, and a thumb storage device....all packed in a logoed-backpack. I'm too mature and self-knowing for swag to affect me, but I'm beginning to think that Microsoft has been badly misunderstood and under-appreciated. Plus, today we get to go to the Microsoft Store where we can spend up to $120 on heavily discounted Microsoft products. Unfortunately, I'm leaving before the trip to the store, so From Joho the Blog on October 5, 2004 at 3:50 p.m..

[MS] Microsoft Research
[NOTE: I have to the plane and am posting this without rereading it for typos or thinkos. Sorry.] Susan Damais is from Microsoft Research, a group of 700 people in 55 scientific areas in 5 labs, from Redmond to Beijing. Susan says that each group does some search research. And she tells us that her presentation isn't under the 20-ton Microsoft NDA. "What's missing with search?" she asks? Now it consists of a query box and results list. You can do processing in between, but you can also do user modeling, domain modeling, and the context of information use. What... From Joho the Blog on October 5, 2004 at 3:50 p.m..

Paneer is easy.
Paneer is a kind of soft cheese used in Indian cuisine. It's a bit like ricotta. It takes minutes to make, and you can experiment with it. This recipe is neither particularly original, nor particularly authentic. But, you get stuff that looks and tastes like the paneer you get in Indian restaurants, so it must be pretty close. It doesn't use rennet, so it's vegetarian-safe. It isn't vegan-safe. From kuro5hin.org on October 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

T-Mobile adds security measure to hot spots
The company is adding the 802.1x security standard throughout its hot-spot network. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Briefly: Macromedia giving away Flex
roundup Plus: T-Mobile adds security measure to hot spots...Slashdot dips into politics...IBM releases low-cost Unix servers. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Macromedia giving away Flex
The move is part of an effort by Macromedia to expand the use of its Flash format into a broad foundation for delivering Web services and media. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Microsoft's Ballmer takes things in stride
On a European tour, the CEO weighs in on threats ranging from Linux and EU regulators to music pirates and "bad people out there in cyberspace." From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Abbot and Costello at the Computer Store
Abbot and Costello at the Computer Store :: Ha - this one gave me a good morning chuckle when I dearly needed it. From Just Another Ant on October 5, 2004 at 3:01 p.m..

Podcasting and the future of everything
Adam Curry and others have been doing great work pioneering Podcasting -- creating content intended to be heard on our schedule and on the move, on our iPods or equivalents, distributed in some cases with the help of RSS (read: subscription radio). But it was Doc Searls who really put his finger on the cosmic significance of this on his own podcast, an online radio show that Adam, in turn, quoted on his online radio show (that's where I heard it, listening in From unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

[Research] Gapidraw: a cross platform tool for mobile game development
Gapidraw is a cross platform tool for mobile game development (on various devices like Palm, Symbian and Windows Mobile). It's done by Develant Technologies AB in Sweden. It is actually a joint venture between the IT University of G teborg and other persons. Evaluation version could be downloaded here. From unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

MIT Location Conference (Roundup)
Panelists at the MIT's Emerging Technologies Conference described a future where nothing ever gets lost and your SUV always knows the coordinates of the gas station with the cheapest prices on super unleaded. All new cell phones sold in the United States must carry geographical positioning technology accurate to about 300 feet. Companies at the panel called "The Revolution in Location Aware Computing" hope to bring location accuracy down to within three inches. unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

Wired On New Music Business Models "The Long Tail"
The Long Tail [pdf] Hit-driven economics is a creation of an age without enough room to carry everything for everybody. Not enough shelf space for all the CDs, DVDs, and games produced. Not enough screens to show all the available movies. Not enough channels to broadcast all the TV programs, not enough radio waves to play all the music created, and not enough hours in the day to squeeze everything out thro From unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

Picking Up a Language on the 'Net
If you have the need to learn Spanish and either don't have time to take a class or the desire to pay for books, Learner.org has the program for you: 26 hours of instructional videos and materials are available online -- for free. There are a number of other free courses that could be a good refresher for journalists, such as Inside Inside Statistics, as well as courses like News Writing for aspi From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 5, 2004 at 2:57 p.m..

Bullying: medidas urgentes contra el acoso escolar
Recopilación de enlaces sobre violencia escolar, mobbing escolar o bullying. Estudios y medidas para combatirlo (un post abierto): Agirregabiria Agirre, Mikel: Un plan escolar llamado Jokin. El suicidio de Jokin merece una reflexión colectiva y un urgente programa educativo anti-bullying.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 5, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

Auto Linking of BBC to Wikipedia
(Via Alex Halavais) It seems doubtful that this will stay up for too long, but you have to check out this very cool app which automatically links text in BBC News articles to Wikipedia. It looks just like the BBC page, but, for instance, any where the name Tony Blair shows up, it automatically creates a link to the Wikipedia entry. How cool is that? Imagine if students read news articles like this...don't know about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treat From weblogged News on October 5, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..

Computer telephony: why wait?
The other day I had one of those living-in-the-future moments. An important phone call came in, but the colleague I needed to bring into the call wasn't available, and the caller couldn't wait. So, with the caller's permission, I recorded the call and forwarded it as an MP3 file to my colleague. When she later replayed the conversation, she got crucial points -- both factual and emotional -- that I never could have accurately reported. VoIP fantasy come true? Not even close. The call came in on a POTS line. I answered on a regul From Jon's Radio on October 5, 2004 at 2:47 p.m..

EarthLink finds spyware running amok
Survey of 3 million Web users' machines finds 83 million instances of malicious programs. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

Is PeopleSoft waiting for the right price?
A company board member testifies in trial that a sale would be possible if Oracle ups its offer. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..

bring iTunes playlists into Final Cut Pro
Ahh, the power of extensible video editing systems. Spherico has releases Playlist2FCP, which allows for the automated XML transfer of iTunes playlist's into Final Cut Pro: Spherico completely automates the transfer of non AAC audio tracks from iTunes to FCP. By leveraging the power of the FCP XML format, Playlist2FCP allows FCP to seamlessly import iTunes Playlists, complete with Track Name and Number, Artist and Album information into FCP. Playlist2FCP is a simple to use utility. It can be either used From unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

Abbott and Costello and Computers
Those of us old enough to remember Abbott and Costello or have ever seen their "Who's on First" routine should appreciate this. Costello wants to buy a Computer from Abbott. ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 5, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..

CMS and ePortfolio: At the Crossroads
http://www.campus-technology.com/news_article.asp? id=10041&amptypeid=155 Well worth the read, this measured and non-reactionary piece by Stephen Acker contemplates the need for institutions to engage and integrate eportfolio systems with their existing course management systems in order to facilitate both sides of the teaching and learning equation. As much as I am at times attracted to 'loosely-coupled small tools' visions of some of my fellow edtech bloggers, this strikes From EdTechPost on October 5, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..

Zugänglichkeit wissenschaftlicher Publikationen
Der Consultant Martin Röll stellt in seinem E-Business Weblog einige wie ich meine hochinteressante Fragen: Es ist so unverständlich: Warum publizieren so viele Wissenschaftler nur in Journals und stellen ihre Arbeiten nicht ins Netz? Warum unterwerfen sie sich absurden Copyright-Forderungen? Warum publizieren Sie nicht frei im Netz? Sie würden mehr gelesen und zitiert und würden der Welt viel mehr Nutzen stiften! Sind From BildungsBlog on October 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Tag des Lehrers / Weltlehrertag
Heute, am 5. Oktober, ist World Teachers' Day, ausgerufen durch die UNESCO: Visit the World Teachers' Day website (Education International) From BildungsBlog on October 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Niedersachsen schliesst die Landeszentrale für politische Bildung
Die Landeszentrale für politische Bildung in Niedersachsen wird aufgrund des Beschlusses der Landesregierung zum 31.12.2004 aufgelöst. Wissenschaftler sprachen sich gegen die Abschaffung der Landeszentrale aus. Nun wird auch in Baden-Württemberg gefragt, ob man wirklich eine Landeszentrale für politische Bildung braucht. Nicht zuletzt angesichts der jüngsten politischen Entwicklung From BildungsBlog on October 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..

Slashdot dips into politics
"News for Nerds" site adds a political section featuring real-time, alternative articles and news. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Briefly: Slashdot dips into politics
roundup Plus: IBM releases low-cost Unix servers...Former Cisco exec joins Red Hat board...Sun lures Siebel to x86 Solaris. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Sony hones its TV efforts
One example: A remote control that looks something like a flip phone. Also, can Triluminos make your picture look better? From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Ballmer sees squeeze on Longhorn deadline
Microsoft's CEO lends some insight into the 2006 release date of the slow-moving next version of Windows. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Intel, Nokia, Symbian to collaborate on Series 60 smart-phones
US chipmaker Intel, Finnish mobile handset maker Nokia Corporation and UK software licensing company Symbian are to work together on the Nokia Series 60 Platform while Intel and Symbian are to jointly develop a reference platform for 3G devises. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Avaya buys Spectel
US business communications solutions provider Avaya has bought Irish audio and web conferencing solutions company Spectel, expanding its conferencing interests. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Alcatel sells fraud management unit to Subex
Alcatel has sold its fraud management activities to Indian telecoms software product company Subex. The French telecoms solutions company is to keep the fraud management system as part of its product portfolio. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

BT cuts broadband pricing
BT makes its latest move in the on-going UK broadband price wars. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Microsoft donates €3.3m for IT in Russian schools
Microsoft is to install €3.3m in IT infrastruce in Russian schools as part of its global philanthropic activities. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

UK National Savings and Investments extends business services contract with Siemens
German IT services provider Siemens Business Services has extended a €600m contract with UK National Savings and Investments (NS&I) to deliver national benefits to citizens. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Alcatel to upgrade Makedonski Telekomunikacii network
French telecoms supplier Alcatel is to provide Macedonian public telco Makedonski Telekomunikacii with a software upgrade for the Alcatel 1000 switching systems. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 12:59 p.m..

Musgrave Porn Flap Shows Danger of Letting Domains Lapse
Recently, conservative freshman U.S. Representative Marilyn Musgrave of Colorado was horrified to learn that the domain name used for her 2002 campaign site, which had been allowed to expire, was bought by a Florida company and now is home to a porn site. (See coverage by the Boulder Daily Camera.) Musgrave took this personally, but actually the problem of "para-sites" showing up at lapsed domains which attract residual traffic is quite common a From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 5, 2004 at 12:58 p.m..

Public lecture: Work-Life Balance, Health and Well-Being
I guess we're all looking for a little more balance in our lives, so this looked like an interesting session. I don't know the speaker or much about it -- the information just crossed my desk and I'm passing it... From Rick's Café Canadien on October 5, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..

The Rules of the Love Doctor
On Maths, Sex and how their relationship might apply to social software. From Monkeymagic on October 5, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..

RedLightGreen - Search 130 Million Library Titles and automatically create citations
http://www.redlightgreen.com/ Via David Mattison came news from the library world of this service aimed at undergraduates and the librarians that support them. RedLightGreen is a service from the Research Libraries Group (get it?) that allows users to search over 130 million library catalogue entries. The user can then automatically create citations in either MLA, APA, Chicago or Turabian styles, and with one click also check their local library for title availability. The service is free From EdTechPost on October 5, 2004 at 12:53 p.m..

Page-addressable PDF
In yesterday's item I complained about the opaqueness of PDF files. As Mark Kunzmann pointed out (in email), the situation is less dire than I suggested. He illustrated by pointing me to page 100 of the government's energy report here. I can point you to the page describing necessary URL syntax here. This scheme is workable, for large documents like the 170-page energy r From Jon's Radio on October 5, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..

Sony's home server offers 1 terabyte of storage
Who needs that much? Anyone who wants to record a week's worth of TV shows. But the Vaio Type X is available in only one country. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

PalmOne grabs Microsoft Exchange license
The staunch rivals appear to cast aside differences, as the handheld maker licenses an e-mail synchronization tool from Microsoft. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Uses for RSS
While RSS was initially used for news headlines the usage has expanded and businesses have embraced the technology as a new communication medium. Take a look at this display of innovative way specific industries are using rss to communicate. From RSS Blog on October 5, 2004 at 12:03 p.m..

Commission, EURid to sign '.eu' domain name contract
The first registrations of .eu websites should be possible by the summer of 2005, following the upcoming signing of an agreement over the administration of the new top level domain name between the European Commission and EURid. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..

Level 3 expands network in Europe
The US-based telco has launched services in Dublin and has increased network capacity into Manchester. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..

Interactive programme guide market to grow to €820m by 2008 - report
Interactive programme guides will be the "killer app" for interactive television services, according to predictions from market research group In-Stat/MDR. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..

Acting like a writer
I stared and stared at the screen today -- not very satisfying to myself and of no use to a reader. "Just going through a dry spell," I thought, "...that's no fun." Then I realized that missing so much daily writing in September had taken an unexpected toll. I had forgotten one of the primary lessons of daily writing: a good portion of a writer's inspiration comes from taking a close look at something (experience, the words of another writer, etc.). And not only... From Weblogs in Higher Education on October 5, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Linking seminars
This fall we will try to link together three seminars at three different institutions that all intend to work on some aspects of social software, personal and collaborative Web publishing and its implications for teaching, learning, networking, and so forth. Thomas Burg runs a seminar on "Social Software" at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. His participants are students of education and pedagogy. Jan Schmidt is putting together a seminar for sociology From Seblogging News on October 5, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Genuine websites
In about two minutes of poking around, I found one article I'm tempted to respond to in disagreement and a software recommendation that looks promising, so I figured I'd pass the link on to you. It's a sorta-monthly webzine about Ilke Akdeniz's ("one miserable freelance web designer") ideas and opinions on web design, published out of Istanbul. Ah the sound of the human voice. Gotta love it.... From Joho the Blog on October 5, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

The Tour of Duty tour
ThisIsRumorControl.com ("a blog dedicated to the "ground truth" that the war on terrorism is worth fighting, and al-Qaeda worth defeating, but the current U.S. policies in pursuit of these goals are failing our country in its moment of need") is asking pumping a lecture series by Bobby Muller, head of the Alliance for Security, which is part of the Vietnam Veterans for America Foundation. Got that? I don't, but if you're interested in hearing Muller — Nobel Peace Prize winner as a co-founder of International Campaign to Ban Landmines — talk about the draft and the right u From Joho the Blog on October 5, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Taking My Yahoo RSS Feeds
So there's been a lot of people talking about the "new" My Yahoo and it's RSS capabilities. Now don't get me wrong, I think it's very cool that they are moving to include and support RSS on a pretty wide scale. And while I find it a bit overwhelming, the whole concept of an aggregated page of content like this is very intriguing. But I agree with Jenny that the limitations of the interface don't make it very good solution as a news aggregator when you track dozens o From weblogged News on October 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Adaptec: Friend or foe?
The company is changing tack under CEO Robert Stephens and may soon find itself in direct competition with several longtime partners. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Experts envision taillights that talk
Forget Bluetooth and UWB. A group of Japanese companies believes it's found a better answer for short-range networking. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Court of First Instance judge questions Commission stance on Microsoft
The president of the European Union's Court of First Instance has questioned the logic behind the European Commission's anti-trust decision against Microsoft. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..

Slovak Telecom to lay off 4000 employees
The advance of mobile telephony in the country has forced a restructuring of the incumbent telco, resulting in the laying off of some 60 per cent of the company's workforce. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..

Nokia to launch TV phone
Finnish mobile operator Nokia is set to introduce a TV phone at a forthcoming company conference. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..

More on Para-Sites: It Happened to Me
Yesterday I wrote about the dangers of allowing domain registrations that you've actively used for past projects to expire. Well, today I just realized that it has happened to me. A few years ago I was involved in a venture called Content Exchange. It was very popular and cool, but it just didn't work out as a business. So my partners and I abandoned the project, took down the site, and eventually allowed the doman registration to lapse. Well, that last part was a mistake. On July 9, 2004, a guy in Australia claimed that domain (which was legally up for grabs) and has posted a get-ri From Contentious Weblog on October 5, 2004 at 10:57 a.m..

CSS and Eric Meyer
Well, I'm finally getting around to learning CSS. I ordered Eric Myer's two books on CSS, and just today found this article which explains why CSS is important. If you haven't seen CSS Zen Garden, this is a neat site... From Martindale Matrix on October 5, 2004 at 10:51 a.m..

So long, and thanks for all the blogs
Ev's leaving Blogger and Google because he accidentally discovered that the the light he was blocking because of screen glare wasn't itself coming from the Internet. Blogger.com was where Joho started. So, thanks, Ev for your role and your work. I look forward to seeing your next contribution, but for goodness sake, there's no hurry!... From Joho the Blog on October 5, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..

Australian dissertations online
Australia is going to put records of all doctoral dissertations online in a searchable database. Great news, although I suppose technically it means that the Web has just gotten a bit more boring. The article is a tad ambiguous. I think the database will contain the metadata, including an abstract, and not the dissertations themselves.... From Joho the Blog on October 5, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..

Spinning our own eyes
I understand why Ken Mehlman, as the Bush/Cheney campaign manager, in his latest msg pounds on Kerry's "global test" statement, as if working with allies is the same thing as giving them a veto. But I can't figure out how he can talk about Kerry's "repeated denigration of our troops" at the debate. I mean, we were there. We heard him. Kerry could not have been more straightforward in his honoring our soldiers. Yeah, yeah, I understand the logic: If you think a war is mistaken, you must also think the soldiers are mistaken. It's stupid logic, but I understand... From Joho the Blog on October 5, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..

More Edu Bloggers
Not sure if I'd call it a groundswell, but I've been setting up sites at a pretty heady clip the last few days, and yesterday (as the previous post so cryptically suggests) I started a workshop with 20 teachers who want to be bloggers (or should I say use blogs?) Cool thing is they're from all over the map: English, math, consumer sciences, special ed, art, world languages. And I think they left yesterday's class with brains fairly well wrapped around the concept an From weblogged News on October 5, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Evan Leaves Bloogle
Evan Williams, a co-founder of Pyra Labs, the blogging outfit that became part of Google, is leaving. He says it's all amicable and I don't see any reason to question that. He's a pioneer, and he's still young; we'll be hearing more from him, and I'm sure it'll be interesting. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 5, 2004 at 10:47 a.m..

Flash dims AMD's revenue outlook
The chipmaker's warning raises concerns about the flash memory business, one financial analyst says in a report. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..

Polish regulator opens UMTS, GSM licence tenders
The tender process for a UMTS licence and for a GSM-1800 licence.has been opened by the Polish communications regulator. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 9:57 a.m..

Digital photography hits Kodak jobs again
Blaming the lack of demand for traditional photography products, Kodak has announced further job cuts in the UK and France. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 9:57 a.m..

InfoPass
Avoid lines at the local office of the INS by booking ahead with Infopass -- only available on the web. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on October 5, 2004 at 9:57 a.m..

Incorporated Subversion
James Farmer has launched his new Incorporated Subversion blog from down under. His first post is a comparison of discussion boards and web logs for use within online learning environments (OLE). This is an in-depth look at the features and pedagogical implications for using these applications. It's an excellent article for anyone examining how to use OLE's, especially for formal education. From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on October 5, 2004 at 9:57 a.m..

Building Alternatives
Robert Paterson said it a while back, and Brian Alger just mentioned it. I'm referring to this statement made by Rob:I am beginning to think that this may be the great work - to build the alternatives rather than to try and reform the existing system.I think that th From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on October 5, 2004 at 9:57 a.m..

Yahoo joins 'personalised search' battle
The new 'My Yahoo Search' service allows users to save web pages - similar to Furl.net and Ask Jeeves' MyJeeves - which can then be viewed at a later point, or shared with others. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on October 5, 2004 at 8:57 a.m..

Internet time and the reliability of search engines - Paul Wouters, Iina Hellsten, and Loet Leydesdorff; First Monday
Search engines are unreliable tools for data collection for research that aims to reconstruct the historical record. This unreliability is not caused by sudden instabilities of search engines. On the contrary, their operational stability in systematica From Techno-News Blog on October 5, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Innovator of the Year: Scott Heiferman - Neil Savage, Technology Review
In a season when bloggers, Internet polling, and online donations are reshaping presidential politics, the man who created one of the first Web services to emerge during the Democratic primaries has been named Technology Review From Techno-News Blog on October 5, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Weblogs and Libraries by Laurel A. Clyde, Professor and Chair of the Library and Information Science ...
Weblogs and Libraries by Laurel A. Clyde, Professor and Chair of the Library and Information Science Department at the University of Iceland, where she teaches courses related to information technology in libraries and information agencies. This book discusses the topic of weblogs and libraries from two main perspectives: weblogs as sources of information for libraries and librarians; and weblogs as tools that libraries can use to promote their service From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 5, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Washington State Digital Archives - Washington has opened what is believed to be the nation's first ...
Washington State Digital Archives - Washington has opened what is believed to be the nation's first digital archives for state government, holding everything from birth records to the first election results in Washington Territory in 1854. Housed in a new building on the Eastern Washington University campus, the $14.5 million Washington State Digital Archives makes certain records and electronic documents available without fear of damage From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 5, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

The 56th Annual Frankfurt Book Fair gets underway today with more than 6,700 exhibitors from 110 cou ...
The 56th Annual Frankfurt Book Fair gets underway today with more than 6,700 exhibitors from 110 countries gathering to highlight the best of their country's literary offerings. This year, the focus will be on literature from the Arab world. The 22 members of the Arab League, with the exception of Libya, Morocco, Algeria, Kuwait and Iraq, serve as special guests From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 5, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Where's the simplicity in Web services?
As the number of Web services specifications proliferates, some developers advocate a return to a simpler approach. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Adaptec: Partner or competitor?
Adaptec is changing tack under CEO Robert Stephens and might soon find itself in direct competition with several old partners. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Electronic voting and copyright?
John Palfrey, director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, says Diebold's bid to use copyright law to put a lid on the public debate about the integrity of electronic voting is ill-conceived. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

El ruido y las nueces
Invariablemente cada vez que se publican listas, rankings, estadísticas, mapas o estudios, una parte de la blogosfera se conmociona. Nunca llueve a gusto de todos, como es lógico. Muchas de las iniciativas colectivas dedicadas a promover los weblogs fueron en... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 5, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

Talking Spam - Erika Jonietz, Innovation News
It might be a nightmare that few of us want to imagine. But as more people abandon traditional phone lines and start placing calls over the Internet, an explosion of voice-mail spam is a real possibility, telecommunications experts say. To contain that From Techno-News Blog on October 5, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Course blogs or subject blogs? - Marcus O'Donnell, blogsperiment
Thinking about some of the issues I raised about the WHAT of blogs, and thinking about how blogs might be best used in journalism education, specifically how they might be used in our course at UTS, I am becoming increasingly convinced that blogs used From Online Learning Update on October 5, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

It's Only My Opinion: Technology is the Tool, Not the Answer - Michelle Gamble-Risley, Center for Digital Education
It has been my belief that every student and teacher deserved to have the same advantages in the classroom as any worker in the workplace. If we were going to ask modern workers, for example, to do research using the Internet, why then would we not pro From Online Learning Update on October 5, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

E-learning and Universities: what Roberto Maragliano Thinks - Elearning Europa
Professor Maragliano, a seemingly prosaic question: does e-Learning really work? And, if it does, why is the drop-out rate for on-line training courses so alarmingly high?: I could throw the question back at you and ask: does traditional/classroom tea From Online Learning Update on October 5, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Robert Paterson: Looking Beneath the Surface
Robert Paterson's: Looking Beneath the Surface weblog contains a wide variety of interesting insights. I like the theme of looking beneath the surface since it invites us to probe and question beyond the appearance of things. Given Robert's interesting and... From Experience Designer Network on October 5, 2004 at 7:00 a.m..

Sweet Scent of Nobel Victory
A pair of Americans who found the mechanism that enables humans to recognize odors bags the Nobel Prize in medicine. Their pioneering work on 'the most enigmatic of our senses' wins them the $1.3 million award. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Rolls Were Nothing to Flip Over
Last week's spectacular barrel rolls by SpaceShipOne looked a lot more frightening than they were, the project leader says. Also: There was a forlorn face in the crowd.... Sponsors line up behind effort.... New Mexico wants a spaceport.... and more. By Dan Brekke. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

SpaceShipOne Wins the X Prize
The age of commercial space flight officially begins Monday as SpaceShipOne completes its second successful flight into space to capture the Ansari X Prize. It's $10 million to the developers, who look forward to a bright future ahead. Dan Brekke reports from Mojave, California. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Say Goodbye to Tyranny of Hits
Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of the charts. The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bit stream. By Chris Anderson from Wired magazine. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Barred From the Apple Store
The computer maker's retail stores are pretty easygoing about customers playing with the display machines. But when it comes to running an in-store hardware test lab, the company draws the line. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

House Bill Morphs 9/11 Advice
Congress drafts two bills to implement the 9/11 Commission's recommendations. Critics say neither has adequate privacy or civil liberties safeguards, but the House version includes a litany of assaults on individuals' rights. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Dickey Around With Stem Cells
An obscure amendment attached to an appropriations bill could throw a wrench into presidential candidate John Kerry's plans to fund embryonic stem cell research. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Donkey Konga: Novelty With a Beat
In case you don't want to work and just want to bang on the drum all day, this game is for you. It's a simple and charming game, but be warned that there isn't much else to do than banging on bongos. Lore Sjöberg reviews Donkey Konga. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

U.S. Elections Under a Microscope
As the November presidential election nears, several groups are mobilizing to monitor the voting process -- including a group of observers from across the globe and over a thousand techies who will help evaluate voting machines. By Laila Weir. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Kerry Campaign Dumps Cash on Web
John Kerry's campaign boosts spending on online ads in the final month of the election season, trying to maintain the momentum he gained from the first debate. It's surprising the campaigns haven't spent more online, experts say. By Louise Witt. From Wired News on October 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

PR is dead part 711
In other words, PR is dead! From Andrew Lark: Triangulation Of News...: QUOTE While I haven't seen any research that supports this, I suspect readers instantaneous ability to triangulate news places an even greater onus on media relations teams to get the news out to all the outlets relevant to their audiences in a fairer and more systematic way. If you look at the example above you will al From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on October 5, 2004 at 5:53 a.m..

Emotion and Design F.A.Q.
Emotion and Design F.A.Q. –Building a Product That Works and Connects With Users By Art Swanson and Ross Teague, Special To LTW How do I design emotion into my products? You can&amprsquo;t. You can design functions, features, shape, and reliability, but not the emotion into your product. Emotion is a reflection of your customers and end-user experiences with your product. Imagine each person as a slightly different mirror; the product isn&amprsquo;t going to look t From soulsoup on October 5, 2004 at 5:00 a.m..

"Dear George: Letters from America to President Bush" to be Staged at the Freedom of Expression National Monument in NYC and 20 Theatres in 15 States Nationwide
West 50th Street Productions recently presented Dear George: Letters to the President at the Freedom of Expression National Monument located in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan. The performance piece is a compilation of 1500 Americans' open letters written to President George W. Bush during this election year from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The letters come from people in all 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands as well as Americans overseas and cover a wide range of opinions on every major issue, including From PR Web on October 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Family Ties of the Next President of the United States
Family Ties of the Next President of the United States Senator Kerry and President Bush share ancestors, and following are links to a number of reports, stories, and resources that have appeared recently relating to the family ties of President Bush and Senator Kerry to each other, to past and present people from history, and to the American voters. Millisecond Publishing Company, Inc. is currently providing two timely, topical, and thought-provoking reports for the media and the public free of charge at their website http://www.familyforest.com [PRWEB Oct 5, 2004] From PR Web on October 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Chatsby Films is Proud to Announce the World Premiere of the Latest Music Videos from Dan Zanes
Chatsby Films, Westchester's award winning production company teams with veteran Director/Producer Rick Fernandes and Dan Zanes (a founding member of the 80's rock band the Del Fuegos, who's new and original children's twenty first century folk sound has gone from neighborhood entertainment to a national success story), to produce a series of music videos for NOGGIN. The first two in the series premiere on Noggin, Tuesday, October 5th 2004. (1:53PM All Around The Kitchen {after Maisy} and 5:54PM. House Party Time {after Little Bear}) [PRWEB Oct 5, 2004] From PR Web on October 5, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Briefly: IBM releases low-cost Unix servers
roundup Plus: Former Cisco exec joins Red Hat board...Sun lures Siebel to x86 Solaris...Apple issues Mac OS X security update. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Project update
The previously stated deadline of Monday to decide between Outlook or another task has come and gone, and, long story short, the decision is not yet made. I discussed the problem briefly with my instructor on Monday, and we have scheduled a meeting later this week to further elaborate the pros and cons of sticking with Outlook From Holly's Research Journal on October 5, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..

Rolling out a records management system
My KM Column for this month looks at rolling out a records management system. To quote: With the shift towards electronic records (including documents and e-mails), efforts have instead turned to rolling out an electronic records management system (RMS) across... From Column Two on October 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

Is your intranet "Under Construction"?
Donna has written the first CM Briefing for this month, discussing the issue of intranet "under construction" signs. To quote: In the early days of the web, it was very common to find entire websites marked as 'under construction', complete... From Column Two on October 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

Using a "strawman" for page layout design
Donna has also written the second CM Briefing, on the use of a strawman for page layout design. To quote: Designing the page layouts for a new or redesigned intranet can be complex. One of the most difficult aspects is... From Column Two on October 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..

Microsoft insults iPod owners by calling them thieves
Great! The usual 'blame the customer' reason for DRM. Micros*ft isn't helping to increase what's left of their street cred by issuing blatantly false and insulting statements like this. For the record, a lot of people, including myself are not thieves. I, and many others, only store legal music on our iPods. This is yet another way textbook example of 'how NOT to develop software'. From 'iPod users are music thieves' says Ballmer - silicon.com: From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on October 5, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

BIG NEWS!!!!!
After much head banging and mega tweaking I bring you three big news items: 1. THE BLOG IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE BLOG: incorporated subversion will no longer live at this address, the new home is http://incsub.org/blog/index.php and the new RSS feed is Incorporated Subversion on October 5, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

Holy Meta Data! Flickr Strikes Again
Wow, a side benefit to the iPhoto to flickr plugin is that it grabs the metadata iPhoto stores for the images, as I noticed images such as the giant Fred Flinstone I had uploaded this was had been (correctly) identifies as having been taken with an Olympus 4040 digital camera. cogdogblog on October 5, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

Revving Up the eP
Finally, we are starting to see some signs of activity on our Maricopa ePortfolio site. Originally developed at and for faculty and students at one our colleges, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, the developer has graciously shared it on a server in our office that is open to everyone at our 9 other colleges. It has been sitting there, ready to serve since last Spring. Few takers. But now things are picking up. Some Computer Graphic Art Students at Phoenix College are just getting started setting up a first batch of studen From cogdogblog on October 5, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..

IBM releases low-cost Unix servers
Big Blue releases two new inexpensive Power5-based Unix servers to take on Unix machines from HP and Sun. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

FCC Announces DTV Consumer Education Initiative - Forgets to Mention Broadcast Flag
Today, the FCC announced a new initiative to inform the public about digital television (DTV). Read the press release: Chairman Powell Announces Major DTV Consumer Education Initiative - "DTV HYPHEN Get It!" [PDF]. The FCC has also set up a website for the "education" campaign: http://www.dtv.gov/. Warning, the website renders fine on IE, but does not render well on the latest version of Firefox. Geez, From unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 1:57 a.m..

Sun: UltraSparc IV+ doubles server oomph
Sun Microsystems on Tuesday will detail "Panther," which promises more high-speed cache memory and higher clock speeds. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Adobe tackles document ID
The software maker offers a new service to add digital signatures to PDF documents. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

AT&T opens mobile music store
Can't wait to get home to iTunes? Try buying music on your cell phone. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Sun lures Siebel to x86 Solaris
Sun signs up the software company to support its attempt to make useful a version of its Solaris operating system for x86 chips. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Former Cisco exec joins Red Hat board
Edward Kozel, Cisco's former chief technology officer, joins the board of Linux seller Red Hat. From CNET News.com on October 5, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Branding Enterprise Learning
Branding Enterprise Learning by Lisa Travis at CLO Media What does your learning organization stand for? What do employees look to gain from the learning you provide? What do senior executives expect from enterprise learning initiatives? Branding learning can increase the visibility and identity of your learning organization, create compelling learning programs that employees clamor to attend and position the learning organization as a valuable function that supports strategic orga From soulsoup on October 5, 2004 at 1:00 a.m..

October @ Location One: LECTURE SCHEDULE:
Wednesday, October 6th, 2004 - 7 p.m. Jim Dempsey CDT We resume our program Open House Wednesdays, a weekly series of talks by critical thinkers, with a discussion of the Patriot Act by Jim Dempsey, entitled, "The Patriot Act, Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism". Can the U.S. fight terrorism without surrendering privacy, free speech and other civil liberties? Have the PATRIOT Act and other counter-terrorism measures gone too far? These questions and others will be addressed by Jim Dempsey, xecutive director of the Center for Democracy and Technology. From unmediated on October 5, 2004 at 12:57 a.m..

GMail Adds Atom Feed
Well.. it's not universal yet, that means not for all. Luckily I got it. But couldn't make it work, until through the complex network of blogosphere I found this post by Josh Jarmin. Over To Josh - When I checked my Gmail account today, I found some great new features waiting for me. First, the contacts page is now inline (no more stupid popup window) and has been From soulsoup on October 5, 2004 at 12:01 a.m..

Captivating Robodemo
From Macromedia.com : Macromedia Captivate Introducing Macromedia Captivate, the next generation of Macromedia RoboDemo, the easiest way to create interactive simulations and software demonstrations in Flash format. Why the name change? Once you see the new features, you'll understand. We've added a visual timeline for arranging object timing with easy drag-and-drop. We've included sophisticated audio editing, customizable quiz templates, and enhan From soulsoup on October 5, 2004 at 12:01 a.m..

A good day to go into space
On October 4, 1957, the first manmade satellite Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union. According to Trekkie lore, the USS Enterprise D of Star Trek: The Next Generation was launched on October 4th, 2363. Today, October 4, 2004, another space milestone is achieved: SpaceShipOne completes its second voyage into space, winning the Ansari X Prize. From silentblue | Quantified on October 4, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..

Tom Brokaw Calls Blogging "Political Jihad"
Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings aren't happy about some choice words uttered by bloggers about their colleage Dan Rather. Although the big-money TV anchors are content to let Rather "have his one mistake" and stuff that Bush National Guard stuff under the rug, internet bloggers have kept the scandal hot. Seemingly, no anchor refrains from doling out vitriol on bloggers--even old Cronkite referred to us as "scandamongers." This really ties in quite nicely with a theme From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on October 4, 2004 at 11:57 p.m..