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BBC Wants Help With Dirac Codec
"According to
The Register the
BBC wants help to develop their open source video codec Dirac. '[Lead developer Dr. Thomas] Davies said the codec could live on anything from mobile phones to high-definition TVs but not before a lot of further work is completed. For one thing, Dirac doesn't currently work in real-time. Davies also reckons that the compression offered by the technology could be further optimised. The BBC is working on integrating the technology with From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 9:57 p.m..
The link is everything
Amen, the link is everything! DRM s*cks because it is incompatible with linking! From
mikel.org | Michael Boyle's weblog | Robert Scoble has posted: QUOTE Maybe it's the difference between PageMaker/Quark/Indesign that enabled the Zine world and Blogger/Movable Type/etc. in the blogging world. Both kinds of software have enabled loads of "amateur" creativity, in the case of page layout software going back years and years. But there are many more bloggers than zin From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on October 7, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..
News from the Neurosciences
The author asks, "How would it affect educational systems if everyone truly believed that the human brain could change structurally and functionally as a result of learning and experience--for better or worse?" My own research - reserach that can be extended through the many resources on this site - has already convinced me that neural structures are, as they say, plastic. For me what this means is that learning based on the fostering of habits is more important than learning based on transmission of facts, that, indeed, the facts aren't that important at all, not nearly as important mode From
OLDaily on October 7, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Blogging Communities And The Knowledge Enterprise
It seems (to me at least) that every time something good comes along - like
RSS and blogging - someone takes it and turns it into an 'enterprise version'. The lure of low hanging fruit is irresistable, I suppose, but there is something just wrong, in my mind at least, with the concept. Blogging worked fine before the enterprise, it will be broken after, plugged in as it will be is monitoring and reporting, link filtering, content standards and control, and more. Like this: "A BlogPortal is a net From
OLDaily on October 7, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Author's FGCU visit postponed
This is one instance of what appears to be a trend - I have seen several such stories over the last few weeks, stories in which speeches by one person or another are cancelled because they are deemed too controversial. This trend will, of course, be a blip as such speakers won't be scheduled at all in the future. But it is worth noting as it passes, and the question worth raising, what happens when we cancel speeches at universities over political considerations? By Pedro Morales, News-Press, October 7, 2004 [
OLDaily on October 7, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
An Introduction to the Search/Retrieve URL Service (SRU)
Nice article, with code samples in Perl (though it relies on a module called SWISH), explaining Representational State Transfer (REST) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), two major implementations of web services. Via
Open Artifact, which links to several other articles on the same subject. By Eric Lease Morgan, Ariadne, July, 2004 [
Refer][
OLDaily on October 7, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
WorldWide Media eXchange & Wallop
The head of Microsoft's Research just showed two coolio apps. I blogged about Wallop before. I TOTALLY wanna invite to that and apparently Microsoft has been working on sclaing it up. Joi gets an invite - but not me. So it's clear who's more important. < From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..
Flooding on p2p networks
Fakes, or spoofs, as the major studios and record labels like to call phony files posted on p2p networks to overpower them, have been around for a while but recently, they've started to appear in increasing numbers. That's because one of the entertainment industry's current pet theories is: flood p2p networks with fake files and users won't be able to tell the difference. So they'll give up trying to download and/or share. (
Continued at p2pnet.net) From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 8:57 p.m..
Rosen on Satullo on Blogs and Journalism
Jay approvingly annotates a column by Chris Satullo in the Philadelphia Post about blogs. "What matters is that journalism survive, that the craft of speaking truth to power with factual care not be snuffed out," says Satullo. "Because power prefers lies. Without journalism, lies flourish and liars rule." Whether it's bloggers or big media journalists, that's what matters. And, from that point of view, having an citizenry engaged in unearthing, checking and appropriating facts works towards the same end as journalism: "...helping the public life of this nation work well."... From
Joho the Blog on October 7, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..
Request for Proposals - Adult Literacy Research
The National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) seeks to commission research through the Adult Literacy Research Program on: the professional development needs of adult literacy and numeracy teachers and trainers; the full range and nature of adult language, literacy and numeracy provision in Australia, as one comprehensive program or several complementary projects; and an open category where suitably qualified and experienced researchers are invited to nominate forward looking and innovative research ideas that will contribute to improved adult literacy and numeracy policy or pr From
EdNA Online on October 7, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Australian Journal of Career Development (AJCD)
The Australian Journal of Career Development (AJCD) Spring 2004 edition has just been released. The journal features articles about the activities of career professionals, current theory, practice and policy in career education, case studies, interviews with practitioners and book reviews. This special edition reports on the innovative work being done by the attendees of a research roundtable held in conjunction with the 13th AACC National Conference. To subscribe, contact Jan Gardiner at ACER on (p) 03 9835 7448; or subscriptions@acer.edu.au From
EdNA Online on October 7, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
TV gadget heaven in Japan
CNET
maps out some of the coolest new TV gadgets that made their debut at CEATEC, an electronics show in Japan: A kitchen table with four embedded touch-screen TVs; a headset with a small, eye-level LCD screen (don't wear while driving); and a DVD player with built-in GPS for your car. From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..
Shared Spaces Briefing, Oct 8
Today's highlights: Sirana SpamCenter; Near-Time Flow 1.1; Interwoven TeamSite 6.5; Parlano $4.5m Series B; Sirana Software (run by my friend Chris Williams) released SpamCenter, an end-user solution for spam management for organizations using the Intelligent Message Filter add-on for Microsoft... From
Kolabora.com on October 7, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
Do You Take Cash, Credit or Chip?
A Japanese company creates a memory card which could change the method of spending money. Also: Google to set up digital book samples & hellip;. Nintendo equips handheld console & hellip;. and more. From
Wired News on October 7, 2004 at 7:46 p.m..
Lateral thinking puzzles
These pages of lateral thinking puzzles has been put together with the aim of exercising the brain cells and reminding your brain that it can think laterally. Don't worry, the puzzles here are not too cryptic. Lateral thinking puzzles... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 7, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Grand Illusions
Welcome to Grand Illusions, the site for the enquiring mind. With optical illusions, scientific toys, visual effects, and even a little magic. Grand Illusions... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 7, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Eyetricks.com
Welcome to eyetricks.com, your source for optical illusions, brain teasers, games, 3D images and other mind teasing oddities. eyetricks.com - Amazing Optical Illusions, 3D Stereograms, and other Mind Teasing Oddities!... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 7, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Cool Optical Illusions
Thanks for visiting! We like optical illusions, and we like you. Let me say that again... thank you for coming! Because of you, we've become one of the largest optical illusions websites online. Look around, you may agree that we're... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 7, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Best of the Best in Online Journalism
Finalists
were announced today in the 2004 Online Journalism Awards competition, with sites ranging in size from
BBC News to Jay Rosen's
Pressthink weblog making the shortlists in 16 categories.The ONA's announcement includes a complete list with links to all of the finalists. They were selected from some 500 entries by a team of 70 first-round screeners and 13 final judges.The winners will be a From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 7, 2004 at 6:55 p.m..
Web 2.0: Media
Martin Nisenholtz, head of NYTimes Digital, recalls coming to the company and facing business plans that would have charged fees for use of the Times and he suggested opening it up for free and they accomplished that. Battelle to Mike Ramsey of TiVo on its impact: "Television's just a data base that can be searched." Ramsey says TiVo has a big interest in broadband as a means of distribution. That is the wedge against cable. Cable companies will probably hate it, he understates; but then cable has broadband and cable is distributing its versions of TiVo. Batt From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 5:57 p.m..
Can't Recharge Your SkypeOut?
In a move that left me very frustrated and disappointed, Skype has "temporarily" abandoned support for Mastercard credit cards, and while there are no "official" times for this service to be restored, it maybe possible that in a week or... From
Kolabora.com on October 7, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..
New Beginings
Hi friends, welcome back to Curb Cut. I'd like to thank Christopher for all the wonderful work he has done on this site and wish him the best of luck as he moves onward and upward. That said, he still has his login to the site, and we hope he will post as often as he can. Those of you with a great attention to detail will notice the site has changed ever so slightly. As I will now, hopefully, be the main content provider, the site's interest will shift more toward universal design for the web, but will still include distance learning. Check this space on Tuesdays and Thursdays (for n From
Curb Cut Learning on October 7, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..
Learning Theories
Wenn ein Vortrag heute einen Überblick über mediendidaktische Theorien verspricht, darf man drei Kapitel erwarten: ein paar distanzierende Einlassungen zum Behaviorismus, etwas aus dem reichen Fundus des Kognitivismus (z.B. Leon Festinger und seine Theorie der Kognitiven Dissonanz) und - quasi... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 7, 2004 at 4:52 p.m..
New Wiki Clone - Jot
It isn't any wonder. Those that built search engines almost ten years ago now start again with social software webpublishing apps. What I like in this case is the idea to offer form or plugins to extend the basic functionalities. Again: that's what an intranet could use. Nothing else is required ;-)
Here is a demo Excite Founders From thomas n. burg | randgänge on October 7, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
Web Services Addressing Working Group Launched
2004-10-07: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Web Services Addressing Working Group. Chartered through February 2006 and chaired by Mark Nottingham (BEA), the group will build on WS-Addressing to define how message headers direct messages, to provide an XML format for exchanging endpoint references, and to define mechanisms to direct replies or faults. Participation is open to W3C Members. Visit the Web Services home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on October 7, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
Compound Document Formats Activity Launched
2004-10-07: W3C is pleased to announce the launch of the Compound Document Formats Activity. The Compound Document Formats (CDF) Working Group, chartered through 6 October 2006, is chaired by Vincent Hardy (Sun). The group's specifications will combine selected existing document formats (such as XHTML, SVG and SMIL) with other technologies (such as CSS and DOM) and specify their runtime behavior. Participation is open to W3C Members. Visit the Compound Document Formats home page. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on October 7, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
W3C Celebrates Ten Years Leading the Web
2004-10-07: This year, W3C celebrates its tenth anniversary. During a symposium for Members and invited guests in Boston, USA on 1 December, W3C will reflect on the progress of the Web, W3C's central role in its growth, and risks and opportunities facing the Web during W3C's second decade. Please sign the greeting card and read about the W3C Tenth Anniversary Celebration. (News archive) From
World Wide Web Consortium on October 7, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
Search Google via SMS
Google launched today a beta service to search via SMS. Send your query to 46645 and you'll get back results in another text message. Amazing! Announcement is
here. From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..
Dot-commers 2.0
Speakers and executives schmooze during the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. From
CNET News.com on October 7, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Avatars Anchor Your RSS Evening News
File this under str_ange.
WebNews.TV is a RSS news aggregator software application that pronounces both your feeds and comments on them with funny animation movies featuring avatars (
virtual reality characters). It downloads the latest news from your feeds and then shows them in TV like screen with
funny characters. Each news character (world news, sports, technology, entertainment, etc.) is delivered by a different emotion of a single p From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 2:57 p.m..
Reuters takes news video direct to homes
The exact details are sketchy, but Reuters will be the first video news service featured on Microsoft's new edition of Media Center software (see post below). Up until now, Reuters has been content sellings its video to media outlets and offering a broadband channel on Reuters.com. But the company is
shifting its strategy -- by going direct to news consumers -- to build a news brand that's known outside media circles. Smart thinking, but a long ways to go to equal CNN. (Via
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 2:57 p.m..
A TV-Like Web Documentary
It's not quite like watching a PBS Frontline documentary on TV, but SignOnSanDiego.com recently published a Flash documentary, "
CROP: Up Close - Donovan State Prison." It features a mix of audio-narrated still images mixed with video clips, plus text. The Web documentary was completely produced in-house, according to content manager Ron James.This is worth noting because it continues the trend (that I've been watching for some time) of newspaper companies (SignOnSanDiego.com is a service of the From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 7, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..
Jib-Jab II
Surely you've seen the Jib-Jab "
This Land Is My Land" political satire, which of course originated on the Web. Like many wonderful ideas that found big audiences first online, This Land is being spun off and a sequel is scheduled to debut tonight -- on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Appearing on the Leno show, Jib-Jab creators Gregg and Evan Spiridellis agreed to do a sequel, then sold premiere rights for it to his show,
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 7, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..
Ethics in Practice
In debate, participants often present ethics as an overriding consideration. Sometimes, ethics is referenced by several participants in support of contradictory positions. When this happens debate tends to stall, as participants lack a framework for resolving their varying ethical valuations. In the interest of keeping K5 flamewars running smoothly, below is an attempt to outline what such a framework might look like. From
kuro5hin.org on October 7, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Netline touts open-source move
The maker of a rival Microsoft Exchange product that went open source says its new beta would have taken 10 times longer to do alone. From
CNET News.com on October 7, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
iPodder 1.0
The windows/mac iPodder development team announces their first public release, which is kick ass! "We're proud to mention that iPodder version 1.0 is released. It's released both for Windows as for Macintosh. We placed some notes on the projectsite, check it at:
http://ipodder.sourceforge.net/" From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
'Net usage takes away from TV time
It also whitens your teeth and improves your social life
according to a study done by the University of Southern California's Digital Future Project. Ok, maybe it do either of those two things, but the
report (PDF) does reveal some interesting trends in Internet usage and peoples' opinions about the 'Net as a whole. From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
¿Quién vigila a los vigilantes de los vigilantes?
Jorge Cortell-Albert en www.faq-mac.com después de este artÃculo: - La distribución y posesión de cierto software se convierte en un delito - ¿Por qué he accedido a modificar el artÃculo original? VÃa: Pixel y Dixel.... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 7, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..
REBIUN workshop
Have the privilege and pleasure to present at the 4th REBIUN workshop in Barcelona, Spain. First interesting observation: this is a yearly meeting by the Spanish network of academic libraries. Last year, the theme was open access; this year, learning... From
ErikLog on October 7, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..
Bill Z Finds Himself Blogging...
Saturday, October 2, 2004 - News: " On Saturday, I attended the first session of the Ed 436: Technology Across the Curriculum course that I am taking as part of the MAT Flex program at Pacific University. That's why I now find myself blogging. I am again this fall teacher a technology class for preservice teachers at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. In the past I set up Moveable Type weblogs for the participants, but in light of the recent user interface upgrades at Blogger I decided to just have them set up their own weblog using Blogger. As... From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on October 7, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
A Message From a Wiki Spammer
Sigh. It is no wonder no work is going on this morning. Our Asian wikis spammers returned, this time not only spamming our pages, but creating their own... and this time leaving a veiled threat of a message: Please do not delete. I send this message only one time, in order to introduce some China website. IF you delete, I will publish every day.
cogdogblog on October 7, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
Creative Commons, eh!
Bodies packed Bar 56 in Ottawas Byward Market last week for the launch of the first
Canadian version of a Creative Commons license. Hosted by the University of Ottawas Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
(CIPPIC) and the
Law & Technology Program, the event unfurled the CC banner to a jubilant crowd eager to support the cause. Canadians let you know that theyre having a really good time at thei From
Creative Commons: weblog on October 7, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
IM goes Mobile... And Grows Up...
Technology > Circuits > Flip Open That Cellphone: It's IM on the Move" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/technology/circuits/07mess.html?oref=login">The New York Times > Technology > Circuits > Flip Open That Cellphone: It's IM on the Move It looks more and more as if IM has outgrown its exclamatory roots in teenage chatter. The Washington-based Pew Internet and American Life Project estimated in early September that 53 million adults use the technology. I'd say so too. It has gotten to the point where I have to remind some of my staff to close their wireless laptops durin From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on October 7, 2004 at 12:51 p.m..
Gary Klein and Cognitive Task Analysis
I'm just back from the
Gary Klein masterclass on Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) for Expert Knowledge Transfer. CTA is an analysis of the cognitive skills needed to perform a task proficiently. Gary is a very smart person with many solid years of experience analyzing how firefighters, commandos, marines, etc. make decisions under pressure. His first book,
Sources of Power, is filled with many stories of high pressure decision mak From
elearningpost on October 7, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
BBC, annotated
This is really cool. The
BBC NEWS wikiproxy runs the BBC through a filter that linkifies the text to hit Wikipedia articles, and adds in which blogs are pointing to the article. How cool is that? Of course, there is the second-order problem: will (would) blogs start linking through the filter itsef and thereby mess things up? At any rate, not only is this cool in practice, it’s cool in theory. Wonder what is going to happen to all those “ From
Seblogging News on October 7, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..
Know someone at the Library of Congress?
I'm looking for someone to talk with at the Library of Congress about its classification scheme. I'm interested in its history, how they modify it, its relationship to the Dewey system, and how the digitizing of information is affecting it. If you know someone there I could talk with about such stuff, would you please send me an email? (evident.com is the domain and self is the name.) And a preemptive thanks to you all!... From
Joho the Blog on October 7, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Another Wrist Slap for 2nd Most Powerful House Leader
Washington Post:
DeLay Draws Third Rebuke. The House ethics committee last night admonished Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) for asking federal aviation officials to track an airplane involved in a Texas political spat, and for conduct that suggested political donations might influence legislative action. This guy practically is the definition of abuse of power, but his party won't even consider doing anything serious about it. No wonder voters are so cynical -- they&apo From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 7, 2004 at 10:47 a.m..
Quote of the day
“To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.” ~ G. K. Chesterton
¶ From
Open Artifact on October 7, 2004 at 9:58 a.m..
Sketched notes for why postgrads should blog
I'm presenting a 15 minute introduction to university postgraduates this afternoon. They are attending an information session on how to get work published, and I've been invited to talk about blogs. Several off the cuff reasons: contemporary academics need to be networked academics, in all senses of the word; blogs allow you to establish a research identity in the public sphere; blogs allow you to establish and participate within appropriate communities of practice; blogs allow you to document your research as a process; blogs provide an avenue for publication. From
Seblogging News on October 7, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..
Why there are undecideds
It is easy to be dismissive of undecided voters. Who are these people? How can anyone be undecided in such a glaringly obvious election? But that feels patronizing and simplistic. Most undecided voters seem to me to be victims of a political process that seems alien and unresponsive. — Jonathan Alford, "Looking for votes, finding America," an account of a week spent campaigning for Kerry, in Salon.... From
Joho the Blog on October 7, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..
Change at Net speed
NYU economics professor Nicholas Economides celebrates a milestone 35-year anniversary with a gala stroll down memory lane. From
CNET News.com on October 7, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
RSS The Next Big Thing
found a really interesting article detailing how the evolution of XML and RSS has progressed. Initially heavily supported by Microsoft, its rather ironic that Yahoo is now bringing attention to the standard. Here is a quote from the article: "In other words, thanks to blogs, XML -- in the form of RSS -- has finally arrived. This real XML revolution, though, is nothing like the stolid, corporate, rather dull affair that was first predicted. (If you liked database algorithms, you'd have loved XML.) Instead, it has a grassroots, quirky, somewhat antiauthoritarian cast to it." "A From
RSS Blog on October 7, 2004 at 7:58 a.m..
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
In The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Erving Goffman explores everyday social life and interaction through the lens of theatrical performance. Of the many interesting insights Goffman presents, I take particular interest in his statement, "Many crucial facts lie... From
Experience Designer Network on October 7, 2004 at 7:57 a.m..
Spyware Bill Gets House Nod - Michael Grebb, Wired
Anti-spyware legislation sailed through the House of Representatives on Tuesday as House leaders expressed confidence that they can work out differences with a Senate version of the bill before a planned full Senate vote Wednesday. "There are a number From
Techno-News Blog on October 7, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..
Yahoo adding tools to search engine - USA Today
Following a recent industry trend, Internet giant Yahoo Inc. is adding new search engine tools that will enable users to create personal folders and share their favorite links with others. Sunnyvale-based Yahoo expects to begin testing the new featur From
Techno-News Blog on October 7, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..
Super-powered peer to peer - John Borland, CNET News
Morpheus developers are looking to recapture their onetime leading role in the file-trading world with a network technology called Neonet, written by a pair of former Harvard students. Dubbed "distributed hash tables," Neonet's technology transforms th From
Techno-News Blog on October 7, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..
RFID Driver's Licenses Debated
Virginia legislators are weighing a plan to add biometric data and radio signal emitting chips to licenses to prevent identity theft and thwart terrorists. Critics say the plan could compromise privacy and allow new varieties of fraud to flourish. By Mark Baard. From
Wired News on October 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
NASA Hedges Bets on Hubble
The space agency taps Lockheed Martin and MD Robotics to build robotic technology it may use to repair the ailing Hubble Space Telescope. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on October 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Hot Wheels Hit the Road
It's cute, tiny and plastic. The kids love it. It also gets 70 miles per gallon, and you can fit three in a single parking spot. Move over, Mini: The Smart microcar could be the next big thing on America's roads. By Douglas McGray from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on October 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Induce Act Talks Sputter
Technology industry reps say they failed to reach consensus with the entertainment industry on language for the proposed Induce Act, which would make it illegal to encourage copyright infringement. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on October 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Robotic Fish Gather Data, Prize
Naomi Ehrich Leonard trains robotic fish to swim the oceans and glean information. The fish also helped her pick up a $500,000 'genius' prize from the MacArthur Foundation. Read the first in a series of Wired News profiles featuring MacArthur winners. By Kari Lynn Dean. From
Wired News on October 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Prof Pursued by Mob of Bloggers
A Utah professor finds himself the target of an unexpected flood of hate mail after posting a report defending the disputed Bush National Guard memos. The incident is one of many examples of the power of bloggers acting in unison. By Staci D. Kramer. From
Wired News on October 7, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Next big thing: The Web as your servant
Hinter meinem Rücken ist das Internet als Massenmedium 10 Jahre alt geworden. Leider kann ich nicht so recht entdecken, was genau als Startpunkt genommen wird: die Entwicklung von Netscape? Die Gründung von Amazon? Wie auch immer: der Artikel bietet nicht... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 7, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Ten Years, Ten Trends
Das Annenberg School Center for the Digital Future an der University of Southern California hat den vierten Digital Future Report herausgegeben. Auf 105 Seiten gibt es umfassende Informationen zur aktuellen Internet-Nutzung. Und auch hier sind 10 Jahre Internet ein... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 7, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Content Manangement Without A System
Content Manangement Without A System from Asterisk* Summary: It is quite possible, in fact could be preferable, to manage content and distributed authorhip without the use of a content management system (CMS). Regardless, it's very important to have a process in place before you chose a CMS. Why a system? Why not? Well, let&rsquo;s start with a story. Sally is the manager of a large co From
soulsoup on October 7, 2004 at 4:59 a.m..
RSS in a company
Talking about RSS in a company Questions people ask What's in it for me? Why is it better than existing ways of distributing/aggregating data? How many feeds are there? Where do I find them? What if a website doesn't have an RSS feed? How comes that it is supposed to reduce information overload if it looks like increasing it? Introduction trajectory (just thinking From
soulsoup on October 7, 2004 at 4:59 a.m..
Emergence
Just when you think you've at least momentarily got your arms around what's going on with the internet, an article like this one comes along. Before reading below the fold, take a guess at what proportion of say, European, internet traffic is peer-to-peer?... From
The Workflow Institute Blog on October 7, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
Relevanta: la comunidad como filtro
La versión alfa de Relevanta muestra el enorme potencial de una comunidad en lÃnea operando como filtro de contenidos: politics.relevanta.com. Esta red social, asigna diariamente a sus usuarios una cantidad limitada de créditos que les habilitan para realizar diversas tareas:... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 7, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..
Speed Reading Just Got A Whole Lot Easier
At last! An Easy-to-follow Speed Reading system has been released that's set to rock the speed reading community. Anyone wanting to advance their study skills or self help education can follow this simple program to dramatically increase their reading speed, and the best part - it can be done in under one hour. [PRWEB Oct 7, 2004] From
PR Web on October 7, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
The World Policy Institute at the New School and the Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy present: Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age: Technology, Security, and Privacy in the 'War on Terror'
The Global Information Society Project, a collaboration of the World Policy Institute and the Center for Advanced Studies, announces: "Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age: Technology, Security, and Privacy in the 'War on Terror'," a panel discussion with Barry Steinhardt, ACLU, Eben Moglen, Columbia University, Paul Rosenzweig, Heritage Foundation, and Heather Mac Donald, Manhattan Institute, to be moderated by Kim Taipale, Center for Advanced Studies and director of GISP, October 14, 2004, 6:00-7:30pm, Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue, New York. [PRWEB From
PR Web on October 7, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
eLearners IndexTM Tracks Most Popular Online Degree Programs
eLearners.com Inc., creator of the leading website for connecting learners to education, today announced their second quarter results for eLearners IndexTM, which contains valuable marketing research data about online degree programs. The index reflects statistical data on the activities of visitors to the eLearners.com® website, including the site areas they view and the programs that generate the highest number of inquiries from prospective students. [PRWEB Oct 7, 2004] From
PR Web on October 7, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
User Experience Tradeoffs
Interview with Andre Haddad, eBay by Mark Hurst at Good Experience Blog Andre Haddad is the Vice President of eBay's User Experience & Design (UED). He's in charge of the user experience for eBay's 114 million registered users...During our interview, Andre listed five major tradeoffs, and why eBay's decisions within those tradeoffs necessarily make the seller's experience somewhat complex. Tradeoff: Ease-of-use vs. customer safety One of t From
soulsoup on October 7, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..
2004 UMUC Intellectual Property in Academia Workshop Series
The Center for Intellectual Property at the University of Maryland University College is hosting an asynchronous online workshop series that is of interest to faculty, university counsel, librarians, instructional design and information professionals. Each workshop will last approximately three weeks, providing the participants with an in-depth understanding of core intellectual property issues facing higher education. From
DEC Daily News on October 7, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..
Protecting Ourselves to Death: Canada, Copyright, and the Internet
Canada is at a critical stage in the development of its copyright law: it has not yet ratified the 1996 World Intellectual Property Organization "Internet Treaties," but it is poised to do so. This article analyses the rhetoric of "protection" ubiquitous in Canadian discussions of copyright policy. From
DEC Daily News on October 7, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..
Unis in fierce battle for Asia's e-students
ONLINE student numbers at Australian universities have doubled in the past three years, leading to a battle for a share of growing numbers of Asian students using distance and online education. From
DEC Daily News on October 7, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..
eRate chaos looms for nation's schools
Most schools and libraries won't find out how much eRate funding they are getting for the 2004 funding year--which began July 1--until the end of November at the earliest, eRate officials told eSchool News immediately following a Senate hearing on the eRate Oct. 5. From
DEC Daily News on October 7, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..
Mashing is so easy
This week in San Francisco, there's an interesting conference being held called
Web 2.0. In a week of panel discussions, the future of the internet is being charted among technology and industry leaders.
Jeff Veen recalls a discussion of copyright among music industry folks including famous mash-up artist DJ Dangermouse. After a lot of hand-wringing by the record execs, DJ Dangermouse dropped some obvious knowledge: Mashing is so easy. It takes years to learn how to play t From
Creative Commons: weblog on October 7, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..
The Now Economy: Decentralized Filesharing Is Huge
The Now Economy is reporting about a very interesting study, claiming that "global Internet traffic analysis in June 2004 tevealed that in the United States peer-to-peer represents roughly two-thirds of traffic volumes, and in Asia peer-to-peer represents more than four-fifths of traffic volumes". The text is
here. Very nice mention of
DV Guide. From
unmediated on October 7, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..
Chipping Away at the openMLX
I actually managed to grab a few hourts the last few days to focus on the openMLX, the supposed open source version of our
Maricopa Learning eXchange. We have a
"de-Maricopized" version running (this does not have the latest changes), but I am doing the new developments on another copy of the MLX. This works well, as once I can bang them on the R&D version, I just merely copy the updated .php and assorted files to the other versions. All of the customization is carr From
cogdogblog on October 7, 2004 at 2:48 a.m..
Conference in China
THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIVERSITY IN ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS Institute of Ethnic Administrators, Beijing, China 30 June - 3 July 2005 http://www.Diversity-Conference.com... From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 7, 2004 at 1:54 a.m..
Tom's got a blog
My nephew, Tom, has got a
blog. If you knew my family, you'd know this is real progress. From
Lessig Blog on October 6, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..