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Timothy Findley: Inside Memory
Timothy Findley provides a compelling and engaging journey through memory in his book Inside Memory: Pages From A Writer's Notebook. I'm reminded of a few previous entries in EDN:Richard Restak: The New Brain;Candace Pert: Molecules of Emotion; andMemory and Therapeutic... From Experience Designer Network on October 16, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..

More on podcasting
Following up on our earlier post about podcasting, Doc Searls points us to more resources: Dave Winer's definition, Chris Parillo's talk. . Searls also remarks that podcasting might allow a way around the CARP restrictions on internet radio.... From MANE IT Network on October 16, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..

Email as the Most Used And Worst Method of "Knowledge Management"
Email is the communication norm. It is no more special than the phone. But it is the worst way to manage information over time or the "KM" buzzword (which by the way I have never understood--- "mamaging knowledge", it sounds like managing "wisdom" or quantifying ethics or s snipe hunt). I have noticed recently, in our system, that there are 2, 3, maybe event 10 messages a day that float around announcing some workshop, or an art exhibition, or a special speaker, or a performance- and usually is some monstrous graphic or HTML super-soaked giant message. Announcing things via email is From cogdogblog on October 16, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

What Divides America
Hal Crowther: With Trembling Fingers. I don't think it's accurate to describe America as polarized between Democrats and Republicans, or between liberals and conservatives. It's polarized between the people who believe George Bush and the people who do not. Thanks to some contested ballots in a state governed by the president's brother, a once-proud country has been delivered into the hands of liars, thugs, bullies, fanatics and thieves. The world pities or despises us, even as it fears us. What th From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 16, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Advice on Small Wireless Base Station
I'm looking for a pocket-sized Wi-Fi base station that I can carry in my gadget bag on the road. Ideally it will include: MAC address authentication MAC address cloning NAT and other standard protocols At least one Ethernet output jack for wired devices, e.g. VoIP box Tiny power brick, preferably included in the unit itself, that handles worldwide power systems Please post suggestions below. Thanks. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 16, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..

Stoopid Web Design Confounded By Stoopider Customer Service
As a single developer, I have programmed and designed a number of web transaction systems, and not one of them was limited to use on platform or web browsers (well to be honest, our 1998 Hero's Journey site has some JavaScript quirks that prevent full use on some browsers, then again, I had no idea 18,000 accounts would be created). So I am a bit flummoxed how a large banking organization like CitiBank with gobs of money, programmers, designers, can create the worst, most unusable web transaction systems. I am not say From cogdogblog on October 16, 2004 at 7:48 p.m..

Newsweek on RSS
This is a very appealing overview of RSS, now being brought to you by the mainstream magazine media: An amazing number of places now use RSS "feeds" to distribute information, including The New York Times and Yahoo News. The National Weather Service uses RSS to send out alerts. And the Surrey (England) Police Department uses RSS for its lost-and-found. In addition, RSS can be built into your computer applications. Picture the following scenario: when your kid's soccer game changes location, your personal cale From weblogged News on October 16, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

Webnote Weirdness
So I'm liking playing around with Webnote. But I gotta tell you, it's pretty wierd to be putting up stuff to my note page only to come back and find someone has come in and neatly arranged everything in tight blocks instead of the much less organized overlapping mess of posts I had created. Add to that the fact that when you Google Webnote, my note page comes up second on the list... I haven't quite figured out the reload function that I guess, like a wiki, could get me back to my last saved note. Bu From weblogged News on October 16, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

A Conservative Fears for America
I don't agree with the title of this essay by Paul Craig Roberts, a conservative writer and commentator. But his points are important. Sample:Bush's conservative supporters want no debate. They want no facts, no analysis. They want to denounce and to demonize the enemies that the Hannitys, Limbaughs, and Savages of talk radio assure them are everywhere at work destroying their great and noble country. I remember when conservatives favored restraint in foreign policy and wished to limit government power in From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 16, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Humbul Humanities Hub
http://www.humbul.ac.uk/ Een catalogus van online humanities resources: http://www.humbul.ac.uk/ Georganiseerd op onderwerp en doorzoekbaar. Ook beschikbaar: een overzicht van online tijdschriften. Bovendien zijn RSS feeds beschikbaar waarin de 15 meest recente toevoegingen (in de gehele catalogus of op een bepaald terrein) worden getoond. From CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on October 16, 2004 at 6:00 p.m..

A view from the trenches
Matthew Pittinsky, 32, is cofounder and chairman of Blackboard Inc., which went public in June and whose E-learning software is now used by more than 2,000 colleges, schools, and companies worldwide. In his spare time, he's also pursuing a Ph.D.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 16, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

Overdrive
It's Saturday afternoon and I'm just chilling and doing what most people do for fun on Saturday afternoon - debugging a corporate application. Yep, I learned I would be expected to be working on this about 28 hours ago. I'm not to complain, but there are a few bugs here that appear could have been caught by the coder if he/she actually loaded the app up to see if their code actually worked. Regression testing does love company - everyone else is here, so when in Rome, start debugging. I haven't had a chance to update this blog for a while because of an unusually high worklo From silentblue | Quantified on October 16, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..

Comments on The Dark Age of Information Technology.
This article is a little frightening. It seems though that Darren Cannell has some very good reasons for his predictions for a dark age of information. Val's View : Is there a dark age of information technology coming?.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 16, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

Falling out of love ...
I used to love blogs. I thought they were going to be the Next Great Thing to introduce in the classroom. After three semesters, however, blogs are losing their lustre. Students are confused by them, unable to write, paralyzed with fear of blogging, or they are already light years ahead of the class with their own LiveJournals which have all the bells and whistles. I have discovered that my honeymoon with blogs is over, mostly because there really is no room for spirited interaction between my students and myself in the blogs. Yes, I can require that they respond to another p From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on October 16, 2004 at 3:55 p.m..

the complicated case of Sinclair
The Sinclair Broadcasting Group, owner of the largest chain of television stations in the Nation, including 20 Fox stations, has apparently decided to preempt its regular programming to show a doc From Lessig Blog on October 16, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

Site Update
The site re-design is coming along and should hopefully be up in the first half of this coming week. Posting has been slow this week, partly because I’ve been distracted with other matters (like the site re-design) and partly because I just haven’t seen a whole lot of stimulating material… From e-Literate on October 16, 2004 at 1:59 p.m..

Jon Stewart Demolishes Tweedle-Dumb and Tweedle-Dumber on Crossfire
This is somewhat outside the purview of what I normally post about but it’s just too important to ignore. Jon Stewart went on Crossfire this week and did a wonderful, passionate, incisive job of ripping the show to shreds. Here’s a sample from the transcript: STEWART: Here’s just what I… From e-Literate on October 16, 2004 at 1:59 p.m..

Search wars hit the desktop
The growing struggle for dominance over search has reached the user's own files, as Google released its desktop search application . The free download indexes files on a hard drive when the computer has been inactive for thirty seconds, then rebuilds the index from then on. Users can search from the Google web page in a browser, which then displays desktop results integrated with Web resources. So far the From NITLE Tech News on October 16, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

Spyware Explained
A well written technical white paper that goes into detail on Spyware/Adware. Background and Detection of Spyware is discussed. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on October 16, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..

Wiping Out Privacy by Taking Data Offshore
Washington Post (reg req): Bahamas Firm Screens Personal Data To Assess Risk. It began as one of the Bush administration's most ambitious homeland security efforts, a passenger screening program designed to use commercial records, terrorist watch lists and computer software to assess millions of travelers and target those who might pose a threat. The system has cost almost $100 million. But it has not been turned on because it sparked protests from lawmakers and civil liberties advocates, From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 16, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

New iMac G5 has arrived
Hey folks, our new iMac G5 has arrived. If you have not seen them yet stop by and check it out. For details and specs, visit the apple site. Ours is a 20" model with superdrive.... From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on October 16, 2004 at 1:00 p.m..

Wiki
Wikis are one of those internet phenomena that are confusing, intruiging, powerful, and often misunderstood. Many users and even some programmers of wiki software have missed the point completely, and from what I've observed in scholarly discussions on the subject, most teachers "using wikis in the classroom" are so far off the mark that I am at a loss whether to laugh or cry. When I read these reports, it's like reading about how someone completely and utterly failed to use their shiny new Ferrari to properly tow a horse trailer. What I'm saying is that people are so confused a From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on October 16, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..

Diebold Pays EFF to Sue
Diebold will pay $125,000 to the EFF.  Apparently, this will cover the costs of the case. And we all got some tasty precedent along the way. From A Copyfighter's Musings on October 16, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

Stewart: not kidnapped yet
Jon Stewart, attacking the theater that is Crossfire. Crooks and Liars points to a stream here. A bittorrent file is here. From Lessig Blog on October 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Comment found on Weblogg-ed.com
It is nice to see people explain what I mean because sometimes I am curious if they even get it???? Sometimes when I ramble even I get confused. Anyway here is a comment I found about my entering into a... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 16, 2004 at 11:56 a.m..

Real-Time Collaboration Portal With RSS and Forums
Collaba is an easy-to-use online multimedia communication and collaboration portal server featuring: secure email (Web and POP 3/SMTP), online forums (Web, RSS, and NNTP), multimedia chat (text, whiteboard, and video-conferencing compatibility) and calendaring. It also integrates an address book, bookmarks,... From Kolabora.com on October 16, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Google: selling your soul in pieces?
Google does great things, but it asks for your data in return. It says no evil... Of course, you don't have to sell your soul at once, it just will take it in pieces - find what you need on the web, get paid with AdSense, connect at Orkut, email at Gmail, share your ideas at Blogge From Mathemagenic on October 16, 2004 at 11:52 a.m..

Public Health
People seem to be wondering how the hell a truly national health insurance system would be paid for. What I found out by direct experience yesterday, however, is that we really do already have something a lot like one. Seven months pregnant, my wife was strongly urged by her doctor last month to get a flu shot this season. As it turns out, this isn't an easy season to get a flu shot. Because of the bad batch from the UK, the United States has less than half the vaccine it's supposed to. By the time I was calling the various doctors' offices and hospit From rushkoff.blog on October 16, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Mobile Learning Objects - coming soon to an iPod near you?
How important is it for us to understand our new students? A recent post suggests that From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

The Arts & Open Source
Now this sounds most intriguing. Columbia University's School of the Arts is going to host a series of EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Open BBC
The BBC is set to release many of its video archives under a Creative Commons license. To keep costs down and to make their work more broa From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

INDUCE: CUE DIN
All of Washington is buzzing about Thursday's big event, and the excitement is also escalating in corporate offices from Manhattan to Silicon Valley. Who will win From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Bowker Buys Syndetics
Those of you enriching your OPAC with images, TOCs, reviews and other metadata will find a great deal of interest in Bowker From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Ferrets, Filters, and Mapmakers
My eye was caught the other day by a p2pnet story entitled "EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

The UK and Lifelong Online Learning ...
E-learning attracts the 'usual suspects' ... that's the title of a press release issued today regarding research on the UK's efforts to boost lifelong learning using the net. It wou From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Outliners that help with 'Mindmapping'
Ted Goranson continues with his column on outliners and their many uses. In his September column Goranson extols the value o From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

BodhTree develops electronic paper solution
In a sign that ebook world continues to capture the attention and imagination of folks throughout the world, BodhTree has joined the like From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

PeopleSoft Related News
Since the departure of PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway, a barrage of news and speculation has flooded the web. Here is the latest: EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

The Revolving Door at DHS Continues
Forget about the Abbott and Costello comedy act about "who's on first?" (in the spirit of the beginning of the baseball playoffs). The more comical routine in Washin From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Yoran's Replacement Hardly Newsworthy
The Washington Post has reported today: [Amit] Yoran's deputy, Andy Purdy, will take over as acting director [of the DHS National Cyber Securit From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

The Privacy of Social Security Numbers
I attended two Congressional hearings last week that underscore the importance of securing information systems that contain Social Security Numbers (SSN) and that further mark the t From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

National Cyber Security Awareness Month Outreach Events
The month of October marks the first official observance of EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Kodak, Sun Microsystems settle one billion dollar lawsuit
$92 million was the price tag attached to an out of court settlement that ended entry into trial's damages phase where Kodak was seeking more than one billion in lump-sum roya From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

The Christmas iPod: Supersized with Cheese(cake)
The CNet alert service just delivered this flash: Rumor site pictures Photo iPod for holidays From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Cybersecurity Summit 2004 Addresses Security of Supercomputing Facilities
Last week was a busy week on the cybersecurity front.  It was so eventful that my blog postings this week are in an effort to catch up with what may already be old news!  From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

The Discussion Extractor: Export and Save WebCT Discussions as Learning Objects
The Discussion Extractor is one of six tools available from  the Arts ISIT (Instructional Support) unit at UBC (check out the list of tools EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Audio of Gnomedex 4.0 Panel on Security
ITConversations.com has audio of the Gnomedex 4.0 Panel on Security available on it's web site. Their abstract suggests that these questions will be addressed: From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Audio from Gnomedex 4.0 Panel on Blogging
An interesting discussion of emerging blogging technologies ... the challenges of audio and video in blogs is especially interesting. As it becomes easier and cheaper to create audi From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

State and Regional Higher Ed Cybersecurity Collaborations and Events
Many of you have probably heard about the Virginia Alliance for Secure Computing And Networking (VA SCAN). Their unique collaboration and p From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

What Every President Should Know About Cybersecurity
At the VASCAN conference held yesterday at the University of Virginia, From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Rhapsody at Adelphi University
C|NET is reporting that RealNetworks/Rhapsody is the latest entry in the college music space. The service will be offered free through May 2005 and will cost two dollars a month to From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

RSS Latest News
Just a little blog of all the RSS News I find that would be useful to webmasters. It will be moved... [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From RSS Latest News on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

For the time being....
The site is just about ready. Until then, all news is available in the feed, which you can... [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From RSS Latest News on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Linux News: Networks: Open Source Weblog, Content Management Systems [del.icio.us]
When asked how I am able to "crank out sites like clockwork", I'm more often than not apt to name the open-source (but not always free) content management and blog management systems. Here's an article reviewing several of each. Most of them come with aut From RSS Latest News on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Review: ListGarden RSS Feed Generator - webreference.com [del.icio.us]
One of the better feed creators if you don't have a blog or CMS that comes with. From RSS Latest News on October 16, 2004 at 11:01 a.m..

Feedster & Washington Post Team Up
Feedster has teamed up with washingtonpost.com to provide opinion and up-to-date commentary about the presidential debate from political and election bloggers at debate.Feedster.com The election is less than 3 weeks away, but the polls are open for voting for The Best Blogs - Politics & Elections 2004 Readers' Choice Awards. Votes will be accepted until 11:59 am EST, October 15th. Nomination categories include Best Rant, Democratic Party Coverage, Republican Party Coverage, Campaign Dirt, Inside the Beltway, Outside the Beltway, International, Class Clown, Most Original and Most From RSS Blog on October 16, 2004 at 11:00 a.m..

Stewart on CrossFire
I only caught the last five minutes, but it seemed like Stewart is pushing harder on his shtick: Blurting out the truth. He's becoming our public conscience. Has a comedian played this role before? There certainly have been comedians who were funny because they were truth-tellers — Lenny Bruce on culture, Richard Pryor on race, Billy Connelly on his life. But have any had the political focus and cultural impact Stewart has? Dave points to this transcript, these bittorrent captures in wmv and avi, and this mp3.... From Joho the Blog on October 16, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

[Innsbruck]
Liebe StudentInnen, ich habe für unseren Kurs eine eigene Seite angelegt, die allerdings nur als RSS-Feed existiert. Ich bitte euch diese in Bloglines zu abonnieren. Das ist der RSS-Link http://randgaenge.net/categories/innsbruck04/rss.xml. An eben dieser Stelle und nur an dieser werde ich zum Kurs schreiben. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on October 16, 2004 at 10:47 a.m..

RSS via Excel
RSS via Excel - (via OL Daily) So it seems that Excel can now be used an aggregator as well. Just another step on the road to the blogwikirssfurlbrowseroffice app? [weblogg-ed] From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Another Reason for Students to Furl
Another Reason for Students to Furl - (via edblog) Now you can export your Furled sites by department in MLA or APA format, among others. The export page just got updated to include two new features. First, you can now export items from a specific topic (in any of the available formats). And second, you can now export items in various bibliographic citation formats (MLA, APA, Chicago, and From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

OK OK i know this is off topic, but its for a free Ipod!
I picked this up over at http://forevergeek.com/ anyways have you signed up to get your free Ipod yet? get a free ipod they have a great writeup here, already, but some people are really convinced it's a scam... perhaps this ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Knowing vs. Doing: Time for More Action?
Provocateur Amy Gahran scratches some plaque from the collective elearning brain in this interesting post... Knowing vs. Doing: Time for More Action? - A June 23 posting in the Only Connect weblog, The End of Knowing, discusses the concept of performativity: "knowledge is better linked to what it can do rather than object truth." This has got me thinking about From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Coming Soon: Ed Blog Backlash?
Coming this fall: Tens of thousands of teachers using blogs in in their classes?Coming Soon: Ed Blog Backlash? - (via OL Daily) I love Stephen Downes' take on the New York Times ed blogging article: With a new school year approaching in the northern hemisphere the blog phenomenon is about to go From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections
A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections - I'm passing along this reference that was reported and reviewed in OLDaily (with Stephen's comments about the resource). JH ______ About more than just collections, this framework is a very nice document describing principles for collections, objects, metadata and projects. Nothing in here I would disagree with, quite a bit I would enthusiastically support, and dozens of references to frameworks, metadata schemas, and more. If you work From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

The New Web Advertising Paradigm: Bottom-up, Distributed, Customized, Credible
Connecting the dots... Robin Good drew a line and made a connection, a subject which has been interesting too me on many levels, a meme that has been just below the surface since i started working with drupal. Yeah ok i said it i am interested in the marketing power of blogs, is that so wrong?The New Web Advertising Paradigm: Bottom-up, Distributed, Customized, Credible - Bottom-up advertising is an idea whose time has come. The tipping point came about 3 days ago, when John Battelle fin From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Spread Firefox released on CivicSpace's Drupal distribution
I'm really pleased to see that lately lot of great stuff has been happening with Drupal, with 4.5.0 on the horrizon, i can't wait. Now if only the ecommerce module would be one point oh'd. Spread Firefox released on CivicSpace's Drupal distribution - Yesterday, September 14th, Firefox announced its 1.0 Preview Release. To celebrate that and to make the most out of the momentum Firefox has gained the last months, a new initiative was launched: ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

LookSmart buys Furl.net
Of course every one saw this one coming, it had to happen, it was only a question of who. But what does this mean for Furl results in Goolgle SERP's? Will Looksmart use its control over Furl to block the googlebot from its archives? No probably not google brings major traffic to and through furl, we'll just have to wait and see what happens in the coming months.LookSmart buys Furl.net - LookSmart has purchased Furl.net, an Internet archiving s From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Real-Time Co-Editing of Microsoft Word Documents, Oct 1
We needed to solve a similar problem, we have come up with an open source workflow solution involving templated word.doc's. I'll explore this idea more later and give you a run down on our solution. Real-Time Co-Editing of Microsoft Word Documents, Oct 1 A client shared a collaboration problem with me a couple of months back: internal people had no way of jointly viewing and editing Microsoft Word documents from their desktops with others internal to the org From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Making a better open source CMS
So what do you say Jeffrey, are you ready to put your money where your mouth is, because it looks like the drupal community is listening!Making a better open source CMS - This is worth the read. Check out Jeffrey Veen's critique of open source CMS's which makes some excellent points, some of which apply to Drupal. Note that he does give them credit for being better than their commercial counterparts: "Open source content management software sucks. It From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Spread firefox Quick update
Caught this one a little late, but hey lets keep the fire on...Quick update - As you may have noticed, the current campaign, which set out to sign up 10,000 new registered users on Spread Firefox in 10 days, is behind schedule. Our counter is off by a day (the campaign started one week ago From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

If you have gmail and use windows this is very cool
http://www.viksoe.dk/code/gmail.htmGMail Drive is a Shell Namespace Extension that creates a virtual filesystem around your Google GMail account, allowing you to use GMail as a storage medium. GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google GMail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your GMail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and dr From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Virtual healing: Med students are honing their skills on computerized patients - Helen Fields, U.S. News
We do something similar with our case simulations, problem is they are such a pain to write. What is needed is a content management system custom built for the creation of case simulations. One which can handle the complexity of a simulation but which is so easy to use that our doctors like to use it.Virtual healing: Med students are honing their skills on computerized patients - Helen Fields, U.S. News - In mid-August, 54-year-old Axel Brooks came to the emergency room w From ClinedbloG - Elearning from the trenches. on October 16, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

Public Displays of Connection
Something to read over the weekend: Public Displays of Connection by Judith Donath and danah boyd in BT Technology Journal (thank to danah for sharing):Abstract. Participants in social network sites create self-descriptive profiles that include their links to other members, creating a v From Mathemagenic on October 16, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..

Virgin to Unveil Portable Music Player - MAY WONG, AP
The consumer electronics arm of the Virgin Group is introducing a new 5-gigabyte hard-disk portable music player, bringing a powerful brand name in music to the increasingly crowded product space. Virgin Electronics hopes its slim Virgin Player, which From Techno-News Blog on October 16, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Possible new iPod causing buzz - Reuters
Is Apple Computer Inc. fine-tuning an enhanced iPod with roughly 50 percent more storage and a color screen to display photos? The Internet sites that follow Apple's coming product releases are buzzing with speculation that the iconic computer maker i From Techno-News Blog on October 16, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Technology Rewriting Many Job Descriptions - Vikas Bajaj, eCommerceTimes
A colleague's advice and a willingness to learn new skills saved Valerie Vedda's job. Even as Verizon Communications let go three secretaries in her department, Ms. Vedda kept her job because she took a co-worker's counsel six years ago and studied HT From Techno-News Blog on October 16, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

USDLA Holds 2004 Annual Distance Learning Awards Ceremony
The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) 2004 Annual Awards Ceremony was held today in San Francisco, CA in conjunction with the Fall Training and Online Learning Conference, the premier conference for USDLA .... This year's winners cove From Online Learning Update on October 16, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

The Sakai Project Update
The Sakai Project is a $6.8M community source software development project founded by the University of Michigan, Indiana University, MIT, Stanford, the uPortal Consortium, and the Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) with the support of the Andrew W. Mello From Online Learning Update on October 16, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Leading Universities Establish Consortium to Accelerate Adoption of Collaborative Education Software at Institutions Around the Globe
Members of a multi-university project on open source software for collaborative education today announced formation of the .LRN ("Dot-Learn") Consortium to accelerate and expand development of an open source application suite currently used by a quarte From Online Learning Update on October 16, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Tracing the Evolution of Social Software
The term 'social software', which is now used to define software that supports group interaction, has only become relatively popular within the last two or more years. However, the core ideas of social software itself enjoy a much longer history,... From Teaching and Developing Online. on October 16, 2004 at 7:53 a.m..

The Music Division of the Library of Congress has announced the release of a new Web collection focu ...
The Music Division of the Library of Congress has announced the release of a new Web collection focusing on the career of dancer-choreographer Katherine Dunham on the I Hear America Singing website From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 16, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

The Professional Learning Centre, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto presents a o ...
The Professional Learning Centre, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto presents a one-day course: Health Information Resources - 12 November 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 16, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions) is an interna ...
CALIBER (Convention on Automation of Libraries in Education and Research Institutions) is an international convention, organized every year by INFLIBNET Centre in different parts of India in collaboration with different universities. This is the premier convention in India which provides a unique forum to the library and information professionals, teachers, IT professionals, consultants and users involved in automation and networking of libraries as well as information pr From Peter Scott's Library Blog on October 16, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

Antidepressants and Suicidal Kids
Because some antidepressant drugs have been shown to lead to suicidal thoughts among children and teens, the FDA decrees that all manufacturers must carry a warning on their labels. From Wired News on October 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Drawings Blamed for Genesis Crash
An investigating board says the capsule was doomed by faulty engineering drawings that were done backward. The drawings led to incorrect placement of switches that were supposed to detect Genesis' re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. From Wired News on October 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Racers Rely on High-Octane Data
For today's IndyCar drivers, risking their lives on over 200-mph turns isn't enough to guarantee a shot at victory. Racers also rely on sophisticated data-analysis software to constantly monitor their car's inner workings. By Patrick Karle. From Wired News on October 16, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Learning Technologies, Inc. Appoints Michael A. Marks to Sell Portable Planetariums in New England
Michael Marks of Dedham, Mass will be the exclusive Maine, Massachusets, New Hampshire, and Vermont distributor for Starlabs portable planatariums. [PRWEB Oct 16, 2004] From PR Web on October 16, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

F.C.C. Clears Internet Access by Power Lines
Yesterday's article from The New York Times not only notes that the FCC has given the go ahead for electric companies to begin providing broadband service, but "also ruled that the regional Bell companies do not have to give competitors access to fiber optic lines that reach into consumers' home - a decision that prompted two of the Bells, SBC Communications and BellSouth, to announce that they would move quickly to build new fiber optic networks in residential neighborhoods." Fiber optic lines will make the phon From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on October 16, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..

Verlustgeschichte
[...] Die Geschichte des Archivs ist die Geschichte der menschlichen Gedächtnissysteme und ihrer fragilen Materialien, von den Tontafeln der Sumerer bis heute. Als solche ist sie eine Geschichte des Bewahrens - und ein Verzeichnis von Katastrophen. Hinter jedem Bibliotheksbrand erhebt sich der Schatten von Alexandria. Am Beginn des modernen französischen Archivwesens steht der Verlust der Reisekanzlei Philipp Augusts in der Schlacht von Frétéval im Jahr 1194. Aber das Archiv hütet auch die Glut des Krieges und lässt sie Jahrzehnte später unerwartet wi From Archivalia on October 16, 2004 at 12:53 a.m..

P2P+RSS Are The Future Of TV Broadcasting
Mark Pesce has recently published a lengthy, punchy, strong piece anticipating a take over of what used to be major broadcast media by the unstoppable emerging forces of P2P network distribution, personal syndication, and low-cost transmission technologies. Professor Pesce, now happily emigrated t... From Learning Educational Technologies on October 15, 2004 at 11:59 p.m..