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People going down to the ground, buildings going up to the sky
I suppose I should write some John Denver lyric for the title of this post, but this line from Bob Dylan's Talkin' New York is the one I always think of when I'm in a city. Denver looks like a pretty cool city from what I could tell from the ... From
Big IDEA on October 19, 2004 at 10:59 p.m..
Incsub
James Farmer recently set-up,
Incsub, a site offering free hosting, installation, support, and consultation for teachers wishing to use weblogs, wikis, and other Course Management Systems. This is an incredible service to the educational community of which teachers ought to take full advantage. Indeed, a few more sites like this one could be the tipping point for widespread use of such liberating technologies in our society. From
apcampbell News on October 19, 2004 at 10:54 p.m..
My Big Debate Looms!
Granny D again. I'm just two nights away from my CSPAN debate with Senator Judd Gregg, who seems to want to keep his Senate seat, and I'm very nervous. It is hard for a 94 year-old woman from the woods to think about going against a career politician lawyer, but... From
Lessig Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Podcasting and Bandwidth Usage...
Russell Beattie Notebook - 25GB I know I'm going to learn from experience. The next time I decide to put out a potentially popular media file like that, it'll definitely be on BitTorrent first. Russell Beattie discusses a possible downfall of becoming a popular Podcaster... bandwidth usage/charges. There has been lots of talk about Podcasting, positioning audio for easy incorporation into devices such as an iPod. While I think the opportunities for time shifting are great and would love to see more existing audio content available via this method of distribution, I'm not that ex From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on October 19, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..
New design for Creative Commons!
We're happy to have launched our completely revamped and retooled website, at
creativecommons.org. It's a new direction towards simplicity and promoting the millions of license works found online today. We worked with
Adaptive Path on tailoring the site along two major themes: Find to help you find works to listen to, look at, remix, and redistribute, and Publish to help publishing your photos, movies, and music with a license. We also introduced a bunch of pages arou From
Creative Commons: weblog on October 19, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
The WIRED CD: Earplug
I forgot to blog this last week when a friend pointed me to it: online music mag
Earplug's current issue blurbs the forthcoming
WIRED CD and November issue. A taste of the punchy and deliciously accurate write-up: The Creative Commons license is not a free-for-all: some of the artists permit only non-commercial sampling and sharing while others are open to all potential uses (with the exception of advertising placement). But the point Creative Commons makes From
Creative Commons: weblog on October 19, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
More on Stewart on Crossfire
The Washington Post has an article on the followup to Jon Stewart's blurting out the truth on CNN's Crossfire. Note: While the Washington Post article is quite amusing, it avoids blurting out the truth: Crossfire, as Stewart puts it, "blows." (Thanks to BoingBoing for the link.)... From
Joho the Blog on October 19, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..
"Blogging for women and girls"
Natalie Davis (GratefulDread) is leading a workshop in Boston on "Blogging for Women and Girls" November 13 and 14. Here's a snippet from description: Blogging is emerging a powerful opinion-making force, but though the technology is fairly cheap and widely available, most blogs are still written by men. This workshop will teach women and girls the basics of blogging, from the technical aspects of blog publishing and maintenance, to developing a personal voice, style, and area of focus, to how to drive traffic to your blog. (At Simmons College, 300 The Fenway, Boston) Admission requires s From
Joho the Blog on October 19, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..
Sinclair Broadcasting's Play for Power
Jay Rosen has a
comprehensive piece today on the latest developments in the Sinclair Broadcasting saga. He persuasively argues that Sinclair's managers don't care a whit that their stock is getting hurt temporarily due to their edict that the company's stations, which cover about a fourth of the nation's markets in population, must air an anti-Kerry screed just before the election. Sinclair's executives may well have a longer-range plan, to expand their growing right-wing empir From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 19, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..
Peer-to-peer broadcast sharing
Jeff Jarvis notices an emergent pattern in digital redistribution of broadcast content. Based on the recent example of people sharing clips of Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire, Jarvis argues for reconceiving broadcast files. This may have a bearing on... From
MANE IT Network on October 19, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..
Khevenhüller-Archiv
Über den schon Anfang 2004 erfolgten Übergang des Archivs der Familie Khevenhüller an das Kärntner Landesarchiv unterrichtet kurz das Österreich Journal (mit Farbbildern):
http://www.oe-journal.at/Aktuelles/Magazin/021_010404_A4.pdf "Als Kaiser Ferdinand II. die Religionsfreiheit des protestantischen Adels aufhob und ihn vor die Alternative Konversion oder Emigration stellte, entschied sich der Großteil der Familie im Jahre 1629 aus G From
Archivalia on October 19, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..
LookSmart names new CEO
The Web search company names advertising sales veteran David Hills as its new chief executive, ending a 9-month search. From
CNET News.com on October 19, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Foreign Language Technology Manager wanted: Bates College
Bates College is looking for a Foreign Language Technology Manager. This person: collaborates with faculty and students in the Romance and German/Russian/East Asian Languages and Literatures departments on the evaluation and adoption of digital technologies for teaching and research. Reporting... From
MANE IT Network on October 19, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Somaliland blog
Here's a part of the world — Somaliland — I knew nothing about, but, now, thanks to this blog, I know at least a little. Ah, the power of a single voice.... From
Joho the Blog on October 19, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..
Alternate Reality Games
From
Wired:
I Love Bees is the latest and perhaps most ambitious of the growing genre known as alternate-reality games. In it, widely dispersed players coordinate to find and answer thousands of ringing pay phones all across the United States and provide correct answers to recorded questions... "I think it's a new form of interactive entertainment that is still in its infancy," Steve Peters, who runs
unmediated on October 19, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..
Information Society Brings Good and Bad News for Journalists
The "Information Society" offers great opportunities to journalists as well as risks. The good news is that the use of new technologies and the Internet tend to bring more jobs. The bad news is that the quality of work conditions is low. These are some of the realities and concerns that the International Labour Office shows in its "The Future of Work and Quality in the Information Society: The Media, Culture, Graphical sector"
report.Some of the issues pointed out include the differences in c From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 19, 2004 at 3:56 p.m..
Landesarchiv von Kärnten ist 100
Das Kärntner Landesarchiv feiert seinen 100. Geburtstag. Die Institution war im Jahre 1904 offiziell installiert und der Historiker August Jaksch Ritter von Wartenhorst zum ersten Archiv-Leiter bestellt worden. Heute lagern in den Räumlichkeiten in Klagenfurt rund 150 Millionen Seiten beschriebenes Papier, darunter Kostbarkeiten wie die "Millstätter Genesis", das erste Siegel mit dem Kärntner Wappen aus dem Jahre 1253 und das Khevenhüller-Archiv. Die ersten Spuren eines Archivwesens im Raum Kärnten gehen bis ins 13. Jahrhundert zurück. [...] From
Archivalia on October 19, 2004 at 3:54 p.m..
I Giorni del Blog y Blogitalia
Dos iniciativas destacables en la blogosfera italiana: las jornadas Web Days 2004 - Il Giorni del Blog y el portal y directorio de weblogs italianos Blogitalia. Tenemos entre nosotros un ilustre representante de aquel bello y querido paÃs, que hace... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 19, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..
HP gives schools a break
Scheme offers freebies and discounts to academic institutions, as HP chases a slice of the already-crowded educational market. From
CNET News.com on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Tanya Wooley - Flexible Learning Leader 2004
Another educational technology blog that may be new to many readers, though the blog itself isn't that new. Based in Alice Springs, Tanya Wooley introduced me to the people in Alice's Aboriginal Development community (and also to the best Chinese tea-house in town). Readers will appreciate not only her insights into online learning - you may want to look at her PowerPoint game,
A Town Like Alice - but also the clear connection she draws between this and a philosophy of diversity. B From
OLDaily on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Point. Shoot. Kiss It Good-Bye.
Todd sent me this item from Wired looking at the difficulties surrounding the finding of a photo once you've taken it. Large image libraries, such as the Bettmann Archive (owned by Corbis), employ metataggers, but assigning metadata is more of a dark art than a science. "If, for example, Fraser doesn't recognize one of the figures in a cocktail party scene as Serena Williams and instead tags it "Nightlife," customers searching for photos of tennis stars won't find it, and it might as well not exist." The article looks at automated metatagging, and makes some worthwhile suggestio From
OLDaily on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
e-Learning and the Universities: What Roberto Maragliano Thinks
Interesting interview with Roberto Maragliano, Professor of Education and Learning Technologies and Head of the Audiovisual Technology Laboratory at the Università Roma Tre. You almost get the impression that he is about to jump into the abyss. "The machine is being delegated a problem which is and remains primarily a teaching problem," he says. "It therefore makes little sense to discuss standardisation, protocols or platforms, if this pedagogical aspect is not taken on board at the same time." And, "will it be up to the engineers to tell us how to assess on-line courses and their impact in From
OLDaily on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
IM Readiness: A View from the Centre
More than I can read while listening to
David Macneil's presentation at NAWeb, but readers will want to know that presentations from the Information Management conference held by the government of Canada are now online. Intriguing titles include 'Changing the Knowledge Culture at Canadian Heritage' and 'Framework for the Management of Information'. The slides are a but tricky to view - look for the 'Navigate' link at about the middle of the left-hand column to view successive slides. By Various Authors, O From
OLDaily on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
For the Record: Facts and Figures in Adult Learning
The new issue of
CenterPoint is out and most worth noting is this item, a collection of statistics from the world of adult learning. Here's an interesting tidbit: "Between 1994 and 2000, the total U.S. labor force grew by 10 million, with nearly half of all workers 4.7 million) classified as foreign-born residents (U.S. Census Bureau)." By Various Authors, October, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Categories of eLearning
Useful diagram and some discussion describing categories of e-learning, including courses, informal learning, blended learning, communities, networked learning, and workplace learning. By George Siemens, elearnspace, October 18, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Patterns of User Behavior in University Online Forums
This paper contains original and well documented research exploring a wide variety of factors influencing student usage of online academic computer services such as discussion boards. The authors conclude that though students are 'resource rich' they are 'time poor', and this shows up as a pattern of usage of university web services. By Leslie Burr and Dirk HR Spennemann, International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, October, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Computer Simulations in Distance Education
The
October issue of the International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning is now out. I cite two items today. In this first item, the author provides background on why simulations are used to support learning and reviews related research, including good discussion of a number of specific simulations, such as Chernobyl, C3 Fire and ERCIS. By Les M. Lunce, International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, October, 2004 [
OLDaily on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Ten Years After
Today's newsletter comes from the back row of the
NAWeb conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick - readers should note that the presentations
are all online. This is the tenth year of NAWeb, and the last for organizer Rik Hall, who earns the applause and commendations of this list for this work. Hence the title of my talk, a bit of a retrospective on the conference and tribute to Rik Hall - peace, love and happiness - and where e-learning is going in the future. The title link is to the slides fo
OLDaily on October 19, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Rettet die AV-Archive
Das audiovisuelle Gedächtnis leidet darunter, dass es zwar aus Bildern und Tönen besteht, aber sein Erlöschen in der Öffentlichkeit weder sichtbar noch hörbar ist. Wenn ein Glasfenster der Kathedrale von Chartres herabfällt oder ein Feuer die Anna-Amalia-Bibliothek in Weimar verwüstet, erregen sich ganz Frankreich und Deutschland. Sofort werden landesweite Spendenaktionen organisiert. Und die ganze Welt findet es unerträglich, dass die Tempel von Angkor verfallen. Derweil zerfallen in aller Stille und Tag für Tag Kilometer von Film- und Tonbä From
Archivalia on October 19, 2004 at 2:53 p.m..
The new newspaper
International Herald Tribune’s Doreen Carvajal
on Metro newspapers: Its papers are calculated to be savored as long as it takes for a cup of coffee to cool. A morning scan of its pages of local and international news and health briefs is expected to last 15 to 20 minutes (or 16.7 minutes by one company measure). A snapshot of Metro readers worldwide shows that more than two-thirds are under 45 and half are women. From
unmediated on October 19, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
HBO freezes fair use; plugs analog hole
Going on a trip and want to take the latest episode of The Sopranos with you? Forgetaboutit. Coming this June to a cable or satellite set top box near you, HBO will be
locking down all fair use rights on their content -- whether analog or digital. You can make one copy of regular HBO content and no copies of On-Demand content: Commencing in June, HBO will include a technology in its program services that provides copyright protection information to consumer electronic equipment connected to analog outp From
unmediated on October 19, 2004 at 1:57 p.m..
[nb] Next Billion
The Next Billion conference raised one question above all others (and thanks to Ethan Zuckerman for pointing this out): Will the companies feeding the world its first billion cell phones be the ones to provide the next billion? The answer seems to be no; the markets and its needs and the necessary business models are just too different.... From
Joho the Blog on October 19, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
VoIP crime
US citizen Ilya Mafter has been detained by the Belarusians for committing the crime of Voice over IP. The government says that he caused about US$100,000 in damage to the country's telephony providers " as a result of illegal communications services using IP telephony that were organized by Mafter."... From
Joho the Blog on October 19, 2004 at 1:49 p.m..
How Overseas US Citizens Can Register to Vote
I just registered to vote in the upcoming US elections, even though I live in Canada. I was able to register through the help of the Federal Voting Assistance Program, which provides a simple registration form that can be used to register in every US state and territory except American Samoa and Guam. US Citizens living overseas can register to vote in the US state they last physically resided in. I lived in Owl's Head, Maine before I moved to Nova Scotia, so that's where I registered. I meant to submit an article about my experience to help other US expatriates who are k5 re From
kuro5hin.org on October 19, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
The Wiki way
The users of a Wiki think of the process as organic growth. Enterprise IT planners tend to regard it as unstructured chaos. They're both correct. JotSpot's aim is to harmonize these opposing views by empowering users to create islands of structure in their seas of unstructured data. The company's founders, Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer (two members of the original Architext/Excite team), showed me
how this works. You write simple Wiki markup to define a form and to displa From
Jon's Radio on October 19, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Mile High
So this is Denver... It is not secret, but the Denver airport is an entire city unto itself. You get off a plane, get on a train, hop on a boat, cross a mountain... and then wait 40 minutes, praying, for your luggage. Then, you find out the airport is so far east of the city, you think you are in Kansas. But I am not complaining. Apparently the number of people coming into town for the EDUCAUSE conference swamped SuperShuttle ("our next van will be here in an hour"). But outside are plenty of other operators, and once the drive realized he could not hawk the last open seat o From
cogdogblog on October 19, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..
Conferentie Erfgoed in het eCulturele tijdperk
http://www.den.nl/conferentie/index.html Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland (DEN) organiseert in samenwerking met Virtueel Platform op 1 en 2 december 2004 de conferentie Erfgoed in het eCulturele Tijdperk. De conferentie is bedoeld voor allen die betrokken zijn bij digitalisering van cultureel erfgoed en vindt plaats te Arnhem. In het programma wordt onder andere aandacht besteed aan het volgende: Interoperabiliteit Duurzaam informatiebeleid De informatiemaatschappij: 4 sessies over (networked society, Creative Commons, kennismanagement, interactieve omgevingen) Nationale infrastructuur & From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on October 19, 2004 at 11:00 a.m..
Me on small talk? Um, yeah, whatever. Now let's talk about me.
Roxanne Roberts, Style columnist for the Washington Post, writes about the art of making small talk, and, oddly, cites me. Her three rules: 1. Shut up and listen. 2. When in doubt, repeat Rule 1. 3. People, even the really shy ones, like to talk about themselves and will do so if you know how to draw them out. You have to be genuinely interested. You have to check your ego. If this is done right, they walk away thinking you're great. Sounds right, unless, of course, the person has also internalized Roxanne's first two rules. Roxanne interviewed me because... From
Joho the Blog on October 19, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..
…And Then I Discovered Podcasting…
I am holding a big part of the net's future in the palm of my hand. Literally. I just treated myself to a portable MP3 player: the MPIO FL300, a basic model just a bit smaller than a C battery. The model doesn't matter though. What does matter is that I can now download and easily listen to podcasts. What's a podcast?... From
Contentious Weblog on October 19, 2004 at 8:56 a.m..
Any CONTENTIOUS Readers in Pittsburgh?
Today I'm driving to Pittsburgh for the conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists -- my annual brain-food festival. I'll be there through next Tuesday. Are there any CONTENTIOUS readers in Pittsburgh? If so, e-mail me. Maybe we can arrange an informal reader get-together for lunch, tea, or drinks.... From
Contentious Weblog on October 19, 2004 at 8:56 a.m..
Learning Networks versus the Behmoth?
Of the many talks Stephen Downes, Senior Research Officer for the National Research Council of Canada, gave during his recent tour of Australia, his Learning Networks paper presented at the Australian College of Educators and the Australian Council of Educational Leaders Conference in Perth, Australia (9 Oct 2004) should give us all pause for thought. From
Auricle on October 19, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
Nanotubes Form Transparent Film - Technology Review
The key to making foldable computer displays is finding electrical components that conduct electricity well and are also transparent and flexible. Researchers from the University of Florida at Gainesville and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences have foun From
Techno-News Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
Will Google say hello to IM? - Stefanie Olsen, CNET
Google watchers abuzz about the search darling's new desktop tool are already betting on its next product: instant chat. Such speculation isn't new, but it's gained legs as some intriguing facts have come to light this week. First, although few people From
Techno-News Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
EDUCATION, E-LEARNING: Life-long learning
Efforts to lure people to new educational technologies and to promote a culture of life-long learning resemble a case of preaching to the converted, according to a new UK study. The technology has improved. The level of accessibility is unprecedented. From
Online Learning Update on October 19, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
The Texas broadband follies
CNET News.com's John Borland asks why a government-subsidized broadband program is spending big bucks for a "golf-themed" Houston suburb in Tom DeLay's backyard. From
CNET News.com on October 19, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
RSS Calendar
This is a great idea. Add calendar events you want to share with friends, family, or co-workers and publish them in a custom RSS feed. RSS Calendar lets users quickly setup online calendars that can be syndicated as RSS feeds. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:01 a.m..
What Are RSS Feeds?
RSS also known as rich site summary or real simply syndication, arrived on the scene a number of years ago, but was only recently embraced by webmasters as a means to effectively syndicate content. RSS Feeds provide webmasters and content providers an avenue to provide concise summaries to prospective readers. Thousands of commercial web sites and blogs now publish content summaries in an RSS feed. Each item in the feed typically contains a headline; article summary and link back to the online article. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:01 a.m..
Friendster Fires Bloggers
Friendster, known for breaking new ground in online social networking and promoting self-expression among peers, fired one of its employees Monday for her personal Web log, or online diary. Joyce Park, a Web developer living in Sunnyvale, Calif., said her managers told her Monday that she stepped over the line with her blog, Troutgirl. They declined to elaborate, except to say that it was CEO Scott Sassa's ultimate decision, Park said. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Blabble Releases Beta Of Blog-Tracking Service
Blabble has released the beta version of its research and analysis blog-tracking service for monitoring the viewpoints of blog postings. The service can track, aggregate, and evaluate opinions from more than two million blogs. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Feedster v2
It took awhile but Feedster v2 is finally here. The new interface is clean and now includes keyword-targeted text ads courtesy of Overture. Keep an eye on Feedster, they are making huge strides for both general-interest web searchers and web publishers alike. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
NOAA RSS Feed
Track hurricanes and storms with an rss feed from the National Weather Service. The NOAA The uses rss to quickly update users the latest news and updates from a site in a headline or news digest format. This in turn helps during high-traffic periods by reducing the load on the servers. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Make RSS Feeds!
We've tracked down a new website that talks about RSS feed creation! RSS feeds are the latest Internet craze. If you have information and content that needs distribution consider making and rss feed to increase your reach. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Corporate America & Blogging Employees
Corporate America weighs in on concerns related to employees and blogging. Sun created a blogging policy to remind employees to put a disclaimer and to think about the consequences related to any posts. The policy is gentle but outlines things that all employers might want to discuss with employees. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Google Renews Interest in RSS
Google is considering renewing support for the popular RSS Web publishing format in some of its services, CNET News.com has learned, marking the latest twist in a burgeoning standards war over technology that could change how people read the news. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Instant Messaging & RSS
rss2jabber is a new application that gathers RDF/RSS/Atom newsfeeds and sends them to an IM client. rss2jabber is completely free and can be used by any platform version of Jabber. The new service is another indicator of a strong convergence taking place between real-time communication, collaboration, news gathering and social networking tools. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
RSS Feed Creation & Editing Tool
Interested in beta testing FeedForAll? FeedForAll is the latest and most innovative RSS feed creator and editor. FeedForAll will fix errors in malformed feeds (to a point) and properly format feeds. All you need to do is enter information into the appropriate fields. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
RSS in the Government
News about how RSS is being used by international, federal, state, and local governments. The site contains a number of government resources for citizens and the rss feeds associated with them. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Bloggers Earning Income
An interesting appeared in USA Today. While bloggers appearance at the political conventions increased awareness, it hasn't apparently lined the pockets of the innovative correspondents. A small fraction of those blogging make an income from their craft. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
RSS Wave
I foresee a very great number of possible uses for RSS in business and marketing which will surface in the coming 12-18 months. As of now, I see what I call newsmastering as being probably the most effective use of RSS for creating a viable information-based business online. Let me explain this to you in simple terms: a newsmaster is someone capable of designing search formulas and filters that tap into the vast amounts of online information including the Web and the full RSS universe. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Blogs Take Lead Role In CBS Memo Furor
The people who write blogs, short for Web logs, don't get much respect from the mainstream media. Jonathan Klein, a former senior executive at "60 Minutes," said on Fox News last week that "Bloggers have no checks and balances. ... (It's) a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas." But it took only a day for bloggers to show the emperor has no clothes, exposing CBS for airing a report based on possibly forged documents about President Bush's National Guard service. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
RSS Hype
That's because few technologies in recent years have received the same kind of broad media hype that has been lavished on RSS. Much of the hype has been deserved, as RSS clearly eases the distribution and consumption of information and news. But when breathless observers predict how RSS will change all software—not to mention the way we work and live—they are doing RSS more harm than good. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Iranian Blog Censorship
Hundreds of Iranian online journals have been protesting against media censorship by renaming their websites after pro-reformist newspapers and websites that have been banned or shut down by the authorities. Many of the websites, known as blogs or weblogs, have also posted news items from the banned publications on their websites. The protest was started by blogger Hossein Derakhshan, a student at Toronto university in Canada. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
NetNewsWire for MAC beta
NetNewsWire software for Macintosh is now in beta. NetNewsWire is now more focused on reading news, with lots of new newsreading features and without the weblog editor. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Life in Iraq Blog
Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice. Some are overtly political, with more slanting to the right than to the left. Some question the war, some cheer it. While some military bloggers say their commanders have encouraged their online literary ventures, a few say their commanders have shut them down. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
RSS Digest
Cool resource for content syndicators and webloggers. Place items and headlines from any RSS or Atom enabled site onto your site, no programming or required. It can use either JavaScript, PHP, or an IFRAME as the inclusion method. Get no ugly ads, and use ANY feed! From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Beta Test RSS Feed Creator
Consider beta testing the latest (and coolest) rss feed creation tool.
FeedForAll is a software solution for creating, editing, and enhancing RSS feeds. New RSS feeds can be quickly and easily created with FeedForAll. Advanced features enable you to create professional looking feeds in an extremely short period of time. Existing RSS feeds can be repaired and enhanced with FeedForAll. RSS feeds generated by other means can be automatically repaired, so that they conform to the RSS 2.0 specification. Existing feeds can be enhanced to contai From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Bloglines & Bandwith Issues
Bloglines announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its Web services program so that news readers can connect to its free online service for searching and subscribing to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and Atom feeds. Bloglines, which started in June 2003 under the umbrella of technology incubator Trustic Inc., aggregates RSS and Atom feed subscriptions from its users, then checks once an hour for an updated feed from a publisher, said Mark Fletcher, CEO of the Redwood City, Calif., company. From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Unlocking Key to RSS
Many webmasters are struggling to find fresh, innovative content while other savvy webmasters have realized the potential hidden within RSS and are adopting the technology at a maddening pace. By utilizing RSS, webmasters can tap numerous free content sources with very little effort. RSS truly is a webmaster's key to free content. more on
Syndicated Content From
RSS Blog on October 19, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
qotd
An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. ~ Niels Bohr
¶ From
Open Artifact on October 19, 2004 at 6:58 a.m..
Friends Don't Let Friends Vote for Bush
I've been wrestling with my reluctance to post something purely political and entirely partisan here, but I'm not sure I can avoid it in good conscience any longer. The upcoming election is the most important one of our generation, and ignoring that is really not the responsible thing to do. I know that in a way this blog is an extension of my working life, but on other levels it's about me and my life and the things I'm thinking about. Why post now? Well, last week something happened... From
Brain Frieze on October 19, 2004 at 6:57 a.m..
Uses Of Colour To Convey Information
by Juan C. Dürsteler Colour is an integral part of most visual representations. In this issue we review the fundamental uses of colour to convey information. Colour is an attribute that is not strictly necessary in order to distinguish shapes or to perceive the real world in a sufficiently operative way, as anybody that has seen black and white TV or photography can state. Nevertheless, colour is excellent to convey emotions, to label and categorise, but poor in showing shapes, details or space, where luminance (intensity) and contrast play the fundamental role. For this reason two channels o From
MasterViews on October 19, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..
Telescope Can See a Future
A 20-year battle with environmentalists and others over placing a powerful optical telescope atop Mount Graham in Arizona is nearing an end. Astronomers may be using the Large Binocular Telescope by next year. From
Wired News on October 19, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
California Pumps Up Stem Cells
Gov. Schwarzenegger takes a political risk and endorses a $3 billion California bond measure that would fund embryonic stem-cell research. From
Wired News on October 19, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
E-Voting Still a Florida Bugaboo
Early voters in the Sunshine State begin casting electronic ballots Monday, and it doesn't take long for the first problems to surface. From
Wired News on October 19, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Plasma Beam Eyed in Space Travel
A team of Washington scientists are pioneering the concept of the Mag-beam as a technology that could significantly shorten the time it takes to travel to other planets. By Lakshmi Sandhana. From
Wired News on October 19, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Candidate Has Platform for Geeks
A former game programmer is running for the U.S. House of Representatives with a platform forcefully addressing tech industry issues like digital copyright protection. But he still lags far behind his opponent in the fund-raising department. By Jacob Ogles. From
Wired News on October 19, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
U.N. to Revisit Cloning Treaty
This week the United Nations is scheduled to vote on a human cloning ban, and U.S. policy will play a big part in the outcome. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on October 19, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Inventor Rejoices as TVs Go Dark
Tired of blaring TV sets at shops, bars and waiting rooms? A new universal remote called the TV-B-Gone lets users turn off virtually any set. A trial run in the streets of San Francisco shows the device to be quite effective. By Steven Bodzin. From
Wired News on October 19, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
New Screening Technology Is Nigh
Machines built to find weapons hidden in clothes or to sniff out bomb residue may be coming to an airport or train station near you, if transportation officials ever deploy technologies now being tested. By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on October 19, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Whose economy is it?
I love this blog world--you make a general statement and then some people write a book for you about it. Thank you all for your comments on protectionism. I am totally persuaded and will now stop pruning my garden, leaving behind my old fashioned notion that editing and flowering are... From
Lessig Blog on October 19, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Why you don't need a usability lab
Elizabeth Neal has written on why you don't need a usability lab. To quote: You've read the usability articles on SitePoint.com and elsewhere, and you're convinced! It's time to get serious about testing the usability of your Website. Now you... From
Column Two on October 19, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..
Big Mistake California Trainer - Author says Alpha Dominant Training Fails
C.W Meisterfeld noted Petaluma California canine Psychoanalyst and Dr Ernest Pecci a Bay Area Psychiatrist pointed to the famed Alpha forceful dominance dog training method as the origin of what ails thousands of our dogs. For the past 32 years, dog owners were instructed to mimic the wolf's behavior and become the dogs "Alpha Leader of the Pack " if their dog didn't submit they were instructed to use dangerous forceful train methods. The heart and soul of reprogramming Meisterfeld emphasizes "is the recognition that dogs have feeling and emotions." Meisterfeld estimates that since From
PR Web on October 19, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Mike Ramsay, CEO of TiVo on Future of TV
A good interview with CEO of Tivo...On IP-delivered TV:"There s no real good technology for delivering that to the most ubiquitous UI there is, which is TV. We see our role as providing that delivery because we have a TV-based platform. It's not a PC, it's not a Web browser, it's a true set-top device. The opportunity we like is the marriage of what TiVo does from a UI standpoint with the availability of content that can be delivered over broadband. Realistically, five years down the road, when y From
unmediated on October 19, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..
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found this funny.cnn
article: An Oregon man discovered earlier this month that his year-old Toshiba Corporation flat-screen TV was emitting an international distress signal picked up by a satellite, leading a search and rescue operation to his apartment in Corvallis, Oregon, 70 miles south of Portland.The signal from Chris van Rossmann's TV was routed by satellite to the Air Force Rescue Center at Langley Air Base in Virginia.On October 2, the 20 year-old college student was vi From
unmediated on October 19, 2004 at 3:56 a.m..
All Errors, All the Time
It's been said by many people that blogs are forcing traditional journalism to evolve and improve. One way this is happening is with blogs devoted to watchdogging the media in general (e.g.,
CJR Campaign Desk) and individually (e.g.,
ChronWatch).Here's the latest example:
Regret the Error, a new blog devoted solely to reporting on newspaper errors. The site's mission: to "report on corrections, retractions, clarifications, and trends regarding accura From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 19, 2004 at 3:55 a.m..
Temporary Disruption in Service
Due to essential maintenance on one of the University of Bath's servers, Auricle, might experience some disruption this morning. We have disabled comments during this period as a precaution. We apologise to our readers for any inconvenience. From
Auricle on October 19, 2004 at 3:54 a.m..
Resistance to using breadcrumbs
Kath Straub has written an article exploring user resistance to breadcrumbs, and the issues surrounding their use in general. To quote: The resistance to using breadcrumbs is perplexing. They increase efficiency. They support site learning. They reduce the user's "where-was-I?"... From
Column Two on October 19, 2004 at 3:48 a.m..
TV explodes (Jon Stewart & Crossfire)
What's fascinating about the Jon Stewart takedown of Crossfire is not just what he said but how his message got distributed. Terry
Heaton reports that there have been almost 400,000 downloads of the segment at iFilm (which is how I saw it) ... in addition to countless (literally, countless) BitTorrent downloads. This was a flood of viral distribution that came from viral promotion. Welcome to the future of TV! In old TV, a moment like this came and if you missed it, you missed it. Tough luck. In new TV From
unmediated on October 19, 2004 at 2:57 a.m..
The 'Long Tail' of News
Chris Anderson has a thought-provoking
article in the latest issue of Wired. Entitled "The Long Tail," it explores the "new economy" of e-commerce sites that, unlike traditional retail stores, have endless inventory. Without the costs associated with physical space, online retailers for music and videos find that they can make substantial profits by selling small numbers of products that no "bricks-and-mortar" store would consider carrying. Real.com's music service, Rhapsody, and video retailer Netflix get 20 p From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 19, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
A Worthy Speech
In case you weren't at the convention of the Associated Press Managing Editors on Saturday, you missed a great speech. (So did I; I wasn't there.) Ken Sands, who was there, sends along word that the best talk he heard was by Alan Nelson of
Command-Post.org.Sands: "He gave a terrific speech on the democratization of the media and why blogging is a very important social networking development. I thought I knew what was going on, and I still learned a bunch. But for most of the 200 or so print editors in the room, it was a mind-bl From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 19, 2004 at 2:56 a.m..
E-Books: Challenges and Opportunities
AbstractE-books are commonly perceived as offering great potential for learner support but also as struggling to compete with print due to poor on-screen presentation, restrictive licencing and limited range of titles offered. From
DEC Daily News on October 19, 2004 at 2:51 a.m..
Annual Curriculum Studies Mini-Conference
A note from Janet McVittie, the chair of this year's annual Mini-Conference: http://www.usask.ca/education/edcur/conferences/miniconf.htm. A reminder to all folks who do research, are interested in research, who teach grad students, who supervise grad students, who would like to be involved in... From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 19, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..
South Australian Schools Lead the Way with Centra-Powered Live Internet classes
Centra (NASDAQ: CTRA), a leading provider of specialized solutions, delivering software and services for online business collaboration, today announced that the Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS) in South Australia will use Centra to provide students and teachers with access to real-time online collaboration and learning. DECS' use of Centra is a result of a State Government tender process that will provide new telecommunication services to State schools and preschools, including Internet access up to eight times faster. From
DEC Daily News on October 19, 2004 at 1:46 a.m..
Schools, colleges flock to Internet2
Move over internet. Internet2 has arrived. According to a bi-annual survey presented to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Oct. 6, more than 25,000 K-12 schools, libraries, and museums in 34 states have graduated to the supped-up internet backbone, which works at a hundred times the speed of the fastest T1 line. From
DEC Daily News on October 19, 2004 at 1:46 a.m..
FCC, USDA work on rural broadband
Officials at the Federal Communications Commission and the Agriculture Department's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) are working on a program to boost the use of broadband wireless technologies in rural areas. From
DEC Daily News on October 19, 2004 at 1:46 a.m..
Communitelligence.com...
Another portal. This Communitelligence.com
WebWire claims that Communitelligence is: "...the first global knowledge-sharing portal aimed at improving organizational and human communication. The site is being built and supported by global communication leaders, associations, schools and businesses linked to the common goals of elevating the profession and sharing best practices that can make all forms of communication more effective..."