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Effective propaganda?
I think this ad is some fine propaganda. Does it work for you? Do you think it'd work on undecided voters?... From
Joho the Blog on October 26, 2004 at 10:50 p.m..
Future News Reading Devices
Last Saturday,
Spiegel Online, the oldest and one of Germany's most popular online news sites, started to publish a digital edition of its print magazine, Spiegel. It's very common nowadays in Germany to find digital editions (also called "e-paper"), so I probably wouldn't bother mentioning it if it didn't:1) Include some features that I haven't seen on other digital editions (for example, a "pack and go" functionality that allows you to clip articles you like and download them into a personalized PDF file From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 26, 2004 at 9:01 p.m..
Who knows?
There have been no shortage of insane, over ambitious ideas on the internet. Most of them never make it further than the pub they are conceived in. Some generate hype but quickly fall flat on their face. Others survive, but prove to be minnows rather than the giants they set out to be. However, every so often, one sneaks through. Wikipedia is one of the rare ones that made it. Even by the admission of its founder, the 38-year-old technology entrepreneur Jimmy Wales, it was a "completely insane idea": a free online encyclopedia that anyone can contribute to and anyone can From
Seblogging News on October 26, 2004 at 8:54 p.m..
Trippi class
Joe Trippi invited me in as a guest speaker at the seminar he leads at the JFK School of Government at Harvard. Man, that was fun, although I apparently depressed several students judging by the number of them who were googling for some variation of noose "how to tie". You know you're being depressing when, in response to a question about the world in twenty years, you use the phrase "surface dwellers." I began with 15 minute informal talk about the miserable shape our democracy is in. But, I said, during the Dean months, I felt something different. I... From
Joho the Blog on October 26, 2004 at 8:51 p.m..
When to use focus groups
Kath Straub has written an article on when to use focus groups during user-centred design. To quote: Focus groups have a place very, very early in the product innovation process. They are appropriate for exploring unknown territory. This is territory... From
Column Two on October 26, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..
UITest.com
UITest.com is an interesting new site that makes it easy to check a site against a dozen or more validators, including: validity accessibility (including WAI, section 508 and colourblindness) link checking [Thanks to the eGovernment Resource Centre.]... From
Column Two on October 26, 2004 at 8:50 p.m..
More on Alternative Compensation Systems
A sufficient number of interesting responses have been made to my original post on Alternative Compensation Systems that I thought I'd start a new thread. I can't hope to address all of the themes that have been raised, but here are a few... From
Lessig Blog on October 26, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
The video iPod is coming, I hope
At Tuesday's unveiling of the iPod Photo, Steve Jobs repeated his contention that the iPod is the "wrong place" for video. I doubt he'll be saying that a year from now. [Missing Links] From
CNET News.com on October 26, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
Norwegian News Site Outperforms Newspapers
Norway has always been worth studying, as Norwegians read more newspapers per capita than (probably) anywhere else in the world. Now the largest Norwegian news site,
VG.no, soon may have more daily readers than the largest daily papers. VG's website attracts 717,000 unique daily readers, which is only slightly fewer readers than the two largest newspapers, Dagbladet (789,000 readers) and Aftenposten (733,000 readers).Young people (age 15-29 years) already prefer news on a screen to news on paper. In a survey, 53 percent from this From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 26, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Weblog failure woes
**Argggghhhh** was a vague approximation of the thought going through my brain earlier today. We had some problems on the server where MovableType serves as the CMS that runs the web sites for the classes I teach. When I tried to add a new post for an assignment, it just ... From
Just Another Ant on October 26, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
provide access to the google desktop search service from remote machines
i’ve been moving all my media, back ups, docs and music to one server that i can access from any anywhere in the house. it's coming along slowly, but i wanted to have some fast searching on it—and with the new google desktop search it's almost possible, but it can only search the local machine. well, here's the google desktop proxy which will allow you do search a machine with the google desktop search app from another computer. Be careful wi From
unmediated on October 26, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
The future of audio
Howard Finberg in Poynter's
Convergence Chaser on Internet radio. Howard cites the Chicago Trib's Eric Gwinn, who
reports: It started with the migration of people from dial-up modems to broadband connections for their home computers. Broadband permits audio and video streaming that modems can't handle. With home broadband connections becoming increasingly common, more than 40 million people From
unmediated on October 26, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
WordNet::Similarity
A Perl package that implements a number of measures of semantic relatedness. These measures use WordNet along with other resources such as corpus statistics, and attempt to imitate the human perception of relatedness of words and concepts. From
unmediated on October 26, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Akimbo Debuts IP Video Service On Amazon
Akimbo, the IP VOD service (through a set-top box) has launched its
service through Amazon.com...Amazon will be the exclusive retailer of the player through December...Customers ordering from Amazon.com will receive three months of free Akimbo Service (normally $9.99) or $30 off a lifetime subscription. The player should From
unmediated on October 26, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Magazines Figure Out the Web
Writing for min online, Steve Smith tackles the question of how magazine publishers should treat their websites. For so long, many sites were little more than thin marketing presences for their parent magazines, but things are clearly changing, Smith reports.A great example: People magazine, which recently moved its online staff to the same floor as the print side, has focused its website on breaking celebrity news. Smith quotes Time Inc. Interactive executive editor Ned Desmond: "We thought the sma From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 26, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Archiv macht Wissen
Graduiertenkolleg Archiv, Macht, Wissen - Organisieren, Kontrollieren, Zerstören von Wissensbeständen von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart Das von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft neu geförderte Graduiertenkolleg richtet sich an qualifizierte Promovendinnen und Promovenden, deren Studienabschluss zur Promotion berechtigt oder die nach der Promotion ein Forschungsvorhaben bearbeiten und in der Betreuung der Graduierten mitwirken möchten. Die Betreuung der Dissertationen und Forschungsvorhaben erfolgt durch Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer der Fakult&a From
Archivalia on October 26, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Helga Deen - zweite Anne Frank?
Im Regionalarchiv der niederländischen Stadt Tilburg sind letzte Aufzeichnungen eines im Konzentrationslager getöteten jüdischen Mädchens aufgetaucht, die an das weltberühmte Tagebuch der Anne Frank erinnern. Die 18 Jahre alt gewordene Helga Deen gibt darin auf 21 Seiten eines Schulheftes ihre Erlebnisse und Gedanken während ihres Aufenthalts im Juni 1943 im niederländischen Lager Vught wieder.
http://www.stern.de/unterhaltung/buecher/?id=531285&nv=cp_L2_rtArchivalia on October 26, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
The Science of Hiding in Plain Sight
Steganography is the science of hiding one message inside another message - hiding in plain sight, so to speak. Think of steganography as the soft-spoken yet elegant sister of cryptography. Where cryptography scrambles a message to prevent unauthorized people from reading it, steganography opts instead to hide the message in such a way that it is not obvious that there is anything there to see. Read on for a description of steganography, with examples. From
kuro5hin.org on October 26, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Drool
Apple has just unveiled its newest iPod, the iPod Photo. Santa, if you are reading this blog, forget everything else on my list (except for the new flat-screen iMac!) From
Just Another Ant on October 26, 2004 at 6:00 p.m..
Google desktop and Firefox
I've downloaded and installed the Google desktop, which lets you search your local computer's files--MS Office and IE history. But what if you use Firefox instead of IE, are you out of luck as far as searching your Web browsing history? Nope, not anymore. Here's a step-by-step process for having ... From
Big IDEA on October 26, 2004 at 5:59 p.m..
Guerilla News Network 2.0
GNNTV has recently relaunched itself as a full-on citizen's
indymedia's younger, hipper brother. ;)
Welcome to the beta launch of GNN 2.0, the new citizen news network. In the coming days, we will be turning over the site to you, our loyal users. The new site will allow you to create your own home From
unmediated on October 26, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..
Metadata Rocks
Check out "Arronland's NY Times Widgets." This site capitalizes on the fact that the New York Times publishes a lot of useful descriptive metadata along with each of its stories... From
Contentious Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..
Prager Frühling in Moskauer Akten
Die tschechischen Historiker werden in russischen Archiven die bisher streng geheimen Dokumente des sowjetischen Politbüros bezüglich der Warschauer-Pakt-Invasion der ehemaligen Tschechoslowakei im August 1968 studieren dürfen. Der russische Außenminister Sergej Lawrow hat im Laufe seines Besuches in Prag die Öffnung dieser Archive versprochen, berichteten tschechische Zeitungen am Donnerstag.
http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=1832853 From
Archivalia on October 26, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..
Comments Off...I Hate Spam
Just a quick update in case anyone is interested...I got the spam to stop by flipping off the Radio hosting switch in Manila (tip of the hat to
Betsy Devine.) But...that means no comments for a while. I'll see about putting them back in the near future, but I gotta tell you, deleting over 100 spam comments in the last 24 hours has made me kind of like this peace and quiet. I trust that
Userland is working on a solution. Meantime, if there is something you want me to add to any posts, just e-mail me: will From
weblogged News on October 26, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
Under Gmail's hood
I'd been experimenting for a few months with Gmail, Google's Web mail system, without really taking it seriously. But this week I decided to take the plunge and try using Gmail not only as a mail search engine, but as a replacement for Outlook (on Windows) and Mail (on OS X). Now I'm ready to join the chorus singing the praises of GMail’s user-interface technology. Its combination of HTML, JavaScript, and the DOM makes the browser do some remarkable tricks. ... As early adopters discovered long before I did, there's an From
Jon's Radio on October 26, 2004 at 5:47 p.m..
John Peel
John Peel has died. It's a total shock. He was perhaps the most influential person in UK music having been personally responsible for breaking so many important and influential bands and showcasing new music. He has educated a generation of music lovers. Like so many others my own personal taste in music has been hugely influenced by his eclectic playlists. Much of the music I still treasure and bands who's music I most admire were discover From
David Davies: Edtech on October 26, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..
Registry of Known Spam Operatives (ROKSO)
I was fascinated today by a blog on the MIT Technology Review site. Turns out that 200 spammers generate 90% of the spam we get in the US. Looks like it's easier to find the serpent in the garden than I had thought. Of course, finding the serpent is one ... From
Gardner Writes on October 26, 2004 at 5:02 p.m..
More Technology Review Reading
I know Rodney Brooks from his starring role in Errol Morris's sublime Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. Today Brooks contributes an essay to MIT's Technology Review on exponential growth in various aspects of IT. If this excerpt grabs you, you'll want to read the whole thing (registration required): If ... From
Gardner Writes on October 26, 2004 at 5:02 p.m..
The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue
http://www.hm.tyg.jp/~acmuller/descriptive_catalogue/ Op de TEI-L discussielijst kondigde Charles Muller de beschikbaarheid aan van The Korean Buddhist Canon: A Descriptive Catalogue van Lewis R. Lancaster. Ook voor diegenen zonder speciale belangstelling voor dit materiaal is het instructief deze uitgave te bekijken. In de verantwoording bij de digitale heruitgave gaat Muller in op een aantal aspecten van de bewerking. Vanzelfsprekend (vind ik dan) gaat achter de digitale uitgave een TEI-XML bestand schuil. Muller (die zich onder andere verdienstelijk heeft gemaakt met zijn werk aan het Di From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on October 26, 2004 at 5:01 p.m..
Seedwiki
Seedwiki is a wiki-farm service. (ColdFusion application.) Lots of interesting features. Free account =’s three (3) wikis. [via mention at
Weblogg-ed]
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Open Artifact on October 26, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
DMT Director Position at U of S
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN DIRECTOR COMPETITION NUMBER: N04008 The Division of Media & Technology is seeking a business-minded visionary with strong academic credentials and a demonstrated ability to stimulate a collaborative work environment to provide leadership for the application, development, production... From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 26, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Song-Swap Networks Still Humming
CD sales are increasing again; this must mean that file sharing has slowed, right? No. File sharing is also increasing. "In general we observe that P2P activity has not diminished," says the study, which will be presented at IEEE Globecom 2004 next month. "On the contrary, P2P traffic represents a significant amount of internet traffic and is likely to continue to grow in the future, RIAA behavior notwithstanding." When sharing increases, sales increase. When sharing is reduced - as it was, briefly, when Napster was shut down - sales are reduced. The current increase in CD sales is because From
OLDaily on October 26, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Customer Training Is Outsourcing's Hottest Trend
Customer training isn't a new application of e-learning; for years whenasked to name a quality e-learning application I would refer to Macromedia Director's built-in training application. But we don't notice customer training as a type of e-learning because it has been done so badly - Microsoft Help, anyone? Anyhow, customer training is now the next big thing in e-learning outsourcing, according to this article. I have to say - it couldn't hurt. By Paul Harris, Learning Circuits, October, 2004 [
OLDaily on October 26, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Life-long Learning's Usual Suspects
"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... a new study suggests that education in the digital age largely attracts the 'usual suspects' HYPHEN in the UK, at least." By Unattributed, Europa, October, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 26, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Wikinews
Should Wikinews launch? "Wikinews is a proposed project with the goal to collaboratively report and summarize news on all subjects from a neutral point of view. This proposal describes the project goals, and outlines five basic requirements for the project. If it is implemented, there will be Wikinews communities in many languages. The precise implementation of the Wikinews requirements is left up to these individual communities." By Various Authors, October 26, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 26, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
This is Simply Smarter Broadcasting
Simple outline and
link to a half hour MP3 summary of podcasting. "It's nothing more than Internet radio at its core, folks. It's audio, on-demand, that's easily synchronized with your computer system / portable media device... in theory." Don't forget, you can hear this broadcast on
Ed Radio (invented long before podcasting). By Chris Pirillo, C:PIRILLO.EXE ~ Chris Pirillo, October 26, 2004 [
OLDaily on October 26, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
when soldiers share the news
USATODAY.com has an article on the ramification of unmediated soldier to family/friend communications. From prison camps to the front lines, pocket cameras and cellphones -- many capable of whizzing uncensored digital images home -- are nearly as standard among soldiers' gear as rifles, dog tags and ammunition. The latest example of how this is changing the dynamics of war came last week, when 18 members of the 343rd Quartermaster Company in Iraq refused to carry ou From
unmediated on October 26, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..
Skype Drops Price
James Enck has an unfair advantage, he's in London, so news about Skype dropping their prices hits him first. That's why he's clearly worth reading. The question on my mind is not how low can prices go with telco. Everyone... From
Kolabora.com on October 26, 2004 at 3:56 p.m..
Lets get it on
Ok, if we do this we have to be civilized about it. No politics, no pushing your guy, don't even say who you are for. Now, I want people to do some usability testing on http://www.georgewbush.com and www.johnkerry.com, then come back here and post your thoughts and results. As the moderator, I'm reserving the right to pull posts that are not about usability or accessibility. Have fun.... From
Curb Cut Learning on October 26, 2004 at 3:54 p.m..
EASE History Campaign Ads
http://edcomm1.educ.msu.edu/Easetrial/index2.html One thing I love about publishing this blog is that (along with all the spam) it brings in scores of unsolicited pointers to really great educational resources. The latest one, sent in by
Aparna Ramchandran, points to an amazingly timely site from Michigan State University that allows students to learn about US history, presidential elections and issues through the prism of their campaign ads. The
EdTechPost on October 26, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..
Best Fonts For An Effective Presentation
Though this is a general issue familiar already to most skilled presenters, I still am surprised at the number of people who ask me what fonts they should use inside a presentation. Though the approaches that can be used are literally infinite, there are a few basic ground rules which, if applied consistently, do provide guaranteed effectiveness in terms of readability. The basic "mantra" to be learned is:... From
MasterViews on October 26, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..
Proof of draft!
You've been dubious that Bush plans on bringing back the draft? Take a look at the front page of the Bush web site today. It features this photo: Bush site prepares us for the sub-teen draft... From
Joho the Blog on October 26, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..
Workshop on Semantic Web for Life Sciences Explores Scientific Data Networks
2004-10-26: The W3C Workshop on Semantic Web for Life Sciences is being held in Cambridge, MA, USA on 27-28 October. Data networks allow biology to progress from the mapping of one-dimensional DNA to understanding multi-dimensional organisms and their diseases. Semantic Web technologies such as RDF and OWL enable the rapid creation of rich information networks and can assist in the generation of hypotheses across massive data sets. Workshop participants will address the publication, sharing and management of data networks, and will develop use cases and prototypes. Read the press release and a From
World Wide Web Consortium on October 26, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..
Carmeron Marlow at da Berkman
Cameron Marlow of Overstated.com and Blogdex is giving a lunchtime talk at the Berkman Center. It's on Political Hacks, i.e., hacking politics. (His slide is here.) He gives lots of examples of people using the Net to take advantage of information that's already been there. e.g., www.FundRace.org. Don't miss his analysis of the debates here and here. (That second link goes to an auto-summary of the debates. I once did the same thing for the book of Genesis.) We played around a bit with a tool Cameron wrote that maps the frequency of phrases in the two candidates' stump spee From
Joho the Blog on October 26, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Irony-dectomy
David Zucker, the producer of Airplane, Naked Gun, and Ruthless People, has made a movie — supported by the Republican Club for Growth (remember the "sushi-eating, Volvo-driving" anti-Dean ad?) — that lampoons Kerry for being a flipflopper. Without the slightest sense of irony, Zucker promotes himself as a former Democrat who now is a Republican. (Link from LGF.)... From
Joho the Blog on October 26, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Corporate Corruption, Part MMCCCXXVII
Reuters:
Marsh scraps fees probed by Spitzer. Marsh & McLennan Cos. said Tuesday it will stop accepting fees that sparked the lawsuit brought by New York's attorney general, accusing the world's largest insurance broker of rigging prices. New York-based Marsh also announced a series of other reforms, one day after the company's embattled chairman and chief executive, Jeffrey Greenberg, resigned from those posts. Too late. These guys are incorrigible. They ow From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 26, 2004 at 2:46 p.m..
Supercomputer race heats up
With new rankings due soon, SGI, IBM and others are jostling for bragging rights. Also: A speedy Mac system gets speedier. From
CNET News.com on October 26, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
The Green Papers
Exhaustive data and analysis of 2004 elections for president, senate, house of representatives, and statewide races across the U.S. Site includes archives of data back through 1999. Visit here for election night poll closing times. From
Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on October 26, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..
Die, telcos, die!
RCN provides our house with telephone service, cable modem, and cable television. I just switched another telephone line over to them because MCI charges too much for sucking. But here's what I learned: RCN charges $7.00/month for Caller ID. Seven bucks for a service that is essentially free to them. Jeez. It makes me love my Vonage phone all the more. (On the positive side, RCN silently upgraded its cable modem customers to 7 megabit service. Right now, DSLReports says I'm getting 5mbit down and an increasingly asymmetric 572kb up.)... From
Joho the Blog on October 26, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..
Dell fields 17-inch notebook
PC maker launches its first notebook with 17-inch display, more than two years after the first such laptop hit the market. From
CNET News.com on October 26, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Learning States
RTI International has been developing a framework for international development over the past two years, called Learning States. This is a new approach, with significant funding from various multinational corporations (MNC), focused on the base of the world's economic pyramid (BOP). As MNC's see their first world markets becoming saturated, but without a strategy to meet the needs of emerging markets, RTI has created this initiative to foster sustainable job and livelihood development.The
jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on October 26, 2004 at 10:57 a.m..
eLearning Producer 2004
Jay Cross zitiert Bob Mosher, Director bei Microsoft Learning, der auf der eLearning Producer Conference in Orlando auf einen, wie ich finde, interessanten Wandel aufmerksam machte: "He told us the learner population has changed; they are no longer newbies; they... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 26, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..
Psychologie der E-Mail
Als selbstgekürter Knowledge Worker lese ich natürlich alle Artikel mit großem Interesse, die sich mit meinem Alltag und meinem Handwerkszeug beschäftigen: In diesem Artikel werden die Ergebnisse einer Studie zusammengefasst, die von Palm in Auftrag gegeben wurde. Von "sieben E-Mail-Sünden"... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 26, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..
Tips for Mastering E-mail Overload
Und auch Harvard widmet sich dem Thema "e-mail". Der Ausgangspunkt: Bevor es e-mails gab, lag die Arbeit beim Schreiber. Jetzt kann der eine Nachricht in Sekunden an Dutzende von Lesern weiterleiten. Es ist an der Zeit, sagt Harvard: "Taming e-mail... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on October 26, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..
P2P and Me2Me
Check out Jason's
post on what broader effects INDUCE might have, along with
two follow-ups. I'm not sure if this is the only reason that they wouldn't write a narrow definition based on protocols - after all, the law would simply encourage people to create a new protocol. What's more, as Felten has discussed,
A Copyfighter's Musings on October 26, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..
Healthcare is Different
The U.S. President has said that the problem with health care is the lawyers. He doesn't seem to think that there are any other problems we should be concerned about, and the free market is the best way to determine how much you would be willing to pay for health care. The President is pushing our current system, and his challenger is doing the same. From
kuro5hin.org on October 26, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Error 405: This link works fine but nobody cares
I received yet another personal message from Marc Racicot today. He certainly seems to like me! This one says: There's an old saying that goes, "All politics is local." As a former Governor, I couldn't agree more. To reach the undecided voters, we need to make our message local as well. That's why we have created special web pages for every state - to tell every voter why President Bush is the best choice based on the local issues important to them. We encourage you to share our Massachusetts page with friends, family and neighbors who live near you and... From
Joho the Blog on October 26, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..
Class Wiki
Jim Rusconi was someone I met at Building Learning Communities this summer, and it looks like he's one teacher that's taken blogs and wikis to heart. He's been keeping up in his own
Weblog, has been trying out
Moodle with his kids, and now looks like he's set to
use a wiki to construct his own Computer Graphics class text. I'm going to be really interested to watch and see how that develops si From
weblogged News on October 26, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..
wikinews
Wikinews is a proposed project with the goal to collaboratively report and summarize news on all subjects from a neutral point of view (via
boingboing via
Joi): We seek to create a free source of news, where every human being is invited to contribute reports about events large and small, either from direct experience, or summarized from elsewhere. Wikinews is founded on the idea that we From
unmediated on October 26, 2004 at 8:56 a.m..
F-Spot
This project looks like an attempt to bridge the gap between re-usable metadata creation and practical photo management. F-Spot is an application designed to provide personal photo management to the GNOME desktop. Plans include import, export, printing and advanced sorting of digital images. I hope F-Spot ends up using
Flickr on the backend. Via
captsolo From unmediated on October 26, 2004 at 8:56 a.m..
Eminem's screed
As a 53-year-old suburban dad, I am, let's say, outside of Eminem's demographic. But his vehemently anti-Bush Mosh (lyrics here) truly shizzled my nizzle. (I'm assuming it's good to have one's nizzles shizzled.) Maybe you can tell me: Are his claims of self-importance ("Come along, follow me as I lead through the darkness...", "I give sight to the blind") as egotistical as they sound, merely evidence of the young lad's lack of a self-esteem problem, or just part of the genre I need to accept?... From
Joho the Blog on October 26, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..
Food Plant
In the spirit of my previous exploration of places my work has taken me, a meditation on a totally different part of our economy. If you're about to eat, you might want to wait until afterward to read this. From
kuro5hin.org on October 26, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Blogging for Kids
Blogging for Kids - Children love having an audience. The instant recognition and approval that comes from a crowd just can't be beat. Employing blogs to help develop good spelling habits, grammar skills, and develop a love for writing at a young age is an innovative concept that has potential. From
RSS Blog on October 26, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
On the Campaign Trail
I haven't blogged for a little while. Part of that is the rush that we all seem to be in to make up for the Lost September of 2004--you know, the one with two hurricanes. But I've also been devoting what little free time I have to campaigning for John Kerry through MoveOn.org. This has been a new experience for me, going door-to-door and talking to people about the upcoming election. As part of the Leave No Voter Behind Campaign I've been downloading a list of streets to walk and names... From
Brain Frieze on October 26, 2004 at 7:57 a.m..
Honey, I Shrunk the eLearning
Handheld computers are ready to deliver robust eLearning"like the media-rich learning experiences normally run on powerful desktop computers"and a Canadian company has developed a powerful new technology to bring full-bodied online instruction into the From
Online Learning Update on October 26, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
An artifact perspective
Randy at open artifact posts an interesting perspective on the 'pro' article I mentioned yesterday. He sympathises especially with the statement:" From
DEC Daily News on October 26, 2004 at 7:24 a.m..
Open Office
Harold is full of good suggestions of late and this Open Office one has made me think. It sounds exciting but scary... am not sure if I could really, in a Uni (& educational culture!) which is enturely MS based, take the plunge. Does anybody else use Open Office and has made ... From
Incorporated Subversion on October 26, 2004 at 7:24 a.m..
Fear Of Weblogging: Executives, Your Time Is Up!
Robert Scoble, chief Microsoft blogging evangelist has really some great stuff on his blog. I must acknowledge this. His passion, open and direct reporting of the events and issues that touch him most directly, the frankness and smart questioning he... From
Robin Good's Latest News on October 26, 2004 at 7:23 a.m..
Publisher-Driven Ad Selection: When?
Dave Morgan at ClickZ writes about the need to move from ad-targeting to a more consumer-centric, ad-filtering mentality. "Ad targeting helps publishers improve inventory revenue yield, enabling them to sell more ads for more money. It helps advertisers improve campaign... From
Robin Good's Latest News on October 26, 2004 at 7:23 a.m..
Private And Confidential
Steve Outing reports in the Poynter Institute e-Media Tidbits newsletter that his friend Chris Sherman, search engine expert (editor of SearchEngineWatch and author of the upcoming book Google Power) has shared with him a confidential story that is quite surprising.... From
Robin Good's Latest News on October 26, 2004 at 7:23 a.m..
Bloggers New Frontier: Paid Assignment
True bloggers can't be bought. This is my personal take on this hot topic as it comes spinning off. Marc Canter reports that he has been working at a new program which will pay bloggers to blog about specific products... From
Robin Good's Latest News on October 26, 2004 at 7:23 a.m..
Podcasting for Windows Media
The ever resourceful digital media blogger, Jake Ludington, has written a highly informative and user-friendly guide on how to transfer and use digital audio files from iPodder to any Windows-based media player and has published the screenshot-filled tutorial on his... From
Robin Good's Latest News on October 26, 2004 at 7:22 a.m..
Pachyderm Extreme Programming Redux
Josh, King and I are continuing work on the Pachyderm Authoring Application. We just got a distance collaboration setup going that works really well. We use VNC to share a computer (my TiBook), iChatAV for an open audio channel, and Breeze Live for a shared whiteboard. This is working almost ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 7:19 a.m..
iTMS Finally Coming to Canada?
Great. The National Post has an article suggesting the iTMS will open in Canada on November 28th (I'd link to them for posterity, but someone needs to hit the National Post with a cluestick - their website is useless to me if I have to be a paid subscriber of ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 7:19 a.m..
Changing role of metadata
Scott Leslie just pointed me to a Erik Duval's weblog which points to a couple of presentations from the Dublin Core 2004 Conference in Shanghai. I'd missed these links when Erik first posted them (the "DC2004" title didn't grab me - doh!) but man, are they great presentations (well, the .ppt ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 7:19 a.m..
Google Adsense Removed
I just nuked the Google Adsense stuff from this weblog. I had added it to see how it did with analyzing the content of various pages (along the lines of the bags-of-keywords and content-indexing memes with respect to learning objects and metadata). The experiment was actually quite interesting and informative. Conclusions: It ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 7:19 a.m..
2 Amigos at Educause
I completely forgot about the 2 Amigos at Educause! It was originally a "3 Amigos Production", but that's a long story. Alan and Brian made the trek to Denver, and it sounded like fun of course! The presentation wiki is available as well. Links to other stuff are available via Alan's ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 7:19 a.m..
EDUCAUSE Blogs
Not sure how I missed this, but I just came across the EDUCAUSE | Blogs site-within-a-site while surfing Feedster to get the latest stuff from the Educause 2004 conference. I had no idea that Cyprien Lomas was blogging - met him at the NMC2004 Summer Conference at 2004, and I'll definitely ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 7:19 a.m..
Efficient Distance Collaboration
Josh and I (and sometimes King) have been utilizing a pair-programming-at-a-distance method of collaboration (not quite like spooky action at a distance, but sometimes it feels pretty close...) Our magic sweet spot combo of tools includes 2 computers at each end of the pipe, one with VNC (a server at one ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 7:18 a.m..
Feed on Feeds
I've been experimenting with directed server side aggregators to present the concept to a potential client. The basic goal is to provide something like EduRSS or the new EDUCAUSE blog aggregations for members of a department or faculty (or combinations thereof). Feed on Feeds looks like a pretty lightweight and functional ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 7:18 a.m..
When was the last time you wrote a letter?
It's been so long since I have written (and mailed) an actual ink-on-paper lick-a-stamp kind of letter, that I almost forgot how to do it. It's been years. I pay all of my bills online (and have, the better part of a decade). Cards etc. are delivered personally. Correspondence is ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 7:18 a.m..
Home PCs Plagued With Problems
Researchers find that net users are not as secure as they think. Among surveyed adults who believed they were safe from online threats, most had spyware running on their home computers and few had firewall protection. From
Wired News on October 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
No Paper Trail, No Problem
A federal judge rules that Florida doesn't have to provide a paper trail for electronic votes, tossing out a congressman's lawsuit. Jacob Ogles reports from Orlando, Florida. From
Wired News on October 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Election Drives Online Traffic
The run-up to November's presidential election has benefited websites, bringing increased numbers of visitors. Now, the trick is to maintain that traffic surge. By Daniel Terdiman. From
Wired News on October 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
An Empire Built of Glass
Designer James Carpenter understands the poetics of light and material, working with architects to enhance public places. Fourth in a series profiling this year's MacArthur 'genius award' winners. By Kari Lynn Dean. From
Wired News on October 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
System X Faster, but Falls Behind
Virginia Tech's recently rebuilt Macintosh supercomputer flies past the 12-teraflop mark, but will the performance boost be enough to keep it in the supercomputer top 10? By Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on October 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Election Wagers Hinge on Ohio
Bettors give Bush a higher likelihood of victory than Kerry on websites that allow wagering on next week's election. But odds indicate that the race is still very close and whoever wins the crucial swing state of Ohio will likely prevail. By Joanna Glasner. From
Wired News on October 26, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
E-learning Future: With or Without Teachers?
When you read reports about the future of e-learning such as the latest ACTeN - Anticipating Content Technology Needs report of June 2004 you get the impression that e-learning is and will be void of any teachers. Traditional classroom-based training... From
Kolabora.com on October 26, 2004 at 5:55 a.m..
The 2004 American Local Elections
One of the problems with the American Presidency is that it tends to eclipse the entire rest of the government in the public eye. People often seem to almost view the Presidency as if it were the government, rather than just one component of many within the government. In particular, the Presidential election is the only one it is possible to get many people to care about. Voter turnout drops precipitously for those elections where the Presidency is not on the ballot; and on those years where it is, the media coverage for the elections of other offices is almost entirely drowned out in the obs From
kuro5hin.org on October 26, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
DVD Price Slash Limited Time Offer "How To Succeed In Teaching Without Really Crying" Establishing Rules & Consequences Step By Step Through Week One
The 4-Part Series, "How To Succeed In Teaching Without Really Crying", professionally created and hosted by award-winning teacher, Emily Morrison, was originally released to schools and priced at $125.00 per video. NOW, for a limited time only, InService Works has made the program, "Establishing Rules & Consequences: Step-by-Step Through Week 1" (28 minutes) on DVD available for sale to the general public, at the incredibly reduced price of $49.95. (The entire VHS series is still for sale at $125 per volume.) [PRWEB Oct 26, 2004] From
PR Web on October 26, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Abstinence Only - Running From Your Past
What's driving the abstinence-only debate? A combination of political and religious opportunism mixed with some genuine concern, a good dose of parental confusion and a whole lot of hypocrisy. Is everyone forgetting when they were teenagers? Or are they remembering their past all too clearly and using a rigid moral agenda to somehow reconcile their own sexual history. Unfortunately it's not working; in a recent report by Advocates for Youth, five years of abstinence-only programs were shown to have little effect on teen behavior. And parents who are relying on abstinence-only as thei From
PR Web on October 26, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Personal, One on One, "Live," Low Cost Investment Advice is Now Available on the Internet through Microsoft Office Live Meeting Technology
Efficient Portfolio Consultants, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisor, registered with the SEC to do business with residents of every state of the United States, announced that it launched an internet investment advisory service through which clients receive "live," one on one, personal investment advice by meeting in a virtual office with an experienced SEC registered investment advisor person instead of meeting in a brick and mortar office. As a result, investors obtain 24/7 internet access to their accounts and the same high quality personal investment advice at an annual cost as low as .4 From
PR Web on October 26, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Sequences, lists, and webs
I ran across M. C. Morgan's wiki site again recently and found a very clear discussion of three organizing principles for websites. [Now at another computer tonight I can't seem to find the link no matter how much I wander around his extensive wiki collection, so I'll have to add it later -- this may be a clue about wikis that I'll want to think more about.] He says that some sites are set up as sequences, with page one linking to page two which in turn links to page three, etc. This... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on October 26, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..
Choosing people: the role of social capital in information seeking behaviour
AbstractIt is an almost universal finding in studies investigating human information behaviour that people choose other people as their preferred source of information. An explanation for the use of people as information sources is that they are easier to approach than more formal sources and therefore are a least effort option. However there have been few studies that have investigated who the people chosen as information sources are and what their relationship to the information seeker is. From
DEC Daily News on October 26, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..
S5 - at last, a good web-based presentation package
Last week for my presentation on Chandler and the CSG at Educause 2004 I used Eric Meyer's
S5 package instead of Powerpoint for the first time. It worked like a charm! In case you're wondering, S5 stands for the "simple standards-based slide show system", which simply explains what it is. I love the fact that it's entirely web standards compliant, requiring nothing more than a browser to view the slides. And, even better, the same content can be viewed with multiple formatting applied - for instance, From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on October 26, 2004 at 2:01 a.m..
Reuters Enhances Its Photography on the Web
Reuters.com has debuted a new
news-photos website showcasing the work of its worldwide network of photographers. It has some nice features, including a
photo store for purchasing prints of Reuters' best photography for personal use. (There's another site for business-use purchases.)The photo galleries of current events are another nice touch. Alas, when you click on one and are presented with a new window with a slide show, you may be disappointed. The From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 26, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..
Webinar: JBoss, Inc. Hosts Panel Discussion on Open Source Legal Issues
As Open Source software continues to gain traction in the enterprise environment, protecting intellectual property is becoming an increasingly important concern for software vendors, systems integrators and end-users. Between the SCO lawsuit, the range of Open Source software licenses available and the breadth of Open Source projects, implementing Open Source software requires more than just a technical evaluation. From
DEC Daily News on October 26, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..
Honey, I Shrunk the eLearning
Handheld computers are ready to deliver robust eLearning"like the media-rich learning experiences normally run on powerful desktop computers"and a Canadian company has developed a powerful new technology to bring full-bodied online instruction into the palms of learners everywhere. From
DEC Daily News on October 26, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..
Online Conference: Technology, Colleges & Community Worldwide Online Conference
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSThe TCC Online Conference coordinators invite faculty, support staff, librarians, counselors, administrators, and consultants to submit proposals for papers and other presentations that address the impact of technological change, the Internet, and other technologies on how we teach and learn in colleges and universities From
DEC Daily News on October 26, 2004 at 1:50 a.m..
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The Shifted Librarian on October 26, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..
Welcome Back!
Welcome back to the new and improved TSL site! As you may have noticed, I haven't been posting lately. Actually, that isn't true. I have been posting, but you haven't been able to read what I've been writing. That's because my blogging software -
Radio Userland - died. Died a horrible death, it did, and all the king's horses and all the king's men, couldn't put Radio back together again. The Userland folks tried to help, but I guess it's just time to switch because even th From
The Shifted Librarian on October 26, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..