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Wearable Computing Fashion Show
The Korean Ministry of Information and Communication had a wearable computer fashion show yesterday in Seoul, with lots of the typical arm-keyboards and heads-up displays and techno-nipples and the like. These pics on WMMNA are the first I've seen, but surely there are more. Send them in if you find some more, would you?
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..
For sale: action against bloggers
Cory Doctorow: A PR company is selling services "to take action against bloggers!" "(PR client) is a market intelligence and media analysis services firm. (PR client) is working with F1000 companies who are using our services to Manage and Monitor Digital Influencers (such as blogs, message boards, user groups, complaint sites, etc.) as an intelligence and threat awareness tool. (Person's name), CEO could talk to you about 'What F1000 Companies are doing to take action against bloggers' and 'How companies are taking steps to protect their corp From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..
Feds Pay Blogger a Visit
The Network World blog says the Secret Service recently
paid a blogger a visit for a recent "satirical" post about George W. She details her experience
here and gives bloggers some rules of thumb on posting political criticism. From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..
MSNBC's Participatory Journalism Experiment
Ben McConnell
writes that MSNBC and MSNBC.com will experiment with open-source journalism during the Nov. 2 election. Calling the effort "
citizen journalism," the news service is asking readers and viewers to report on activity at polling places by contributing written reports and digital photos. MSNBC will funnel the open-source journalism reports to its election-special blogs and, conceivably, its news site and cable channel. From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..
Dell considering movie downloads
...Dell is also
eyeing a movie download service. The company has been exploring partnerships that would offer its customers access to movie downloads, similar to how it provides music downloads through a partnership with MusicMatch, George said. "We're talking to a bunch of folks, watching how that market evolves, and we'll have something midterm to longer term," he said... From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..
Relativity Visual Toolkit
ActiveX components that can be easily linked into your application program, providing audio waveform display, still graphic display, timeline management and playback, video encoding control, and video playback. From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..
rediscovering Reagan
So 24 years ago, I was the youngest member of a delegation to the GOP Convention that selected Ronald Reagan as its candidate. I had gone to the convention a Bush supporter. I left a Reagan supporter. Within 5 years, I was a supporter of neither. But it's great to feel a revival of Reagan support. Check out this straight-talking
Ron Reagan on
Crooks and Liars. Bravo, Ron. From
Lessig Blog on October 28, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
Photo: Cybercrime arrests
The Web site of identity-fraud suspects operating as the "Shadow Crew" has been replaced by information about alleged members' arrests. From
CNET News.com on October 28, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
No, no, national ID
Many pundits have posited that the United States needs better identity cards and, in some cases, have argued for national identity cards. From
CNET News.com on October 28, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..
New IMS Specification Download Pages and License
http://www.imsglobal.org/specificationdownload.cfm IMS has a re-designed website, and a fairly unwelcomed addition to getting access to the specification documents. As they state on the individual specification pages "HTML documents may be viewed online, but may not be printed without permission. To download an electronic copy for printing, please go to the specification download page." I guess this makes some sense. They aren't restricting access, just asking people to agree to their license, which on the surface From
EdTechPost on October 28, 2004 at 8:52 p.m..
Less for success
Alice Dragoon has written an article on a piecemeal approach to KM projects, instead of the "big bang" approach. To quote: Smaller projects also provide a safer environment for trying out new KM concepts and adapting them to fit your... From
Column Two on October 28, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..
Microsoft vs. Google
Paul A. Strassman's provocative little essay in the Oct. 4 Computerworld (registration may be required) insightfully compares Microsoft's business model with Google's. Here's a sample: Now a new Microsoft challenger is emerging on the horizon: Google. What makes Google different is that it follows innovative rules as it carves out ... From
Gardner Writes on October 28, 2004 at 8:01 p.m..
The Limits of SpongeBob SquarePants
Here's an article, by
Robert X. Cringely, on a wireless neighborhood initiative in Canada, from the point-of-view of Andrew Greig (who has a pretty sick media library going) of Starnix, an international Open Source software and services consultancy in Toronto, Canada. Yeah, but what about that wireless TV? How does that work? Andrew's server runs Myth TV, an Open Source digital video recorder application, storing From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 7:56 p.m..
Sex Is Out, Consuming Is In
Internet users are doing far fewer searches for sex and pornography and more for e-commerce and business than they were seven years ago, University of Pittsburgh and Penn State researchers say in a new book. Wired News: Sex Is Out,... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 28, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..
Glenn Clark's memorial service tomorrow
Just a reminder that Glenn Clark's memorial service is tomorrow at 2:00 pm. The information is below in the obituary that appeared in the Star Phoenix on October 20. Deaths (10/20/04) CLARK _ Glenn Ira, age 47, passed away on... From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 28, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..
SBC slashes DSL prices in phone bundle
SBC Communications said it will cut DSL prices to just $19.95 a month for people who sign up for its full unlimited local and long-distance phone plans. [Broadband Blog] From
CNET News.com on October 28, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Dell touts in-home services
Dell offers to install its PCs, televisions and networks, and provide extra phone support for stopping viruses and spyware. From
CNET News.com on October 28, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Online Advertising 2.0
Figures released by
Nielsen Media Research/AIS/AdEx show that online advertising in South Africa for the period January-August 2004 was the top-performing advertising sector, beating the print, TV, radio, and cinema advertising sectors. Online advertising showed a 133.2-percent increase in 2004 over the same period last year.Although this figure is somewhat inflated as a result of additional
online publishers in that country reporting their figures, it is still evidence of some healthy organic growth. The ne From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 28, 2004 at 6:55 p.m..
PhotoShop Weasels
Mithras at Kos proves that the Bush campaign's latest ad doctors a small crowd into a large one.... From
Joho the Blog on October 28, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
The Net is an echo chamber? Nah.
In an article in Salon in February, I disputed the idea that the Net consists of echo chambers: ...Even if I spend most of my online time in my echo chamber of choice, the minority of my time may bring me into contact with a more diverse range of opinions than I would have encountered without the Net. That seems to me to be the relevant statistic, however elusive it might be. Micah Sifry at the new Personal Democracy Forum cites a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project that says: "Wired Americans are more aware than non-internet... From
Joho the Blog on October 28, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
Kids Constructing With Technology
From the
T+L2 Weblog today...this IS what ed tech is all about: A team comprised of the elementary, middle, and highschool MovieFest winners ran around the convention center with three digital video cameras, interviewing some who's who of ed. tech. Then, it was back to the hotel for an into-the-night editing session. Today they are putting on the finishing touches of the short video, which includes original music via Garage Band, to be shown at Friday's General Session. These kids, who had never met before, work From
weblogged News on October 28, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
Has Bill O'Reilly endorsed anyone yet?
Remember his statement on Good Morning America (3-18-03) (at least according to
Warren Zevon): I said on my program, if, if the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush administration again." So any endorsement yet? From
Lessig Blog on October 28, 2004 at 5:46 p.m..
College Students Encouraged to 'Define the Line'
The new
Define the Line website, announced today by the Business Software Alliance, is a condescending attempt by its backers to discourage file sharing through fear (you might get a virus) and intimidation (file sharing is stealing, stealing is a crime, ergo...) and even self-interest (file sharing costs jobs, one of which may be yours). The survey published along with the site, though (click on 'Research'), shows massive support in the student population for file sharing and attitudes ranging from indifference to support among the professo From
OLDaily on October 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Desire2Learn and MERLOT Partner
Yet another partnership agreement involving MERLOT, this one between the learning object repository and Desire2Learn, an Ontario (Canada) based provider of enterprise learning systems. As was the case with WebCT and Blackboard, the agreement allows Desire2Learn customers to search the MERLOT database along with their in-house content to obtain learning materials for course content. By Press Release, Desire2Learn, October 28, 2004 [
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OLDaily on October 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Honey, I Shrunk the eLearning
Via George Siemens, and I agree with the observation he makes: "PDAs are second-choice devices for learning. If other options exist, they will be used first. If not, PDAs will do." He also observes that "It is interesting, however, to note the number of functions now being performed on cell phones. It's possible that the "small screen syndrome" that limits PDAs for learning will end up being a generational (not device) issue." I'm not so sure. Portability is a winner, to be sure, but I think people will opt for larger displays where possible (fortunately, they will be embedded just a From
OLDaily on October 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Interoperability in action - a Video Presentation
I can't view this because I don't have a Qucktime player for my Linux and my Windows machine is dead, dead, dead, but it has been getting good reviews from people who know, so I feel confident passing it along. This video from JISC "has been produced to demonstrate the important role of interoperability and standards when creating and sharing learning materials. Using tools developed as part of the X4L Programme, the demonstration involves the transportation of content via the RELOAD content packaging tool, the creation of learning objects in a digital repository and how these can be From
OLDaily on October 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
An Update from the Digital World
People on the business side of things will want to read this report from Morgan Stanley on the evolution of blogs and RSS from a financial perspective. Good, accurate assessment without the hype; I like how they used timelines to identify content niches. The report specifically recommends looking at sites like
PumpAudio, which licenses music for advertising or televsion, for alternative business models, as they point out that "publishers who wanted to close off part of their content via copyright law could slow what should be a technical process akin to G From
OLDaily on October 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
RageBoy's brain scanner
Chris Locke weaves a nasty little web of ideas - personal, psychological, industrial, historical - over at this site that puts Maslow's self-actualization in a disturbing light. My new tagline for Chris: RageBoy: Giving being fucking nuts a good name since 1985.... From
Joho the Blog on October 28, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..
"Hobbits" Found In Indonesia
Exploding through the newsnets is the discovery of the remains of seven members of a tiny, previously unknown human species that survived until at least 13,000 years ago, and perhaps co-existed with modern humans right up to the present day. Adult Homo Florensiensis, nicknamed "Hobbits" by the dig workers who helped uncover the remains at the Liang Bua cave on the island of Flores in Indonesia, were about the size of a three-year-old modern human child, but had a brain one-third the size. Stone tools and pygmy elephant bones found at the site indicate that these "Hobbits" hunted co-operativel From
kuro5hin.org on October 28, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
New iPods
I've been thinking about buying an iPod for a long time...still haven't convinced myself to part with that much money. Now Apple's got some
new ones out - you can pay $100 extra to get a color screen on your 40 GB version, so you can display photos (doesn't seem that interesting to me, but I'm sure they'll sell a ton of 'em). Or you can spend $600 (!!!) for a 60 GB iPod with the color screen. Or you can get the 20 GB iPod in a special U2 version. I don't like U2. I've never From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on October 28, 2004 at 4:01 p.m..
Blog glossary
Samizdata's blog glossary is very useful, offering clear definitions for leading terms. Blogosphere noun. The totality of blogs; blogs as a community; blogs as a social network. (coined by William Quick) Usage: "The blogosphere has been abuzz with the Trent... From
MANE IT Network on October 28, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
Three-college Islam class proceeding
"Juniata History Professor Creates Islam Course with Two Other Colleges" describes an inter-institutional class (ICC) being offered this semester, stemming from the 2003 al-Musharaka faculty seminar. (via Amy McGill)... From
MANE IT Network on October 28, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
Bush giving the finger, on tape
Hmm, Candidate Bush overheard calling a NY Times reporter a "major league asshole." VP Cheney telling Senator Leahy to go "fuck himself." And now Governor George Bush giving the finger to the camera. All just part of the return to civility and Christian decency that this great man represents. (Ask yourself: What would Jimmy Carter do?) Yes it's petty. I present it as nothing more than that. This video comes courtesy of VideVote.org. Here's a description of the project, courtesy of Jon Lebkowsky: Working with Texans for Truth and Mercury Campaigns, we're putting together a web si From
Joho the Blog on October 28, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..
Boy, is it getting ugly
In a huge signal of conservative scepticism, the
Economist, after endorsing Bush in 2000, and Dole in 1996, has endorsed Kerry. And the videos are getting quite mean. Just saw
this on
p2p-politics. (Warning, if you're from Bush's base, you will be offended by this). From
Lessig Blog on October 28, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Framing the Electoral College
The framers of the Constitution may not have created the perfect system for electing a National Executive, but the Electoral College works. However, just as we still debate the virtue of a Direct Election today, so too did the framers at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Among the framers that spoke on the subject were James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris, and Charles Pinckney. The latter three served on the committee responsible for discussing the powers of and the election of the National Executive. What did they have to say about a Direct Election and how From
kuro5hin.org on October 28, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
You're from WHERE!!!!????
When I recently called up my local DSL provider, there was no doubt about the location of the person at the other end of the line. [Offshoring blog] From
CNET News.com on October 28, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
A New Job
I have some personal news that will have an impact on this blog. After 8+ years in the consulting world, I am moving over into the world of higher education. I am delighted to announce that I have accepted a position with the State University of New York (SUNY) as… From
e-Literate on October 28, 2004 at 3:00 p.m..
Apple - Downloads - Video - QT Easy Annotations 1.0
"It makes easier to add annotations to QuickTime compatible movies, set loop, none movie controller & enable autoplay. You can also import existing settings from QuickTime movies & save them as individual files."
From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 2:57 p.m..
Skygod
On the home page of this site there is a selection to click on to learn about the origins of the three letter airport codes used by airlines, pilots and travel agents. There is also a link to a large list of these codes and their corresponding airports. From
Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on October 28, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..
How You Can Be in Two Places at Once
On election night here in the U.S.,
MSNBC will be wall-to-wall with bloggers and MSNBC.com will be wall-to-wall with blogs. In addition to its staff-produced blogs from Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, and Dan Abrams, MSNBC will be hosting "Citizen Journalists," which it describes as "viewers and netizens helping us document this historical day through their own personal blogging."So: What is MSNBC up to? Obviously, blog is the buzzword of the hour, From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 28, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..
When Interface Design Makes A Difference: FlashMeeting
FlashMeeting is a Web-based, hosted videoconferencing system based on the Macromedia Flash MX Server technology. It is extremely easy-to-use and it integrates a few well thought out and implemented conferencing and collaboration features. I have first heard of this new... From
Kolabora.com on October 28, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..
from Boston (re the Red Sox)
from a description in a financial emal: For those outside New England who can't understand the emotional significance, please indulge me the following tale: Earlier this morning, I went to grab a bagel and coffee at my regular haunt in Framingham, Mass. (western suburb of Boston). As I waited in line, an older man walked up to a woman who was reading The Boston Globe. He asked her if he could see the front page, because all of the newsstands in the area were already sold out. She offered him the entire paper, but he gently said that he just needed to see the cover. She showed From
Lessig Blog on October 28, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Firefox nears final launch
The much anticipated open-source browser reaches a major development milestone, as an official test version debuts. From
CNET News.com on October 28, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Net Widens Exposure to Viewpoints
Many of us have worried that the Internet helps us all become true specialists -- we know more and more about less and less, until one day we know everything about nothing. But a
new research report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project says that overall, wired Americans are getting more points of view about candidates and issues this political season, and not merely hanging around on sites that reinforce their prejudices.The study, prepared in collaboration with the University of Michigan's Sc From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 28, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..
Watch What You Say When Blogging
From the world of personal blogging comes a word of caution about what you write. On her
LiveJournal blog, "Anniesj" recently wrote some quite nasty things about President George W. Bush (since removed). Annie writes: "We laughed, we ranted, we all said some things. I thought it was a fairly harmless (and rather obvious) attempt at humor in the face of annoyance, and while a couple of people were offended, as is typical behavior from me, I saw something shiny and forgot about it, thinking that the whole thing was over and done From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on October 28, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..
ID position at Yale
Danielle Fortosky sent along this ad for an instructional design position at Yale University. External applicants apply online at: http://www.yale.edu/hronline/placement/ext/ (select "IT Jobs" from the drop-down menu)... From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 28, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..
CETIS 'Interoperability in Action' Video
http://www.x4l.org/video/index.shtml Derek Morrison at
Auricle points to this video from CETIS called 'Interoperability in Action' which is well worth a watch. It takes you through a step by step scenario of a user adding an object to the Intrallect Intralibrary-driven JORUM repository, and then a second user accessing that object, extending an existing course, and uploading that course to a variety of CMS/VLE. At the very least, this illustrates From
EdTechPost on October 28, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
Non-formal learning: mapping the conceptual terrain.
The research upon which this Consultation Report is based was commissioned by the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA). The intention was to examine and analyse a wide range of relevant literature about formal, non-formal and informal learning, in order to provide greater conceptual clarification. At the time of writing, this work is just over half way through. Built into the research design are three consultation workshops, where those with an interest and expertise in these issues, be they researchers, policy makers, practitioners or others, could help us in the re From
Seblogging News on October 28, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..
Capturing Polling Place Intimidation on Video
Video Vote Vigil wants volunteers "to submit video of disturbances outside polling locations." That's a smart idea. A not-smart idea was the video the site shows on its home page: George W. Bush giving the finger to a TV camera when he was governor of Texas. Come on, folks -- this doesn't demonstrate what Bush thinks of democracy, as the site claims. It's a frat-boyish stunt in a video outtake. I guarantee I could make anyone in public life -- anyone -- look foolish with video outtakes. This kind of thing doesn't help VidVote's other From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 28, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..
Sometimes it's for you
This site has never purported to be a journal or a diary, or really anything more than a public place where I chose to share some bits of my life with people who are interested in reading them. But it's all been very controlled, and I've been very aware of my audience -- from grandparents to potential bosses to strangers -- since its inception. And so most of what I think and I do goes unsaid on this site, which for the most part is OK, except that when I look back on prior entries, sometimes I wish I had a better sense of what was really happening between the lines. So this entry is From
megnut on October 28, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Update from the Digital World
Morgan Stanley´s latest
report covers Weblogs, RSS and Yahoo: ”In our experience, if there is value in something that is also easy / friendly to use, people will use it. /../ The simplification of blogging tools, such as those offered by Blogger.com, has allowed anyone with an opinion and an Internet connection to become a publisher, journalist, and editor (our humble definition of a blogger). /../ Despite all the noise and random content in blogs, many bloggers have become sou From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..
Broadcasting live, from everywhere
If you use any of the great podcast
software programs to subscribe to my
podcast, you may have noticed a short, two-minute bit that arrived on your desktop and perhaps, in iTunes. More details later, but the short version is this: I called into Audioblog.com; recorded, published, and subsequently, podcasted straight to your desktop. It's a small feature with big effects for certain folks. I'm proud and quite excited about it. Stay tuned for more... From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..
Report: 'Active Participation or Just More Information? Young people's take up of opportunities to act and interact on the internet'
Even more interestingly, the study found that 17% of young people have sent pictures or stories to a website and "online creativity can be encouraged through the very experience of using the internet." That is, the more time kids spend online, the more likely they are to produce their own content. And interaction breeds interaction. Does that mean we can safely assume that as internet usage increases its media timeshare, more and more people will become creative producers as well as consumers? And does online game play in particular have any connection to this increased propensity to From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 12:57 p.m..
Weaned on video games
With kids playing video games as early in life as they possibly can, the future holds some existing possibilities as games are forced to become more physically demanding (i.e., relying less on a handheld controller), more social, and simply more participatory. Not that it's the end-all be-all by any means, but look at the success of
Eyetoy (the game where a camera on your TV captures your movements and superimposes you and your actions into games where you jump around reacting to and shaping what's on screen). Here's an e From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..
Google browser browses the world
Jason Kottke in September guessed that Google is building its own browser. Slashdot got all slashdotty on that idea's ass. The supporting evidence: Google has registered gbrowser.com, they may be hiring people from Microsoft's Internet Explorer team, and there are reasons to think it makes sense for Google to do so...at least in terms of Google's ambitiousness. I'm not good at this type of prognostication. (So, what type of prognostication am I good at? I accurately predicted that John Travolta would be a huge star back when he was a Sweathog. That concludes my list.) But, From
Joho the Blog on October 28, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..
The Red Sox Curse is Lifted
AP:
Bedlam in Beantown. Boston Red Sox sweep away decades of heartache with World Series win If you are not a Red Sox fan, you can't understand how big a story this is for New Englanders. Well, Chicago Cubs fans have a clue. May they return from the wilderness someday soon, too. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 28, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Comments Change
We've made a small change in the comments area of this blog. The name -- or, more likely, pseudonym -- of the writer will appear before his/her comments. The purpose, as several of you noted when asking for this feature, is to help you skip past troll comments. I hope this helps. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on October 28, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Complementary Currency
My writing on TheFeature.com is often an exercise in figuring out how to take whatever it is I'm really interested in the moment and make it relate to cell phones in some way. Here's a pretty successful one, on the notion of
complementary currency. I'd be interested in what you think of it - especially from the perspective of belief systems. Most people these days think money is real, after all... It's easy to talk about how handheld, networked computers (that's what our cell phones are, a From
rushkoff.blog on October 28, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
Enterprise Newsmastering Examples: Myst Technologies
Bill French, co-founder of MyST Technology Partners just sent me an email referencing my recent article covering good examples of RSS newsmastering applications and where he gently shows me their progress as validation of the emerging NewsMater role. Bill French writes:"This Edu RSS item caught my... From
Learning Educational Technologies on October 28, 2004 at 11:59 a.m..
Victory for the Northeastern region! But defeat on the narrative front.
Apparently, athletes hired by the New England region were successful in their efforts to defeat similar athletes hired by the greater St. Louis area. I commend them all. But, this leaves us with an incomplete narrative. The Boston team failed for 86 years because it was insufficiently grateful to a particular porcine athlete who went on to great success. This resulted in a curse. Now the curse has been lifted. But how? Did Manny Ramirez accomplish seven impossible tasks set for him by the wily Odin? Did David Ortiz slay a Minotaur? Did Johnny Damon pull a thorn from an... From
Joho the Blog on October 28, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..
New Media for a New Milliennium (NM2)
Why are there so many more interesting and potentially important media technology R&D projects happening in Europe than in the U.S.A? We're missing the projects that bridge the gap between current media technology startups, University/academic research projects, and emerging media production/distribution problems. Meanwhile, we're about to be leap-frogged by the EU. Take a look at the
New Media for a New Milliennium (NM2) project, a consortium with 13 partners from 8 European countries: NM2 (New Media for a New Millennium) wi From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 8:56 a.m..
Number of digital cinema in China ranks second in world
From
People's Daily Online: Of the 200 digital cinemas round the world China's mainland boasted 57, ranking the second next only to the United States. According to the statistics released by the Digital Film Company of China Digital Film Group, the newly started China's Digital Theatre developed by leaps and bounds. The total number is expected to reach 166 by the end of 2004 and 1000 several years later From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 8:56 a.m..
El club de la máquina del pan
Javier Armentia regresó de Estados Unidos con una máquina para hacer pan bajo el brazo, y ya tiene en marcha un blog sobre el tema. En El Club de la Máquina del Pan se publicarán Experiencias con una Bread Machine...... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 28, 2004 at 8:53 a.m..
Stamp of reproval
E-voting machines are approved for use with only scant testing and security review. From
CNET News.com on October 28, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
FeedDemon Beta 2 is Available
Beta 2 of FeedDemon 1.5 is now available! FeedDemon is a desktop RSS news reader. It is in fact the one that I use every day. I'm eager to see what new enhancements have been included in the beta release. A mention of favicons has me curious. If you have comments about the beta be sure to post to the
Bradbury Software Beta forum. This feedback is critical to developers and will often help shape the direction of future enhancements. From
RSS Blog on October 28, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
Survey cites top 25 connected colleges - eSchool News
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) of Troy, N.Y., tops a list of the 25 most connected colleges and universities in the United States, according to a survey by The Princeton Review. The second annual edition of the company's "25 Most Connected Camp From
Techno-News Blog on October 28, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..
Joe Trippi on decentralization
Dean's former campaign manager Joe Trippi
posts to MSNBC.com: We live in a top-down society, where information is power, and where those at the top have most of the information and hold most of the power. This is true within the institutions of government, political parties, the media, corporations, and the military. But something dramatic is happening: A giant wave of change is gathering more force each day. Power is shifting to the bottom, spawned by advance From
unmediated on October 28, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
Baby Daxtin Gray Cannell
Baby Daxtin Originally uploaded by dcannell. I am trying out a new website called flickr and this image was one I had on my desktop. It seems to be a very neat system for adding images to your blog.... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on October 28, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..
Digital dust?
I recently listened to a two part BBC radio documentary which was inspiring, frightening, and anger provoking in turn. Let's start with a bit of judicious hyperbole ... at least I hope it's hyperbole. Question: Where can I find the history of the 20th century? Answer: What history of the 20th century? From
Auricle on October 28, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..
Blog Software Breakdown - Owen Winkler
Even before the whole Movable Type fallout, I had been trying to decide which of the many weblog CMS packages would be best for my needs. I got tired of flipping back and forth between each of the sites, especially when not all of the answers to my que From
Online Learning Update on October 28, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..
Sex Is Out, Consuming Is In
Net surfers have turned their attention from sex and porn to online shopping, researchers say. According to their studies, the thrill of the internet is gone. One thing hasn't changed, however: Users still want instant gratification. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Foreigners Blocked From Bush Site
Surfers trying to view President Bush's official campaign website are finding it a tad difficult to get in. No explanation has been given, even though the site works just fine in the United States. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Lost Tribe of Little People
On a remote Indonesian island, archeologists were astonished to discover a new, small human species that walked the earth just 18,000 years ago. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Internet Users Want a Voice
About a quarter of Americans have rated products, services or people online, according to the latest Pew Internet & #038; American Life Project survey. The results point to the growing significance of online rating systems. By Daniel Terdiman. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Lexmark Loss Good for Consumers
The printer maker's courtroom setback may mean consumer electronics companies won't try to use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as an all-purpose competition shield anymore. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Titan Surface Still a Mystery
NASA investigators now have the most detailed pictures ever taken of Titan. But the images can't penetrate the mystery that surrounds the Saturnian moon. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
When Hilary Met Larry
She was the champion of the music industry. He was the voice of the people. It was a death match made in heaven -- but they found common ground. By Hilary Rosen and Lawrence Lessig from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Bio Data-Cruncher Hits Jackpot
A Harvard biologist scores on three fronts with a genetic discovery in diabetes, an advance toward curing a rare children's disease and a $500,000 award for scientific creativity. Fifth in a series profiling the MacArthur Foundation 'genius award' winners. By Kari Lynn Dean. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
You Broke It, You Fix It
The new iMac G5 is completely user serviceable. If something goes wrong, Apple ships you the spare parts and you do the work. It's the wave of the future: Soon most PC repairs will be done at home. By Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Fewer Pledge to Swap Votes
Thousands plan to take part this year in an online effort that lets backers of third-party candidates in swing states trade votes with people in less critical locations. But overall participation is lower than in 2000. By Joanna Glasner. From
Wired News on October 28, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Simulating Psychosis II: Virtual Unreality
Psychologists and neuroscientists have spent several decades producing theoretical models of the mental processes and neural networks that might be involved in the kaleidoscopic state of psychosis. Largely concerned with simulating the nuts-and-bolts of the mind and brain, these computer models generate results that tend only to be of interest to researchers and their scientific colleagues. More recently, scientists have decided to harness the power of virtual reality, in an attempt to move beyond the confines of theory, to simulate the experience of psychosis itself. From
kuro5hin.org on October 28, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Jornada e-derecho y sociedad del conocimiento
El Colegio de Abogados de Zaragoza organiza para el 5 de noviembre la Jornada e-derecho y sociedad del conocimiento. Entre los ponentes figuran Enrique Dans y Carlos Sánchez Almeida (imprescindible su e-book República Internet).... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on October 28, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
Playing with forces in a middlespace
Ross Mayfield:
Bottom-up phenomena has accelerated in recent years because of social software. A relatively simple decentralized pattern of enabling more connections and groups to form has complex results. These results (for example: open source, the long tail, heterarchical organization, emergent democracy, wikipedia and participatory media) hold great promise. Bottom-up production is driven by social incentives, comes a From
Mathemagenic on October 28, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
"I Know Them Better Than Students in My On-campus Courses"
AbstractThe study described in this article explored the nature of instruction in an online course in a teacher education program. Participants included the university instructor and 16 classroom teachers enrolled in a graduate-level literacy assessment course. From
DEC Daily News on October 28, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..
Cristo Rey, The "School That Works" HYPHEN "60 Minutes Wednesday" On CBS
These days there is no shortage of news about the sad state of education in the country's inner cities--gangs, drugs and high dropout rates, among other things. So one might be surprised to learn there is a high school in Chicago where every graduating senior is being accepted to college and many of them will be the first in their family to ever attend. Correspondent Vicki Mabrey goes inside Cristo Rey Jesuit High and talks with the faculty and students about the success of the "school that works," on 60 MINUTES WEDNESDAY October 27, 2004 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Netw From
PR Web on October 28, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
MF Digital Announces its Next Generation Ink Jet CD & DVD Printer
MF Digital annopunces the Opti EC Pro, offering photo-quality imaging for direct-to-disc printing, the Opti EC Pro is MF Digital's latest addition to its line of CD/DVD printers. Using six color print capabilities, the Opti EC Pro creates results superior to four color print techniques. [PRWEB Oct 28, 2004] From
PR Web on October 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Plugging Into the Net, Through the Humble Wall Outlet
HIGH-speed Internet access usually comes to homes through one of two wires: a telephone line for D.S.L. subscribers, or a coaxial cable for cable modem users. But an emerging technology known as broadband over power lines, or B.P.L., may soon offer a third wire into homes, channeling high-speed data through a somewhat improbable conduit: an ordinary electrical outlet. From
DEC Daily News on October 28, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..
LaSalle Bank Taps Pathlore For High-Tech Training Platform
Columbus, Ohio " October 26, 2004 " Pathlore Software Corporation, a global leader in providing learning management software and services to industry and government, announced that LaSalle Bank, a subsidiary of Netherlands-based ABN AMRO Bank N.V., has partnered with Pathlore to deploy a learning management solution for 19,000 employees. From
DEC Daily News on October 28, 2004 at 3:50 a.m..
Forget cognitive science, measure finger length
Well, follow the nature/nurture debate into the area of hormonal evidence of profession choice, and I guess we don't really need a lot of psychological instrumentation to figure out why people choose the professions they do. [That may well be... From
Rick's Café Canadien on October 28, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..
What would it take
I talked about a Bush campaign advertisement on Monday and one from Kerry today, and in time I realized that one way to avoid risking the impression of advocacy in class might be to frame that kind of discussion with these questions: What information would you need to have in order to fairly evaluate this advertisement? What factual information would you need? What contextual information? What understanding of emotional appeals and the persuasive powers of images and sounds would... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on October 28, 2004 at 2:52 a.m..
New discussion question on Internet & Politics
H2O user
Nick Caramello asks a
question: "Do we only browse to what we agree with? Internet search engines are designed to find the best match to our queries. Does this lead interested individuals to web sites that reflect back to them their own political opinions? Television is a passive medium, the Internet is an active medium. Is the Internet its own worst enemy?" Join the
discussion, if you ca From
Weblogs At Harvard on October 28, 2004 at 12:48 a.m..
The WiredCD
The WiredCD is here, bundled in the November issue of
Wired. Amazing, beautiful, so amazingly cool. Here's a great
interview on Talk of the Nation with Chris Anderson and Kathleen Hannah of
Le Tigre. From
Lessig Blog on October 28, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..
UThink's Blog Directory Page
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ (then follow the 'Blog Directory' link - for whatever reason, MT is gawking on the actual URL) You've likely seen the
UThink site before, the University of Minnesota's MoveableType-based blogging site. But I wanted to point out the 'Blog Directory' sub-page on that site for the little things it does right to direct new readers to existing blogs. Like almost every 'directory' it has an alphabetical list of all the blogs on that site, From
EdTechPost on October 27, 2004 at 11:52 p.m..