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PHP Library for encoding and decoding MMS messages
mslib is
a PHP library for encoding and decoding MMS:es. MMS is short for Multimedia Messaging Service. In short it is the successor of SMS (Short Message Service) with the enhancements that you can not only send text but basically any content type your phone can handle such as images, text, videos, ring signals and audio clips. With this library you can create messages and add multimedia parts such as JPEG, GIF, AMR, MIDI and so on. Messages received from phones can also be unpacked and attachments can be extracted. The library al From
unmediated on November 1, 2004 at 11:00 p.m..
The Golden Hour
Michael Halls from
FileKicker recently conducted a fascinating statistical study. The study tracked the habits of approximately 2000 purchasers and the relationship between the time of the purchase and download. The results spoke of the "golden hour". Actually the results were so skewed, they more shouted GOLDEN HOUR, with the significant majority of purchasers occurring within the first hour of a download.
Complete Article From
Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on November 1, 2004 at 10:58 p.m..
Where's the meta data? What's wrong with Podcasting.
....[snip]...I've also had this burning, bubbling feeling in my stomach that something was desperately wrong with Podcasting -- and I think I know what that is. Where's the meta-data? Most of my frustration over the state of RSS subscriptions has been around the lack of standards for new kinds of micro-content. It's shame that we lose the structures of events, reviews and listings - inside of an RSS feed. We know how to solve this technical challenge, but it's about standards and people working together - that the work is needed. So I From
unmediated on November 1, 2004 at 10:03 p.m..
Telepocalypse: FLASH-OFDM is disruptive mobile internet technology
Hmmm. Definitely one to watch! From
Telepocalypse: One to watch: According to The Feature, Siemens are working with Flarion to deploy FLASH-OFDM technology in the 450Mhz range. I've written previously about Flarion and why it’s a significant technology. This announcement is interesting because it very much follows a "disruptive innovation" trendline. The frequency band in question isn't universally available around the world, so isn't attractive to high-end business customers From
unmediated on November 1, 2004 at 10:03 p.m..
Interoperability in action video
The eXchange for Learning (X4L) programme has released a video on the web about the practicalities of making interoperable learning content. While there's plenty to read about the pros and cons of standards, this video shows an actual scenario of finding, creating and enhancing learning objects using a variety of tools. From
CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on November 1, 2004 at 9:52 p.m..
IMS releases ePortfolio spec
Most of the guts of the public draft of the spec aren't entirely new, but it does draw together parts from a number of existing IMS specs, and shows how they can be used to contruct a variety of different kinds of ePortfolio that can be exchanged between different systems. Significant potential gotcha: there's a known licensed patent on part of the spec. From
CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on November 1, 2004 at 8:52 p.m..
Meeting a user's emotional needs
D. Keith Robinson has written a blog entry on meeting a user's emotional needs. To quote: One thing that came up last week was the challenge of being able to meet all of the users needs. We work with companies... From
Column Two on November 1, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..
Announce-list is growing
The papers-announce list is something that I setup a long time ago now. Joining this ensures that you'll be kept up to date when we release new articles, like the ones published yesterday. This has been growing steadily over the... From
Column Two on November 1, 2004 at 8:49 p.m..
Photo: HP's ProCurve 3400cl-24G
On Thursday, the company plans to announce the ProCurve Switch 3400cl, a fixed-port Ethernet switch that goes head-to-head with Cisco's 3750 Ethernet switch. From
CNET News.com on November 1, 2004 at 8:45 p.m..
TV makes us smarter
Steven Johnson is
working on a book I can't wait to read (and will soon) because it echoes a screed I've been shouting for years: TV and popular culture are the best proof of our taste and intelligence. For the first time, he writes about what he's writing
here. It's just me trying to marshal all the evidence I can to persuade the reader of a single long-term trend: that popular culture on average has From
unmediated on November 1, 2004 at 8:02 p.m..
A New Medium for Our Messages?
Most of us were unfamiliar with blogs back when we started the Learning Circuits Blog. Times have changed. 15,000 new blogs are launched every day. Blogs are becoming a legitimate bottom-up knowledge sharing tool. Bloggers write a quarter million entries a day. If you don't know about blogs by now, you never will. I propose that we replace this blog with something more interactive. A wiki? Unlikely. My wiki formatting skills are not so hot.... From
Learning Circuits Blog on November 1, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
User experience diagram rationalisation
Luke Wroblewski has posted a blog entry on user experience diagram rationalisation, in which he brings together the various strategic diagrams created in the industry. To quote: In the spirit of convergence, the user experience diagram rationalization brings together the... From
Column Two on November 1, 2004 at 7:49 p.m..
Global Education News - November issue
A country profile for Nepal has been added. New resources to support teaching global education issues in the classroom are also available. The newsletter points to the new content for quick access. From
EdNA Online on November 1, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Simple Podcasting Setup
I was just messing around with some of the various options for recording a podcast, and think this solution will work quite nicely: Snapz Pro X 2.0. It is usually intended to be used as a screen recorder, but also does an excellent job of recording both system sound ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 1, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Podcasting for Education
I just wanted to capture some possible compelling uses for podcasting in an educational setting. Lectures. Imagine students being able to subscribe to an RSS feed, and have recordings of every lecture automatically stored on their hard drive or iPod or whatnot for review. This would remove the need for the ... From
D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 1, 2004 at 6:56 p.m..
Debunking Miller's Magic 7
Bryan Eisenberg has written an article on the 7 plus/minus 2 rule. To quote: Many advances have been made in understanding human memory since 1956. Why does Miller's Magic 7 survive in light of current science? We can't concede that... From
Column Two on November 1, 2004 at 6:49 p.m..
What Do Application Profiles Reveal about the Learning Object Metadata Standard?
Follow-up article from Norm Friesen's discussion of the elements of IEEE-LOM actually used in application profiles. As it turns out, the elements used are those roughly analagous to Dublin Core. But, argues the author, though two institutions may use the same element, they are using it in different ways. Scott Leslie comments, "The notion of two layers of metadata, one core to maximize interoperability and harvesting, the other with more local data, seems on the surface worthy of further discussion." Via
EdTech Post. By Carol From
OLDaily on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Great Hackers
Daniel Lemire sent me this item which expresses in a way that I can why I prefer some types of software (like Perl) and not others (like Java). Once you get past the (probably false) pseudo-economics in the first few paragraphs, it's a good read. I don't know if I'm a hacker - probably not in the true sense of the term - but most of what's there rings true to me. By Paul Graham, July, 2004 [
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OLDaily on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Our Code is Falling to Pieces. Doug McGill on the Fading Mystique of an Objective Press
This article is unpleasant reading for anyone who thinks that the system works, but now that we have blogging standing as an alternative to journalism, we are beginning to see more clearly where the system is collapsing in on itself. "It's a matter of routine that reporters feel or know they are being lied to," writes the author. "Yet they take the quotes and pass them on, unchallenged. And they rationalize this essentially corrupt practice - corrupt that is from the point of view of the democracy that the media purportedly supports - any number of ways." It seems to me - and I have often From
OLDaily on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
ERIC gets $34.6 million upgrade
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), a repository of 16 separate clearinghouses for educational journals and abstracts, gets a new lease on life with this multimillion contract to a private agency. Syracuse University has continues the popular AskEric service under a new name, the
Educator's Reference Desk. By Florence Olsen, FCW.com, November 1, 2004 [
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OLDaily on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
KIDZ Online
http://www.nnkol.org/TechTraining/ Nortel Networks created this site--a terrific array of material that includes training units on a variety of technologies, from animation to video, security and ethics, and webpage creation. Well worth your time to browse. Useful for teachers or for... From
Rick's Café Canadien on November 1, 2004 at 5:57 p.m..
Secrecy News: Kerry's Better on Freedom of Information
Government secrecy is one issue that has not been making headlines during this campaign -- even though it's a big concern for many journalists and journalism groups.
Yesterday in Secrecy News (a publication of the Federation of American Scientists), Steven Aftergood recounted Bush's and Kerry's respective track records on secrecy in companion articles.The leads to these pieces pretty much say it all. On Kerry, Aftergood begins, "Though it has gone largely unremarked by supporters and oppo From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 1, 2004 at 4:59 p.m..
Nieuwe teksten in de DBNL november 2004
http://www.dbnl.org/nieuws/opl112004.htm De DBNL meldt de beschikbaarheid van nieuwe teksten. De volledige lijst: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1823-1839, 1860-1861, 1864-1865 R.J.G. de Bonth & G.R.W. Dibbets, Voor rede vatbaar. Tien voorredes uit het grammaticale werk van Van Hoogstraten, Nylöe, Moonen, Sewel, Ten Kate, Huydecoper (1700-1730) Louis Couperus, De boeken der kleine zielen Rie Cramer, Sneeuwwitje C. Joh. Kievit, Fulco de minstreel C. Kiliaan, Etymologicum Teutonicae Linguae Jo Kruyder-Bouman, De vilten poppen H. Marsman, Critisch proza De natuurkun From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on November 1, 2004 at 4:06 p.m..
Free Beer for a Good Open Office Word Count!
Over the last several months I've been ridding myself of Microsoft products as much as possible. Therefore, on my new Linux desktop computer I'm running the free Open Office open-source suite of applications. It's a more-than-adequate replacement for everything I used to use in Microsoft Office. EXCEPT: The word processor included in Open Office has one glaring omission. Currently it only allows you to do a word count for a complete document, not for a paragraph... From
Contentious Weblog on November 1, 2004 at 4:00 p.m..
The World Votes (Sort of)
It's generally thought that the majority of people outside the United States would prefer that John Kerry win tomorrow's presidential election. Now
Globalvote, a non-partisan, London-based website not sponsored or connected to any political party, has
released the outcome of its worldwide virtual voting. Kerry beats George W. Bush with a whopping 77 percent.The website collected opinions from 113,000 from 119 countries. Bush ac From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 1, 2004 at 3:59 p.m..
EduWonk
EduWonk is a great blog for keeping up to date with what's going on in the world of education. As they describe themselves: "Eduwonk is a product of the 21st Century Schools Project at the Progressive Policy Institute. Eduwonk is the Project's daily presence on the web. From
Education Librarian on November 1, 2004 at 3:50 p.m..
AT&T upgrades security tools
The enhancements, which will be added early next year, are designed to protect companies from network-based worms and viruses. From
CNET News.com on November 1, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..
Adult Ed Careers
Considering a career as an adult educator? Find advice here on turning your expertise into profitable teaching experience; adult education job descriptions; qualifications and experience required; occupational outlook and much more.... From
Adult/Continuing Education on November 1, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..
Hans Christian Andersen Online Collection
For those interested in the international award given to both the outstanding international children's author and children's illustrator, you might be well served to visit
Northwestern's online exhibit. Unfortunately the live exhibit is no longer viewable, but the virtual exhibit is. It includes lots of photographs of the many nominees (or rather their works) as well as pictures of the exhibit. From
Education Librarian on November 1, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..
A newish blog for education librarians
During what was an unitended and unexpected absence for Educationlibrarian.com from the blogging world, a great new weblog sprang up for curriculum libraians -
Mesoj. It is run by Jonathan Harwell who works out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Thanks Johnathan for your contributions! From
Education Librarian on November 1, 2004 at 2:49 p.m..
"idealism"
It took me too long to finish this book. A very close friend had recommended it, writing to me in an email "it is an interesting lesson in how idealism and rationality can become naive in Washington." That comment is as depressing as is the book. O'Neill is no idealist. He is, as I described
before, a policymaker. He ha From
Lessig Blog on November 1, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Kramer Helps Out PaidContent.org
The one-man new-media band known as Rafat Ali, who produces
PaidContent.org, continues to
expand his
small empire. In addition to some freelance contributors to his news service/blog, now he's hired Staci Kramer as executive editor.Kramer is (and will continue to be) a contributing editor to Online Journalism Review. She also regularly contributes to Wired News and numerous other publications a From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 1, 2004 at 12:58 p.m..
Election-Night Necessities: TV, Laptop
For many people here in the U.S., I suspect that Tuesday night will be an election evening like no other. (No, not just because this is the most emotional and important election in most of our lifetimes.)What I mean is that for many more Americans than ever before, the evening will be spent media multi-tasking -- watching the returns on the TV networks, all the while surfing the Web to stay up on the latest developments and getting more depth than TV can offer.Obviously, this has been evolving for some time. But here at Election 2004, online media has grown (...)
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 1, 2004 at 12:58 p.m..
Hiawatha Bray on Shoutcast
In today's Boston Globe, Hiawatha Bray has a useful column (note: the Globe will break the link in a few days) on how to record music streams — legally and for free — using tools that record whatever audio is passing through your computer. (He doesn't mention my favorite, Audacity, but it sounds like the ones he recommends are easier to use.) Thanks to the article, I'm now using StationRipper, a bargain at $9.95, that lets you tune into ShoutCasts. As soon as I figure out how to listen to the streams as I'm downloading them, I'll be 100% content.... From
Joho the Blog on November 1, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
E-Voting Watch Sites
Some of the top electronic voting experts have launched
evoting-experts.com, to monitor and aggregate information during this week's balloting. They've found some problems already, as you'd expect. For another perspective, see the
Voting Technology Project from Caltech and MIT. I recommend a look at Ted Selker's
paper (huge pdf), even though I don't agree with his view that electronic voting is ready for prime time. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 1, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Californians: Ask for Paper Ballot
I'm voting tomorrow in Santa Clara County, and will ask for a paper ballot. This is my right, but it turns out that the county's top voting official
has instructed voting site personnel not to volunteer the availability of this paper ballot. If you are voting in one of the many counties with untrustworthy -- that is, lacking a voter-verifiable paper trail -- machines, you have the right to ask for a paper ballot. Exercise that right; don't let the registrars' unwillingness to do a little extra w From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 1, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
New directions in source code analysis
Large-scale software systems are staggeringly complex works of engineering. Bugs inevitably come with the territory and for decades, the software profession has looked for ways to fight them. We may not see perfect source code in our lifetime, but we are seeing much better analysis tools and promising new approaches to remedy the problem. TDD (test-driven development) is one increasingly popular approach to finding bugs. The overhead can be substantial, however, because the test framework that ensures a program's correctness may require a From
Jon's Radio on November 1, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
the mobile vote
Old news: The President of Zogby on Thursday predicted Kerry. That may be because of this new news: As its headline reports,Young Mobile Voters Pick Kerry Over Bush, 55% to 40%, Rock the Vote/Zogby Poll Reveals: National Text-Message Poll Breaks New Ground. This is the South Korea factor: Unpolled voters, with a radically different view from the norm. You can read Zogby's press From
Lessig Blog on November 1, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..
Evaluating Students' Weblogs
Here’s a
great post on student blogging from Middlebury College professor Barbara Ganley’s bgblogging (which I just added to my blogroll). Here’s an excerpt: In the 1970s and 80s, following the lead of Peter Elbow and Donald Graves, among others, we focussed on process--how to get ideas stirring and on< From
e-Literate on November 1, 2004 at 12:06 p.m..
Join the chat on Tuesday night
On Election Night, I'm setting up an open chat board for anyone who wants to kibbitz, cry, rejoice, and in general get snarky. If you'd like to jump in, I'll open it up at 7pm EST in Boston. Go to irc.freenode.net and join #joho. (If you don't have a chat client, I've been enjoying the Open Source HydraIRC, although the fact that its main site has been down for a few days concerns me.) See you then. NOTE: The mood on the board will be heavily pro-Kerry. And bad language is allowed, so please protect the innocent and naive. Thank... From
Joho the Blog on November 1, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..
ALA Awards Announced
It's been an exciting morning here in San Diego. "The Tale of Despereaux" by Kate DiCamillo won the Newberry. "The Man Who Walked Between the Towers" by Mordicai Gerstein won the Caldecott. The biggest winner was "The First Part Last"by Angela Johnson which won both the CSK for authors and the Printz. More news on the various winners go to ALA's
website. I will have more updates on ERIC, Curriculum Materials Center Guidelines and LAMA when I return to Wisconsin. From
Education Librarian on November 1, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..
Educator's Reference Desk Needs Help
David Lankes (of Syracuse and AskERIC fame) is soliciting volunteers who might be willing to help build and continue the work he has started on
Educator's Reference Desk. He's taken as much as he legally could from the AskERIC collection and put it in the Educator's Reference Desk. This is a huge opportunity for curriculum center librarians everywhere to help craft a tool that will help us do our jobs more effectively. Anyone interested in finding out more should email
Jo Ann Carr (or carr@educ From
Education Librarian on November 1, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..
Volunteers Needed for the Educator's Reference Desk
As a member of the education / library community, it may very well be your civic duty to help continue the fantastic work of the folks at Syracuse! They are looking for volunteers, and I am attaching their email (from Jennifer Barth):
The Educator's Reference Desk is seeking volunteers to help build our online collection. At ALA Midwinter, several people expressed an interest in this opportunity, and the list of names and emails was passed on to the project. We are ready to begin working! The Educator's Reference Desk currently includes links From
Education Librarian on November 1, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..
TGI November 1
I used to love politics, and I guess I still do to some extent, though watching this year's installment of the race for the White House has been excruciatingly painful in many regards. It's not just the choice tomorrow, or the fact that it is, most likely, as important an election as I've ever been a part of. Plain and simple, it's the fact that try as I might, I can't point to a high-water mark in the campaign that makes me feel good about the process, that makes me look forward to the next one. And I don't think that bodes well for tomorrow or the coming weeks, From
weblogged News on November 1, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
Oracle-PeopleSoft: It's Almost Over
Oracle's
"best and final" offer for PeopleSoft, in which it raised the offering price in its hostile takeover bid, is probably not the last offer. But the writing is on the wall for PeopleSoft, and its directors should read it. At the least, PeopleSoft is unlikely to remain independent for much longer. Maybe a white knight will swoop onto the scene, but the odds are now strongly with Oracle. Customers of Oracle or PeopleSoft won't be happy with the result, at least in the short and From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 1, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..
Marathon is less than a week away
There is some great advice in the comments of my post Marathon training advice. I realize it's more marathon race running advice than training advice, but still, close enough. Also, for those still paying attention to that thread, I posted a new comment asking about the use of petroleum jelly. Thanks to everyone for their advice and encouragement! From
megnut on November 1, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..
Intel ratchets up game chip
P4 Extreme Edition runs at 3.46GHz and offers 2MB of cache that enlarges its main pool of onboard memory to boost performance. From
CNET News.com on November 1, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..
Weblog zu Ort-und Raumtheorie in der Philosophie und den Kulturwissenschaften
Heute habe ich das Cyberplace Weblog eröffnet, um eine Diskussionsplattform und Informationsresource für den in der Philosophie und den Kulturwissenschaften (Literaturwissenschaft, Kunstwissenschaft, Kulturgeographie, Architekturtheorie, Soziologie, Ethnologie, Psychologie, Ökologie und so weiter) diskutierten "Raum-Ort"-Komplex zu schaffen. Mögliche Diskussionsthemen (die Liste ist nicht erschöpfend und erweiterbar!): * Raum/Ort in politischer Hinsicht *Heterotopologie * Globalisierung * Raum/Ort und die Neuen Medien From
BildungsBlog on November 1, 2004 at 10:54 a.m..
Spam Kings
Brian McWilliams' Spam Kings: The Real Story Behind the High-Rolling Hucksters Pushing Porn, Pills, and %*@)# Enlargements is a surprisingly good tale. I was expecting more of a survey of the field, but it's instead a well-told narrative with bizarre characters and unexpected developments. In fact, it's a page turner. You can read the first chapter here. (But what's with the "%*@)#" in the title? Last time I looked, "penis" wasn't a dirty word. Is it so spam filters won't block messages that talk about the book? But won't the spam filters also catch "porn"?). From
Joho the Blog on November 1, 2004 at 10:50 a.m..
Preventing the Vote
Bob Herbert (NY Times):
Days of Shame. Overseas, our troops are being mauled in the long dark night of Iraq - a war with no end in sight that has already claimed the lives of more than 1,100 American troops and thousands, perhaps tens of thousands, of innocent Iraqis. At home, the party of the sitting president is systematically stomping on the right of black Americans to vote, a vile and racist practice that makes a mockery of the From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 1, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..
Understanding Aviation
There are those few uninformed that spread ill will about commercial aviation. As is the case in just about anything, people who have no understanding of something love to pick it apart. I'm sure we all know someone who refuses to fly. Their reasons most likely include "I just don't feel safe on those things." The fact is, really, that airline travel is exceedingly safe, and becoming ever safer. I will try to explain exactly why this is. I'd also like to introduce general aviation, and relate what I know about the future of air travel. It is a sad fact that the general public kn From
kuro5hin.org on November 1, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Tales from Florida
John Garfunkel flew from Boston to Florida (on his own dime) to help get out the vote. Here's his ground-level account. Snippet: I ask three questions in succession: Do you know when you're voting? Where you're voting? And do you know you're voting for? ... Maybe a couple people out of a hundred we've encountered are new to their neighborhoods and need a refresher on this. And a little more than that tell me they're still undecided. I ask if they're leaning one way or another, and whether there's any issues that can help them sort things out. I have... From
Joho the Blog on November 1, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..
Web of Ideas invitation: The Net and Democracy
This Wednesay, I'm leading another session in the "Web of Ideas" series at the Harvard Berkman house (= Baker House). The topic is something like: Has the Net made a difference in politics? Will it? How can it? And possibly: Oh, crap! Crap! Crap! (But we hope: Yaaaaay!) It starts at 6, goes to 7:15 and yes, pizza will be served. Everyone is welcome.... From
Joho the Blog on November 1, 2004 at 9:50 a.m..
Ergebnisworkshop LiNe
Donnerstag und Freitag letzter Woche habe ich größtenteils auf dem Ergebnisworkshop des Projekts LiNe in Berlin verbracht. LiNe ist ein Bereich des BMBF-Programms "Lernkultur Kompetenzentwicklung" und steht für Lernen im Netz und mit Multimedia. Am ersten Tag ging es um... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 1, 2004 at 8:55 a.m..
It's Like a Blog, But It's a Wiki - Brad Stone, Newsweek
Jimmy Wales vividly remembers the green-bindered World Book Encyclopedia of his youth. His parents kept the 22-volume set in the living room of their Huntsville, Ala., home. Each year, as the encyclopedia got progressively out of date, World Book maile From
Techno-News Blog on November 1, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..
AHC-UK Conference and The Royal Historical Society Gerald Aylmer Seminar - Recasting the Past: Digit ...
AHC-UK Conference and The Royal Historical Society Gerald Aylmer Seminar -
Recasting the Past: Digital Histories - 27 November 2004 - National Archives, Kew, London. The aim of the conference is to explore how the ever increasing number and variety of digital and electronic sources have changed the way in which history, and historical sources, are created, selected, researched, taught, written, presented and used From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 1, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..
Empty promises and tech's future
CNET News.com's Washington watcher, Declan McCullagh, examines why quadrennial tech promises from presidential wannabes rarely get acted on. From
CNET News.com on November 1, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
RSS Power Point for User Groups
RSS is a topic of interest for user groups. Their is a power point for user groups (or others) that explains the RSS, it provides an overview of the benefits, how to create a feed, and how to subscribe to feeds. Check out or download the
RSS Power Point for your user group. From
RSS Blog on November 1, 2004 at 8:05 a.m..
Rising, Rising
At community colleges, both state spending and tuition are on the rise, a report says. From
Chronicle: free on November 1, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..
After The Empire
The creators of an influential theory of globalization are back with the next installment. From
Chronicle: free on November 1, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..
Brazilians Hot For Broadband
Betting on strong demand for high-speed internet access in the next few years, Brazilian phone companies are rushing to set up for a broadband boom. From
Wired News on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Smart Web Changes World
The Gartner-sponsored ITXpo symposium in France sets itself to identify long-term technology trends that are altering sectors like travel, marketing and investing. More web-enabled mobile devices and a smarter internet are key players. From
Wired News on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
WHO Calls Summit on Flu Pandemic
Believing the world may be close to the next pandemic, the World Health Organization summons officials from several countries and representatives from 16 vaccine makers to meet next week in order to plan. From
Wired News on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
The Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die
The war on Colombia's drug lords is losing ground to an herbicide-resistant supershrub. Is it a freak of nature -- or a genetically modified secret weapon? By Joshua Davis from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Cute as a Jump Button
Paper Mario is so adorable you may endanger your standing with gamer friends if you play it. Go ahead and risk embarrassment -- it's fun. A game review by Lore Sjöberg. From
Wired News on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Listen to the Sounds of Game Boys
Mix some offbeat Polish creativity with eight networked game consoles, and what do you get? The Gameboyzz Orchestra Project, a group of musicians making electronica-inspired melodies from the games of their youth. By Rachel Metz. From
Wired News on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Shack Up a Cotton-Pickin' Minute
From blues greats and cotton pickers to internet workers, travelers who find the legendary crossroads of highways 49 and 61 can stay at the Shack Up Inn and get a taste of life before mechanization. Michelle Delio reports from Clarksdale, Mississippi. From
Wired News on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Caught With Their Pants Down
An anti-prostitution crusader takes to the streets to rein in lewd behavior by filming hookers and johns in the act. Critics call him a stalker who tramples on due process and privacy rights. By Julia Scheeres. From
Wired News on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
E-Voting Tests Get Failing Grade
Testing standards created by the government are supposed to prevent bad voting systems from being used in elections. But the standards themselves are deeply flawed, which may explain why so many problems crop up. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on November 1, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
How to Market and Protect Your New Ideas
The intellectual property transfer market is now estimated to be worth over $100 billion. If you have a new idea, a patent or an invention, you may be able to license it or sell it for millions of dollars. From
DEC Daily News on November 1, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
The Application Season is Now Open for the
Schools from across the country are eligible to apply online for an opportunity to partner with NASA in a program designed to bring engaging mathematics, science, and technology learning to educators, students, and families. From
DEC Daily News on November 1, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
Locally Controlled Scholarly Publishing Via The Internet: The Guild Model
The Internet is widely viewed as a potential facilitator of scholarly communication -- including communication via research articles. There is considerable debate about which publishing models should organize these communications. Some often-proposed candidates include: field-wide e-print repositories (Harnad, 1999), free online access to all peer-reviewed literature, [1] peer-reviewed pure-electronic journals (Walker, 1998), hybrid paper-electronic journals (usually an electronic version of the paper journal), and authors posting their articles on their own Web sites (Okerson & O'Donnell From
DEC Daily News on November 1, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
On the air, on the move
When Karen Swift was preparing to ship her son off to college, she tuned in Nebraska ETV for financial tips. From
DEC Daily News on November 1, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
The Academic Culture and the IT Culture: Their Effect on Teaching and Scholarship
A year ago, my colleague Charles Grisham and I wrote an EDUCAUSE Review article entitled "Why IT Has Not Paid Off As We Hoped (Yet)." In short, we argued that information technology has not yet transformed higher education because the areas of teaching and scholarship, the "heart" of colleges and universities, have remained relatively untouched by the new technologies. From
DEC Daily News on November 1, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
What is usability?
An in-depth article about the role of
usability in design. "There is some confusion about what usability is and whether businesses are 'doing usability' or not. There are many aspects to usability - more than just running a usability test at the end of a project. This article provides an overview of what usability is (and what it is not)." From
elearningpost on November 1, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..
A Revolutionary New Way to Learn a Foreign Language
New programs for Spanish, Japanese, & English (for Spanish speakers) language learning use a patented method that exploits the hard wiring of the brain. Learning was 40% faster with 21% more accuracy and 23% more fluency compared to traditional methods. [PRWEB Nov 1, 2004] From
PR Web on November 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
DomainNesteggs.com Offers Tomorrow's Virtual Reality Domain Names Today
If you go to your Internet connection today and type in www.MyVirtualVacation.com you won't be directed to a thriving Internet company that provides immersive vacation experiences. At the present, the necessary technology for such a business doesn't even exist. But that fact didn't stop a farsighted Nashville futurist from registering 200 virtual reality Internet domains earlier this year, and then listing them for sale at www.DomainNesteggs.com. [PRWEB Nov 1, 2004] From
PR Web on November 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
The Constitution Of All Parent Child Relations
From cell phones to computers, most things in modern life come with an instruction manual. Yet when it comes to having children and creating families, most people start without a clue. "How To Be A Family -- The Operating Manual", newly published by Heartful Loving Press, Santa Barbara, Calif., opens the door to heart-centered parenting and offers parents the simple instructions on how to begin holding their family as a sacred trust. [PRWEB Nov 1, 2004] From
PR Web on November 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Marjorie Lawrence Centennial Celebration Commission Memorializes 100th Anniversary of Metropolitan Opera Star in 2007
On All Hallows, the Marjorie Lawrence Centennial Celebration Commission meeting was held at the National Cathedral with an All Hallows Guild Tea, followed by a performance of the Verdi Requiem Mass for the Dead, and a Moonlit Tour of the cathedral woods at night. A memorial gift was made to the National Cathedral in remembrance of Marjorie Lawrence. Opera Music Theater International (OMTI), under the direction of James K. McCully, announced plans today to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marjorie Lawrence with an international celebration which promises to memorialize the rich legacy From
PR Web on November 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Child Care Center Installs State of the Art Video Technology
Providing parents peace of mind has always been a top priority for child care provider Lollipop Junction in Carthage, Mississippi. Recently, the child care center has been equipped with state of the art, secure daycare camera technology that allows parents to watch live video of their child online. [PRWEB Nov 1, 2004] From
PR Web on November 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
New Children's World Map Educates Kids about the Global Village
The world is growing smaller and more connected but surveys continue to show that American kids do not have a good understanding of International issues and foreign cultures. They are not worldly wise. The new http://www.mapkids.org/world-map-for-kids.html [Children's World Map] is specially designed to help educate kids about the world, while making learning fun and entertaining. [PRWEB Nov 1, 2004] From
PR Web on November 1, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Monday's Weekly Show is on! Also: Introducing the unmediated quickcast.
Today we would like to introduce a new way to get.info from the unmediated blog: the unmediated quickcast. Quickcasts are short, 1-5 minute "mini-podcast" (audio) versions of original, non-reblogged posts in the voice of the original author. They provides you with an alternative way of reading posts when you're not in a position to read. They also provide us with a way to pr
Today we would like to introduce a new way to get.info from From
unmediated on November 1, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..
Following the Trends
Trying to predict the future of Education is always tricky. Trying to predict the future of Distance Education is almost laughable. But that does not mean it is not useful to try to determine where everything is headed. Teach From... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on November 1, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..
Research Students
It was so informative chatting to other research students during the Eifel e-portfolio conference that I think it would be a good idea to have a list of students researching in the area of e-portfolios. This would provide a valuable... From
ERADC Blog on November 1, 2004 at 3:59 a.m..
1001 - Adding photos to your P-Time life
1001 is excellent. You rock, Adriaan! Thanks! 1001 adds photos to your polychronic time i.e.
P-Time life. I love it! But of course it's yet another distraction that you need to switch off if you are trying to focus and live in M-time. My P-Time consists of IM, email, wiki and blogs (and occasionally IRC). 1001 is also an excellent example of why APIs like the ones that Flickr provides are needed. The web app (and the web browser) are your best friend and wors From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 1, 2004 at 2:55 a.m..
Al Qaeda claim to 9-11 Bodes Ill
If you haven't heard it yet, you soon will. Osamma has finally claimed responsiblity for 9/11. I think, however, that it's a really bad sign. I think it means that all of the goodwill that flowed to the US In sympathy for the attack has now been fully squandered -- and probably much more. From
kuro5hin.org on November 1, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..
A proper leader
I don’t wear my own faith on my sleeve. But faith has given me values and hope to live by, from Vietnam to this day, from Sunday to Sunday. I don’t want to claim that God is on our side. As Abraham Lincoln told us, I want to pray humbly that we are on God’s side. And whatever our faith, one belief should bind us all: The measure of our character is our willingness to give of ourselves for others and for our country.
John Kerry
Open Artifact on October 31, 2004 at 11:53 p.m..
Community Discussion
In a day or two, the video, slides, and graphics from the Symposium will be available here on the site. Since only about 10% of the Workflow Institute's 600+ members attended in person, there are bound to be questions. That's why we're opening this Discussion Space. Sign up if you like; we'll announce the online Symposium there as well as here.... From
The Workflow Institute Blog on October 31, 2004 at 11:49 p.m..
