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My RSS Overload Strategy that I developed after the BloggerCon III Overload Session
At the BloggerCon III Overload session, I mainly wanted to listen. In a former life (pre-baby!), I subscribed to 1000 feeds and actually read them like Scoble. But as I suspected, not everybody is like Robert and myself. Most people are sane :-) when it comes to subscriptions. And thus ideas that work for me may not be applicable to the general population! For work, we are definitely aiming any improvements we make to t From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 13, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

Shanghai
In Shanghai for several days, for a talk at a university and other visits with local tech folks and bloggers. The Net connection in my hotel is problematic. More later. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 13, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..

Best Places to Work in the Federal Government
Rankings by employees of cabinet, agency and sub-agency of the best places to work in the federal government. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on November 13, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..

College students organizing critique of copyright
Wired reports on a series of undergraduate groups mounting criticisms of digital copyright. Under the rubric of Free Culture students from a variety of campuses are holding teach-ins. From NITLE Tech News on November 13, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

HomeTownLocator Community Profiles
Profiles of cities and towns that include census, demographic and income data, parks, schools, libraries, hospitals, airports, environmental conditions, local newspapers, media outlets, employment, maps, coordinates and aerial photos. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on November 13, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..

Wired - a music production suite for Linux
This looks cool - Wired is a new music sequencing and recording package for Linux, now available for download in a 0.1 release. Via Slashdot. From Oren Sreebny's Weblog on November 13, 2004 at 1:01 p.m..

The Internet Drug Index
Ranking of the top prescription drugs sold. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on November 13, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

Virtual Expert Teams And The Importance Of Social Clues
"In an increasingly knowledge-intensive economy, organizations are becoming more and more likely to rely on groups of specialized experts to perform complex knowledge work. These groups simply can't be effective unless they can identify and utilize the expertise of their... From Kolabora.com on November 13, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..

I'm sticking with Google
Microsoft schmoozed me, but I'm still googling. The beta of the MSN search engine is pretty good, but after poking around, I'm not falling in love. And that's what it'd take to get me to switch my habits and loyalty from Google. I can't do a full head-to-head evaluation of their raw strengths as search engines. I'm not qualified. But after using the two of them for a couple of days, I'm finding what I need more easily with Google. For example, a search for "thunderbird msf blank inbox" gets me to information about why messages are disappearing from my... From Joho the Blog on November 13, 2004 at 12:49 p.m..

OS X Home/Classroom Library Catalog Tool
OS X Home/Classroom Library Catalog Tool: "Delicious Library (note: the name has nothing to do with del.icio.us the social bookmarks manager.) is an Macintosh OS X application that allows for the cataloging of a home or classroom library collection, a visual card-catalog of your books, movies, music and video games. You can import your information by hand by title or author, or if you have an..." Over at the eSchoolNews weblog I have posted about Delicious Library. A very interesting home/classroom library cataloging tool with a confusing name. It allows you to cataglog books, music CD's, From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on November 13, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..

(Mo) Podcast #2
Well, here's another attempt at the Podcasting craze. Don't try this at home... From weblogged News on November 13, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Jewish Holiday Fun...For You!
Looking for the perfect yet subversive Hannukah gift for that special someone? Buy my wife's new book! Jewish Holiday Fun...For You! is an arch yet loving look at Jewish holidays, told through satirical recreations of print iconography - from TV Guide and the SAT exam to The New York Observer and Highlights (Chai Lights) magazine. Designed by Craphound zinester Sean Tejaratchi, the book is as art-filled as it is artful. And it's From rushkoff.blog on November 13, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

The Studio's Recycled Video Contest & Festival
To celebrate the "Environmental Semester" at The University of Tennessee, The Studio @ Hodges Library is hosting the RECYCLED VIDEO CONTEST AND FESTIVAL. This contest is designed to promote the reuse and recycling of existing public domain video content from... From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on November 13, 2004 at 10:59 a.m..

DV for Teachers
DV (Digtial Video) for Teachers is a resource for educators maintained by Tim Merritt, College of Education at Georgia State University. DV for Teachers Browse Library Subjects Motion pictures -- Production and direction Educational Technology Educational Innovations Teaching Aids and... From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on November 13, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..

The School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington has announced a new ...
The School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington has announced a new Master's program with emphasis on Digital Libraries. The program is funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. It has been developed as a collaboration among the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the Digital Library Program at Indiana University. For the first year of the From Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 13, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

The Crime Writers' Association and www.MysteryThriller.co.uk have announced the results of this year ...
The Crime Writers' Association and www.MysteryThriller.co.uk have announced the results of this year's Daggers - the prestigious awards that celebrate the very best in crime and thriller writing in 2004 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 13, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..

Ed Tech Insider Launch
Months in the making, Ed Tech Insider at eSchoolNews had it's official launch yesterday. Yay! I'll be interested to see what the site stats are, but regardless it should be a great way of spreading the word about the Internet technologies that I'm interested in. Ed Tech Insider topics will cover more than just blogs, but the fact that it's a blog ought to do much to get educators thinking. I feel really honored to have been asked to participate. You can help by joining in our From weblogged News on November 13, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

Paper airplane instructions
I used to create paper airplanes when I was a kid. Maybe I’ll give this a try. ¶ From Open Artifact on November 13, 2004 at 8:58 a.m..

Five Easy Pieces by Roy Tennant - "With our noses plastered to the proverbial grindstone, it can be ...
Five Easy Pieces by Roy Tennant - "With our noses plastered to the proverbial grindstone, it can be difficult to step back and take a look at the big picture. How is your library doing? Are you focused on the right tasks, solving the right problems? Despite how hard it is to assess your progress, it's a good thing to do on a regular basis. Here are a few ideas you should review every now and then to make sure you offer the right services in From Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 13, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

The Autumn issue of E-MmITS the electronic newsletter of the Multimedia and Information Technology G ...
The Autumn issue of E-MmITS the electronic newsletter of the Multimedia and Information Technology Group Scotland is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 13, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Kinsey: Sexologist, Hero
The biopic shows admirably how liberating, and threatening, the work of some scientists can be. It's a timely film, a reminder that scientists sometimes suffer in their efforts to reveal truths others would prefer remain hidden. Jason Silverman reviews Kinsey. From Wired News on November 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Airlines Ordered to Expose Data
The government says all U.S. airlines must turn over passenger data so that it can test a planned screening system. The airline industry and others complain that the order will mean massive privacy violations, extra expenses and possible trouble with foreign countries. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on November 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Free E-Mail Inboxes Get Fatter
Scores of Hotmail users received a pleasant surprise in their inboxes this week: more free storage. The move comes as Google inches closer to making its Gmail service, which includes a gigabyte of storage, available to the general public. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on November 13, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Coding Viruses for the Mind
If as some have suggested religions are viruses of the mind, then it might make sense to separate the components of any given religion into two parts. The first part being those things which are necessary to maintain viral infection and which assist in the infection of new hosts. The second part is the payload: Those instructions which the virus writer wishes those who have been infected to carry out or execute. My hope is that this method of analysis will assist others in understanding the structure of existing religions as well as those who aim to write one from scratch From kuro5hin.org on November 13, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

My room
I smashed up my room the other day. I pulled open my cupboard, throwing clean clothes all over my carpet, cracking clothes hangers over my knee and tossing them aside. I threw my ornaments off the shelf, spraying fragments of pottery, glass and wood everywhere. I upended the dirty washing from my basket. I smashed up furniture, throwing splinters among the mess. From kuro5hin.org on November 13, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

BloggerCon III Redux
More random thoughts and stream of consciousness ideas from BloggerCon III I briefly (way too many brief meetings and conversations!) met Paul Boutin, cool journalist from Wired and elsewhere I briefly chatted with Steve Gillmor. Love the Gillmor Gang and I will have my own Podcast soon at dogmaRadio.com. Until then I will have some Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 13, 2004 at 5:49 a.m..

The RSS Enclosure Exposure - Sean Michael Kerner, Internet News
The RSS syndication format has spread like wildfire through the Internet, permeating most news sites and virtually all blogs. Now there's a new aspect of RSS ready to enjoy the same popularity. Called RSS enclosures, they're the next step in the RSS re From Techno-News Blog on November 13, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Ultrathin Carbon Speeds Circuits - Technology Review
With silicon chipmaking technology facing the end of its viability in a decade or so, scientists are looking for alternative computer chip materials. One promising candidate is the carbon nanotube. Nanotubes are rolled-up sheets of carbon atoms that h From Techno-News Blog on November 13, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

What WiMAX Might Be - Alex Goldman, Wi-Fiplanet
Nigel Ballard, Wi-Fi guru on his Web site and wireless director for Matrix Networks of Portland Oregon, had a nuanced message for attendees at ISPCON. Drawing on his experience with the WiMAX Forum, he described his hopes for a technology that he feels From Techno-News Blog on November 13, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Online Education is Entering the Mainstream - Public CIO
"Last year's online enrollment projection has been realized. There are 2.6 million students learning online this semester and there is no evidence enrollment has reached a plateau," says Jeff Seaman, chief information officer, The Sloan Consortium. Th From Online Learning Update on November 13, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Harvesting Knowledge: the role of the Internet in helping students to develop independent research skills - Julia Gainmster, David Gray; EURODL
The exponential growth of the web, now the depository of the largest database of information known to humankind, is now posing the potential for new forms of learning (harvested knowledge) through research and independent inquiry. This paper reports on From Online Learning Update on November 13, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Internet Research Tracings: Towards Non-Reductionist Methodology - Lincoln Dahlberg, JCMC
Internet research has become a "field" in its own right in the social sciences, already boasting a number of peer-reviewed journals, a plethora of book titles, and an international association that draws hundreds of researchers from across the globe t From Online Learning Update on November 13, 2004 at 5:46 a.m..

Mobile Learning for Sales Professionals
Hot Lava Software has released a Palm OS and Pocket PC delivered course for sales professionals titled "Sales Skills". This mobile learning course and test was created using the new Learning Mobile Author system. [PRWEB Nov 13, 2004] From PR Web on November 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Interactive Website on The Horizon for Jungman Elementary School
Cano Company will be redesigning the Jungman Elementary School website. The new website will be interactive for both school and community use. [PRWEB Nov 13, 2004] From PR Web on November 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Do 'No Child Left Behind' Results Match Promise?FCS Teachers Poll Says No
The NCLB initiative has not been very effective according to a Poll of the teacher-members of the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. [PRWEB Nov 13, 2004] From PR Web on November 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Stickers Put in Evolution Text Are the Subject of a Federal Trial
A judge began hearing testimony about whether a Georgia school district could leave stickers in biology textbooks saying that evolution was "a theory, not a fact." From New York Times: Education on November 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

CUNY Seeking to Raise $1.2 Billion
The City University of New York is starting a fund-raising campaign, reflecting the new economics of public universities, which have faced shrinking support. From New York Times: Education on November 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Drinking Deaths Draw Attention to Old Campus Problem
In the aftermath of recent student deaths from alcohol poisoning, university officials are trying to rethink ways to prevent alcohol abuse. From New York Times: Education on November 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Glossy Alumni Magazines Seek More Than Graduates
College alumni magazines these days are revamped, glossy and offer an impressive array of worldly topics. From New York Times: Education on November 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Foreign Enrollment Declines at Universities, Surveys Say
Alarmed educators blamed delays in processing American visas as well as increased competition from universities overseas. From New York Times: Education on November 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

A Teacher Who Lures Stars to Movies 101
Richard Brown has taught a popular film appreciation course at New York University for 35 years, bringing in Hollywood's biggest names to discuss movies. From New York Times: Education on November 13, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Saturday, November 13, 2004
Today is our wedding day Regular postings will recommence after the honeymoon. From RHPT.com on November 13, 2004 at 2:53 a.m..

Blogs are not evil no matter what a $1000 dollar report says
Laugh out loud that somebody could actually publish such a report and charge people $1000 for it! Maybe this kind of thing could have flown in 1999 but not in 2004 when Sun, Microsoft and many more have 1000s of corporate blogs. From Fisk Bait: Corante > Flackster > : QUOTE A news release hit the wires today from Dublin-based Research and Markets . Here’s a tiny sample: “Companies Need to Raise Employee Awareness Regarding Bloggin From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 13, 2004 at 1:46 a.m..