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Archivarsfestschrift Reinhard Vogelsang
„Ein Haus für die Geschichte“ Festschrift für den Archivar und Historiker Prof. Dr. Reinhard Vogelsang herausgegeben von Johannes Altenberend Inhalt Jürgen Kocka: Geleitwort Johannes Altenberend: Ein Haus für die Geschichte – Das Haus ist für jeden offen. Daniel Bérenger: From
Archivalia on November 17, 2004 at 10:53 p.m..
The nature of reading
One of my students, Corinne, has been gathering quotations about the nature of reading. Here are three she offered on her blog recently by Aldous Huxley, Angela Carter, and John Locke: Everyone who knows how to read has it in their power to magnify themselves, multiple the ways in which they exist, to make their life full, significant, and interesting. Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.... You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world.... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on November 17, 2004 at 10:53 p.m..
An idle question
Why does knowing how a magic trick is done ruin the trick but knowing how a movie's special effects are done doesn't ruin the movie?... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2004 at 10:48 p.m..
Sparklines
Sparklines are word-like graphics that are integrated into text in a natural way, adding the insight than in many occasions the words themselves can not convey. From
elearningpost on November 17, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..
Public Domain Information
On 27-29 October 2004 St. Petersburg hosted the International Conference "Information as Public Domain: Access through Libraries", which was attended by over 120 representatives of public authorities, academic research organizations, libraries and other institutions from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Great Britain, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzia, Moldova, Russia, USA, Tajikistan and the Ukraine. Having examined an extensive range of agenda items, the participants of the Conference hereby confirm their view that enabling access to public domain information produced by public auth From
Archivalia on November 17, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..
National Book Awards tonight
This year's National Book Awards should be posted on their website by 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time. I'm eager to find out if my former teacher, the late Donald Justice, will be recognized, as I hope. Looking at the site, I see a nice collection of paragraphs and mini-essays by past winners all talking about books that changed their lives. Here is the wonderful writer of juvenile fiction, Richard Peck: I believe Alice in Wonderland was the first book to change my life, thought I don't think... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on November 17, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..
Comments Lose Another Reader
I got a note today from a longtime reader. He wrote of the comments here (and is far from alone in this sentiment):"I'll no longer be reading them. "Not your fault, really. But there's enough that annoys me in the world without it deliberately trying to be offensive."Amen on the last part. From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 17, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..
Leuven: Internationale conferentie Electronic Publishing
http://canada.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/elpub2005/ Op 8-10 juni 2005 organiseert de onderzoeksgroep documentarchitecturen aan de KU Leuven de negende ELPUB conferentie. Een keynote presentatie wordt gegeven door Lou Burnard, editor van het Text Encoding Initiative. En speciale sessie wordt gewijd aan institutionele repositories. De call for papers is beschikbaar op http://canada.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/elpub2005/cfp.htm From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on November 17, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..
What's Behind Edward C. Prescott's Nobel Prize?
Last month Edward C. Prescott and Finn E. Kydland won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for two important papers they coauthored that advanced the field of dynamic macroeconomics. As the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences put it, Prescott and Kydland's work "has not only transformed economic research, but has also profoundly influenced the practice of economic policy in general, and monetary policy in particular." Knowledge@Wharton asked Prescott to explain the importance of his research to issues that confront our society today. From
Knowledge@Wharton on November 17, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Joseph Stiglitz and Pete Peterson: What's Wrong With the U.S. Economy and How to Fix It
In two separate talks at Wharton recently, Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Pete Peterson, chairman of The Blackstone Group, lamented what they see as the sorry state of the U.S. economy, and then presented their views on how to fix it. Not surprisingly, the answers offered by Stiglitz, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Clinton, and Peterson, former Secretary of Commerce under President Nixon, have little in common, although both fault the Bush administration for failing to adequately address some of the country's toughest issues, ranging From
Knowledge@Wharton on November 17, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Can Big Blue Succeed In BPO?
After decades of specializing as a computer manufacturer and provider of computer-related services, Big Blue in the past year or two has been heading into some not-terribly-technical fields. Today's IBM processes thousands of insurance claims, ensures that Procter & Gamble employees get paid, and takes charge of repairing televisions and CD players sold by Philips Consumer Electronics. This is part of a broader shift among traditional information technology companies to get into what's often called business process outsourcing (BPO), a fertile market that is expected to grow from From
Knowledge@Wharton on November 17, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Salsa Outselling Ketchup? Marketing to Hispanics Is Hot
Hispanics are now the largest minority and fastest growing population segment in the U.S., with annual spending power of more than $540 billion. As a result, marketers are scrambling harder than ever to address this market, which, in addition to its impressive size, is unified by a common language. Yet Hispanics as a buying bloc pose a number of challenges, including segmentation by national origin and varying levels of acculturation, according to speakers at last month's Wharton Marketing Conference. From
Knowledge@Wharton on November 17, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Does Sarbanes-Oxley Hurt Shareholders and Hide Poor Management?
In April 2004, minutes after posting healthy increases in sales and earnings, the publicly traded Niagara Corp. announced it was "going dark," delisting its common stock. The company, a steel manufacturer with sales last year of nearly $300 million, was hardly alone: During 2003 for example, 198 firms went dark, up from only 67 in the previous year. While most companies say they are deregistering from major exchanges to escape the steep costs associated with regulatory filings, some investors and others see darker reasons, rooted in serving insiders' self interest. A new study c From
Knowledge@Wharton on November 17, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Verizon Ratchets Up Stakes in the Cable-Telecom War
In the escalating war between telecom and cable companies, Verizon Communications recently unveiled plans to offer video service via fiber-optic lines running directly into homes. According to Wharton experts and others, however, the company's ambitious agenda faces a number of obstacles, including equally ambitious agendas from competitors like Comcast, Cox Communications and Cablevision. From
Knowledge@Wharton on November 17, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Sears-Kmart Merger: Is It a Tough Sell?
According to the CEOs of Sears, Roebuck and Kmart Holding, their plan to merge into a giant $55 billion retail company will produce stronger brands, greater efficiencies in operations and higher returns than either company could achieve standing alone. Not everyone sees the wisdom of the deal, however. "Here you have two retailers who are doing badly right now and who don't really see a clear way to pull themselves out of the downward spiral," says Wharton marketing professor Stephen J. Hoch. "It's hard to fathom how combining them is suddenly going to produce a new en From
Knowledge@Wharton on November 17, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
Nov 3 Theses
Lots of good stuff in these 29 theses. Some are even inspirational. Now all we need is the positive vision, the words to put it in, the leaders who can lead us towards that vision, a functioning organization on the ground, and 15,000 red. white and blue balloons attached to the ceiling of a large facility. (Thanks to Seth Gordon for the link.)... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..
Even More Edublogs to Check Out
Don't exactly know why, but all of a sudden there seems to be a bunch o' teachers and students blogging that I hadn't seen before. I'm lovin'it! Here's some more examples of how classrooms are putting the technology to good use:
KF Broadcast Journalism--Amy Bowllan, one of the teachers I met at
Mohonk, has jumped right in and started a blog for her class at the Kew Forrest School in NY. Six posts in two days...I'm impressed!
weblogged News on November 17, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..
Theory and Practice of Online Learning
Theory and Practice of Online Learning, edited by Terry Anderson and Fathi Elloumi, is concerned with assisting providers of online education with useful tools to carry out the teaching and learning transactions online. Theory and Practice of Online Learning... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on November 17, 2004 at 5:55 p.m..
"A Plea for Excuses" online
Steve Kruba has discovered an online version of John Austin's classic essay, "A Plea for Excuses," which I mentioned a few days ago. In it, Austin shows that our casual, ordinary use of excuse terms is actually quite precise and subtle...but when experts use those terms, they get all bollixed up. This is where Austin asks us to consider the differences between: a1 He clumsily trod on the snail. a2 Clumsily he trod on the snail. b1 He trod clumsily on the snail. b2 He trod on the snail clumsily.... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2004 at 5:48 p.m..
The Big New Zealand Finale: "Rip. Mix. Learn."
Today is my last day in a little slice of green heaven known as New Zealand where I have been visiting and giving workshops at several institutions in the Auckland area (see the CogDog's upside down inverted cousin, the
CogDog(kiwi)Blog). Among other bits, I've been stirring up the interest in wikis here-- and like my standard fashion, I go about getting folks excited about technology and then I leave ;-) All of my workshops and presentations have been provided in 100% wiki format, and you can find a mirror of this conten From
cogdogblog on November 17, 2004 at 4:49 p.m..
WordPress comment spam
Here’s an
entry in WP’s wiki concerning handling comment spam. I don’t have too much trouble, but will read through this and see if I can tweek my settings.
¶ Update: I used the suggestion to rename the various files which handle comments. This will make it From
Open Artifact on November 17, 2004 at 3:58 p.m..
First LCD TV with Built-in HDD and DVD Recorder
Toshiba announces the RD-17V1, the world's first LCD TV with built-in HDD and DVD Recorder. The Toshiba RD-17V1 features a 17 inch LCD panel with hi-vision image resolution (1,280 768). The TV has a 160GB hard-drive built-in. The RD-17V1 will go on sale in Japan in December."There are more details in the Toshiba
unmediated on November 17, 2004 at 3:56 p.m..
Digital ID slides
If for some bizarre reasons you want to see my slides for the Jupiter Inside ID conference, they're here. Username: insideidpassword: nov04 Unfortunately, they're mainly graphics and won't make much sense. Also, the file is 7MB. Also, unless you have Powerpoint XP or greater, they won't animate.... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..
RicketyPedia
Robert McHenry, Former Editor in Chief, the Encyclopædia Britannica, does not much care for the Wikipedia. It isn't reliable enough for him. His example: The uncertainty of Alexander Hamilton's birthdate got edited out by someone at some point, and the user won't even know it. Good point. But I notice that the Hamilton article now has been amended with both dates, and has details about the controversy. Ok, I admit that's a cheap shot because it distracts from the general problem McHenry points to. But the way to resolve whether it's truly a problem is to see how the... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..
Warm earth
Joi blogs some science about global warming. Scary stuff. I'm coming to think that that the guy we elected president may not be the one with the best platform on this particular issue. Don't miss the discussion in the comments after Joi's post.... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..
Feedster Blog Search
Feedster is offering
a new search tool to help you find content that comes from weblogs, a handy way to scope your web searches. For the uninitiated,
Feedster provides a google-like interface for searching things found in RSS feeds. It offers tools to store your own set of feeds (like another flavor of Bloglines as a web based RSS reader), services to get updates by email, and likely quite a bit more (it has been a while since I rummaged around Feedster). Some quick and not so dirty examp From
cogdogblog on November 17, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..
A Five Point Roadmap to the Future of Podcasting
Tod Maffin
proposes a five-point road map to the future of podcasting. Among his recommendations is a call to the big media companies to get on board...Some big broadcaster (a real, over-the-air broadcaster) needs to embrace the podcast ethos and soon. Natural players would be a public radio network like Canada's CBC Radio, Australia's ABC, England's BBC Radio, etc. It will lend immediate credibility to the trend. From
unmediated on November 17, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..
UK Study: Consumers Too 'Dumb' to Use Mobile
Study finds that the majority of consumers admit that they can't work out how to access or use mobile services which could impact the potential of mobile commerce, reports Mike Grenville for
160characters.org. "85 per cent of consumers admit to being "too dumb" to access or use mobile services due to increasing device complexity, finding mobile phones more complex to use than 2 years ago. Nearly three quarters feel that handsets have become too difficult to navigate around. These are the key From
unmediated on November 17, 2004 at 2:56 p.m..
WM Recorder - a PVR for streaming media
WM Recorder sounds like a pretty cool new product that lets you capture streaming windows media to a file. Seems like they'll be on shaky legal ground as many pay-only audio and video services use the windows media format solely to get around people doing this. More details on the software
in their press release today. (Check out
unmediated on November 17, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..
Wetware: The Best Tool for Journalists
Back at the SEJ Geek Dinner, the evening ended with a discussion about how journalists can make the most of the most powerful tool in their arsenal: the human mind. This seems obvious, and it is – so obvious that this core journalistic tool routinely gets overlooked... From
Contentious Weblog on November 17, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..
Augmented reality handshake
Developed at the
Media Lab Europe (Dublin),
iBand is a wearable device that allows the exchange of information via a simple handshake. The bracelet (still a prototype) stores and exchanges information about you and the persons you meet. The data gathered is reflected on the bracelet itself and can serve as a reminder or as an ice breaker for furth From
unmediated on November 17, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..
SBC & Microsoft TV
SBC made massive strides today in their effort to offer video services over DSL,
by striking a $400 million deal with Microsoft, who'll supply the video software to all future SBC video subscribers. It's also a big deal for Microsoft, who up until now hadn't had much luck breaking into consumer living rooms via the incumbents. As part of Project Lightspeed, SBC says they'll be deploying 20-25Mbps worth of connectivity to half of thei From
unmediated on November 17, 2004 at 1:56 p.m..
Firefox and RSS
Eventually, all Web browser software likely will incorporate the functionality to read
RSS feeds (sometimes known as webfeeds) -- but we're not there yet. Online publishing consultant Dan Pacheco points out that using the new
Mozilla Firefox 1.0 browser, an open-source application that is gaining popularity due to security issues with the market-dominant Microsoft Internet Explorer browser, you can read webfeeds From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 17, 2004 at 1:55 p.m..
How do I get the hard disk hum out of my podcast?
Played around with a podcast last night for an hour and I actually recorded one but I am not releasing it because there is an annoying background hum from the disk. How do I remove the hum of my hard disk from my podcast? I am looking for an inexpensive and quick solution if one exists. Don't want to be doing heavy duty audio stuff that requires a lot of time. Better yet, how do I prevent this hum from occurring in the first place? I have set my Processor Performance to Highest in the Energy Save System Preference. I am using Mac OS 10.3.5 on a 15" Powerbook a From
Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 17, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..
The Orkut Media Center
La red social Orkut ha lanzado hoy en abierto The Orkut Media Center, una especie de revista electrónica en la que columnistas y fotógrafos, miembros de la comunidad, reflejarán "the humor and irony in our everyday lives". Relacionado: Preguntas básicas... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on November 17, 2004 at 1:53 p.m..
Roses of weblog communities
Stephanie with
reflections on our work on weblog communities:Before I saw blog network structures like a an orange…an inner tightly structured core with a thick outer peel that could be easily penetrated. There was a hard core in the middle and a periphery network with fuzzy boundaries. I now look at blogs more like a rose with several layers of cores, each with a fuzzy boundary that is easily penetrated through topic. If you open up the flower, you notice the little microcosm of life moving fluidly b From
Mathemagenic on November 17, 2004 at 1:52 p.m..
The Rise of the Creative Class
Something to listen to on the airplane. "Richard Florida suggests that technology alone in this creative age is not going to make us safe. We need to bring in the kind of creative entrepreneurs who can make great ideas into sustainable business models. We also need aesthetic creativity and we need to pull in political and cultural creativity. Only then, Florida says, will we get real economic growth." By Richard Florida, IT Conversations, October 21, 2004 [
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OLDaily on November 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning
A short and early newsletter today, prepared using the free wireless access at Moncton airport as I wait for my flight to Vancouver. In this item, the latest International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning is out and leads with my essay, Learning Networks. Three other solid articles on communication and learning objects are also included. By Various Authors, November, 2004 [
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OLDaily on November 17, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..
Newspaper Looks Past Election for Blogs
I know it's a bit past the U.S. election, but here's a newspaper election blog worth pondering:
BattlegroundWisconsin.com, produced by the Journal Times of Racine, Wisconsin. City editor Dustin Block says it was a significant election-coverage endeavor, because "we basically threw our entire (newspaper) staff at it."He explains that throughout Election Day, reporters sent in reports for the blog. "The result: over 300 inches worth of content for the website, and far more stories than we could use in the newspape From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 17, 2004 at 12:54 p.m..
Get your groove back!
Feeling sluggish about studying? Ron Gross offers seven mid-course corrections to get you back on track to success by studying smarter, not harder.... From
Adult/Continuing Education on November 17, 2004 at 12:50 p.m..
Photos from Fallujah
Photos don't tell the whole story. They tell stories in inevitably weighted ways. But they do speak. Here are some from Fallujah that I haven't seen in any of the mainstream media. Of course, I haven't done a lot of looking for them.... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..
RSS vs. Newsletters
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thomas n. burg | randgänge on November 17, 2004 at 12:47 p.m..
Beginning another graduate program
If all works out, I will be starting another masters program in January. I’ve decided to formalize my study and research into instructional design and educational technology (I really dislike this term), with the empahsis being on instructional design. As I look at my career and interests, curriculum and design have always been something I’ve been involved in, so it seems fitting that as I move into my last couple decades of professional life, I look at the possibility that I may not always be in a direct teaching role.
Open Artifact on November 17, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..
The Matrix: Reworded
THE MATRIX: A HAIKU INTERPRETAION BY KITTEN EXT. HEART O' THE CITY HOTEL Police cruisers flash Sirens lighting up the night Black sedan pulls up From
kuro5hin.org on November 17, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..
Personalized RSS Alerts to Monitor Linking and Mentions
This is very cool!
BigPow is an RSS search. You can create feeds based on branded keywords or on your url to determine who is linking to you. Very cool! Ego searches...create a persistent search on your own name, or company, or product. You'll get any new results delivered direct to your news aggregator. Track incoming links...create a search on Google where the key word is "link:http://www.yoursite.com" The results returned will show you who is linking to you. Enter the url that is generated into From
RSS Blog on November 17, 2004 at 11:00 a.m..
Multimedia narrative at CET: November 2004
Multimedia narrative at CET: November 2004 Day one: Wednesday, November 17th 9:00 HYPHEN 10:15 Introduction 10:15 HYPHEN 10:30 Break 10:30 HYPHEN 11:15 Pedagogy and best practices 11:15 HYPHEN 11:45 How to tell a story through multimedia 11:45 HYPHEN 1:00 Lunch... From
MANE IT Network on November 17, 2004 at 10:58 a.m..
Rice University Webcasts
The Rice University Webcasts are another excellent example of the power of syndication. I've added the RSS feed to Auricle's Learning Objects drop down menu (top of the home page). From
Auricle on November 17, 2004 at 10:53 a.m..
Personal handbook
I was taught by Lou Kelly, the longtime director of the University of Iowa's groundbreaking Writing Lab, that students would each benefit by composing or compiling a personal handbook that addressed the matters of grammar and proofreading that gave the individual the most trouble. This involved copying out sentences by the student and writing a tip or guide to how to correct or revise these sentences, and building an understanding that way of the patterns of one's own English and how... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on November 17, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..
Weblog research challenges: an overview
As a result of conversations with other blog researchers (both online and offline), reflecting on feedback from anonymous paper reviewers and some
Sunday morning thinking, I'm trying to write down an overview of weblog research challenges. It's going to be a part of an academic paper, but I'd like to publish it in pieces to get feedback and keep myself motivated by nice feeling of hitting the "post" button once a piece is finished. Preliminary structure (will add links here once post From
Mathemagenic on November 17, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..
Filling out the E-Learning Framework boxes
The results of the first JISC/CETIS conference in Oxford are now available online. The conference brought together specialists from a number of international e-learning initiatives with all current JISC sponsored e-learning technology development projects. Purpose: to start filling out all those boxes in the E-Learning Framework (ELF), but also to give geeks and regular people an opportunity to explore trends in e-learning technology in general. From
CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on November 17, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..
Missing: My Muse
I haven't written much of anything here lately, mostly because it seems I don't have anything to say. Is it post-election let down? Life in general leading me away from the keyboard? I'm not sure. At times I've feel like I absolutely, positively must write. While out on my morning walks or driving the car, or just puttering around these stories form in the recesses of my brain. Full-blown sentences and paragraph constructs that I imagine myself tapping out at the keyboard. But lately... From
Brain Frieze on November 17, 2004 at 8:00 a.m..
A Primer on Faceted Navigation
"
Faceted navigation brings the double whammy of helping users far more easily find what they're looking for, while also helping content owners to far more efficiently manage content (or in reality, to make it even feasible to manage content at all.)" From
elearningpost on November 17, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..
Microsoft Caught Out
Software piracy threatens to rob our cultural pioneers of their incentive to keep bringing us the best in everything they do. Microsoft is committed to preventing piracy from hurting legitimate software users, but by staying informed, you can ensure you're being part of the solution. -- Microsoft on Software Piracy Oops. Not taking your own advice is just silly. From
kuro5hin.org on November 17, 2004 at 7:45 a.m..
Learning Citizen Newsletter
Wer sich über Europas Anstrengungen, "the world's most dynamic and competitive economy" (Lissabon, 2000) zu werden, informieren will, findet hier einen interessanten Überblick. Im Mittelpunkt stehen laufende Learning/e-Learning-Projekte. Learning Citizen Newsletter, No 9, November 2004 [Kategorien: Weiterbildung allgemein]... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 17, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..
Triage Editing
Not enough time to edit documents thoroughly? Amy Gahran advises
Triage Editing: Create short, intuitive headlines and subheadsMaintain a sense of flowKill the gray blobs From
elearningpost on November 17, 2004 at 6:47 a.m..
Movie Studios Sue File Traders
The Motion Picture Association of America slaps an undisclosed number of individuals with lawsuits, accusing them of sharing copyright flicks on the internet. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on November 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
X-43A Jet Breaks Air Speed Record
NASA's X-43A 'scramjet' now holds the jet aircraft speed record after hitting a top speed of Mach 9.6, or nearly 6,600 mph. Engineers say the technology could find its way into military and commercial aircraft. By Amit Asaravala. From
Wired News on November 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
AntiGrav Not Exactly Uplifting
The new PlayStation 2 game makes ingenious use of the gimmicky EyeToy controller, but glitches and repetition keep it from taking off. By Chris Kohler. From
Wired News on November 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Vote Recount to Settle Doubts?
A vote recount in New Hampshire requested by the Nader campaign could allay concerns about anomalous election results in the state. But if the recount uncovers problems with voting machines, it could lead to a recount in Florida. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on November 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Halo 2: Playing to the Bitter End
Bungie's follow-up to its wildly successful shooter provides hours of fun, provided you're not too irritated by the ending or the long wait for a match on Xbox Live. By Lore Sjöberg. From
Wired News on November 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
The Final Capitalist Frontier
Future space explorers might bring back more than just pictures from their excursions -- they could mine the planets for profit. By Mark Baard. From
Wired News on November 17, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..
Virtual 3D Collaboration Spaces Strike Again: I-maginer
As I have been long predicting the virtual 3D marketplace for live collaboration technologies is gradually heating up. Last night an email notification in French announced the entry of a new third major player in this fascinating online collaboration sector.... From
Kolabora.com on November 17, 2004 at 5:56 a.m..
M-Learning 4 Generation Txt?
Als ich den Begriff "M-Learning" vor ca. drei Jahren zum ersten Mal hörte, ging es um das Lernen mit Hilfe des Palmtops oder ähnlicher Handhelds (wie sie so schön heissen). "Lernen" ist vielleicht schon zuviel gesagt: Die Ideen der Anbieter... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on November 17, 2004 at 5:52 a.m..
Power of articulation
Andy Boyd:Isn't it great how explaining yourself outloud to others, allows you to self reflect better then mulling it over in your own mind.
Me: I always need a conversation for growing my ideas. This is the main reason I blog. Even if no one comments, blogging makes it a conversation: I come to the idea next day and I can discuss it with From
Mathemagenic on November 17, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
Military Can Use Benefits to Access World Campus Program
Veterans will now be able to apply their education benefits toward tuition for the Penn State World Campus online master of Geographic Information Systems and postbaccalaureate certificate in Geographic Information Systems, in addition to programs previously approved by the Pennsylvania office of Veterans Education. From
DEC Daily News on November 17, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
ADEC to Host Webcast Highlighting Distance Education
SAN DIEGO " November 16, 2004 -- As California works to update its 40-year-old Master Plan for Higher Education, the Alliance for Distance Education in California (ADEC) will host oeEducation in the 21st Century: The California Vision, a webcast scheduled on Nov. 18 from 11:00 AM to 1 PM, designed to provide information, direction and policy support to California From
DEC Daily News on November 17, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
Bush II: Paige out, NCLB to high school
Two weeks after the Nov. 2 elections that granted President George W. Bush an extended tour of duty, school leaders are still trying to understand what the results will mean for educational technology. From
DEC Daily News on November 17, 2004 at 4:51 a.m..
CEOGC Selects BlueBridge Networks
BlueBridge Networks LLC ("BlueBride") is proud to announce that the Council for Economic Opportunity in Greater Cleveland ("CEOGC") has selected BlueBridge Network's high availability BlueHost©, BluePipe© and BlueSecure© services. [PRWEB Nov 17, 2004] From
PR Web on November 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
It's National Adoption Month! New Adoption Video Wins Film Advisory Board's Award of Excellence, Screens at NY International Film Festival
Since 1976, November has been National Adoption Month. And again this November, the national media will focus on this very important subject, which undoubtedly is of interest to millions of viewers or readers. "'I Have Roots & Branches'...Personal Reflections on Adoption", an award-winning documentary film, fits the stated goal of National Adoption Month to raise awareness about adoption and, in doing so, encourages America's families to become adoptive parents. [PRWEB Nov 17, 2004] From
PR Web on November 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
LearnShare Continues to Grow Roster of Fortune 500 Companies
LearnShare, LLC, the consortium of Fortune 500 companies organized to research, design, purchase, package, and share best practices in the training and development field, released today the names of the new members that have joined the consortium through third quarter 2004. [PRWEB Nov 17, 2004] From
PR Web on November 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Free E-book Guaranteeing to Release You from the Bondage of Symptoms and Disease for Life
Give your readers a free copy of the e-book, The Creator's Manual for Your Body. A book that is unlike any other book on the subject of health, life, and diets. A book that doesn't just tell you what to do, and hope you will do it. This book actually deals with why you don't do what you already know how to do. So you will naturally be doing the things that have you lose weight and be healthy. [PRWEB Nov 17, 2004] From
PR Web on November 17, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
Trillian Instant Messaging client bringing ad hoc chat to Windows?
Students using laptop computers are becoming more common in our networked classrooms. I carry my Mac laptop with me all the time, using it to take notes and check references in conference presentations. I confess that there are times when I am Instant Messaging through '
iChat'. While iChat allows me to connect to my buddies back home, perhaps its more powerful feature is its use of
Rendezvous to browse the local subnet. Using Rendezvous, I can find From
EDUCAUSE Blogs - on November 17, 2004 at 4:02 a.m..
Research into FOSS in education
Alec Couros is looking for k-12 educators who are involved in the use or advocacy for free and open source software in schools. I just finished his initial questionaire, and I'm excited to see what comes out of his research. From
Just Another Ant on November 17, 2004 at 4:00 a.m..
[ECAR 2004] ECAR in San Diego
I'm down in San Diego for the 2004 ECAR symposium. As usual, Richard Katz and his merry band have put together a very stimulating conference. This morning started off with a talk by Larry Smarr from UCSD. Larry's been involved with many of the developments of modern information and networking technology over the last 20 or so years, so it's always wise to listen to his perspective. This time Larry was talking about the sea change in computing that is coming about due to the evolving ubiquitous availability of high capacity fiber linking researchers around the From
Oren Sreebny's Weblog on November 17, 2004 at 2:54 a.m..
The web's long memory
A student interested in politics expressed some concern about writing in weblogs and wikis while still in college, knowing that the pieces may live on for quite a long time in search engines even if the sites are taken down. I could imagine the student taking up a political career at some point -- I admire her ability to focus on the complexity of issues in light of justice and practicality, and I think it's easy to imagine this sort of person being an admirable public servant. But... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on November 17, 2004 at 1:52 a.m..
How content aggregators change navigation and control of content
An important article from Joshua Porter,
Digital Web on how aggregators already change the content presentation (read the end of the article with graphs) :"Site designs will move toward more flexible aggregation systems. Instead of a rigid navigation system that gives users a pre-defined hierarchy of choices, we’ll see many more user-driven systems. Faceted classification systems are an example of this. These are essentially a special kind of aggregation system that lets users aggregate content accord From
unmediated on November 16, 2004 at 11:55 p.m..
Preserving Books
Jeez, what an interesting day. I spent the morning at the the Jupiter Inside ID conference. Then I had lunch with six folks from the Library of Congress who have a variety of interests and deep, passionate expertise. We talked about if, when and how the Library's 150M objects will be digitized and how that will change the institution, research, knowledge, authority... It was completely fascinating. Then I got a tour of the Library's 100-person conservation/preservation division. May I use the "fascinating" word twice in one paragraph? I've been mightily impressed by the people I From
Joho the Blog on November 16, 2004 at 11:48 p.m..
Can you name this song?
This is a favor for a friend of mine who heard a song at a bar the other night. We've searched on Google with the lyric snippet to no avail. So we're turning to the wisdom of the web, and hoping you readers may know the artist and/or the song. Do you know a song that's new and probably released within the past few years? He might have heard something about this band on MTV and this may have been the lead single off their major labor release. It's, "really good 'generic' funk." It's also, "The closest thing I've heard to Prince since Outkast." The lyric s From
megnut on November 16, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..