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KCRA reporter goes IM to Air from courtroom
Via Lost Remote: What a great idea. During the Scott Peterson verdict -- where no cameras where allowed -- KCRA reporter Edie Lambert sat in the WiFi-enabled courtroom with her laptop and sent IMs straight on the air. From unmediated on November 21, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..

That Tax Return 'Mistake'
CNN: Frist: Tax-returns measure indefensible. "Does anyone believe that some staffer without permission thought up a scheme by which a chairman's 'agent' could have access to every IRS facility everywhere in this nation and every single IRS filing of every citizen of this nation?" said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat. "I mean, you know, we weren't born yesterday." Frist, the majority leader, claims someone will be held accountable. Let's see From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 21, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

RSS2WAP
This site is meant for online conversions of RSS feeds into WML for access on WAP devices (RSS2WML, RSS WAP or RSS-to-WAP). It's free and you can make a link on your web site. Do you have WAP enabled mobile phone? Why not use it to read news or weblogs online? There are not many sites which offer WML pages but you'll be surprised how many sites offer RSS feeds. RSS2WAP From RSS Blog on November 21, 2004 at 9:59 p.m..

Life After Head Start...
Idea Lab: Life Way After Head Start" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/magazine/21IDEA.html?oref=login">The New York Times Magazine > Idea Lab: Life Way After Head Start Not only has the Perry study set records for longevity, but it also asks the truly pertinent question: what is the impact of preschool, not on the test scores of 7-year-olds but on their life chances? The answer is positive -- a well-designed program really works. An article from the Sunday New York Times Magazine that highlights the most recent findings from the Perry Preschool Project. The study examines the lives of 1 From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on November 21, 2004 at 9:49 p.m..

How to Fold a Shirt translated
For those who thought there might be some trickery in the fabulous How to Fold a Shirt video I posted about, here's a translation I found on a message board: "Start by laying the Tshirt flat and sideways in front of you, neck opening to your right. Find the centerpoint on the far side and pinch it with your left hand, about two inches in from the far edge. With your right hand, draw a line from your left hand to the right edge of the tshirt, parallel to the edge of the shirt. This brings your right hand to... From Joho the Blog on November 21, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..

Ballmer Misrepresented Linux Patent Study
eWeek: Author of Linux Patent Study Says Ballmer Got It Wrong. When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said he wasn't really saying that Linux violates more than 200 software patents, Microsoft followed up by saying Ballmer was only citing findings from a controversial study done this summer by OSRM (Open Source Risk Management), a risk-mitigation consultancy. The study claimed that Linux has been found to potentially violate 283 software patents. The author of that report, however, doesn't see thin From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 21, 2004 at 9:45 p.m..

A New Way to Look at the News...
Ed-Tech Insider: A New Way To Picture The News Over at eSchoolNews.com I point to 10 x 10, (Via AssortedStuff.) a web site that searches the RSS feeds of three major news organizations and returns the top 100 words associated with the stories found in those news feeds and associates them with photographs from those organizations. An interesting display of information in a graphical format...... From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on November 21, 2004 at 7:50 p.m..

Hot Chocolate
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Blogging vs. Posting
I've been feeling less than satisfied with my writing/blogging here of late. Even though I've stayed pretty consistent in terms of posting on a regular basis, I just don't feel like the quality of the posts has been as good or as meaningful as in the past. And maybe that's just it; it feels like posting, not blogging. It's a big difference for me, because I'm learning when I blog whereas I'm just collecting when I post. I've been over this turf before, I know, but to me, blogging is work. Not work in a job sense but work in a thinking/writing sense. B From weblogged News on November 21, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Planning a usable website: A three-step guide
Trenton Moss has written an article on planning a usable website, in which he identifies three key steps: Work out your site visitors' immediate needs Create an information flow Usability testing [Thanks to Planet HCI.]... From Column Two on November 21, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

A special compromise on education
The Senate and House pass a new bill to help children with learning disabilities. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on November 21, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

Attorney R. General
Joshua Glenn wonders in the Boston Globe today why the adminsitration will not release what the R in "Alberto R. Gonzales" stands for. What's Gonzales got to hide? Joshua guesses that R might stand for Rosebud, Ragnar, Reuben, Rico, Romeo or Rudyard. Or pehaps, he says, it's something French such as Rémy, Robbe-Grillet. Or perhaps Roewade, Rove or Rambo. Personally, I think it's Alberto Roosevelt Gonzales, but I'm open to speculation.... From Joho the Blog on November 21, 2004 at 3:46 p.m..

Gilead
That's the title of the new novel by Marilynne Robinson, whose only other novel to date is the well-loved Housekeeping. I've not read Housekeeping yet (though I have seen the movie), but I have a feeling I may need to read this latest novel first. Michael Dirda's review in ... From Gardner Writes on November 21, 2004 at 1:51 p.m..

Conferenza - Professional blogging
Before bloggers were blogging, Conferenza was sending protobloggers to conferences to write up reports for those back home. Shel Israel has just sent me his write-up of PopTech, and it's durn good - concise and thoughtful. And I agree with him that this year's PopTech was superb. (No, his reports aren't always this upbeat, and even in this one he isn't shy about pointing out the few clunkers.) Conferenza costs $200/year for individuals, although first-timers get a 50% discount. Is it worth it? The quality is excellent, but you'll have to decide if it suits your needs. From Joho the Blog on November 21, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

The question no one dares ask
Mark Dionne, who is apparently feeling a tad nervous about post-election America, tremulously wonders in an email whether the Red states or Blue states have more nuclear weapons under their control. (Yes, he's joking.)... From Joho the Blog on November 21, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

Library of Congress mp3s
Thanks to Michael Shook, here are some MP3 versions of my talk to the Library of Congress on Monday: Speech (15MB) Q&A (19MB) The whole shebang (39MB) The Quicktime movie of it is here in the unlikely event that you think seeing me will improve your experience of it. Or maybe C-SPAN's Real version of it will work for you.... From Joho the Blog on November 21, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

Should everyone get an A ?
Dennis Jerz wrote an interesting piece based on David MacKay's essay "Everyone Should Get an A". One significant part for me is where MacKay states: Does a bus-driver-training school rank its graduating drivers? No, it ensures that all attain the standard required of a bus-driver. Would you like to be treated by a C-grade doctor? No, everyone wants an From Frank Carver's weblog (Teaching and Learning category) on November 21, 2004 at 11:58 a.m..

Ending closed learning tools
Tim Bray made this comment in a response to his ending keynote address at the recent XML2004 conference. ¶… the days when the recipe for success included wrapping the engineering in a veil of secrecy, those days are gone.Open Artifact on November 21, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

China Bloggers Emerge, But Not Too Loudly
SHANGHAI - They play a key role in a medium made to order for debating the issues of our times. And in the United States, Web logs spout forth a torrent of news and often scalding opinions on just about everything. Not so in China, where a certain timidity reigns. Economic freedoms are expanding in this nation of 1.3 billion people, nowhere more powerfully than here in Shanghai, an amazing city that seems to grow a new skyline every year and has become the commercial center of a vast land. Freedom of expression, the heart of political freedom, is making considerably less progress. The gover From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 21, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

No Confidence Vote Passes Against UN Top Leadership
Already embattled with his ties to the Iraqi Oil for Food scandal, and what some term as the 'Food for Sex' scandal, Kofi Annan has dodged the latest bullet. Well, dodged only in the sense that specific allegations against him was removed at the last minute before passing. The UN staff union passed a resolution sharply critical of the world body's senior management but expressed support for beleaguered Secretary General Kofi Annan. An earlier draft of the resolution had strongly worded language about no confidence in senior staff of the United Nations, which has been buffe From kuro5hin.org on November 21, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Full IM Search Plus IM Alerts Inside A Zero-Download Consumer IM Service: IMSmarter.com
IM Smarter is a new kind of instant messaging add-on service which allows full search of all your past instant messaging exchanges while providing a simple and effective IM-based personal notification service. Go to www.IMSmarter.com to check it out. While... From Kolabora.com on November 21, 2004 at 7:54 a.m..

Worm lures users into online booby trap - Will Knight. NewScientist.com
A computer worm that turns desktop PCs into malicious web servers has begun infecting computers around the world, experts warn. The Bofra worm, which comes in two variations known as Bofra-A and Bofra-B, spreads by exploiting a software bug discovered From Techno-News Blog on November 21, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Sober worm variant shimmies - Dawn Kawamoto and Dan Ilett, CNET News
A new version of the Sober mass-mailing worm was discovered Friday as it quickly spread through Europe and into the United States. Tech security companies gave it a midlevel threat warning. The W32.Sober.i worm, which sends itself as an e-mail attac From Techno-News Blog on November 21, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

More Security Holes Found In Internet Explorer 6.0 - Gregg Keizer, Tech Web News
Three more vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 browser were disclosed Wednesday by Danish security vendor Secunia, bringing the total of IE bugs found by the firm in the last two months to an even dozen. Two of the flaws were tagged as From Techno-News Blog on November 21, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Universal Knowledge Solutions and Ohio University conclude Middle East tour
The tour was organized by UKS and aimed at cementing existing relations between Ohio University and some of its Middle East partners, as well as creating new ones. Dr. Thomas Shostak, Dean of Lifelong Learning at Ohio University said about the trip... From Online Learning Update on November 21, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Victoria University seeks closer ties with Malaysia - Randal Jackson, Computerworld
Victoria University will hold a joint seminar this week with Malaysian ICT specialists in an endeavour to seek closer ties with Malaysia. Victoria From Online Learning Update on November 21, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Distributed learning in the Nordic Countries and Canada - Arnór Gudmundsson and Asrun Matthiasdottir, EURODL
Distributed learning is defined as learning that makes use of distributed resources and the breaking down of traditional boundaries between face-to-face and open and distance learning. Examples of distributed learning from three countries, Iceland, Can From Online Learning Update on November 21, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

Web designers it's not 1999 - tables are only for tabular data!
Amen Joe! Nothing is more irritating than people who don't keep up with the current state of the art in their profession whether it's web design or any other job. Unfortunately in Vancouver, with a few exceptions, most web designers still think it's 1999. From Le «blog personnel» de Joe Clark ; Worst redesign of the year: QUOTE Corporate Web professionals labour unde From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 21, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

New Version of LERSUS, Authoring Software for Quick and Easy Development of Tutorials and Tests
The new LERSUS version (3.0.0.11) provides the author with ever more capabilities to work with learning and informational materials. [PRWEB Nov 21, 2004] From PR Web on November 21, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

eLearning on DVD Anywhere, Anyone, Anytime
Engage Interactive completes its cycle of providing universal training by adding a new dimension to electronically delivered education: interactive training delivered on DVD. [PRWEB Nov 21, 2004] From PR Web on November 21, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

"Diamond Price Locator" Launched by Diamondchatforum.com.
To celebrate the successful launch ofdiamondchatforum.com ,WhiteSparkles Jewelry Thailand has in troduced a unique diamond price locator on their website which offers vistors an opportunity to compare diamond prices based on criteria such as cut, color, clarity and carat weight. [PRWEB Nov 21, 2004] From PR Web on November 21, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Bush Nominates a Close Adviser for Top Education Post
President Bush named Margaret Spellings, who currently serves as chief adviser on domestic issues, to take over as secretary of education. From New York Times: Education on November 21, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

City Schools Getting Free Advice From a Public Relations Firm
One of the nation's highest-priced public relations firms, known for its expertise in crisis management, is advising the New York City school system free of charge. From New York Times: Education on November 21, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Council Members See Flaws in School-Admissions Plan
City lawmakers said that the public high school admissions process remained deeply flawed, despite an overhaul last year. From New York Times: Education on November 21, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

The Snowball Effect of Volunteer Work
If more chief executives did volunteer work, they would have a greater positive impact on employees, suppliers and the public, one C.E.O. says. From New York Times: Education on November 21, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

School District Challenges Darwin's Theory
A Pennsylvania school district Friday defended its decision to discount Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and teach what critics say is a version of creationism. From New York Times: Education on November 21, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Bill Clears Way for Government to Cut Back College Loans
The federal government will be able to require millions of college students to shoulder more of the cost of their education under the new spending bill before Congress. From New York Times: Education on November 21, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Stepping Beyond the PKI Pilot
A discussion on PKI including key steps to implementing, assessing requirements and alternatives, in-house vs. outsourcing and more. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on November 21, 2004 at 1:57 a.m..

Washington Post: Judiciary Panel Backs
Washington Post: Judiciary Panel Backs Specter. (U.S. Sen. Arlen) Specter got his colleagues' blessing after he drafted a statement -- and strengthened it during negotiations with GOP leaders and committee Republicans -- pledging prompt hearings and votes on President Bush's judicial nominees. He also vowed to try to curtail Democratic filibusters against judicial choices and held the door open to the possibility of a rule change to ban such filibusters, although he did not endorse it From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 21, 2004 at 1:47 a.m..

Next-Generation Course Management Systems: Beyond Accidental Pedagogy presentation from Educause Conference
For the institution, information technology, and academic programs, costs of purchasing, supporting, and managing course management systems (CMS) are just part of the challenge. A new generation of learners demand interactive and mobile learning while faculty demand seamless supports and... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 21, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

E-learning becoming embedded, but more work needed on implementation
More needs to be done on the e-learning front, but at least its moving. A survey carried out by the Chartered Institute of Personnel at Development (CIPD) finds that "Five years on and e-learning still remains work in progress. Organisations... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 21, 2004 at 12:56 a.m..

Executive Summary:
Perhaps the greatest promise of anticipated technologies is their potential to transform schools through innovation. Without innovation, schools risk stagnating in an increasingly sophisticated world. Lack of public support and funding in this country could jeopardize innovation, which would be... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 21, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

E-Learning Adventures Beyond the LMS
Given the marketing muscle behind the major LMS developers and their complete dominance of the e-learning space, it's hardly surprising that many people see an LMS as "the solution" to their future learning needs. But an LMS, as available today,... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 21, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

Nine common myths about design
User-centred design is a core value/philosophy that drives almost every other design decision we make. Nine common myths about design Good design is just common sense Only experts create good design Web interfaces can be redesigned right before launch Good... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 21, 2004 at 12:55 a.m..

Electronic Arts and the mighty dollar
Behemoth publisher EA seems to be a bit hard on its employees, reslting in law suits. But employee abuse and poor working conditions isn't as simple to solve as it might seem. And EA is the catalyst for a potential revolution From kuro5hin.org on November 21, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..