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Pilgrimage to Trinity
Here and there upon the Earth are places so unique and important that many of us come to regard them as holy. Some of these places are shaped by natural forces, like the Grand Canyon, Mount Everest, the Valleys of the Vapors, or the frozen desert of Antarctica. Some attain their status because of the great or important humans who were born there, and some by the great or important humans whose lives ended nearby. Some places become sacred because of a great or momentous event. One of the shortest but most important of those events occurred at 5:29:45 AM on the morning of From kuro5hin.org on November 28, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

I’ll wait for the movie
I gave it a go, but I had to stop reading Bourne Ultimatum. It was just to slow, and at 600+ pages, I decided to wait until the movie. From Open Artifact on November 28, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Dogs of Bedlam Farm
I just started reading "Dogs of Bedlam Farm" by Jon Katz, after hearing an interview [Real Player] with the author on the Diane Rehm Show on NPR. Wonderful interview, and wonderful book - so far, 100+ pages in. It's funny, sad, conforting, disturbing, and a must read - IMO - ... From Open Artifact on November 28, 2004 at 8:56 p.m..

Fishing Lessons
Went out for some night snook fishing with Fishing Buddy Fred last Friday night in the Indian River lagoon. Fred and I have been not-catching fish together for some time now--all over our area here and down in the Keys. Once again there were lots of fish around, but we couldn't quite get the right combination of lure/bait and presentation to land a big one. One little baby snook was all we could manage, despite the fact that the fish were blasting bait on the surface around dock lights... From Brain Frieze on November 28, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

Repositories Thoughts (in Portuguese)
I ran across this, with my name in the middle of it and used Altavista to translate and I think I know that is trying to be said. An interesting adventure in the power of computers and language. I aonde... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 28, 2004 at 6:55 p.m..

Due Diligence: Why old media bundles are breaking down
Oldie from September but a goodie! The CD bundle is dead and the newspaper bundle is dying. What will replace them? Search + RSS + blogs? Read the whole thing for more insights. From Due Diligence: Dissecting the Media: Trust and Transactions.: QUOTEGetting on to the media, we can note compact discs, and magazines and newspapers bought off the rack as bundles of content in the real world. Ma From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on November 28, 2004 at 6:52 p.m..

voting. consensus and democracy
Lasse writes about voting and consensus:At first, it may seem like a good idea to follow the democratic vote -- after all, democracy is a Good Thing,, From blog.IT on November 28, 2004 at 5:56 p.m..

Does m-learning have a future in distance education?
Two factors will dictate the future of m-learning in distance education. These two factors are hardware and connectivity. Currently the hardware available for m-learning has limitations for the end users (students). These limitations are the number of different types of... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 28, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Education Entrance E-portfolios a good thing?
If an educational institution requested an e-portfolio as part of your admission application would this be a good request for the institute? Would this be a good thing for the applicant? For an institution to find value in the exercise... From Teaching and Developing Online. on November 28, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Hiding Out (Psss -it is snowing right now)
Surely of interest to no one, but I've been fortunate to enjoy a rather lazy extended piece of time, 6 days wrapped around Thanksgiving at our Arizona mountain hideaway in Strawberry (yes readers, Arizona is not a swath of Arabian windswept desert, but have places with trees and weather). I had sworn our elevation was 6000 feet from a local topo map, but was sadly informed via my GPs that we site at 5620 feet. Yep. winter weather rolled in today with morning hail, snow, and rain, and we are warmed by a fire in our wood stove. And this is primitive, as the occasional i From cogdogblog on November 28, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Games for Magazine Audiences
As reported here before, the Dutch Telegraaf magazine group (TSS), publisher of titles such as Cosmo Girl, Elegance, Esquire, FHM, and the car magazine Autovisie, ventured into online gaming earlier this year. It signed up for Habbo Hotel, a virtual world that allows visitors to occupy their own "rooms," buy virtual furniture with premium SMS (phone text) messages, and chat online. Finnish company Sulake LabsPoynter E-Media Tidbits on November 28, 2004 at 3:55 p.m..

Meet Your New Personal Media
The thing that interests me most these days is how "personal" media are getting mixed up with, well, media as we know it. More and more we spend time with our own digital pictures, videos, chats with friends, our e-mail, things that we feel are truly our own. How is this form of "media" combined with existing media interests?Some recent examples I've noticed include the first Dutch Ipod DJ parties (visitors bring their own music selection on an Ipod); video-phone television offered by Telecom Italia's broadband portal Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 28, 2004 at 3:55 p.m..

WordPress Planet
I stumbled across a great resource for WordPress users while checking through my referrer logs. If you are using WordPress as a blogging tool, WordPress Planet offers lots of tweaks, hacks and WordPressy goodness! From Just Another Ant on November 28, 2004 at 2:58 p.m..

CDC: 2004-2005 Flu Vaccine Shortage
Information from the Centers for Disease Control. From Minneapolis Public Library - the LIST on November 28, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Young People Dumping Newspapers for Online?
Newspapers should "really worry" because young people these days "just aren't interested in reading newspapers and print magazines," says Adam Penenberg in an article for Wired. He argues that although many young people read "voraciously," they have grown up under the credo that information should be free, so they see no reason to pay for news. Instead, says Penenberg, they access free news websites and surf Google News, where they select from thousands of free informati From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on November 28, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Worries about "rich web applications"
I've been readinlg a lot of articles about "rich web applications" recently. (for example, here ). I can't help worrying that knee-jerk adoption of such things could greatly reduce the usability of the web, though. I think it's fair to say that a great majority of computer users know how to use a web browser. It's certainly the most used piece of software on my computers, and those at the college where I work. Following on from that, it seems reasonable to assume t From Frank Carver's weblog (Teaching and Learning category) on November 28, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

Less War or War-Making that is Less Capricious?
Summary: The material below is liberally extracted from an Economist report (11/18/2004) on the "health" and future of the UN. If the UN will become more than a debating society it must have effective means for preventing and curtailing international and intranational warfare: its beginnings, ends, and the carnage in between.Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN will soon receive a report from a high level panel on collective security. That panel's work, over the last year, has resulted in a blueprint for From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on November 28, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Presentation: Enterprise Content Management (KL, Malaysia)
It was a pleasure to spent time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last week, as a speaker at the Enterprise Content Management conference. I presented on two closely-related topics: "Selecting an appropriate content management system"Powerpoint presentation (66 kB) "Successfully implementing a... From Column Two on November 28, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

Copyrightlaws.com is offering online courses on Managing Copyright Issues, U.S. Copyright Law, Digit ...
Copyrightlaws.com is offering online courses on Managing Copyright Issues, U.S. Copyright Law, Digital Licensing, and Canadian and International Copyright Law, in the Spring of 2005 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on November 28, 2004 at 10:49 a.m..

Lovemarks: What's love got to do with it?
Lovemarks — a site, then a book — is the product of Kevin Roberts, CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi, the ginormous ad agency. Lovemarks are brands that "inspire loyalty beyond reason." ("Lovemark" is a play on "trademark," I assume.) Roberts analyzes products using The Love/Respect Axis: BRANDS Low LoveHigh Respect LOVEMARKS High LoveHigh Respect PRODUCTS Low LoveLow Respect FADS High LoveLow Respect Because brands "have run out of juice," his ad agency "looked closely at the question: What makes some brands inspirational, while others struggle?" The 2x2 above says the difference is love. From Joho the Blog on November 28, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Google muscles into Microsoft's turf - ALLISON LINN, AP BUSINESS
Not too long ago, Google Inc. seemed little more than a pesky insect to Microsoft Corp.'s 800-pound gorilla. No more. As Google rapidly rolls out new products, the company best known for its wildly popular search engine is muscling into the software gi From Techno-News Blog on November 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Linux Ready for Prime Time, Intel Says - Cynthia L. Webb, Washington Post
Despite all the hype about Linux and other open-source operating systems, the fact remains that Microsoft Corp. continues to dominate the desktop universe, with 90 percent or so of the world's personal computers powered by one version of Windows or ano From Techno-News Blog on November 28, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Cyberport and Hong Kong's Future
(This is also my Sunday column in the San Jose Mercury News.)HONG KONG Too bad John Chu, this city's king of movie special effects, can't actually clone himself and his company. If he could make his digital magic work in the real world, perhaps he could turn a high-profile development cal From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on November 28, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Learning Landscape progress
At the recent UBC conference I had the privilege of participating on a panel with Tracy Penny-Light and Helen Chen. We were exploring the Learning Landscape framework, implications at each institution and its potential for reflection and increased engagement. It... From ERADC Blog on November 28, 2004 at 7:50 a.m..

The Micro-Reboot: A Time-Saving, Inexpensive Boot in the Gear- Mike Martin, Science Today
To do a micro-reboot, "I.T. specialists simply need to configure the software," says Stanford University researcher George Candea. "Micro-rebooting is performed automatically by a recovery management and control program, not by humans." As anyone knows From Techno-News Blog on November 28, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Getting smart about e-learning: Feds now use the technology as communications, management tool - Judy Welles, Federal Computer Week
E-learning is moving beyond training to become a tool for performance, collaboration and management, according to federal managers and contractors. In the process, some agency officials are finding that e-learning, already known for cost savings, has v From Online Learning Update on November 28, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Online Professional Development in Support of Online Teaching: Some Issues for Practice - Karah Hogarth, Ingrid Day and Drew Dawson, ITDL
This paper reports on a pilot study at the University of South Australia. The study explored the experiences of academics undertaking a professional development (PD) program delivered partly online. University teaching staff are in a unique position to From Online Learning Update on November 28, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

The Loneliness of a (Home-Schooled) Long-Distance Runner
Most N.C.A.A. runners were propelled by structured high-school programs, but Liberty's Josh McDougal from Peru, N.Y., had no official team or coach. From New York Times: Education on November 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

When Goliath Strikes David Back, From the Sideline
States have begun taking action to address what they perceive as prep schools' unfair advantages over larger public schools in recruiting football players. From New York Times: Education on November 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Texas Campus Stirs as One Man Gets a Second Statue
Joe Jamail, an alumnus who has donated $21.7 million to the University of Texas and its athletic programs, already has one bronze likeness at the law school. From New York Times: Education on November 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Givers and Colleges Clash on Spending
In recent years a few noisy disputes over how donated money is spent have had a powerful effect on the fund-raising game. From New York Times: Education on November 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Gay Students Force New Look at Homecoming Traditions
Driven by protests from gay students, colleges and high schools are re-examining the ritual of crowning homecoming kings and queens. From New York Times: Education on November 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

CUNY Is Set to Name Dean for New School of Journalism
Stephen Shepard, editor in chief of Business Week, will be recommended as dean of the City University of New York's new graduate journalism school. From New York Times: Education on November 28, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Blog links from Tech Trends article
Here are the links to all the examples and other URLs mentioned in the Martindale and Wiley article "Weblogs as Tools for Teaching, Learning, and Collaborating", in press with Tech Trends, a journal sponsored by AECT.... From Martindale Matrix on November 28, 2004 at 3:16 a.m..

Spring 2005 Textbooks
Here are the books I'm using in Spring: For EDTC 6020 Principles of Instructional Design: The Systematic Design of Instruction. Walter Dick, Lou Carey, and James Cary. 6th Edition. Addison Wesley Longman. For EDTC 7230 Web Teaching: Design and Development... From Martindale Matrix on November 28, 2004 at 3:16 a.m..

Certificate and Course in Performance Improvement
Check out our new Certificate in Performance Improvement, (for which I am the coordinator) and Masters in PI. Both of these graduate programs are completely online, as are our masters degrees in Instructional Technology. The first course is EDTC 6125:... From Martindale Matrix on November 28, 2004 at 3:16 a.m..

AECT Chicago 2004 recap
Another AECT conference has come and gone. My mind is full and feet are tired. This was my seventh consecutive annual conference. Here's a recap. ECU had great representation at the conference: Sugar, Fine, Martindale, Colaric, Brown, Hofmann, Hodges, and... From Martindale Matrix on November 28, 2004 at 3:16 a.m..

Grant writing workshops
I had the opportunity to take part in two grant workshops yesterday. The presenter was Robert Lowman, Vice Chancellor for Research at UNC Chapel Hill. The two presentations seemed to be very well received by our group of 40 or... From Martindale Matrix on November 28, 2004 at 3:16 a.m..

Best Flash Communication Server-Based Videoconferencing Solutions
Stephen Shapiro wrote me a few days ago via email asking me for advice in identifying Flash-based videoconferencing solutions that could be adopted in an academic environment. He wrote: "I run a company called SchoolFusion.com. We presently manage classroom websites...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

RSS Newsfeeds, MP3 And Podcasting: Will The BBC Take Them All Mainstream?
The recent news that the BBC is experimenting at the bleeding edge of the new media technology world, with podcasting, probably shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. They have been experimenting with the newest of new media technologies...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

Ads Inside RSS: Good's Advice
Staci Kramer from PaidContent.org reports: "While some of us are wondering how best to use ads in RSS feeds, IT Garage proprietor Doc Searls asked "How long before somebody designs an RSS newsreader that blocks ads in RSS feeds?" He...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

Distinctive Icons Provide Desktop Scenery And Enhanced Navigation: VisualID
When you're looking for a particular folder or file on your computer, some people will prefer to identify it using graphical icons, whilst others will prefer to use the textual descriptor. For example, with Windows Explorer in Windows XP, you...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

Receptive Presence Awareness Equals On-Demand Availability
'Presence' awareness has rapidly become one of the most compelling features of Instant Messaging (IM) applications. Never before in the history of communications have we been able to tell whether the person we want to communicate with can actually be...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

Use Any Surface As Interface: Sensitive Object
Imagine any flat rigid surface becoming the potential interface to any computer software, home appliance or live communication system you have access to. That is what a French start up company has already started delivering with a new technology appropriately...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

Self-Directed Learning Is Good For Both Society And The Individual
"Cyberspace does not belong to any single group and, because it is simultaneously everywhere and nowhere, it does not lend itself to conventional terrestrial legal mechanisms. Nevertheless, it is vital to create a sense of trust in the technology for...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

Cheaper Than Skype: Babble
Babble is a new broadband internet telephony (VoIP) service from the UK's BON.net that offers free PC to fixed/landline telephone calls across Europe, mainland North America, Australia and New Zealand. Calls between Babble users anywhere in the world are also...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

Open Access Directory Of RSS News Feeds: Who Is For It?
There is a lot of untapped potential around the intelligent use of RSS syndicated content, and I have extensively pointed out some of the possible directions this may take us to. Photo credit: Robin Good It is important to acknowledge...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

Quiet Encoding: How Your Laser Printer Manufacturer Has Embedded An ID Code On Every Page You Print
Every page printed with a laser printer contains unique markings that may be traced back directly to the exact laser printing unit that was used to create the page. This discovery has spawned interesting ideas for applications, especially in forensics,...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

Holy Hiroshima! Doctor's Weapon Of Individual Destruction: Full Body CT
Yesterday issue of the What Doctors Don't Tell You newsletter reports that official scientific medical research shows how anyone undergoing a full body CT (computer tomography) is being exposed to a radiation level equivalent to that from the atomic bomb...... From Robin Good's Latest News on November 28, 2004 at 3:14 a.m..

W3C/Keio Presents at SFC Open Research Forum (ORF 2004) in Tokyo
2004-11-18: SFC Open Research Forum (ORF) (in Japanese) is an annual open house event of the Keio Research Institute of Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC), Keio University, Japan. At ORF 2004, W3C/Keio will organize a talk session, "W3C Forum in ORF," on 24 November. Tatsuya Hagino chairs, and Masayasu Ishikawa, Martin Dürst, Yoshio Fukushige and Kazhiro Kitagawa will give talks on Web technologies such as Compound Document Formats, Internationalization, the Semantic Web and Social Information Filtering. The event is open to interested companies and the general public. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on November 28, 2004 at 3:12 a.m..

Working Drafts: Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
2004-11-19: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released a First Public Working Draft of Client-side Scripting Techniques for WCAG 2.0 and three updated Working Drafts: HTML Techniques for WCAG 2.0, CSS Techniques for WCAG 2.0, and General Techniques for WCAG 2.0. The drafts give guidance on using HTML, XHTML, ECMAScript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to create accessible content. Deprecated examples illustrate techniques that content developers should not use. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on November 28, 2004 at 3:12 a.m..

Working Draft: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
2004-11-19: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released an updated Working Draft for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. This draft focuses on guidelines, attempts to apply guidelines to a wider range of technologies, and uses wording that may be understood by a more varied audience. Following WCAG checkpoints makes Web content accessible to people with disabilities and to users of a variety of Web-enabled devices. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on November 28, 2004 at 3:12 a.m..

Working Draft: SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)
2004-11-22: Through joint efforts, the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Working Group and the CSS Working Group have released a second Working Draft of SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL). The sXBL language defines the presentation and interactive behavior of elements outside the SVG namespace. The XBL task force considers the sXBL specification to be nearly ready for Last Call. Visit the SVG and CSS home pages. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on November 28, 2004 at 3:12 a.m..

Bestselling Famous Business Author Eric Schiffer Trumps All Other Business Author Gurus
Bestselling famous business author Eric Schiffer, the best-selling author of "Emotionally Charged Learning", is named in a new National poll as America's most popular business author and guru. [PRWEB Nov 27, 2004] From PR Web on November 28, 2004 at 3:11 a.m..

academic puzzles
So this is the beginning of some fascinating data. The graph represents the "shift" from 4pm exit poll data to final results. The puzzle is why the shift is so biased. It is an "academic" puzzle because it won't matter to this election. But it should be explained. From Lessig Blog on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

Our Universities: Backing Australia's Future - Newsletter 15
The Backing Australia's Future newsletter aims to keep the higher education sector informed of progress on the reforms. In the latest issue: Amendments to the Commonwealth Grants Scheme (CGS) Guidelines; Guidelines for the Higher Education Equity Support Program and the Higher Education Disability Support Program; Review of Higher Education Equity Programme (HEEP) - summary of Submissions; Higher Education Information Management System (HEIMS) - Going to Uni website; National Collaboration Research Infrastructure Strategy Advisory Committee.Backing Australia's Future, 19 November From EdNA Online on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

Quality and VET in Schools - Survey closes 2 December
Curriculum Corporation is currently undertaking a research project for the Australian National Training Authority. The aim of the project is to gather data about the type of VET in Schools information provided to students, parents and employers across the States and Territories. As part of the research practitioners are invited to fill out the survey online. Surveys are required by 2 December 2004. From EdNA Online on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

Ten Technologies That Are Going To Change The Way We Learn
The author lists the following technologies that in his opinion will make the major difference in how we will be learning in the future: search technologies, data visualisation tools, blogs, audio/video, RSS, P2P, unlimited storage, unlimited bandwidth, real time collaboration tools, collective and collaborative filtering.Robin Good, 22 November 2004 From EdNA Online on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

Podcast 2004-11-25
I babble a bit about Pachyderm, and then talk about a few of the interesting items to come over the wires. Grab a copy here Links from today's episode: Pachyderm Project Weblog Stand Up Eight: My First Podcast Unmediated: How content aggregators change navigation and control of content James Farmer: More Podcasting James Farmer: Enterprise ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

ipodder Education Podcast Directory
I volunteered to manage an Education node of the iPodder.org podcast directory. It's kinda empty at the moment. If you know of any education-related podcasts, please let me know if it should be included in the directory. From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

Rob Reynolds on The LMS Wars
Rob Reynolds has just posted an interesting piece on the coming LMS Wars. He likens it to be on par with the telecom industry's battle with legacy/enterprise protocols (ATM) vs. upcoming anarchy-driven protocols like IP. (IP is now in the lead, by the way) The existing LMS industry is analogous to ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

For Net music, exclusives are king
iTunes and rivals are building a cozy relationship with labels through online promotions. Photo: U2's Bono at iPod launch From CNET News.com on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

U.S. yawns over number switching
The tumult over keeping phone numbers when switching wireless carriers never surfaces. From CNET News.com on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

CA slaps spyware label on Kazaa
P2P program poses threat because of its widespread popularity and its high "clot factor," software maker says. From CNET News.com on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

Photo: U2's Bono at iPod launch
On the eve of a major record release, U2 lends its brand to Apple for a new version of the music player. From CNET News.com on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..

Legendary venture capitalist looks ahead
Don Valentine, Silicon Valley sage and founder of Sequoia Capital, explains why nanotech is overrated and Larry Ellison is wrong. From CNET News.com on November 28, 2004 at 3:10 a.m..