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Brewster Kahle Loses One, Wins One
Brewster Kahle is archiving the Internet. Not indexing it, like Google or Yahoo, archiving it. Storing it. All of it. Terabytes of it. Since 1996. In the Internet Archive. For the why and how, see A Conversation with Brewster Kahle in ACM Queu From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on December 10, 2004 at 10:56 p.m..

How developers and users should party together
Shelley nails it as usual. Read the whole thing and Shelley's blog. Highly Recommended!From When Open Source is Like Bad S*x.: QUOTEIn their relationship with developers, users can meet them half way by understanding that sh*t happens. They can help with testing, by reporting the bugs, and by maintaining a se From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 10, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..

Chasing the Dragon's Tale
Interesting... Chasing the Dragon's Tale: Stages and Generations of the Gap Archives... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 10, 2004 at 8:55 p.m..

A Level five course is that possible?
Suggestions of another level above the level four...say it is not so...but it does have merit. I like the statement "The investment of effort (from the teacher's point of view) obviously increases as the level advances." I have noticed that... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 10, 2004 at 8:55 p.m..

Student comments on weekly WebCT online quizzes
Please tell us what you like and what you don't like about the weekly online quizzes in the WebCT environment. Biology 107 at UConn: Student comments on weekly WebCT online quizzes.... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 10, 2004 at 8:55 p.m..

Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials?
Dated article but some interesting stuff...stuff that has still not been answered four years later. Who Owns Online Courses and Course Materials? Intellectual Property Policies for a New Learning Environment... From Teaching and Developing Online. on December 10, 2004 at 8:55 p.m..

Left Behind
This collage appears in Eye Contact, the literary magazine I advise at Seton Hill University where I teach. The theme for this particular issue of the magazine was "truth." I clipped words and phrases out of Weekly World News to create this piece. When I began, I thought I'd... From PEDABLOGUE on December 10, 2004 at 8:52 p.m..

Trackback / Sharebacks: Give These Packages Some Lovin'
We've promoted many different times (see the Breezed NMC Oct 2003 presentation) the notion that weblog Trackback technology provides a simple, and working now, method to connect descriptions of usage of learning objects stored in "thingamotories" (or "repositories if you like). Or, as we deemed it Learning Object Reuse Acknowledgment (LORA). Yet. while well received, it is not happening anywhere. We run a cogdogblog on December 10, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..

A list of Montreal academic blogs
Michael Lenczner has launched a barnraising effort around the idea of listing Montreal academics who blog (and non-academics who blog academically). When he first told me about his intentions, I wasn't too optimistic (What do you mean? All three of us?), but I went ahead and contributed a few names and this list has grown, baby - in just a few days. I did a little browsing and I&a From Seb's Open Research on December 10, 2004 at 8:46 p.m..

Friday, December 10, 2004
I bought my 3rd-gen 15GB iPod last February, and in ten months, I filled it with 705 songs. From RHPT.com on December 10, 2004 at 7:57 p.m..

Corporate E-Learning: Focus on Tasks
I've seen how several companies go about offering training via e-leaning channels, and it can be pretty dismal. But it doesn't have to be that way. In my opinion, too much corporate training is basically an information dump rather than skill development. It doesn't have to be that way... From Contentious Weblog on December 10, 2004 at 7:55 p.m..

How to Make Historic Newspapers an Interactive Experience
Are there any topics that are commonly thought to be more boring than history and newspapers? Any? So what would you expect from a newspaper-produced website that focuses on the Roman era, the Tudor era, the Victorian era, and World War II in British history?Well, HeadlineHistory.co.uk is all but boring. It's a media-rich, interactive website that just won several awards. This e-learning website is featuring video and audio, and invites pupils to interact. Every article or story that appears on the site is based on real newspape From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 10, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..

Penn State Disses Internet Explorer
Penn State University may not be ready to drop its struggling, long-time, classy football coach, Joe Paterno, but the Big Ten school has recommended that students, faculty, and staff stop using Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser, according to a story in the Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required)."The threats are real, and alternatives exist," the university said in an announcement posted on its website earlier From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 10, 2004 at 7:54 p.m..

An eBay Helper Freaks Out Newspaper
The Portland Oregonian has rejected advertising from a local online-shopping start-up, Bid Brothers. The company says that the newspaper's president informed it that its operation is a threat to the Oregonian's classifieds revenue, and thus the advertising was rejected.Bid Brothers works in concert with online auction giant eBay. The concept is simple: For any item selling for more than $50, Bid Brothers will sell it on eBay on behalf of the item's owner and take a cut of the selling From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 10, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..

[VBB] US Election 2004
Zack Exley, Kerry e-Campaign The Left criticizes the Kerry campaign for being too top-down. But we strove to go after results that would actually move the vote or get more volunteers on the ground in an organized program that would persuade voters and get our Kerry voters. And we also strove to get more money so we could run ads. We raised $122M online. The vast majority didn't come from discussion groups. We sent out emails, giving people reasons to give, or reasons to go volunteer. [Yeah, but IMO they should have let more air into the campaign. E.g., MeetUps... From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 6:48 p.m..

People-centred design report
Louise Ferguson has written a blog entry that points to a new people-centred design report from the US. To quote: The mission report from the recent DTI Global Watch Mission for People-Centred Design, to the US, was launched this week... From Column Two on December 10, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Facilitation: the Anti-Lecture
If you're planning on a career in online teaching, you need to prepare for a different atmosphere. Most of us grew up in the lecture-era and it may be difficult to let go of that image that we have ingrained in our minds. But imagine a world where students are given a topic and allowed to discuss it amongst themselves with quality leader involvement. No more snoozefests only the passion that can emerge from a well-facilitated topic and the endless variety of ideas and resources that we can garner from one another. Does it sound too good to be true? From eLearnopedia on December 10, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Mobile Learning and Pervasive Computing
This website is designed to provide a portal to the latest information on mobile learning and pervasive computing for trainers and educators at all levels from elementary education through higher education. From eLearnopedia on December 10, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Learning Circuits E-Learning Trends 2004
In October 2001, Learning Circuits published its first-ever e-learning survey to gage the impact that technology developments, supplier consolidations, and the economy were having on e-learning efforts inside organization. Over the years, Learning Circuits has deleted and added questions to reflect changes in the industry. This year, we took the analysis a step further. From eLearnopedia on December 10, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects
Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects is an academically peer refereed Journal. All submissions are blind refereed by three or more peers. IJKLO is published in print by subscription and its articles also appear online free of charge. From eLearnopedia on December 10, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Teaching and learning online with wikis
Wikis are fully editable websites; any user can read or add content to a wiki site. This functionality means that wikis are an excellent tool for collaboration in an online environment. This paper presents wikis as a useful tool for facilitating online education. Basic wiki functionality is outlined and different wikis are reviewed to highlight the features that make them a valuable technology for teaching and learning online. From eLearnopedia on December 10, 2004 at 5:53 p.m..

Weight of Words (Ross Mayfield)
The 10 ten words of the year according to Merriam-Webster, based on lookups: with del.icio.us and Flickr tags.  Also links to currently blank wiki pages and Wikipedia articles. 1. blog: del, flickr, wiki, pedia 2. incumbent: del, flickr, wiki, pedia... From Corante: Social Software on December 10, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

State of the School, Blogging-wise
I was contacted by a writer from University Business yesterday asking about a set of 'best practices' for blogs in schools. The writer appeared very concerned that students might not have any restrictions on what they post. I tried to explain the wrong-headedness of this thinking. Anyhow, I wonder whether the same writer didn't contact will Richardson, who later in the afternoon posted this document "that clearly spells out the use of Weblogs at our school." It's not really a 'best practices' either, but it's a pretty good overview of what's involved. MS From OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Crossroads Dispatches
James McGee recommends this blog, and after a read I echo his enthusiasm. Think of it as Madison Avenue marketing meets the Cluetrain Manifesto. Today's item featured discussion of an unusual marketing strategy described in the New York Times, BzzAgents. Fascinating. By Evelyn Rodriguez, December 9, 2004 [R From OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

News University
Poynter is previewing an e-learning project set for launch in April, 2005 - NewsU. Not thrilled with the sign-up, but many of the courses will be free. "NewsU offers innovative online training for journalists through self-directed modules, e-seminars and faculty-led courses. Tightly focused courses appeal to print, broadcast and online journalists. Log in for 10 minutes or two hours." NewsU is a project of The Poynter Institute and the Knight Foundation. By Various Authors, Poynter, December 9, 2004 [OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Grading system gets an F
The author of this article is catching a lot of criticism, most of it unfair. It is the sort of criticism to be expected, though, when a writer cuts straight to the heart of a contradiction in the established order. Yes, the argument is not new, and sadly, neither are the caricatures of the student journalist as lazy, skipping on her classes, or deserving an 'F'. As a former student journalist, I went through enough of this sort of condescending nonsense myself. Here is my take. As the price of an education increases, there is an increasing desire to see this money purchase a profess From OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

The Little TransQuoter
Interesting concept - it grabs quotes from seperate papers and assembles then (more or less randomly) to form paragraphs of surprising coherence. Raising the question, of course, of whether linearity in language is an illusion. Part of Project Xanadu, which is interesting in its own right. By Ted Nelson, Project Xanadu, December 8, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Teaching and Learning Online With Wikis
Brief introduction to the concept of a wiki, with some examples, and then a discussion of the use of a wiki as an icebreaker in an online course. Good example, and some ideas for people who may know what wikis are but were wondering how to use them. By Naomi Augar, Ruth Raitman and Wanlei Zhou, ASCILITE, November 14, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

The Intractable Problem of Informational Cascades
Michael Feldstein responds to my article in eLearn Magazine (which was originally a commentary on his earlier article in the same magazine) provoing that it is easier to poke holes in something than to sew them up again. Some comments from me below the article, to which Feldstein may have responded by the time you get this link. By Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, December 9, 2004 [Refer][Research][ From OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Research Buddy
It's hard to believe that Microsoft went years without adding any of these useful services to Internet Explorer. What an opportunity lost. Today's Firefox extenion comes my way via Todd: the reader selects som text (optional) then cites the page - Research Buddy prepares an academic citation, cahces the page, and saves the reference. By Eric Denman, Ravjot Pasricha, Stefan Popoveniuc and Eswar Vommina, December, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Knowledge-Building, Outreach and Awareness (KOA)
Infrastructure Canada has announced a new funding initiative. "Typical eligible projects would include the following: * activities and products to address gaps in knowledge, such as studies and quantitative analyses on issues like asset management, investment planning and decision making; * activities and products that increase capacity to undertake and disseminate knowledge, such as internships, and educational materials; and * vehicles for enhancing communication and understanding such as conferences, workshops and websites." Get your applications in by January 31. Grants fund up to 100 perc From OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

An End-of-Year Conversation with e-Learning Leaders... What s On Their Minds These Days?
The use of first names throughout the article is a little off-putting - I kept losing track of who was who - but this dialogue with a number of familiar names in the field was an interesting read. Mostly, though, I got a sense of dogged determination to keep plugging away despite the scepticism and the challenges. And, from time to time, some inspiration. Like this, which I will think about on the walk home today: "Bill H. recommends Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington because, when I was researching the problems of implementing knowled From OLDaily on December 10, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Minimo; Firefox like browser for your mobile
mozilla is planning to release a version of Minimo (Mini-Mozilla browser for portable devices) for mobile phones."Due out in January of 2005, the 0.3 version of Minimo is already in use by two mobile phone companies, however they cannot release their names due to an embargo. Mozilla Firefox has been taking over the share of Internet Explorer users very quickly, Minimo on the other hand, From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

How Public Journalism Is Changing
I mentioned recently that the National Civic Review devoted its fall, 2004 issue to public journalism. My contribution, Is Public Journalism Morphing into the Public's Journalism?, is now a PDF file in the PJNet Academy. An earlier draft of the article was given as a panel presentation at the mid-winter conference of the AEJMC at Rutgers in February, 2004. From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

"It is not size but what you do with it that counts"
BBC News: Lifestyle 'governs mobile choice' "Consumers are far more interested in how handsets fit in with their lifestyle than they are in screen size, onboard memory or the chip inside ... 'We have to stop saying that these technologies will change their lives,' said Dr Michael Bjorn, senior advisor on mobile media at Ericsson's consumer and enterprise lab. 'We should try to speak to consumers in their own language and help them see how it fits in with what they are doing'..." From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

Networks, flows and fluids
Networks, flows, and fluids - reimagining spatial analysis? by Kirsten Simonsen, 2004 "In a very complex field spanning diverse subjects such as social theory, cultural studies, sociology, economics, geography, and planning, these spatial concepts - networks, flows, and fluids - are used as building blocks of a new orthodoxy of the theorization of social life; a theorization that is argued to favour a focus on process, connectivity, and mobility at the expense of an alleged former focus on boundedness, hierarchy, a From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 4:56 p.m..

[VBB] South Korea
Oh Yeon-ho, , of South Korea's OhMyNews The Internet started in America for military purposes, but citizen journalism started in Korea. Ohmynews is the citizen-journal of S. Korea. He talks about how it affected the 2002 election. There are now 35,000 citizen reporters who submit 150-200 posts a day. [No, not each.] They are paid only a little bit — $20 if it's a big story. Readers can also comment on articles. Versioning of content encourages paid subscriptions. Why in Korea? Because there's resentment of the media monopoly, because broadband penetration is high (75%), it From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 4:48 p.m..

Weblogs at University of PEI
The amazing Mark Hemphill has been busy over at the University of Prince Edward Island, teaming up with the folks at GoodBasic to put together a (Drupal-based) weblog offering for everyone with a UPEI email address. Seb's Open Research on December 10, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..

Google's Suggestions
"Google Suggest"-- start typing a word in the search box and it makes on-the-fly suggestions about what you're looking for. Fascinating... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 10, 2004 at 4:46 p.m..

People Aged 55 and Up Drive U.S. Web Growth
Aging baby boomers are a potentially huge online market. From ClickZ Stats on December 10, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..

Future Content Group at BT Exact
The Future Content Group researches imaging, machine vision, content classification and management, structured metadata, content delivery networks, content mediation, asset management, content coding and compression. From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

A Transition (for Dan Gillmor)
UPDATED I'll be leaving the San Jose Mercury Newsnext month to work on a citizen-journalism project. I hope to pull together something useful that helps enable -- and demonstrates -- the emerging grassroots journalism that I wrote about in my recent book. Something powerful is happening, it's in the early stages and I have a chance to help figure this out. I'm not ready to discuss the specifics yet, mainly because I have many more ideas than I could possibly try to put into practice at this point -- and we&apos From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Are cell phones new media?
re-narrating cities via nomadic technologies"Multiuser environments in cyberspace have frequently been regarded as utopian spaces in which users could project their imagination. When communities are shaped in a hybrid space, mobile phones become new media tools for creating novel and unpredictable imaginary spaces, re-narrating cities. Fixed Internet users do not have the ability to move through physical space. But the emergen From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

World's Smallest Website
This is a screenshot of Guimp, the worlds smallest website. At 18x18pixels, the claim is fair based on how developed the content is - real-time news, a blog, a cam, links, games and it even comes in flash and html. A+ for interface. From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Making Money From Readers as Reporters
News orgs and entrepreneurs alike see potential in meshing citizen journalism and hyperlocal coverage with the bottom line. Leslie Walker rounds up the usual suspects and adds a few you may not know as she look at the big idea "that citizen-generated content lowers costs and creates more loyal audiences." Jeff Jarvis said Advance Net is planning citizen-journalist blogs/sites in six towns in Oregon, New Jersey and Massachusetts. "Jarvis wants to create a network of online journals so local bus From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Eventlab (New Corante Blog)
Peter Caputa points at a new Corante Blog - Eventlab - with nobody less than our good friend - Eric Rice (and Alex Williams as well.)Maybe these marketing dweebs can hang out with the technical wonks - and get something done in the area of OpenEvents?:-) From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Redefining the news online
The USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review discusses a new publication by Massachusetts Institute of Technology assistant professor Pablo J. Boczkowski on the development of the media over the past decades. OJR remarks, "Boczkowski's new book --"Digitizing the News: Innovation in Online Newspapers"--examines how newsroom culture, technology and other factors affected the choices made by the New York Times technology section, From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Free blogging tool being made available to Arabic world
Just received this press release: Today, iUpload, a leading content management solution provider that develops corporate blogging software, announced that iUpload s Personal Publishing platform is being used by Spirit of America. The non-profit organization is funding the development of an Arabic blogging tool, that will make Internet publishing and free expression in the Middle East easier and more accessible than ever before. Spirit of America, with the assistance of From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

The End of TV as We Know It
We live in the age of the digital packet. Documents, images, music, phone calls - all get chopped up, propelled through networks, and reassembled at the other end according to Internet protocol. So why not TV? That's the question cable giants like Comcast and Time Warner and Baby Bells like SBC and Verizon have been asking. The concept has profound implications for television and the Internet. TV over Internet protocol - IPTV - will transform couch-cruising into an on-demand experience. For the Internet, it will mean broadband at speeds 10, 100, or even 1,000 times faster than From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

A One World OS?
Could the world someday just share one distributed OS? Croquet is a combination of computer software and network architecture that supports deep collaboration and resource sharing among large numbers of users within the context of a large-scale distributed information system. Along with its ability to deliver compelling 3D visualization and simulatio From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

INDIRECT RECIPROCITY, ASSESSMENT HARDWIRING, AND REPUTATION A Talk with Karl Sigmund
From the latest edition of Edge:INDIRECT RECIPROCITY, ASSESSMENT HARDWIRING, AND REPUTATION: A Talk with Karl Sigmund These ideas fed into our work on indirect reciprocity, a concept that was first introduced by Robert Trivers in a famous paper in the 1970s. I recall that he mentioned this idea obliquely when he wrote about something he called "general altruism". Here you give something back not to the person to whom you owe From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

Links
I have heard it said that there are four sides to podcasting: Content tools. Readers and aggregators, iPods and iPod-alikes. Content. Bandwidth. These are good things, however they are not the main thing. There is a fifth side, and it is also the only side. The fifth side is links. The web is made up of bags of links, documents containing barely-structured lists of pointers to other documents. Something about From unmediated on December 10, 2004 at 3:57 p.m..

NYTimes.com Tops Google News Rankings
For the third year, Newsknife has come out with its annual look at the most-linked sites on Google News. At the top of the list is NYTimes.com, followed by Reuters, Washingtonpost.com, ABCNews.com, and China's Xinhua. Newsknife tracks which sources get the best links on major stories as presented by Google News. Since Google News can bring significant traffic to a news website, getting a good ranking is of course a great thing. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 10, 2004 at 3:56 p.m..

Abstinence in Sex Education
I try not to bring politics into Pedablogue, but I also try to keep my eye on current policies and trends in K-12 education, so I can have a sense of what is shaping the minds and beliefs of students who will be coming into my college classroom in the... From PEDABLOGUE on December 10, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..

[VBB] Scott Heiferman (MeetUp), keynote
MeetUp's have doubled in the past three months. They've built MeetUp 2.0, allowing MeetUps to have official moderators. Scott founded MeetUp after reading "Joining one group cuts your odds of dying over the next year in half" in Robert Putnam's Bowling Alone. The Net is enabling a new type of associations, different from unions, parties., etc. The new ones are local, persistent, with card-carrying members and advocates. The Internet isn't about changing the world. It's about saving the world. [As Susan Crawford says on the IRC: Yay optimism.] Robert Putnam, author of B From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

Google Suggest
As you type, the Google Suggests beta suggests completions based on how many hits there are for each possible fulfillment. At PA it suggests "Paris Hilton" and at PAM it suggests "Pamela Anderson," so clearly the technology works. Here's the script that makes it work. I think.... From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

Google Has News From Chile
This week marked the beginning of the local Chile edition of Google News, in Spanish. It's a mix of local and Latin American media websites, but the main titles come from Chile. Among them: Radio Cooperativa, El Mercurio, La Tercera, El Mostrador, and Las Ultimas Noticias. This is the third local "Google News" experience From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 10, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

The Support Of Standards-Setting Organizations Through Online Collaboration Tools
While we rarely hear about them, international standards committees, organizations and consortia grow by the number every year. These are in most cases, groups of companies getting together to establish standards that allow their products to be interoperable. I can... From Kolabora.com on December 10, 2004 at 2:54 p.m..

[VBB] Business panel
Tod Cohen, eBay [eBay is the main sponsor of this event.] eBay tries to live by simple values: Most people are good, etc. In the 3rd quarter, there were 348M listings. The total goods and services traded in the 3rd Q was $3.8B. The largest category by values is automobiles, $10.7B. 54% of the business is in the US. 12M registered users in Germany. There are 56M PayPal members. 2.4B feedback comments. The question for the panel: What can politics learn from business with regard to the Net? Esther Dyson [She's on the MeetUp board and was chair of ICANN.]... From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..

Housecleaning the Blogroll
There was dust and some missing pieces to my sidebar list of blogs I read regularly- which I spit out from Bloglines using their JavaScript insert to list on the sidebar of CDB. A number of old favorites have gone quiet, and sorry, but have slipped off my radar, quite a few I added, especially from some good ideas from the EduBlog Awards. These are the sites I have in my NetNewsWire, where the 2.0 version exports nicely to a formatted OPM From cogdogblog on December 10, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..

Great Monitor Article on Podcasting
Today's Christian Science Monitor features "Podcast your world," an article by Stephen Humphries. It's a pretty good introduction to the topic, and to the breadth of podcasting, for people who are unfamiliar with that new audio medium... From Contentious Weblog on December 10, 2004 at 12:56 p.m..

Vivir del blog
Baquía publica en Zumo de Red el artículo Vivir del blog, que descubro gracias a la versión weblog de Zumo de Red. Sobre el eterno debate de la publicidad en los weblogs: Parece revolucionario, pero esto lo vienen haciendo los... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 10, 2004 at 12:52 p.m..

@ work
Now this (the last imputation I mean) is ridiculous. Although I think the decision is highly political, I can't imagine that my colleagues - more than 200 btw - regard Mr. Kramer as too old. Even that news-message is political in its essence. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 10, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

A New Online Community in Hong Kong
As you may know, I teach each fall at the University of Hong Kong's Journalism &amp Media Studies Centre, helping out with a new media course led by Andrew Lih, a professor there. The student project this year is especially interesting, I think. Here's the text of a release being sent out to various folks.Chatter Garden, an online community for news and discussion about Hong Kong regional politics and public affairs, is now live. The English language site was created as a University of Hong Kong From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 10, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..

Penn State Advises of Alternatives for "Exploring" the Internet
A recent announcement by Penn State University that discourages against the use of Microsoft's Internet Explore by faculty, staff, and students is sure to send shock waves across the higher education scene as other colleges and universities (and perhaps corporations and governments) consider whether or not to follow suit. The story first broke on December 8th when a news headline ("Change in Internet Browsers Recommend") posted to the Penn State Live news servic From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on December 10, 2004 at 12:01 p.m..

Gillmor Leaving San Jose Mercury News
Technology columnist and blogger Dan Gillmor is leaving the San Jose Mercury News next month to work on a citizen media project. As the author of the book "We the Media" and a proponent of the idea of "open source" journalism, it seems a logical move, and his name brings credibility to the concept (which mainstream publishers are treating cautiously).Gillmor's announc From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 10, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Crazy Dave and the Gray Lady
NYTimes.com continues to experiment with columnists producing multimedia supplements for their text work. (Bravo!) Nicholas Kristof now routinely does multimedia and video features to accompany his op-ed columns (produced by the talented Naka Nathaniel). Recently, technology columnist David Pogue has been doing Web video segments to supplement his text columns, too.Today's video, accompanying the Pogue column "All This, and They Take Pictures, Too" about digital cameras, is a st From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 10, 2004 at 11:55 a.m..

Wie kompetent ist Deutschland? - Landauer Forschungszentrum entwickelt Kompetenzbarometer
Das Zentrum für empirische pädagogische Forschung (zepf) der Universität Landau hat einen Kompetenzbarometer entwickelt. Dieses Umfrageinstrument enthält 157 (!) Statements wie z.B. "Es ist mir wichtig, das Leben zu lieben" oder "Es ist mir wichtig, freundlich zu sein". Das... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 10, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..

[VBB] Backchannel
Joi, who's in the room, has set up a chat channel for the Berkman conference: harvardbits at irc.freenode.net. See you there.... From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Dan leaving the Merc
Dan Gillmor blogs that he's leaving the san Jose Mercury News in order to start a citizen-journalism project. This is a big deal. Dan is one of the most respected journalists around, a man of perfect integrity and great vision. And guts. Something exciting is in the wind.... From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

[VBB] Citizenship
The Berkman Center's conference on the internet and democracy begins with a panel on "Citizenship." Tom Sander, Kennedy School of Gov't Tom is studying MeetUp.com. They sat in on 40 MeetUps in 8 communities and interviewed people. They found that MeetUp is not a young person's phenomenon. Attendees tended to have more education than normal. There's a high turnover rate, which is not a good way to build trust. Nevertheless, about 30% of attendees meet up with other attendees outside of MeetUp. Kerry MeetUps attracted 10-15x the number of people who came to Bush MeetUps. [And From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 11:48 a.m..

Our Reckless Fiscal Policy's Consequences
The Economist: The disappearing dollar. The dollar has been the leading international currency for as long as most people can remember. But its dominant role can no longer be taken for granted. If America keeps on spending and borrowing at its present pace, the dollar will eventually lose its mighty status in international finance. And that would hurt: the privilege of being able to print the world's reserve currency, a privilege which is now at risk, allows America to borrow cheaply, and thus From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 10, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Internet and Politics
I'm attending (and speaking at) this conference today and tomorrow. There's a webcast, too. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 10, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

Mobile webcasting with Helix
When I began the investigation I'm documenting in this series of columns, one of my aims was to learn how to work with live audio or video streams. Since I'm particularly interested in solutions that anyone can use, I started with a pair of free products from Apple: Darwin Streaming Server (DSS) and QuickTime Broadcaster. Using this combination, I was able to take an audio/video stream from the iSight camer From Jon's Radio on December 10, 2004 at 11:46 a.m..

[VBB] Last night reduced
Reduced Version of last night: Michael Turk: The Internet is great for getting your message out. Joe Trippi: The Internet is great for enabling people to connect with one another. Reduced Reduced Version Turk: Messages. Trippi: Conversations. Reduced Reduced Reduced Version Tu: ! Tr: ?... From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

MovableType not finding CSS
This morning, MovableType's internal ui is all squished to the left. This happened when I was installing the upgrade to 3.1, and it was because I had put styles.css into the wrong directory. Once I [put it into the right place, it worked fine. I didn't move anything since then, and the styles.css is right where it's supposed to be, but MT seems not to care. Any suggestions?... From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Conference "coverage"
I'm at the Berkman Center's conference on the internet and democracy, and will be "covering" it. Except that I feel no obligation to report on everything that goes on. I write about what's interesting to me and what I think might be interesting to you. When I'm live-blogging, I attempt to give the gist of what's being said, keeping as true to the particular words as is useful. If I'm quoting exactly, I put quotes around it. Otherwise, I'm gisting. Remarks in brackets are editorial comments. The conference is being webcast here. Because you need a Harvard acco From Joho the Blog on December 10, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..

Elgg update
It has been an interesting couple of weeks since Elgg was opened up to some testers. The feedback has been so helpful and is now shaping future developments. One of the big successes has been the way some have embraced... From ERADC Blog on December 10, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..

El irresistible encanto de los weblogs
El reportaje de Piedad Bullón: El irresistible encanto de los weblogs en portada en el número de diciembre de la revista iWorld.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 10, 2004 at 9:51 a.m..

WHS Robotics Takes Ultimate Prize at LEGOLAND® Robotics Tournament
Attendees of the FIRST LEGO® League (FLL) Robotics Tournament cheered in applause and acclaim as FLL Team 26, "The Schmall Schmoes" from Whitney High School in Cerritos, California, was announced as winner of the coveted Director's Award at the FLL No Limits competition on December 4, 2004, at LEGOLAND®. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

Cryptopowah Announces Learn Chinese 2003 - Learn Chinese With Modern Technology
Chinese is a language where grammar and syntax are very simple. The most difficult challenge faced by students in Chinese are vocabulary and pronunciation. That's where Learn Chinese 2003, the most advanced Chinese teaching assistant for Windows(TM), can bring a crucial trump card. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

African Policy Institute Selects Dr. J.J. Asongu As President
Dr. Asongu Is One of the Founders of the Institute [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

Needy Kids Get Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Other Magazines - Seven Children's Better Health Institute Magazines Added to MagazineLiteracy.org Offerings
MagazineLiteracy.org has expanded its offering of chidren's magazines, which are available free to needy children in schools and shelters who would otherwise not be able to afford them. The magazines published by the Children's Better Health Institute span children aged two through twelve and include Turtle, Humpty Dumpty, Children's Playmate, U*S* Kids, Jack and Jill, Child Life, and Children's Digest. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

Essay101.com Responds to New SAT® Writing Section
As millions of students prepare for the challenge of a new SAT writing section, a Florida-based editing company, Essay101.com, is poised to become the industry leader in providing writing evaluation services on behalf of test prep providers throughout the country. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

Serial Killer Profiler Accuracy Tested
"Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters" a new history of serial homicide by Peter Vronsky just published by Penguin books, reports on recent studies that tested the qualifications and accuracy of criminal profilers. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

Atlanta Businessman to Assist China in Developing Vocational Education Program
Willie Williams, entrepreneur and owner of several businesses based in the state of Georgia, has landed a deal with the National Association of Vocational Education of China (NAVEC) to assist in helping redefine China's vocational education system. Initially, Mr. Williams and his business partner, Ben Tse, a successful Chinese American businessman out of San Francisco, will work with NAVEC to provide a series of fund raising events and concerts in China featuring many of the top entertainment talent from the United States. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

Doggone Crazy! Announces New Product Release HYPHEN Clicker Puppy DVD
The creators of the family board game Doggone Crazy! are excited to announce the release of the Clicker Puppy DVD. This is a DVD that demonstrates clicker training with puppies. This DVD is unique in that all the training is happening on camera with no rehearsal and the training is done by children. The Clicker Puppy DVD debuted at Karen Pryor Clicker Training Clicker Expo in Orlando FL in October and the first production run sold out before there was time to announce its release. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

Do You Have a Job Interview Horror Story?
Resume Writing Firm offers Prizes for the most bizarre, humiliating or humorous story [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

PowerResearcher and the U.S Army's Distance Learning Problems
PowerResearcher promotes Information Literacy and solves several of the US Army's distance learning problems. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

Find Rare, Distinctive Holiday Treasures on Penn State Web Site
Whether it's a Christmas tree, a decorative wreath or a goose for your dinner table, the holiday season can find you searching for hard-to-find foods and other natural items. But a Web site run by Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences can make your holiday shopping struggles as simple as surfing the Internet. [PRWEB Dec 10, 2004] From PR Web on December 10, 2004 at 9:42 a.m..

well, they spelled my name right
Given how much the executives at the RIAA are paid, I guess it doesn't make sense for them to actually read something about the views of the people they attack before they attack them. Or so it would seem from this piece by Neil Turkewitz. From Lessig Blog on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

the parody police making a parody of IP
Law enforcement is apparently busy keeping our borders and toystores safe from pirates (read: terrorists). US Customs agents, for example, reportedly seized "clearly piratical copies" of a Stripburger series called "Richie Bush," a parody of Richi From Lessig Blog on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

free comment on free culture spreads
Mitch Featherston has a new blog on free software and free content. From Lessig Blog on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

the Brits have all the fun
CNUK (as in CN-UK) (as in the webcast radio station in Exeter) has launched "a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to creating and promoting creative works that can be built upon, shared and sampled. All not-for-profit, with for-profit options left available to the creators." From Lessig Blog on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

transquoting goes live
Ted Nelson has launched The Little TransQuoter. The idea, if broadly implemented, would have a profound effect on how we speak, especially (if extended) with video and audio. Let it spread. From Lessig Blog on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects
This sounds interesting... A new dead-trees and online Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects. They've put out the call for papers... Not sure if this will fare better than Pitch did/does, but maybe a dead-trees journal carries more cred with the higher ed. folks? I'd have tossed this to ... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

Why does Asia get all the cool stuff first?
Also: Congress OKs private spaceflight bill. [News.com Extra] From CNET News.com on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

Intel, AT&T team on telecom
The two companies are working together to give their suffering communications businesses a shot in the arm. From CNET News.com on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

Yahoo to test desktop search
Net giant will introduce free software that helps people search the contents of their hard drives in a push to keep pace with Google. From CNET News.com on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

Sharman exec calls child porn unstoppable
Chief technology officer testifies user access to Kazaa couldn't be blocked, despite the company's zero-tolerance policy on child porn. From CNET News.com on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

Cisco turns 20
Can the networking giant build on past success and find new ways to grow? From CNET News.com on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

Finally, a sensible security scheme
Jon Oltsik says Visa's "defense in depth" approach to security proves once and for all this is not mission impossible. From CNET News.com on December 10, 2004 at 9:41 a.m..

e-Learning: Because Wisdom Can't Bo Told (Or Read Online)
In Because Wisdom Can't Be Told (Or read Online) Naish Michani links the modes and methods of traditional classroom practice to those of e-Learning [via Robert Paterson]. He references an article written in 1951 by Charles Gragg that describes the... From Experience Designer Network on December 10, 2004 at 8:59 a.m..

Weblogs de clase
Una selección de los weblogs de clase de alumnos de Diseño Audiovisual: Actualidad Crazynews: las noticas más curiosas, locas, interesantes y llamativas de la Red En Pamplon@: Noticias, actividades y comentarios de lo que ocurre en la ciudad Puño y... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 10, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..

Learning without lessons
Welche Bedeutung informelle Lernprozesse besitzen, wird besonders deutlich, wenn man small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) näher betrachtet, wie es die Autorinnen getan haben. Sie haben so eine Reihe interessanter Beobachtungen zusammengetragen - aber es hätten gerne mehr sein dürfen. "The... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 10, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..

WebCT: a major shift of emphasis
Diese Studie vergleicht das aktuelle Learning Management System von WebCT (Campus Edition) mit der neuen Version dieses Anbieters (Vista). Nun, ich habe keine Erfahrungen mit WebCT ("Today, it is used by 10 million students at over 2,500 universities and colleges... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 10, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..

Group Formed to Track, Thwart IM Threats - Scarlet Pruitt, IDG News Service
A group of Internet security and instant messaging providers have teamed up to detect and thwart the growing threat of IM and peer-to-peer viruses and worms, they said this week. The consortium, led by corporate IM software vendor IMlogic, is setting From Techno-News Blog on December 10, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

Epson Eyes Electronic Paper - Paul Kallender, IDG News Service
Seiko Epson is developing flexible display technologies that it expects will lead to the commercialization of electronic paper before the end of the decade, and later TVs that can be peeled off walls, a company scientist says. The company is developin From Techno-News Blog on December 10, 2004 at 8:50 a.m..

This week's Friday Brain-Teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of famous cars. Answers here. ...
This week's Friday Brain-Teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of famous cars. Answers here.1. What was the name of the car used by comic-strip heroes Batman and Robin?2. Which German company manufactures the car known as the "Bug" or the "Beetle"?3. What name was given to a well-known general purpose (GP) light vehicle developed in World War Two for the US Army?4. In 1964, Ian Fleming wrote a children's book, about a "supercharged Paragon Panther" car owned by Caractacu From Peter Scott's Library Blog on December 10, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

EOS International and WebFeat have announced a joint development partnership in order to supply EOS ...
EOS International and WebFeat have announced a joint development partnership in order to supply EOS clients with simplified, simultaneous access to multiple database resources From Peter Scott's Library Blog on December 10, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

One Small Pushback for Liberty
John Perry Barlow: A Taste of the System. Assuming the possibility of appeal - which is a certainty if I lose this round - this case may go on for a long time, but if that's what it takes to prevent the imposition of general warrants upon the traveling public, I'm willing to go the distance. John Gilmore, bless him, appears willing to do the same. We're trying to set a precedent here and the government is determined to prevent one. Only through such solitary struggles as this o From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 10, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Middlespace: predicting and managing bottom-up processes
More of middlespace - Jenemy Aarons on keynote by Bob Galliers:Galliers presentation touched on many issues of relevance to my work. In particular he talked specifically about the importance of both a top-down and a bottom-up approach to the development of socio-technical systems. I took his major point to be that a top-down strate From Mathemagenic on December 10, 2004 at 7:52 a.m..

Blogging in a company
Carla and Anjo post some reflections on the discussion we had yesterday with other colleagues who started blogging in 2004. About juggling priorities and finding time, exposure ("blogging in your underpants" as Rogier said :), discovering your own format and audience, being regular and being provocative... It was fun and insightful (especially on not blogging :), bu From Mathemagenic on December 10, 2004 at 7:52 a.m..

RSS: Show Me the Money - Adam L. Penenberg, Wired
Lately there has been a lot of discussion on the net about how to make money off RSS, which, depending on whom you ask, stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary, but which many publishers and bloggers hope will turn into a Really Swee From Techno-News Blog on December 10, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..

Panel works to unify access to Montana long distance learning - MARY PICKETT, The Billings Gazette
Students interested in taking online classes in the future might use a single, user-friendly entry point that leads to all classes offered by state colleges and universities if recommendations by a group meeting in Billings on Thursday are carried out From Online Learning Update on December 10, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..

El Paso Community College is fastest growing college - Darren Meritz, El Paso Times
EPCC has become more popular than ever for students: It's now the fastest-growing community college in the nation, according to the trade publication Community College Week.... EPPC President Richard Rhodes touted distance learning, dual enrollment fo From Online Learning Update on December 10, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..

Web-based tutoring gives students study aid 24/7 - By Cara Branigan, eSchool News
A commercial, web-based tutoring service is helping high schools and colleges make live instructors available 24-hours a day, seven days a week to tutor students in mathematics. At the moment, this round-the-clock tutoring service is available only fo From Online Learning Update on December 10, 2004 at 7:49 a.m..

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell has introduced the largest and most comprehensive Internet directory o ...
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell has introduced the largest and most comprehensive Internet directory of law firm service providers. The new site is the online version of Martindale-Hubbell's Directory of Experts & Services, a print directory that reaches more paralegals, litigators and corporate counsel than any other legal services guide From Peter Scott's Library Blog on December 10, 2004 at 7:48 a.m..

Corrected Url for RSS Benefits Article
Randy from Kbcafe was kind enough to alert me to a broken url in the RSS Benefit article posted on wednesday. The article details the Benefits to RSS: RSS streamlines communication between publishers and readers. Since RSS has had a popularity surge, webmasters have been experimenting and using RSS feeds to deliver content in new and innovative ways. Typically, RSS feeds contain news headlines and content summaries. The content summaries contain just enough information without overwhelming the reader with superfluous details. If the reader is int From RSS Blog on December 10, 2004 at 6:59 a.m..

The End of TV as We Know It
Sit back on the sofa and get ready for packetized, on-demand, digital broadcasts. By Frank Rose from Wired magazine. From Wired News on December 10, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Slip a Geek Book Under the Tree
Tech gifts needn't be electronic. Geeks and non-geeks alike can enjoy the old-fashioned pleasure of curling up by the fire with a good read. Michelle Delio reviews a passel of new books just in time for the holiday season. From Wired News on December 10, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Keeping Love Connections Open
When choosing a mate, we often look for financial, moral, physical and emotional compatibility. Add one more characteristic to the list: connectivity. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From Wired News on December 10, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Handheld Gaming Goes Wireless
After flocking to design games for the Nintendo DS, developers are eager to exploit the device's wireless capabilities. First up are local network multiplayer games; in the pipeline is wireless gameplay over the net. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on December 10, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

PowerPoint Message Is the Medium
A competition tries to elevate the dreaded PowerPoint presentation to an artful endeavor, but many participants poke fun at the program instead of exploiting its features. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on December 10, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

At a Frontier of School Reform, Getting Millions, Seeking More
Kentucky's experiences at the forefront of a national fight for more education spending hold important lessons for New York. From New York Times: Education on December 10, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

U.S. Students Fare Badly in International Survey of Math Skills
The U.S. finished in the bottom half of 40 surveyed countries in a new international comparison of mathematical skills. From New York Times: Education on December 10, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

School Blackboards Are Turning White and Interactive
A growing number of teachers have traded in their chalk for an expensive computer touch screens. From New York Times: Education on December 10, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Gates Foundation Adding to a School Project
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will spend an additional $30 million to create hybrid high schools in which students spend significant time in college classes. From New York Times: Education on December 10, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Children of Hispanic Immigrants Continue to Favor English, Study of Census Finds
English remains the language of choice among the children and grandchildren of Hispanic immigrants, despite continuing waves of migration from Latin America. From New York Times: Education on December 10, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Upgrade for Blind Borrowers of Audiobooks
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has decided to switch to a digital system over the next four years. From New York Times: Education on December 10, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Old News.... REALLY Old News!
The video archives of Pathe News are online, covering the late 1890s through to the 1970s. Pathe News was one of the earliest video news services in Britain and one of the best remembered. From kuro5hin.org on December 10, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Teletek picks Veraz VoIP solution
Veraz's VoIP solution allows Teletek to expand its portfolio of services to include hosted voice applications. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

UK Broadband selects Utstarcom for wireless broadband deployment
IP access networking solutions provider UTStarcom is to provide its wireless modems and base station equipment to wireless broadband services provider UK Broadband. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Vodafone Ireland launches 'Government Mobile Office'
Vodafone Ireland’s 'Government Mobile Office' (GMO) comes with a flat rate monthly fee and free internal calls for government bodies and agencies. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Teliasonera International Carrier, Blizzard Entertainment announce European hosting agreement
IP, capacity and voice services provider Teliasonera International Carrier is to provide the European hosting solution for the World of Warcraft game. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

T-Systems launches video telephony solution for 3G mobile operators
German ICT solutions provider T-Systems has launched an international 3G video telephony solution. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Samsung ships samples of world's first 512Mb GDDR3
South Korean semiconductor maker Samsung Electronics has begun shipping its 512Mb GDDR3, the first JEDEC-standard GDDR3 to operate at up to 1.6Gbps. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

IBM signs €722m voice and data services contract with Lloyds TSB
US information technology company IBM is to enable UK financial services group Lloyds TSB to move to a national fibre-, DSL- and MPLS-network, supporting both voice and data communications. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

BT launches digital radio
British telco BT has begun selling a DAB radio, the BT Aviator 10M. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Finnish government to reduce stake in Teliasonera
The Finnish government has announced that it is to sell stock worth €1.35m, putting up for sale at least 250m shares. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Bitband powers first Irish IPTV offering
Irish firm Magnet Networks is to deploy a solution from Israeli VoD technology provider Bitband for new-home owners in the Dublin area. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on December 10, 2004 at 3:53 a.m..

Dark Fiber Technology Creates Faster Networking
The quality of real-time video events such as interactive music master classes will improve at Columbia University as a result of a new, high-speed network known as the New York City Dark Fiber Network. From DEC Daily News on December 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Blackboard Wins Array of Government Clients Including US Army Training and Doctrine Command Schools
Government Agencies Increasingly Turn to the Blackboard e-learning Platform for Improved Efficiency and Streamlined Costs From DEC Daily News on December 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

With New Learning Management Software, Pathlore Demonstrates Continued Technology Leadership
Columbus, Ohio - 12/09/04 - Pathlore Software Corporation, a global leader in providing learning management software and services to industry and government, announced today the release of Pathlore Learning Management Suite 6.5. From DEC Daily News on December 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Global Education And Learning Community Grows To 1330 Members And 177 Technology-Based Projects
The GELC Advisory Board Reconvenes To Discuss Progress And Ideas For Continuing To Improve The Community's Resources And Projects From DEC Daily News on December 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

CEU.com Named Best of the Web
Old Saybrook, Conn. (December 2004) " CEU.com, a leading nationwide provider of online continuing education (CE) for insurance professionals, has been selected by Business Insurance, the trusted voice of the commercial insurance market place, as the Best Education Web site of 2004. From DEC Daily News on December 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Distance Learning Administration 2005
June 5-8Jekyll Island Club Hotel, GeorgiaCall for Proposals is Underway From DEC Daily News on December 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Libraries Reach Out, Online
THE newest books in the New York Public Library don't take up any shelf space. From DEC Daily News on December 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Report On Global Expansion of U.S. Higher Education Released At Summit
Hezel Associates Shares Preliminary Findings on Economic Incentives in Global Higher Education at Postsecondary Market Finance and Investment Conference From DEC Daily News on December 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Promoting E-Learning Research and Application Scenarios in Europe
AbstractAbstract: Despite the large number of efforts European research still is quite heterogeneous in the area of technology enhanced professional learning. From DEC Daily News on December 10, 2004 at 3:47 a.m..

Small pieces of music, loosely joined
Since my last post, Webjay went down, and I missed it. Then it went back up, thanks to a week of diligent (no, heroic!) efforts by Lucas. What's more, thanks to the podcasting craze, Webjay's playlist webfeeds have regained their enclosure component. While I don't care too much about putting mp3s on a mobile dev From Seb's Open Research on December 10, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

Infinite room
(le français suit) Dozens of people contributed to the single wiki page we had for the yet-to-be-given-a-definitive-name Montreal conference, and after 140-odd revisions it was getting crowded, so Patrick Tanguay (who runs the Montreal weblog portal) put up a standalone wiki to support the preparation efforts. Now I believe we're good to go to discuss Seb's Open Research on December 10, 2004 at 2:45 a.m..

A Transition
I'll be leaving the San Jose Mercury Newsnext month to work on a citizen-journalism project. I hope to pull together something useful that helps enable -- and demonstrates -- the emerging grassroots journalism that I wrote about in my recent book. Something powerful is happening, it's in the early stages and I have a chance to help figure this out. I'm not ready to discuss the specifics yet, mainly because I have many more ideas than I could possibly try to put into practice at this point -- and we're early in the process of worki From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 9, 2004 at 11:46 p.m..