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Sorry Courtney
I got this message late Friday afternoon: I am a college student at Syracuse University. I am writing an article about weblogs. I understand you do a bit of "blogging" yourself. I would love to ask you a few questions about weblogging. Unfortunately, my deadline is tonight by midnight. I'd appreciate your help and eagerly await your response.. what are the benefits of weblogging? i've talked to a handful of colleges that are using current students to write weblogs. Admissions are using the weblogs to attract prospective students. do you think this will become From cogdogblog on December 11, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Weird Statements Emanated From Our Television
While doing some of our holiday decorations today, the television was providing some background white noise. We both were caught off guard by this statement. This is 100% honest-- I think it was on the Disney Channel. This broadcast of "Ernest Saves Christmas" has been brought to you by Preparation H. No comments necessary. From cogdogblog on December 11, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

[VBB] Manifesto writing
Joi Ito and Jim Moore are leading a discussion of what could be in a "manifesto for a better global conversation." The first comment is that generally we care about our families and towns before we get to worrying about the world. Alex Steffen from WorldChanging says that our goal should be to expand our notion of family. Ethan says that we should start from the common ground: All of us are trying to reach out beyond where we are. The conversation meanders a bit into more abstract topics. (I am guilty of contributing to it.) Ethan slaps it upside... From Joho the Blog on December 11, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..

[VBB] Building an Online Campaign
At a lunchtime session, we're trying to come up with a plan for using the Internet to advance a campaign to keep afternoon schools open until 5, with additional tutoring available. It's a case study and an exercise, but grounded in reality. It makes clear to me once again the difference between (1) using the Internet to organize a marketing campaign and (2) trying to light a fire on the Net. In this case, the polls show people support the idea, and the group knows who they need to talk with, so they only need to organize, not light a... From Joho the Blog on December 11, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

Banning Internet May Decrease Infringement
Joshua Meier is right: if "P2P networks are made illegal" - that is, if we were to ban all technologies capable of allowing people to transmit files directly to each other over the Internet - there probably would be less infringement.  Glad we settled that. Making "P2P networks ... illegal" involves more than flipping a switch and banning P2P networks narrowly.  As Ed Felten A Copyfighter's Musings on December 11, 2004 at 3:48 p.m..

PR & Marketing Grab Bag, Dec. 11
Here's a quick roundup of several items about blogging that caught my interest over the last month or so... TOP OF THIS LIST: "Why Would From Contentious Weblog on December 11, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Sage for Firefox: My New Favorite Feed Reader
Since I got my new iBook I've been loading it up with all sorts of cool software, mostly open source. I'm using Firefox as my default web browser, so I decided to give the popular Firefox feed reader extension Sage another try. (I tried Sage with Firefox on my old Windows laptop, but the browser got irreparably screwy after that so I didn't use it.) Anyway, Sage with Firefox on the Mac works great. I love it, and it's now officially my main feed reader. I'm now using it instead of Bloglines for most of my feed reading. Here's why... From Contentious Weblog on December 11, 2004 at 2:55 p.m..

Diez razones para escuchar lo que se dice en los blogs
Fernando Polo en Abladías: Diez razones para escuchar lo que se dice en los blogs. Vía: Linotipo. Si hubieran sido 5 razones las habría publicado en Las 5 cosas...... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 11, 2004 at 2:52 p.m..

So many winners - The Edublog Awards 2004 Results
Well, what can I say, a great bunch of people sharing a great bunch of blogs, thanks to all who came along & voted! Basically, congratulations to everyone who was nominated. As I’ve gone on about ad infinitum the idea of how ‘results’ might work has been troubling me a fair bit and I’m really keen to avoid ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ (because really, these and the many great bl From Seblogging News on December 11, 2004 at 2:50 p.m..

Agitated over Grokster Cert
Jonathan Zittrain spread the news as part of his keynote last night.  I'm glad my blurted "I don't f-ing believe this" didn't carry too far through the conference room.  Tim Wu laid out the case for why the SC would grant cert. I only bought reasons 5-7, all of which explain but do not provide valid reason for the court's decision.  See the A Copyfighter's Musings on December 11, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..

Next Questions about Grokster
(Some off the top of my head thoughts that are not really that novel but that I want to jot down anyway:) First biggie: how is Sony treated as precedent? A wholesale reverseal of Sony seems unlikely.  Instead, one could casually make some distinctions, as the district court opinion in Aimster did.  None of those distinctions seem particularly reasonable to me, but that doesn't me the Court won't use them.  If the Court does go this route, it will be i From A Copyfighter's Musings on December 11, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..

US Supreme Court to consider major copyright and technology case
The United States Supreme Court agreed to consider a high profile case involving the internet and copyright infringement. The question, which has been subject to numerous lower court rulings, concerns whether or not the creators of peer-to-peer software can be held liable for users' copyright infrigement. The companies cite the 1984 " Bet From NITLE Tech News on December 11, 2004 at 1:58 p.m..

[VBB] BridgeBlogging
The part of the conference that most excites me is about to begin. Ethan Zuckerman, Rebecca MacKinnon and the Open Society Institute have created a track that has pulled together bloggers from around the world. The aim is to see what we all can do to help blogging spread, particularly in parts of the world where voices most need to be heard. Ethan says that we're here today to talk about blogs as bridges, borrowing Hoder's metaphor from yesterday (blogs as windows that give you insight into someone's world, blogs as cafes where people can talk together, and blogs... From Joho the Blog on December 11, 2004 at 1:48 p.m..

The Dawn of the End of the Golden Age of RSS?
It's a sunny day in Phoenix, but a cloud of pessimism is on the horizon, an unfortunate evolution of innovative internet innovations that start as open environments, only to become more convoluted, and polluted as they mainstream. This came as I examined a series of new borg-like "RSS Services" that read like ads for Direct E-Mail software, full of shiny people in suits telling you how great RSS is for creating happy customers. There was e-mail I remember in the 1980s, an invigorating way to connect with mostly colleagues in academia.. fast forward to the glut of emai From cogdogblog on December 11, 2004 at 1:47 p.m..

[VBB] BridgeBlogging
[This entry is in progress. I'll update it as the day proceeds.] The part of the conference that most excites me is about to begin. Ethan Zuckerman, Rebecca MacKinnon and the Open Society Institute have created a track that has pulled together bloggers from around the world. The aim is to see what we all can do to help blogging spread, particularly in parts of the world where voices most need to be heard. Ethan says that we're here today to talk about blogs as bridges, borrowing Hoder's metaphor from yesterday (blogs as windows that give you insight into someone's... From Joho the Blog on December 11, 2004 at 12:48 p.m..

CITIDEL
Had not heard about CITIDEL (Computing and Information Technology Interactive Digital Educational Library) before. This seems to be quite a serious effort: they claim 488242 entries! Among the things I like: Resources (the word "learning object" seems to be avoided)... From ErikLog on December 11, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..

Web Conferencing Companies Need To Understand This Too: Marketing Is A Conversation
"During the Industrial Age, the movement of materials from production to consumption -- from flax to linen and from ore to musket -- was a long and complicated process. Potentially vast markets had potentially vast distribution needs. The development of... From Kolabora.com on December 11, 2004 at 9:55 a.m..

Barlow in jail
Well, he's out now, but John Perry Barlow's account of his arrest for carrying controlled substances in the rights-free zones we call airports is a must-read. Here's one snippet that happens not to be part of the rollicking and terrifying narrative: In general, the TSA and the Department of Homeland Security have been extremely unresponsive and have instructed Covenant Security to stonewall us as well. We have asked them whether they knew who I was when they searched my bag and whether my identity had any bearing on the exquisite granularity of their search methods. They've From Joho the Blog on December 11, 2004 at 9:48 a.m..

HP rolls out ultra-low-priced PC in China - Reuters
Hewlett-Packard, the world's No. 2 PC maker, said Friday it has launched a $483 (3,999 yuan) computer in China, turning up the heat in the intensely competitive market. The price matches that of a similar bare-bones model rolled out earlier this year From Techno-News Blog on December 11, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

People Aged 55 and Up Drive U.S. Web Growth - Rob Mcgann, Clickz
Young people largely drove the early stages of Internet growth in the U.S. But in the last four years, most new growth in Web adoption came from people aged 55 and up, according to a survey conducted by International Demographics. A population bulge From Techno-News Blog on December 11, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

The End of TV as We Know It - Frank Rose, Wired
Sit back on the sofa and get ready for packetized, on-demand, digital broadcasts. 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 accor From Techno-News Blog on December 11, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Designing Instructional Articles in Online Courses for Adult Learners - Verne Morland and Herbert Bivens, Innovate
Verne Morland and Herbert Bivens reintroduce readers to Malcolm Knowles's theory of adragogy, or adult learning. Building on Knowles From Online Learning Update on December 11, 2004 at 8:49 a.m..

Is it not time for the story of Jesus to be talked about more?
In Hijacking Chrisitanity Robert Paterson poses the question, "Is it not time, for the story of Jesus to be talked about more?" He touches on the sensitive issue of how religious interpretation can breed contempt, intolerance, hatred, racism, and violence.... From Experience Designer Network on December 11, 2004 at 7:55 a.m..

Plan your own learning
You may be surprised to find that nobody knows better what you need to learn and how best to do it then YOU!... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 11, 2004 at 7:47 a.m..

School's out to shun IE - Jim Hu, CNET News
Citing security risks, a state university is urging students to drop Internet Explorer in favor of alternative Web browsers such as Firefox and Safari. In a notice sent to students on Wednesday, Pennsylvania State University's Information Technology S From Online Learning Update on December 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Diplomas from a distance - Analisa Nazareno, San Antonia Express-News
More business schools nationwide are offering online programs, according to a survey by BusinessWeek Online. The number of business schools with students taking online MBA courses rose to 81 in 2003, up from 71 two years ago. The average number of stu From Online Learning Update on December 11, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

File Sharing Goes to High Court
The messy fight between the recording industry and online music swappers will be decided by the Supreme Court, which agrees to hear the case next spring. From Wired News on December 11, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Troops Stay in Touch on Intranet
A free collaborative service is an alternative to the military's portal site for sharing photos and family news. A soldier can read bedtime stories to his kids, but it can be scary for folks at home to see what's really going on overseas. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on December 11, 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 11, 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 11, 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 11, 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 11, 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 11, 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 11, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..

Saturday, December 11, 2004
The Joys of Cat Ownership: While making the bed, you discover that the cats covered it with cat litter while you were at work (and they were sleeping on it). From RHPT.com on December 11, 2004 at 2:58 a.m..

[VBB] Jonathan Zittrain
JZ is giving a talk in his masterful way. I can't convey the humor and the graphics, but the basics of the idea are (sort of): With a platform, you can't predict what people will do with it. that's what we got when PC's met the network. That enables tremendous freedom for people to innovate. He calls it "the generative Internet." But innovation disrupts. Entrepreneurs who succeed at the platform (e.g., Microsoft) then want to close it off. Now general purpose PC is giving way to devices that do something addictively well but not open to third party apps —... From Joho the Blog on December 11, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Ann Coulter, Tucker Carlson: Views on Canada
I try not to get too political here, but this video disturbs me. Wow, what incredible ignorance.... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on December 10, 2004 at 11:56 p.m..

Codejack's really hot chili
It's winter again, and that means chili time. There's not much better than coming in out of the cold to a good hot (hot!) bowl of chili, preferably served over macaroni with grated cheddar cheese on top. Now, everyone makes chili differently, so of course no one is actually going to follow my recipe exactly, but that's all right. If you want inferior chili, that's your right as an American. Foreigners, you may be out of luck, but then, do you have any business making chili, anyway? This applies to Californians and New Englanders, too. From kuro5hin.org on December 10, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..