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The Costco Audio Index
Looking for trends? You do not need pundits or experts, just keep your eyes open. I liked a saying I heard at the last EDUCAUSE meeting on the point where a technology reaches a wide range of acceptance- it appears as a consumer item, the "BestBuyification" of technology. I was doing some shopping at Costco (more provisions for week's trip to our mountain cabin), so when I have the time like today, I went to see if they had any worthy audio CDs as the prices there are pretty low. Over the last few months, I've been noticing the shrinking of the audio CD aisle, fro From
cogdogblog on December 27, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..
Sleek Peek: Wireless Conferencing Headset
Stuart Henshall has really been bringing lots of interesting and valuable ideas in the past few weeks and I can only honour such good work with a pointer to his newly discovered perfect conferencing headset: The Sonorix bluetooth Stereo Headset.... From
Kolabora.com on December 27, 2004 at 9:54 p.m..
Instructional Design Models
Comprehensive links of instructional design models compiled by Martin Ryder, University of Colorado at Denver School of Education From
eLearnopedia on December 27, 2004 at 9:53 p.m..
Airline Meltdowns
It's easy to understand the frustration felt by the workers at hard-pressed US Airways (and other legacy airlines), who've seen the bottom drop out of their companies' finances and their own paychecks in the past couple of years. But if it turns out that last weekend's "operational meltdown" at US Airways (the airline management's own description) was due, as has been charged, to
an employee sickout, then the workers will have helped kill what's left of their ow From
Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 27, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..
Nuts About ecto
Readers know how affectionate and enamored I am of
flickr but the feelings are just as gooey for
ecto, the desktop blog editing tool for Mac OSX and Windows. In fact, it is one of the very few software titles out there that I shelled out some shareware $ for. Without a doubt, I would blog less and use less media if I was forced to use the web editing interfaces. I use ecto to edit about 8 different weblogs, mostly MovableType, but I have also successfully tested it for a Blogger hosted site. It has way too From
cogdogblog on December 27, 2004 at 8:48 p.m..
Blogging Gone Wild in Greensboro
People and journalists ;-) are writing about a blogging phenomena n Greensboro, North Carolina, which apparently is becoming a critical mass as maybe a hub in public engagement in blogging (reading, writing, commenting), Jay Rosen in
Greensboro Newspaper Goes Open Source: A Follow Up: I am going to stay on the story of the Greensboro blogging culture that's coming of age, and of the local newspaper, led by a maverick editor, that's going open source on the rest of the pre From
cogdogblog on December 27, 2004 at 8:47 p.m..
January 2005 newsletter with free event recorder download (for subscribers)
I wanted to get out a newsletter before starting my online sim developer class, and so I decided to write a little more about the event recorder and playback component I made (and give it away to newsletter subscribers). I also talk about disabling the normal behavior of a simulator along paths that are not relevant to specific tasks. From
FlashSim on December 27, 2004 at 7:51 p.m..
Internet to ITU: Stay Away from My Network
These days I wonder whether our open internet is soon to be a thing of the past. There is no real need for open communication on the part of those content, software and telecommunications companies controlling large parts of the net. Indeed, freedom to communicate creates for them a number of problems, everything from viruses and spam to piracy to political activism. In a document released earlier this month, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
proposes the solution: it will run the internet. R From
OLDaily on December 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Patents Edict Likely Next Week
While software patents have stalled in Europe (
thanks, Poland!) the government in India is quietly introducing them - and yet software patents are the one thing most likely to kill that country's nascent software industry. Via Slashdot, which has more
links and commentary. In Europe, they are trying to sneak software patents through under the guise of agriculture and fisheries legislation - that should be a warning, a clear warning. By Unknown, Business Standard, Decembe From
OLDaily on December 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
E-learning on a Shoestring - Developing a Solution
Comprehensive, clear and well-written, this guide providing practical advice on how to develop e-learning on a shoestring will be useful to any organization looking at low-cost (and often better) alternatives to a commercial solution. At the very least, readers should look at this document to learn about all the alternatives not available in the closed commercial environment. For more links and information, visit the author's
Moodle installation at pelion consulting, post comments on the wiki, and more. By Frankie Forsyth, Australian flexib From
OLDaily on December 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Experience as a Distance Learning Teacher Makes You a Better Classroom Teacher
Here is an example of the feedback-loop thing I talked about in my post to WWWEDU. "a whopping 85% of their faculty reported that their experience as online teachers 'will have a positive effect on their classroom instruction.'" Well, now. If you were measuring the effectiveness of distance learning, it appears worse than it is because distance teaching results in better traditional teaching. You can't just factor this out. By Michael Feldstein, E-Literate, December 27, 2004 [
Re From OLDaily on December 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
DURL, a Search Tool for del.icio.us
In case you haven't seen this: overview of DURL, a service that lets you see who has flagged the same URL on del.icio.us By Roland Piquepaille, Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends , Dece,ber 27, 2004 [
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OLDaily on December 27, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..
Too Much Computer Exposure may Hinder Learning
The Woessmann and Fuchs report, subject of my recent paper
Understanding Pisa, has hit the news again (one suspects someone is promoting this study with some vigor) and has become a subject of discussion at WWWEDU. In this item, I restate my criticisms of the report and add some additional commentary. By Stephen Downes, WWWEDU, December 27, 2004 [
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Amazon drops TV advertising
Interesting quote from Amazon's Jeff Bezos in January's Wired Magazine:"About three months ago, we stopped doing TV advertising. We did a 15-month-long test of TV advertising in two markets -- Portland, OR and Minneapolis -- to see how much it drove our sales. And it worked, but not as much as the kind of price elasticity we knew we could get from taking those ad dollars and giving them back to consumers." Bezos said they used the money to lower prices and offer free shipping -- a move that "significantly accelerated" the growth of Amazon.com From
unmediated on December 27, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Listening to Blogs
ClickZ expert and Jupiter Research analyst Gary Stein takes a look back at 2004.
His favorite topic? You guessed it: The ability to tap into consumer conversations is fantastic and powerful. Companies are falling all over themselves trying to figure out how to use the blog phenomenon to their advantage. All too often, they conclude they should use blogs to talk. Please. Brands do enough talking as it is. Use the blog space to listen. I read (on a blog, of course) Microsoft is doing just From
unmediated on December 27, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Earthquake/Tsunami Aid Blog
A group of volunteers set up a blog to coordinate information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts in response to the devastating Southeast Asian earthquake and tsunami.
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unmediated on December 27, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Southeast Asia Tsunami/Earthquake Community Blog
A group of bloggers from India and elsewhere have set up a community weblog with news and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts. If you're looking for a way to offer assistance, this would be a good place to check. From
Contentious Weblog on December 27, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Net and Society Grab Bag
Here are some items that show how the internet is affecting society (or vice versa) which have caught my interest lately... TOP OF THIS LIST: US E-government progress? Depends on what you mean by "progress." A new report on e-government from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) is striking for what it doesn't address. (Read the rest of this list...) From
Contentious Weblog on December 27, 2004 at 4:55 p.m..
Thinking of moving to another country?
Are you a blue state American who has the blues? Think Bush is Hitler, and want to burn your American passport ASAP to escape the New American Police State? You sense a disturbance in your aura while sitting in the lotus position meditating upon your healing crystals? Here's a few countries for you to think about: Panama, Costa Rica, and Canada. From
kuro5hin.org on December 27, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
So, Slate Grows Up?
Does the purchase of
Slate make the eight-year-old online magazine (does anyone use
eZine anymore?) any more credible now that it will be part of
The Washington Post Co.? A couple comments in Howard Kurtz's
story in the Post caught my attention and made me wonder about the ever-lingering perception of online media that originates on the Internet and not as part of a recogni From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 27, 2004 at 3:55 p.m..
"Pure Entrepreneurs"
Scott Kirsner has a good piece in the Boston Globe appreciating "pure entrepreneurs" who go ahead and build stuff without asking for funding or permission. One of those he cites is my friend Pito Salas who is creating BlogBridge, an aggregator with lots of potential, currently in alpha. He also points to Paul Cosway who is working on what sounds like a very cool, portable Internet radio, called "Radeo." And he interviews Dan Bricklin and Bill Warner (Avid). Three cheers for pure entrepreneurs! BTW, I don't know Paul Cosway, but I can attest that Pito Salas is not "loopy" (which... From
Joho the Blog on December 27, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..
Tsunami relief
JonL forwards this tsunami relief site: http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/... From
Joho the Blog on December 27, 2004 at 3:49 p.m..
Greensboro leads
Terry Heaton interviews Ed Cone about the newspaper-sponsored local blogging community.... From
Joho the Blog on December 27, 2004 at 2:48 p.m..
Noticias ADL SCORM
El equipo técnico de ADL ha publicado unos ejemplos del uso del nuevo modelo de datos de SCORM 2004(lo han denominado SCORM 2004 Data Model Content Example Version 1.0 ), estos ejemplos que se pueden ... (Sigue) From
Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on December 27, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..
In Boulder Today? Stop by Caffe Sole and Say Hi
I need to get out of my house today, so I'm going to go to my satellite office: Caffe Sole, on the south side of Boulder, CO. I will be there from about 11am until late in the afternoon. If you're in the area, stop by and say hi! I'll be the woman with the iBook and braid, with a MetaMemes deck close at hand. From
Contentious Weblog on December 27, 2004 at 12:55 p.m..
Open source audio
I've always wondered what it would be like to use audio to tell a story. Today's podcast is my first real attempt at doing that. The title is Open Source Audio and the story is one that I've been trying to tell a number of folks -- and in particular, my non-geek friends -- for a while now. The story begins with a snippet from a 1924 recording of Lonesome Road Blues from the
Internet Archive's
open source audio collection. From
Jon's Radio on December 27, 2004 at 12:46 p.m..
Picture This If You Can
I gave up trying to save every hard copy of a newspaper I wanted to keep for one reason or another a long time ago. Those of you who used to have (or still have) piles of newspapers lying around the house or office know what I'm talking about. About a week ago, there was a great frontpage
photo taken by Rich Lipski in the Washington Post of Washington D.C. city councilman Jack Evans covering his face as chairperson Linda W. Cropp said she would not support a baseball stadium witho From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on December 27, 2004 at 11:50 a.m..
When everything is known
While poking around for blogs reporting on the tsunami, I came across Mr. Brown's in Singapore. He reports that the police called a friend to say that they'd caught the guy who stole his anonymous cashcard. Except the friend hadn't reported the card lost. Mr. Brown figures that the police triangulated against the transponder in the friend's car. He writes: I don't know whether to be happy we have an efficient police force that can return your stolen goods to you even if you did not make a police report, or be terrified at the thought that nothing escapes the... From
Joho the Blog on December 27, 2004 at 10:48 a.m..
FeedScout RSS Reader
Feed Scout enables you to view RSS/ATOM/RDF feeds from different sites directly in Internet Explorer. You can even set your Home Page to show favorite feeds. Feed Scout is a plug-in for Internet Explorer, so you won't have to learn anything except for how to press 2 new buttons onInternet Explorer toolbar; From
RSS Blog on December 27, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..
Users Becoming Communities at SLATE and RockyBGU
In 2002, two different Blackboard users, hundreds of miles from each other, found themselves looking for something very similar. In fact, while they may not even have been aware of it at the time, both Jane Maurer and Ken Sadowski were looking for a u From
Online Learning Update on December 27, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Hacking Around the Christmas Tree
The holidays are ripe for hackers, spammers and spies who go after personal information from holiday shoppers and write special programs to infect new computers when they first go online. From
Wired News on December 27, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
LAPD: We Know That Mug
New facial-recognition software for handheld computers, which amounts to a portable mug book, is being field-tested by Los Angeles police. Civil liberties advocates warn privacy and accuracy are key issues. From
Wired News on December 27, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Worming Into Apple
What happens when you work at Apple on a pet project but it is canceled before it ships and you're fired? If you're Ron Avitzur, you ignore reality and finish it anyway by sneaking into work. By Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on December 27, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..
Journalists for Open Government
The Coalition of Journalists for Open Government is a new organization. From their website: Our goal is to provide timely information on freedom of information issues and on what journalism organizations are doing to foster greater transparency in government. We d like to make this your front page when you need information on open government issues and FOI efforts. From
unmediated on December 26, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..
Vloggercon 2005 - New York, NY - Saturday, January 22, 2005
Hey guys-- what started as an offhanded comment by Shannon is now a reality. Vloggercon 2005. Shannon from LA is coming to NYC the 3rd week of january to do some work. so we said we'll have Vloggercon 2005 on saturday, January 22nd. whoever wants to come is now officially invited. Andrew Barron of Rocketboom teaches at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan...and says we can get a room with a projector and wi-fi for the day. I imagined we'd organize some discussion sessions from 10am-4pm. Then, just eat and party the rest of the evening. From
unmediated on December 26, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..
KnoppMyth
KnoppMyth is an attempt at making the Linux and
MythTV installation as trivial as possible. The current release is Release 4 and runs directly form the CD! From
unmediated on December 26, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..
PressThink's Top Ten Ideas for 2004: Introduction
These are my top ten ideas for the year 2004. The year in press think, as it were. I chose not the "best" ideas, but the ones most useful to me in figuring out what's going on. They weren't necessarily born in '04, either. But they emerged this year. Some have authors; usually it is many authors. Ready? Here they are: 1. The Legacy Media. 2. He said, she said, we said. 3. What the printing press did to the Catholic Church the blogging press does to the media church. 4. Open Source Journalism, or: "My readers know more than I do." 5. News turns from a le From
unmediated on December 26, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..
Solutions to the Bandwidth Bottleneck
The Problem:Ever since Michael Verdi's daughter, Dylan, posted her first video blog and had
1600 downloads in 24 hours....Ive been thinking a lot about bandwidth issues.In the near future, watching video on the internet will be part of our daily web process.I see no reason why 10,000 people won't watch a simple video post.But there is NO way current bandwidth allotments can handle this traffic.Even 50 gigs of bandwidth is not enough...and that From
unmediated on December 26, 2004 at 11:46 p.m..