By Stephen Downes
May 20, 2003
WEM Summary - Day One
I always get
off the airplane with a cough and a runny nose - I am
probably allergic to recycled air - and so I'm suffering
today after a cross-Atlantic trip. Writing the day one
summary of WEM is all I can manage for now - though for
those of you who want to know, I searched for about two
hours for something to put in today's newsletter, found
nothing of interest, and I'm just tired of looking. Some
days are just like that. Anyhow. A keynote about the
European Commissions approach to learning, and five
speakers at a panel on content development and the
commercial content sector, and some photos too. Now I'm
going to go lie down for a bit. By Stephen Downes,
Stephen's Web, May 20, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
World
Education Market
I am sitting in the press
centre at the World Education Market in Lisbon, Portugal.
It has been, oh, 24 or more hours since I have slept. I am
using an odd keyboard which won't let me access email. I
couldn't find my speakers' meeting. But I'm here. Email and
full coverage begins tomorrow. Let's rock. Let's roll! By
Stephen Downes, May 19, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
If You Want To Be in Google, You Gotta Be On
The Web
The Google issue in a different light.
Dave Winer wrote the above on Sunday. OLDaily readers will
recall that I said the exact same thing on Friday. "Want
Google rank?" I said, "Publish good stuff..." But it is, of
course, Winer's version of the argument that is all over
the Blogsphere. See, Google doesn't rank 'first' it ranks
'most' (the one interesting exception to this being Google
news, where 'first' counts but 'accuracy' doesn't). And
though many articles break first in the mainstream, they
are discussed most in the Blogsphere. So I take back a bit
of what I said Friday. The Google algorithm should attempt
to trace - and credit - the origin of a meme. Otherwise we
will be in a situation where, according to Google, Dave
Winer is the originator of all thought. By Dave Winer,
DaveNet, May 18, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Buried Treasure
"Why has Bill
Gates stashed millions of the greatest images of the 20th
century under a mountain in Pennsylvania?" On the one hand,
critics allude to a desire to own much of 20th century
history. On the other, however, is the fact that the
photographs were disintegrating faster than they could be
scanned. By Mary Battiata, Washington Post, May 18, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
Microsoft to Buy Unix Technology From SCO
Group
Say it ain't so. According to a report
published in the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is to
license SCO's unix technology. The move is seen as
indicative of Microsoft's desire to undercut open source in
general. More...
By Unknown, Dow Jones Business News, May 19, 2003
[Refer][Research][Reflect]
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