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Competencies for Web+ISD
"The Web changes everything." Training included. Yet most instructional designers earned their credentials long before the advent of blogs, RSS, podcasts, microcontent, wikis, Google, and mash-ups. What Web competencies should generalist instructional designers have under their belts? Dave Lee and I have been noodling on this as we plan the Unworkshops we'll begin offering later this [...] From Internet Time Blog on February 5, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

Tech Conference Refuses to Issue Press Release
This appeared on PR Wire this evening: For the first time in recorded history, a leading technology conference decides to forego the issuing of a press release to drum up support and interest. Gnomedex is heading into its sixth year of bringing together technologists, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, venture capitalists, and other random buzzwords. Chris Pirillo cracks me [...] From Internet Time Blog on February 5, 2006 at 4:45 a.m..

Back from the dead
Night before last, my blog vanished. Go to the blog's front page and you'd get nothing. Nada. Rien. Not even a 404 error. No source code to view. Nothing. My first thought was that I'd done something catastrophic. Like a child abused by his priest, I felt it was my fault. God was punishing me [...] From Internet Time Blog on February 5, 2006 at 1:45 a.m..

Group Sues AT&T Over Alleged Surveillance - MATTHEW FORDAHL, AP Technology
A civil liberties group sued AT&T Inc. on Tuesday for its alleged role in helping the National Security Agency spy on the phone calls and other communications of U.S. citizens without warrants. The class-action lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Sa From Techno-News Blog on February 4, 2006 at 11:49 p.m..

Microsoft Spells Out Government Relations - Susan Kuchinskas, Internet News
Microsoft laid out a policy for dealing with government orders relating to user-generated content published on MSN Spaces. Microsoft Senior Vice President and General Counsel Brad Smith outlined the policy on Tuesday, during the Government Leaders Forum From Techno-News Blog on February 4, 2006 at 11:49 p.m..

What happens to your e-mail when you die? - Scott Reeves, Forbes
The death of a loved one is never easy, but death in the digital age can create knotty problems that add to the anguish. Just ask Roger van Oosten. "My father had a niche Internet business," he says. "When he died last year at 71, he left no provision for From Techno-News Blog on February 4, 2006 at 11:49 p.m..

Reading File: In Academia, Big Brains, Empty Pockets
"The Ph.D. Glut Revisited," by Gary North, looks at the relationship between getting a doctorate and making money. From New York Times: Education on February 4, 2006 at 11:45 p.m..