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Sprint launches cell video network - The Associated Press
Cell phone company Sprint Nextel Corp. is becoming a media company, producing its own sports and entertainment newscasts for its wireless Internet service in addition to the repackaged video programming it provides from TV networks and other content provi From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 9:49 p.m..

Surfing the Internet for Spoken Words - WILLIAM M. BULKELEY, Wall Street Journal
One of the charms of Internet video and audio is that Web sites featuring such offerings are largely free of the advertising cluttering television and radio. That may be about to change. Several small companies are starting to pitch advertising links usin From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 9:49 p.m..

U.S. Unprepared for Internet Attack Recovery - Roy Mark, Internet News
The United States is not prepared to effectively coordinate a public/private recovery from a major attack on the Internet, cyber security officials told Congress today. The primary problem, they explained to a sparsely attended House hearing, is leadersh From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 9:49 p.m..

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Fujitsu Networks Car Cameras
Reducing the cost of networking car cameras could result in more safety systems in a vehicle. In Autopia. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..

Work the Web, Get Paid Instantly
Human-assisted search site ChaCha.com offers its work-at-home guides a way to receive their paychecks instantly via debit cards. Plus: Angry iTunes 7 users look to the past. In Monkey Bites. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..

What is the problem with deference to experts on Wikipedia?
Interesting pair of comments in Larry Sanger, Citizendium, and the Problem of Expertise, on the nature and seriousness of experts not contributing to Wikipedia: 22. David Gerard on September 22, 2006 07:08 AM writes… Plenty of people complain of Wikipedia’s alleged “anti-expert bias”. I’ve yet to see solid evidence of it. Unless “expert-neutral” is conflated to mean “anti-expert.&#822 From Corante: Social Software on September 22, 2006 at 6:47 p.m..

Ethanz' holiday in Zimbabwe
They turned off the Internet when Ethan left Zimbabwe. Here's Ethan's conclusion I find it hard to believe that a government which can't pay its bandwidth bill is systematically monitoring the internet communications of half a million people. But threatening to monitor those communications creates a panopticon effect - by telling people they're under observation, many (most?) will behave as if the government's watching. And in a country where transgression can mean indefinite detention and abuse while in custody, it's hard to blame people for wanting no remain fir From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 6:47 p.m..

Apple Goes After Podcast Ready
Podcast Ready is the latest company to be hit with a "cease and desist" letter from Apple Computer, demanding that the company stop using the word "pod" in its company and product names. In Listening Post. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Second ATM Maker Tackles Hacks
Retail ATM giant Triton says it will take service manuals off its website and warn owners of 145,000 cash machines not to use factory-set codes. A software patch is coming, too. In 27B Stroke 6. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Top U.S. Parent Companies and Stickiest Brands on the Web, August 2006
A look at which brands get visitors, and which ones keep users engaged the longest at home and work. From ClickZ Stats on September 22, 2006 at 5:45 p.m..

Show Pix, Seattle stylie
Photos from An Event Apart Seattle 2006. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on September 22, 2006 at 3:49 p.m..

Sony Cuts Japan PS3 Price
Japanese gamers get a cheaper PlayStation 3, and everyone gets HDMI. But Sony won From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..

Pregnant Without a Pause
The magic of digital photography allows you to see a pregnancy progress over a mere 10 seconds, and the result is eerily science-fictiony. In Table of Malcontents. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 2:46 p.m..

Tell Telemarketers to Take a Hike
The CallBlocker gives salesmen the brush off so you don't have to. In Gear Factor. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 2:46 p.m..

These Days, Reading Means Editing
Just in case anyone is interested, here’s the opening graph of my recent post at The Pulse: So here’s the question: as you lit on this post and made the decision to start reading it, are you reading it differently from the way you read today’s newspaper or the latest best-seller laying by your bedside? Not [...] From weblogged News on September 22, 2006 at 1:48 p.m..

You Can Take It With You
Even in an ever-widening pool of stock options irregularities, this one stands out: Cablevision admits that it granted options to one of its executives -- after he had already died. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..

Proposed: Make HIV Tests Routine
The Center for Disease Control now recommends that HIV tests be routine for adults and teenagers, because too many Americans have the disease and don't know it -- and are passing it around. In Sex Drive Daily. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 12:46 p.m..

Sacramento plans 12,000 sq mile wifi net
According to Esme Vos at MuniWireless.com, Sacramento plans on covering nine counties, 30 municipalities, 3 million people and 12,000 square miles with wifi. It will provide communications for organizations involved in emergency relief, public safety and national security. [Tags: wifi esme_vos sacramento]... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 11:49 a.m..

Lewis Update
We are into our second full week of school at Lewis Elementary and we have our annual Open House this coming Thursday.... It is working well and provides a nice visual variety each time you visit the page. From Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Microsoft touts wireless connection as iPod killer - Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reuters
Microsoft Corp. unveiled on Thursday its new "Zune" portable media player, hoping its ability to share music wirelessly can win over consumers despite its late entry five years after Apple's market-dominating iPod. The world's largest software maker said From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Amid privacy backlash, Web publishers turn inward - Eric Auchard, Reuters
Technological changes and personal privacy have been at odds ever since modern notions of privacy emerged more than a century ago. "Numerous mechanical devices threaten to make good the prediction that 'what is whispered in the closet shall be proclaimed From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Elections Easy to Steal, Say Computer Scientists - NED POTTER, ABC News
When you walk into a voting booth and close the curtain behind you, you know which candidates you like, and you expect the people you choose will get your vote. Right? Not necessarily, says Edward W. Felten, a professor of computer sciences at Princeton U From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Nanotube Ink - Prachi Patel-Predd, Tech Review
Researchers at RPI and the University of Oulu in Finland created an image of Albert Einstein using a conventional desktop inkjet printer and ink made of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The work demonstrates the possibility of using the simple printing tech From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Putting Patent Trolls on the Defensive - Eli Kintisch, Tech Review
Software companies say overbroad patents held by others are among their biggest problems, leading to wasteful lawsuits and skyrocketing costs. The way they see it, patents that cover broad, basic concepts have helped give rise to the so-called "patent tro From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Putting Pictures in Their Place - Kate Greene, tech Review
Last week, photo-sharing website Flickr announced new features that let people easily assign a location to a photo and search for pictures on a map, an activity called "geotagging." Its latest offering is enhanced by advanced search technology that Flickr From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Apple: Beware of Rigged QuickTime Movies - Ryan Naraine, eWeek
Multiple security flaws in Apple's QuickTime media player could put Mac and PC users at risk of malicious hacker attacks, according to a warning from the Cupertino, Calif. company. Apple released QuickTime 7.1.3 as a high-priority update alongside warning From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Experts warn of rapid growth in on-line hate - KIRK MAKIN, Globe and Mail
Data stored on the Internet will explode by a factor of 1,000 in the next five years -- a proliferation that will make it impossible for governments to control the flow of hate material, an international conference was told yesterday. "There is no way any From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Will airport of the future fly? - Stefanie Olsen, CNET News
The airport of tomorrow might have virtual intelligence agents that check your bags, "smart dust" sensor networks that vet passengers heading through security and commuter pilots who fly the plane from a home office. That is, if Dave Evans' vision is to b From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Better Fuel Cells for Laptops - Kate Greene, Technology Review
Batteries are the bane of consumer electronics users. They provide only a limited amount of power, take hours to recharge, and over time become less long-lasting. For years, engineers have been eyeing fuel cells--devices that produce electricity by mixing From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Solar Cells for Cheap - Kevin Bullis, Technology Review
Michael Grätzel, chemistry professor at the Ecoles Polytechniques Fédérales de Lausanne in Switzerland, is most famous for inventing a new type of solar cell that could cost much less than conventional photovoltaics. Now, 15 years after the first prototyp From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Cingular to launch full-keyboard Nokia phone with aggressive low price - Associated Press
Cingular Wireless plans to sell a new BlackBerry-like device from Nokia Corp. for as low as $150 (euro118), perhaps the most aggressive entry yet in an increasingly crowded market of devices with typewriter keypads for wireless e-mail and text messaging. From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Internet Explorer: Benefit Analysis versus Firefox - Matt Bacak, Market Day
Most of MSIE's advantages are Firefox's disadvantages, and vice-versa. This article will discuss some advantages and disadvantages of MSIE in relation to Firefox. From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

New battery tech still years away - Reuters
Concerns over exploding computer batteries may be heating up, but alternative power sources for portable devices like laptops, music players and cellphones could still be up to 10 years away. Sony Corp., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Hitachi Lt From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

U.S. government stages cyberattack war game - Associated Press
Fake cyberattackers and hackers largely foiled government and industry attempts to fight back quickly and effectively during a test of computer security systems, the U.S. government said Wednesday. Yet the Homeland Security Department claimed victory in t From Techno-News Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Facebook's Privacy Triumph: Stealth, Secrecy, and Melodrama
Clearly, Facebook’s recent spectacle has aroused both danah boyd’s and my attention. What is interesting is the radical difference between our interpretations of the phenomenon. At the risk of provoking a firestorm, I offer here a radical alternative to danah’s concerns. Besides, I would rather be provocative than right. First a few items from her post Facebook’s “Privacy Trainwreck”: Exposure, Invasion, and Drama: From Corante: Social Software on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Larry Sanger, Citizendium, and the Problem of Expertise
The interesting thing about Citizendium, Larry Sanger’s proposed fork of Wikipedia designed to add expert review, is how consistent Sanger has been about his beliefs over the last 5 years. I’ve been reviewing the literature from the dawn of Wikipedia, born from the failure of the process-laden and expert-driven Nupedia, and from then to now, Sanger’s published opinions seem based on three beliefs: 1. Experts are a special category of people, who can be readily recognized within From Corante: Social Software on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Larry Sanger on me on Citizendium
A response from Larry Sanger, posted here in its entirety: Thanks to Clay Shirky for the opportunity to reply here on Many2Many to his “Larry Sanger, Citizendium, and the Problem of Expertise,” First, two points about Clay’s style of argumentation, which I simply cannot let go without comment. Then some replies to his actual arguments. 1. Allow me to identify my own core animating beliefs, thank you very much. Cl From Corante: Social Software on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Socialtext 2.0
We launched Socialtext 2.0 today. Techcrunch has the story, but I thought M2M readers might be interested in this screencast which talks through the design decisions. Corante: Social Software on September 22, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

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Hacking Diebold
This 9.5-minute video from Princeton shows that a Diebold touchscreen voting machine can be hacked. In this case, the hack was inserted by writing it onto a machine's memory card. (The machine's lock is highly pickable. Or you can simply unscrew the cover. Yikes.) It took them less than a minute to insert malicious code. Worse, it can be written as a virus so that it spreads from machine to machine via memory cards. The Diebold model they hacked produces a paper trail. But the hack causes the intended vote to print out while recording the vote the hacker wants... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

Liberals sitting down
Tony Judt in the London Review of Books excoriates American liberals for acquiescing in Bush's foreign policy. Some of it will be familiar to Americans. And he ignores liberals who have been against the Iraq war from the beginning, focusing on traditional liberals who supported it. Plus, the article suffers (imo) from the predictable, one-sided criticism of Israel and a lack of any suggestion of what contemporary liberalism consists of beyond fighting Bushism. Nevertheless, there's lots in it that I found illuminating, including: ...the place of the liberal intellectual has been larg From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

Filesharing: Free as in peanuts?
You know Richard Stallman's "Free as in speech, not free as in beer"? I think we could stand to add one more: Free as in peanuts. If you're in a bar, speaking freely and paying for beer, the bartender sometimes will put out a dish of peanuts for free. I know that I'm capable of eating an entire bowlful and then eying the bartender waifishly until s/he refills it. But, I generally won't buy peanuts in a bar, even if they're reasonably priced. I get value from eating them, yet I won't pay for them. I'm sure economists have a... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

My Internet bubble
For the past couple of weeks, I've done little except revise my book. All day, every day. Well, I've had a couple of events I'd committed to, including a keynote at the Scottish Learning Festival that I leave for tonight—I was supposed to be done with my revising by now—but basically I've been head-down in my book. Which means I haven't had time to read other people's blogs. The blogosphere and its local eddies are often thought of as bubbles, little hermetic worlds unaware that there's a bigger world with bigger ideas beyond them. But not reading From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

Global Voices wins
Congratulations, mazel tov, and a smooshy kiss to the folks of Global Voices for winning a Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism: The Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism spotlight news and information that is more than multimedia journalism. They reward novel efforts to involve citizens actively in public issues, to invite their participation and create entry points that stir their imagination and engagement. Sounds about right to me. (Here are the other winners. Congratualtions to them, too.) [Tags: global_voices gv media journalism]... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

Welcome to Glasgow
I hitchhiked (hitchhook?) through Glasgow in 1971. Now I'm back and just spent a few hours wandering around down town. I am thus quite the expert. I do love having these found afternoons when I can walk around in a city I don't know. I think 80% of what we learn of a place we learn in the first half hour, although a serious part of the next 20% is undoing what we thought we'd learned in the first 80%. I went to the Cathedral and had my usual dumb reaction. The stacking of the stones that must have seemed... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

The opposite of the Giant Zero
I'm sorry to be out of town for Doc's Berkman talk. All I know about it is that it's called "The Giant Zero," which plays on Craig Burton's idea of the Net as a hollow sphere where all are an equal distance from all others (which Doc and I appropriated in World of Ends), and David Isenberg's Stupid Network. And since I seem to be in the mood for opposites, this reminded me of something that struck me—but I don't know why—in James Gleick's excellent biography of Newton. Among the mind-boggling list of Newton's mind-boggling insights, Gleick me From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

Global Voices on the Thai coup
Got yer citizen journalism right here. [Tags: global_voices gv thailand]... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

Deval Patrick!
I'm at a snack table in the back of the exhibit hall at the Scottish Learning Festival checking my email, so I learned about Deval Patrick's huge win — in the Democratic primary for governor of Massachusetts — from email from Freedom to Marry, an anti-discrimination-in-marriage group. Patrick won big. That's fantastic news. By the way, this is also a win for Internet politics. Patrick ran a grassroots campaign that's making smart use of the Net. Plus, he's been more direct and more human than candidates often are, which, right or not, I take as being part o From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

NewAssignment off and running
Retuers has funded Jay Rosen's NewAssignment. Should be interesting! [Tags: newassignment media reuters newspapers citizen_journalism] (I should probabaly note that I'm on NewAssignment's oinformal advisory board, I believe.)... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

Educational blogging
After my presentation at the Scottish Learning Festival, I wandered into a bloggy-wikiful session—TeachMeet—in a very warm room, but with wine. I walked in on a demo of JumpCut, an online video editing program that lets people share clips. It looked very cool. Next an English teacher talks about transposing "process writing"—students commenting on students—into blogs with coments. (It might be a good use of the document commenting system at www.quicktopic.com.) Another 7-minute presentation is on using Flickr's annotation tool in a classroom. Why in the classroom r From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

Things I learned about Glasgow at dinner
It's a college town, with three of 'em, including one founded in 1451. It is becoming the arts center of Scotland, even thought that other city has the big festival. The architectural styles are highly mixed. The museums are free because they belong to the people. The grain silos are closed, but the city is on the upswing. The Wellington memorial statue in front of the Museum of Modern Art always has a traffic cone on its head.... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

A marketing idea while standing on yet another airport security line
If an airline offered a High Risk Flight on a plane where they just waved everyone through security, I'd consider taking it.... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

One Web Day - Invitation, Celebration, Gratitudination
Can't you just smell One Web Day in the air? I know I can't. But nevertheless, this is the big day. So celebrate the Web, and try to make it a little better for us all. Then let OWD know what you're doing by posting a photo of what you're doing and tag it "onewebday2006." And use that tag for whatever you contribute to the Web in the name of OWD today. [Disclosure] At the Berkman Center at 12:30, we're have a little party. You're invited. We're going to talk about the Web's value to each of us. Then we're... From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

Richard Sambrook breaks through the firewall
For years, Richard Sambrook, the BBC's Director of Global News and World Service, has been one of the most popular bloggers inside the BBC. Now he's started SacredFacts, a public blog. As Euan Semple points out, how Richard balances his private views with his journalistic position will be fascinating to watch. This is especially true because, despite the fact that he inhabits a position that is the exemplar of what people mean by The Establishment, Richard is open-minded, clear-headed about what's happening to journalism, a born little-d democrat, aware of the power of the media From Joho the Blog on September 22, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..

How Is The FairUse4WM Patch Being Delivered?
Bruce Schneier suggested that it was folded into Patch Tuesday security patches, but he didn't cite a source.  I have a Windows XP box, and these are the updates I was sent this week. None of them appear to be Windows Media related. Are the upda From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 22, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

MS Zune Ad
Is this bird animation awesome? Bad? Awesomely bad?https://www.comingzune.com/I'm confused. From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 22, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Microsoft's Zune Won't Play Protected Windows Media
In yesterday's announcement of the new Zune media player and Zune Marketplace, Microsoft (and many press reports) glossed over a remarkable misfeature that should demonstrate once and for all how DRM and the DMCA harm legitimate customers. Microsoft's Zune will not play protected Windows Media Audio and Video purchased or "rented" from Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink, Cinemanow, or any other online media From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 22, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Speculation - Why Did Microsoft Design Zune So Protected WM Doesn't Play?
Below I've talked about the what, now for the why. Microsoft's J Allard can do a lot of hand-waving about Plays For Sure and Zune being two complementary solutions. Or perhaps you think that Microsoft is trying to run competitors out of the market and take Apple head-on with a similar integrated, vertical DRMed platform; perhaps they want the sort of anti-competitive power people ascribe to Apple's i From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 22, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Zune-PlaysForSure Reax: "This Can't Be True."
Skim the Digg commentary and you'll find many users who can't believe that Zune won't Play For Sure. It's so bizarre, they assume the report is inaccurate, despite citations to numerous press reports and MS' own release. Even CrunchGear refused to believe it. I think most media reports were so confused, that they d From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 22, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

(Fake Headline, Serious Point:) Movie Studios, Blockbuster File Copyright Infringement Suit Against Customer For Failing to Return DVD Rentals
That's obviously not true, but from the way people talk about Rhapsody and other music "rental" services, they believe that the story could happen, at least in principle.  This is part of yet another misunderstanding about how the DMCA reworked the nature of copyright.Too often, people confuse defenses of DRM+DMCA based on their ability to prevent *infringing* uses and defenses based on protection of new business mode From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 22, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Disney-Owned Label To Sell Full Jesse McCartney Album in MP3
Two months ago, Sony released the new Jessica Simpson single in MP3 through Yahoo! Music. This week, Variety (via PaidContent) reports that Disney-owned Hollywood Records will release Jesse McCartney's full album in MP3. It seems that some major record label execs may finally be coming to their senses: From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 22, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

What Does it Mean To Be an "Owner" or "Mere Possessor" Under 17 USC 109?
In light of my last posts about first sale as applied to copies "rented" through Rhapsody, I've had an interesting exchange about what it means to be an "owner of a copy" in terms of 17 USC 109 (the "first sale" doctrine), and what rights you have to a lawfully made copy you rent from Blockbuster or Rhapsody. My thoughts are admittedly rough - From A Copyfighter's Musings on September 22, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Getting Closer…Another Student "Blogging” Example
So here we have an example of a high school civics class blog by a student that is using the tool pretty well, I’d say. Especially just a few days into it. Once again, comments on Civics dude! are open, which has led to a pretty interesting exchange between student and unknown commentor. To guide [...] From weblogged News on September 22, 2006 at 10:45 a.m..

Taste Networking for Better Porn
The latest project at the Museum of Sex harnesses our collective sexual preferences to tailor personal recommendations for adult content. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

The Scanning of the Fittest
If shopping for clothes is not your idea of fun, you may want to head to a body scanner near you. The devices collect measurements that help shoppers find the perfect fit and the apparel industry to better size its garments. By Tracy Powell. From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Grow Your Own Limbs
Hundreds of soldiers are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan missing arms and legs. DARPA wants to help them grow their limbs back. By Kristen Philipkoski. Part three in a four-part series. PLUS: A Question of Mind Over Matter Give 'em a (Working) Hand Take an Interactive Bionics Tour From Wired News on September 22, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..

Columbia Drops Talk by Iranian
A Columbia University dean invited the president of Iran to speak and in less than a day, withdrew the invitation. That was long enough to put Columbia into another Middle East-related contretemps. From New York Times: Education on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Hoping Trial Provides Answers in Fire at Seton Hall
A mother is hoping to get some answers soon about how and why her son and two other students died in a fire in the freshman dormitory at Seton Hall University in 2000. From New York Times: Education on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

New York English Scores Drop Sharply in 6th Grade
The results, for the first time, allowed New York State officials to pinpoint exactly where student achievement begins to drop off sharply. From New York Times: Education on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

A Scholar Is Alive, Actually, and Hungry for Debate
After an address by President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela at the United Nations, the linguist Noam Chomsky joined the exclusive club of luminaries who were reported dead before their time. From New York Times: Education on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Various authors - Wikipedia:School and University Projects - Wikipedia
Useful page on Wikipedia that provides advice, examples and templates to assist in the use of Wikipedia in the classroom. "An advantage of this over regular homework is that the student is dealing with a real world situation, which is not only more educative but also makes it more interesting ("the world gets to see my work"), probably resulting in increased dedication. Besides, it will give the students a chance to collaborate on course notes and papers, and their effort will remain online for reference, instead of being discarded and forgotten as is usual with paper course-work." Via Educati From OLDaily on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Tim Grant - Rendell Launches Program to Put Laptops in Classrooms - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The governor of Pennsylvania is announcing "the start of a three-year, $200 million program to furnish high school classrooms with laptop computers and wireless Internet access." This is good, but there's something weird about the idea of "a laptop computer on every desk" - shouldn't laptops be associated with individual students? Computing is personal. Via ASCD SmartBrief. [Link] [Tags: Wireless, OLDaily on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Joachim Niemeier - Enterprise 2.0 - 7 Days and More
Ross Mayfield has discovered neural networks, or at least, has discovered the article by By M.R. Rangaswami of the Sand Hill Group, who has discovered neural networks. "The software of Enterprise 2.0 will be flexible, simple and lightweight. It will be created using an infinite combination of the latest - and possibly, some old-fashioned - ingredients." [Link] [Tags: Networks] [OLDaily on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

StevenB - Sudden Thoughts And Second Thoughts - ACRLog
Hm. I'm feeling some of this at the moment. "... a lone dissenter is likely to fear voicing his or her opinion because with technology tools backlash can be magnified and distributed far more quickly. So even if there are some flaws in the post - a lone dissenter is unlikely to make that known for fear of instant backlash." I have been thinking today about the distinction between groups and networks. Groups require unity, networks require diversity. Groups require coherence, networks require autonomy. Groups require privacy or segregation, networks require openness. Groups require focus o From OLDaily on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Marc Meola - Facebook to Open to All - ACRLog
My take: if your behaviour is such that opening it to public access is a source of distress, then you ought probably not to have indulged in that behaviour in the first place. As for a community reserved exclusively for those rich enough to afford university tuition fees - well, you can probably guess my take on that. [Link] [Tags: Books and eBooks, Tuition and Student Fees] [OLDaily on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Someone - Conviviality and the FLNW (un) Conference - Artichoke
Yes. This is exactly what I am taking away from the New Zealand experience thus far: "What I came to think in the early hours of this morning is that one issue that is central to our imaginings about learning in a networked world, one issue that represents the weight of all that has been, is how we understand freedom. "We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship.'" Hear hear (feeling very unfree at the moment). [OLDaily on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Christopher D. Sessums - Getting IT Right Socially: Reflections from ALT-C 2006 - Christopher D. Sessums : Weblog
Here it is again. Is it just me? Or is it merely that I am just especially sensitive to it? "Is the locus of control of learning different given ICTs and social software and what should educators do? ... Social software, ICT, the Internet, education... it's all about people. Control should be a matter of choice. After all, isn't that what democracy is all about?" Also: more on Alt-C: Transforming Learning: Evolution or Revolution. It would have been interesting to be there, though I'm glad I wasn't. [OLDaily on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..

Stephen Downes - South Africa - Flickr
So today wraps up another week on the road, with an abbreviated newsletter this week, due to very poor internet access and to being in six hotels in six days. I am frankly chafing against the restrictions at the moment, as I am shuttled from place to place, with no knowledge of where I am going, no sense of where I have been, hustled about with no time to reflect or read or post, and placed in events where the discussion swirls about on issues and trends alien to my own sense of things. As I said to one person, this conference is on one track, I am on another. More on this later, when I get a From OLDaily on September 22, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..