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Damn, damn, damn
The previous post in my blog had the wrong URL for George Siemens’ and my podcast. Here’s the correct URL. From New York Times: Education on November 18, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..

Last night I read George Siemens’ provocative new book-in-progress, Knowing Knowledge. (I highly recommend you do the same if you’d like to savor how what we know ain’t what it used to be.) Mid-morning today, I was reading email on Gmail and noticed in the left margin that George was on-line. We exchanged a few [...] From Internet Time Blog on November 18, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..

Out of Our Mindsâ€“Sir Ken Robinson
Just cracked Sir Ken Robinson’s 2001 book subtitled “Learning to be Creative” and I have a feeling it’s going to live up to the presentation he gave at TED earlier this year. Many of the face to face conversations I’ve been having during my travels of late and the push that’s been occurring on the blog [...] From weblogged News on November 18, 2006 at 7:47 p.m..

Sony in the Red on PS3 Parts?
Tech analyst group iSupply totes up the cost of the PS3's components and comes up with $840. They say Sony's losing $240 on each 60-GB console, and more than $300 on the 20-gig machine. The Xbox 360 is showing a profit. In Game|Life. From Wired News on November 18, 2006 at 7:45 p.m..

Keep Radio Open Source alive
Chris Lydon's Radio Open Source, one of the most encouraging experiments in helping broadcast get over itself, needs bucks as it looks for a new institutional source of funding. Read about it here...and then pitch in, if you can. [Tags: radio_open_source christopher_lydon radio ]... From Joho the Blog on November 18, 2006 at 2:49 p.m..

Inverse recommendations
Tim Spalding's LibraryThing has a really cool new feature: An unsuggester. Unsuggester takes "people who like this also like that" and turns it on its head. It analyzes the seven million books LibraryThing members have recorded as owned or read, and comes back with books least likely to share a library with the book you suggest. The unsuggestions come from LibraryThing data, not from Amazon. LibraryThing also produces great suggestions.> Here are some of the results I generated: Book #1 Unsuggestion New Oxford Annotated Bible Guilty Pleasures The Firm A Thousand Plateaus A thousand platea From Joho the Blog on November 18, 2006 at 1:46 p.m..

Deval Patrick: Opportunites made and missed
Deval Patrick, our shiny governor-elect, has picked an outsider as his chief of staff. Joan Wallace-Benjamin's got a Ph.D. in public policy but she's also has a big heart and lots of administrative experience: She was CEO of The Home for Little Wanderers (Best-named. Nonprofit. Ever.) and used to head up the Massachusetts Urban League. So far, Patrick is making good on his message of hope. On the other hand, Patrick's team posted a disappointing site to help with the transition into office. It's got some good information, and many pages have a link you can click to submit y From Joho the Blog on November 18, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

Wikipedia, Wikimania, Wikipoohpoohia
Wikimania, the Wikipedia conference, will be held in Taipei next August. Wikimania 2006 was held at Harvard and was a fascinating event. Wikipedia is one of those phenomena that seems to be without bottom: There's always some group wrapped up in a level one deeper than you knew about. I don't think I'll make it to Taipei for this one, but I'm sure I'll regret it. Meanwhile, a happy front-page story by Robert Weisman in the Boston Globe touts the spread of wikis. It begins well with a quote from Dan Bricklin, but for some reason, it takes Wikipedia as... From Joho the Blog on November 18, 2006 at 10:47 a.m..

CMPros meeting (Sydney, 23 November)
If you are in any way involved with content management, you will want to attend the CM Professional meetings that are regularly held in Sydney and Melbourne. These gatherings are open to all, and provide a unique opportunity to share... From Column Two on November 18, 2006 at 4:46 a.m..

After 4 Years of a School Takeover, Debate on Its Effect Still Rages
Despite some successes, the Roosevelt school district is still lagging. From New York Times: Education on November 18, 2006 at 3:45 a.m..

Launch of the Intranet Leadership Forum
After our recent hard work, it's great to be able to officially launch the Intranet Leadership Forum. To quote: The Intranet Leadership Forum is a professional community for intranet managers and teams in Australia and New Zealand. By joining the... From Column Two on November 17, 2006 at 11:46 p.m..

Organizing your global corporate intranet
Indi Young has written an article on the IA of global corporate intranets. To quote: "Are we too US-centric?" This question is on the minds of every US client that we talk to. International companies rely upon their intranets to... From Column Two on November 17, 2006 at 11:46 p.m..