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James Allchin on Macintosh
According to
this Computerworld article Microsoft long time Windows development chief James Allchin wrote an internal memo in January 2004 about the product quality policies within Microsoft: "I think our teams lost sight of what bug-free means, what resilience means, what full scenarios mean, what security means, what performance means, how important current applications are, and really understanding what the most important problems our customers From
owrede_log on December 14, 2006 at 6:47 p.m..
Detroit Pitcher Is No Guitar Hero
Tigers trainers say Joel Zumaya's wrist and arm inflammation, which sidelined him during the playoffs, resulted from playing the popular PlayStation 2 game. In Game|Life. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 6:46 p.m..
Photoshop Beta Available Friday
Publishing giant Adobe Systems will release a public beta of Photoshop Creative Suite 3 for Windows and Mac OS X. Registered Photoshop users will be able to take the world's most popular digital imaging tool for a spin. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 6:46 p.m..
Natasha Gilbert - The Death of Peer Review - The Guardian
I have never been a big supporter of peer review, including that undertaken to evaluate approve publicly funded programs. I am not, though, particularly keen on the touted replacement, "statistical indicators, such as the number of postgraduate students in a department and the amount of money a department brings in through its research." I don't think human judgment should be replaced by statistics - but I do want to increase the number and broaden the range of the humans doing the judging. In fairness, I will note that Steven Harnad, who posted this item to the JISC list, criticizes the From
OLDaily on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Atanu Dey - Who Actually Paid For My Education?
I commented not long ago on an article from the NY Times on education in India. Here's an Indian perspective: "It is the poor rural children, thousands of them, who paid for my education by losing their opportunity to become semi-literate. The system is tilted against them and unless there is a radical change in the way that education is funded, they will continue to pay the price for subsidizing the US for decades to come." Be sure to see the
rest of the blog for commentary on the false bottom of the From
OLDaily on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Various authors - Malealea Link
Seb sent me this URL to a video describing a project where 30 students from schools in South Yorkshire joined staff, doctors and engineers to work in Malealea in Lesotho. This is the place
I visited when I was in the country, and it is really something to see all these familiar scenes again. [
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OLDaily on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
[Your Name Here] - All e-Learning Should Be Entirely Templated - [Journal]
In this article, [author] presents an [article type] on [technology type]. The point of the article is [conclusion]. This is similar to something I said in [previous article], which of course [is now|is not] mainstream. [Edublogger] once also said [comment], but was [wrong|deluded]. In my opinion, [author] is right when [he|she] says [something I said], but misses the point when [he|she] says [something I never thought of]. [
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OLDaily on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Various authors - Meet the Editors - ascilite 2006 conference podcasts
From the Ascilite conference: "Roger Atkinson, Catherine McLoughlin, Grainne Conole and John Hedberg pointed aspiring researchers-looking-to-be published in the right direction to get published and to gain those all important DEST points, citations, and all the other measurables..." Of colurse, what I liked was this: "But what is the publishing of the future, who is going to double blind referee the Stephen Downes' blogs? will bloggers get DEST points, and what of collaborative publishing...?" [
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OLDaily on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Ed Moltzen - Linux's Education Push - School CIO
According to this article, "It looks like the education space could be the first, real place where Linux could grab beachhead in the desktop PC market." Though teachers and administrators have more experience with Windows, students don't have the same history, and when it comes down to paying for software out of their own pocket, they will opt for Linux. [
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Chris Anderson - What Would Radical Transparency Mean for Wired? (Part 2) - Long Tail
Chris Anderson gives the upsides and risks of six principles of open publishing: "All staff edit their own personal 'about' pages; Show what we're working on; Share the reporting as it happens; Give comments equal status to the story they're commenting on; Let readers decide what's best; Wikifiy everything." I do some of these, and not others. I am pretty open about process. As for comments, I allow then, anonymously, even, but when it comes down to it I figure readers can post comments in their own blog, just like me. Same with deciding what's best and wikifying. From
OLDaily on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Dave Pollard - Knowing Knowledge - How to Save the World
Dave Pollard reviews George Siemens's Knowing Knowledge and gives it a pretty good write-up - mostly. "Although his prescription is, I think, impractical, his vision of an organization that enables effective knowledge-sharing, learning and collaboration is worth thinking about." [
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OLDaily on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Data Spills: 100 Million Served
Boeing's announcement that a laptop theft exposed information on 382,000 current and former employees nudges the total number of exposed records in the United States past the 100 million mark. Since last year. In 27B Stroke 6. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 5:46 p.m..
The Velveteen Rabbi cooks up some latkes
The Velveteen Rabbi's take on latkes (co-invented with her husband, the Velveteen Geek, Ethan Zuckerman) is the focus of an article in the Boston Globe. Even more interesting than her use of non-traditional ingredients is the following: "Recipes are like sacred texts passed down on yellowed index cards," says Barenblat, 31, who believes that the study of scripture has a lot in common with cooking. Rachel gives a bit of the backstory here. [Tags: velveteen_rabbi rachel_barenblat recipes jews latkes chanukah ]... From
Joho the Blog on December 14, 2006 at 4:48 p.m..
Teacher Bloggers Not Blogging (Says Me)
David has a feature in EDTECH magazine that addresses the different types of teacher-bloggers that districts may be dealing with these days, and by and large, I think it gives some effective guidelines for school administrators and policy makers who may not yet understand the technology. I realize that the article is focused on the [...] From
weblogged News on December 14, 2006 at 4:47 p.m..
My addiction
Slashdot has a thread about a debate over whether Internet abuse counts as a true addiction. (Yet another taxonomic question!) Here's what I posted in response. Since it was rated 1 (out of 5), you're not going to stumble across it unless you have your filter set to "Masochist." Thank God! I myself have been showing disturbing signs of being compulsively human. I've noticed that I feel an urge I simply cannot control to be social. This really began to scare me when I tried not to talk and found that after a mere seven hours - seven hours! —... From
Joho the Blog on December 14, 2006 at 2:48 p.m..
Zune 'Social' Still Hard to Find
The Microsoft music player's much-ballyhooed wireless sharing feature only makes sense if you can locate other users. But the gadget's earliest adopters can't seem to find each other. In Listening Post. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..
Google Launches Patent Search
The search giant's new tool lets budding inventors browse 200 years' worth of intellectual property on file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In Monkey Bites. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 2:45 p.m..
Cellular + Wifi from one of the majors
Glenn Fleishman writes in the NYT about T-Mobile's combined cellular and wifi phones and plans. Glenn writes: "In my own testing, I found the service a reasonable first draft of what could become a reliable alternative to both all-cellular networks and an emerging set of Wi-Fi-only phones." [Tags: wifi telecom glenn_fleishman]... From
Joho the Blog on December 14, 2006 at 9:45 a.m..
Gadget Lab: Dolce Razr
A glam mobile that turns heads, a laptop bag that turns you into a granny and an iPod accessory that turns you on. The girls of Wired take over. In Gadget Lab. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
How to Pick a Cell Phone Provider
Sound advice on choosing the right carrier for your needs. Plus: Why no cell phones on planes? By Robert Strohmeyer and Clive Thompson from Wired Test. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
The Best: Science Fictions
What happens when you fall into quicksand? How was electricity discovered? Why does water spin one way and not the other? The answers might surprise you. By Aria Pearson from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
The Sound of Hacked Dolls' Heads
What happens when you make music out of kids' toys subjected to Borg-like modifications in front of an audience of preschoolers and parents? You'll have to attend one of Dan Evans Farkas' concerts to find out. Audio and video samples included. Alexander Gelfand reports from New York. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
MySpace Passwords Aren't So Dumb
An analysis of 34,000 MySpace accounts stolen in a phishing attack reveals that the site's young users generally choose smarter passwords than corporate wage slaves. Commentary by Bruce Schneier. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Spammer Slammer Targets Politics
The Blue Frog system crippled spam-advertised websites by deluging them with opt-out requests, until a retaliatory cyberattack killed it. Now activists are redeploying the technology to send political messages that can't be ignored. By Ryan Singel. From
Wired News on December 14, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..