Edu_RSS ~ April 28, 2003

Most recent update: April 28, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Caloundra City Council I'm pleased to announce that we've just won a project with Caloundra City Council up in Queensland, to conduct an intranet review along the lines of the Hunter Health project. In specific, we'll be conducting the following activities: reviewing existing... From Column Two on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Lists in CSS Following on from the last blog entry, Mark Newhouse explores a lot of ways of formatting lists using CSS. To quote: In this article, I'll demonstrate how to use CSS to bring unwieldy lists under control. It's time for you... From Column Two on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Heading styles in CSS Eric Meyer has released a resource of 50+ template heading styles using CSS. Just cut-and-paste the provided source code, and you're away. To quote: Headings in Web pages -- marked up with h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, or h6 elements... From Column Two on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Message of the day You know what's cool? Backups. (176 words) From dive into mark on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Macromedia suite half off with new Mac In an attempt to boost its share of the Macintosh market, Macromedia cuts in half the price of its Studio MX Web content-creation software suite for individuals who buy a new Mac. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Microsoft's plug-and-play biometrics The software giant signs a deal with AuthenTec, a maker of fingerprint-recognition sensors, to integrate software support for biometrics into the Windows operating system. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. SuSE gets new telco product, top execs The company introduces a new Linux product geared for telecommunications companies, names several new executives and hires an advertising agency to elevate its profile. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Belgium to tax rewritable CDs From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Boxes and Arrows: IA Classics: Tools of the Trade in Comic Book Form Boxes and Arrows: IA Classics: Tools of the Trade in Comic Book Form "What I need are highly condensed overviews, I thought, like those comic books that convert great literary works into a few illustrated pages. They condense Moby Dick down to 12 pages and provide a version of Great Expectations that can be read in 15 minutes. So I... From elearningpost on April 28, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Elearn Magazine: Hot on the Trail of an E-Learning Career Elearn Magazine: Hot on the Trail of an E-Learning Career "There are jobs, although there's no denying the good ones are far from plentiful. Here's a quick look at some of the more available jobs in the e-learning field..."... From elearningpost on April 28, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Don Morrison: The Search for the Holy Recipe Don Morrison: The Search for the Holy Recipe "I'll come clean. I hate the term 'blended learning'. I'm not alone. A number of people including several e-learning luminaries have shared their dirty little secret with me. I can't help reading 'blended learning' as 'we canÂ’t make up our mind learning'. We're not sure which type of learning to use so... From elearningpost on April 28, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Harvard Working Knowledge: Take the Fat Out of Your Writing Harvard Working Knowledge: Take the Fat Out of Your Writing "Clarity is far and away the most important attribute of tight writing. For if the purpose of writing is to communicate a particular message, then no matter how concise your writing, how impeccable your spelling and grammar, how interesting your topic—if what you've written isn't clear, you might as well... From elearningpost on April 28, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. KM Magazine: Stealth KM KM Magazine: Stealth KM "No company is going to allocate dedicated resources to knowledge management unless there is a real rather than perceived need. To convince senior management and refractory Boards that there is a need, and that you have the answer, is a function of talking in their terms -- and that means lightening up on the jargon, folding... From elearningpost on April 28, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Spam Messaging Turns 25, Sigh... Brad Templeton has posted this essay about an anniversary we all wish we hadn't reached. Key quote: However the spam... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 28, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. AOL Time Warner 'Covers' Apple's Music Announcement I'll be saying more tomorrow about Apple's interesting new iTunes Music Store, which has a lot to recommend it, not... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 28, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Lexmark preps HP printer salvo The printer maker is set to announce new models for its consumer line Tuesday, sources say, as the company tries to nab share from rival HP. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. IBM portal takes dictation Big Blue introduces a new tool that lets its personalized business portals take dictation from cell phones with a vocabulary of hundreds of thousands of words. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Connecting: More on the Categories and Hopes for the Robot Intent: to be able to search blogspace (ultimately all digitally stored and publicly accessible literature) and find people who are (or have done) writing about similar topics. Intent: to be able to search my own blogspace and have the same result. Belief: That self-classification (ala liveTopics) off-the-cuff doesn't work that well when I'm trying to find my own entries, and worse when trying to search the (expanding) universe of digitally stored writing. Thus I want a system of classification for my writings and for others-- a system that can be applied by the writer or b From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on April 28, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. Automating proposals and marketing collateral It's a little off topic for this blog, but John Cosmides has written an article on automating proposals and marketing collateral. To quote: Law firms gain a competitive edge when they can rapidly customize proposals and marketing collateral that speak... From Column Two on April 28, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. U.K. firm gets lion's share of Globalstar A court awards cellular pioneer Craig McCaw's ICO Global Communications a majority stake in the bankrupt U.S. satellite phone provider--as long as it invests $55 million. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. The Cats After a number of days of silence (no purrs, no meows) it is now chaos here in Downes manor as on Saturday we became the new home of three (yeah, count 'em) kittens: Bart, Polly and Nadia. Pudds is, of course, never forgotten. But is is so nice to hear the pitter patter of tiny feet tearing around the living room. No guarantees on the video - if you have dial-up, don't even bother (streaming media server coming some day soon, I hope). But everyone should enjoy the photos. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, April 28, 2008 [From OLDaily on April 28, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Copyright A quick comic-book introduction to the Party line on copyright. Some days I wish I had access to the same propaganda machine to get the other side of the story out. PDF format. By Juan Acevedo, WIPO and INDECOPI, October, 2001 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on April 28, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Will Plain-Text Ads Continue to Rule? Jakob Nielsen examines the phenomenon of text-based ads. They have been a success on Google and are beginning to infuse blog-space. I think there are two sides to this story. The first is that, since text-based ads load quickly and don't distract the reader, they are more tolerable. But equally importantly, the Google ads (at least, though not the blog-space ads) are contextually relevant. This, plus a clear message, is what encourages readers to follow the link. I have toyed with the idea of text-ads for this newsletter (more as a mental exercise, not with any intent of actually doing it From OLDaily on April 28, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Writing History With Microsoft's Office Lock-in There's XML and then there's Microsoft XML, and in future Office produces there will be Microsoft XML and user-defined 'arbitrary' XML that can be read by some, but not all, versions of Microsoft Office. Despite what Microsoft may say about its support for open standards, the reality is that the Redmond software company weaves its own proprietary, locked-in flavour, condemning its many users to data purgatory. " We continue to live in a world where all our know-how is locked into binary files in an unknown format. If our documents are our corporate memory, Microsoft still h From OLDaily on April 28, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Priming the Pump for Better Classroom Performance This is an interesting article and worth reading, not because it advances the field to any great degree but because it so vividly illustrates the dangers of working in a vacuum. The story is simple: a Stanford business professor, Paul Romer, developed a tool that assigns and grades student work. Nothing unusual here, though the article makes it sound as though Romer had discovered fire. But thoughout this intervew what emerges most clearly is a lack of awareness of other work in the field. For example, Romer asserts that "Nobody is actually building a business around providing high-quality sof From OLDaily on April 28, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. New Technologies, New Ways to Learn Replete with resources, this article examines the changing nature of learning as new information and communication technologies are added to the mix. I really like the theoretical approach followed by this article, which begins with a summary of Lawrence Lowrey's The Nature of Learning: Learners construct understanding for themselves. Understanding is to know relationships. Knowing relationships depends upon prior knowledge. From this perspective, we can see at a glance why educational television failed to live up to it promise, and why new technologies might succeed. From OLDaily on April 28, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Grants Promoting Unfettered Innovation The focus of this article is the funding of works by charitable foundations, but I would argue that the logic applies equally to government funded initiatives. The author argues that "it's essential that the foundation community recognize a crucial need: to keep tomorrow's information architecture as open, as free for all to use, as possible." The reason for this isn't that the free market is bad; quite the opposite. But "markets have failed to serve some genuine needs, such as treating diseases of the poor and dispossessed." Thus, in areas where there is a significant social be From OLDaily on April 28, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Amazing possibilities: Weblogs and RSS Will at Weblogg-ed writes about a recent presetation he made to library folks concerning using weblogs and create and push content. "I swear when I start talking about this stuff and explaining the "big picture" that is Web logs and RSS, I even amaze myself with the potentials that come up." Comment: Yes, there are possibilities. But we have to keep perspective. As we continue to ramp up the specs and add more interoperability between blogs and aggregators, we add complexity. If From carvingCode on April 28, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Weather Modification: Reduce Drought, Attack Enemies, and Divert Hurricanes It's a thirsty world out there. And quenching that thirst is more than just a job for kool-aid. In Africa recently, a young girl was attacked by baboons after walking 12 kilometers to a borehole to fetch water. More than 30 of the primates stole the water she was carrying back to her village, and left the girl bleeding profusely. But Africa is far from the only place where the natives are getting restless. In southern Australia, for example, more than 400 local ladies got together this month and danced naked (pictures not available) to bring down some rain From kuro5hin.org on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Plumtree to firms: Prune your portals The software maker readies a new version of its portal program designed to help businesses avoid what it calls "portal sprawl"--a slew of outdated internal sites. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. W3C updates Amaya browser From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Ballmer slipped on Sun and FreeBSD From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Blended Learning Models in Practice In her article "Blended Learning Models" Purinima Valiathan explains you in simple words what is meant by "Blended Learning" and introduces the following three blended learning models to you: 1) skill-driven learning 2) attitude-driven learning 3) competency-driven learning Valiathan relates the models to specific course objectives, training delivery methods and online and traditional communication and working techniques. From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Selecting appropriate tools for e-learning courses The EduTools site offers you comprehensive research-based reviews of Course Management Software tools, from Web Conferencing tools to Learning Management Systems (LMS), in tabular form. You can search product reviews for example by specifying desired features or specific requirements of user-groups (e.g. accessibility) and compare different products in a structured way. EduTools offers you also a From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Key issues in managing multi-disciplinary e-Learning Development Teams "How to manage the E-Learning Development Team" by Ivancevich, Duening & Konopaske This concise 3-page article specifies different roles in an e-Learning Development Team and points out key issues to be considered by project managers in supervising individual role representatives and in managing the team as a whole. Emphasis is put on the coordination of roles and the creation of a good and productive collaborative atmosphere. From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Button An XML button for this site's RSS feed now appears in the left-hand sidebar. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. One-Click Screen Sharing   eMarketing   One-Click Screen Sharing Glance http://www.glance.net/ [**] interesting, promising Online Service starts at $ 19.95/month Here is an... From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Free Journalling Tool For Your e-Learning Projects   e-Learning . Interactive Learning   Free Journalling Tool For Your e-Learning Projects Project Steve Guttenberg http://www.projectsteveguttenberg.org/downloads.php Server Application [*]... From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Will Quality Learning Become A Free Resource For All? eLearning - Interactive Learning Tools Will Quality Learning Become A Free Resource For All? David Wiley has recently posted... From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Knowledge Information Access eLearning - Interactive Learning Tools Knowledge The more knowledge you have the less fear you have the... From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. "Experience sharing tools": Share your emotions live over the Internet with family and friends I've just invented the term “experience sharing tools” because the tools that are usually referred to as “Web conferencing tools” allow you to share a lot more than meeting protocols and business presentations. Here are just a few examples of what you can do with these tools... From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Four steps to identify your personal Web conferencing/ experience sharing tool without spending much time and money In the last days we have extensively informed you about Robin Good's SOHO Web Conferencing Guides and the complementary free Web Conferencing Access Kit. Here is now a short advice on how to combine these different resources most efficiently in order to quickly identify the Web conferencing/ experience sharing tool that satisfies your own personal needs best. From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. "Light" versions of Robin Good's SOHO Web Conferencing Guide now available at favourable prices Have you read Robin Good's announcement of the release of his SOHO Web Conferencing Guide? If you are interested in learning more about the cost-effective tools that build the core of this Guide, but do not want to read and buy the complete 510-pages, you can now choose to buy "light" versions of the SOHO Web Conferencing Guide, containing only selected reviews. From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Computer and Internet training resources for development actors and others ItrainOnline is a rich source of Computer and Internet training resources available in English, Spanish, French and partly also in other languages. Though officially targeted particularly at people working for peace, human rights and development, ItrainOnline materials can be useful for anyone who wants to teach or learn about the effective use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. How can you encourage innovation in your organization In his article George Siemens outlines how organizations can create a favourable climate for innovation: "We need an environment that fosters the expression of new ideas, a process for capturing and evaluating them, and finally a means of sharing them across an organization." From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Create and host your own simulation on the Web Forio Broadcast is a free service that allows you to create and host simulations online. "Forio Broadcast provides everything you need to get a simulation running on the web." (Developer statement) From eLearning - Interactive Learning - Robin Good's Feeds on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Apple Launches iTunes Music Store Here's the press release. My favorite part of the release is Steve Jobs saying, "The iTunes Music Store offers the revolutionary rights to burn an unlimited number of CDs for personal use."  Funny, I don't find that revolutionary at all, given that I've burning copies of CDs for the last 5 years. From A Copyfighter's Musings on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Apple's new iTunes Music Service Apple: "The revolutionary iTunes Music Store puts 200,000 songs at your fingertips." Derek Slater: "My favorite part of the release is Steve Jobs saying, 'The iTunes Music Store offers the revolutionary rights to burn an unlimited number of CDs for personal use.' Funny, I don't find that revolutionary at all, given that I've burning copies of CDs for the last 5 years." From Weblogs At Harvard on April 28, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Call for Participation: W3C Privacy Workshop 28 April 2003: Position papers are due 24 May for the W3C Workshop on the long-term Future of P3P and Enterprise Privacy Languages to be held at the ICPP in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on 18-20 June. Attendees will discuss the future of the Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) and EPAL. The workshop will inform strategy, stimulate discussion on metadata-based privacy solutions, and facilitate coordination. Visit the Privacy home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Amaya 8.0 Released 23 April 2003: Amaya is W3C's Web browser and authoring tool. New features in version 8.0 include menu access keys in Windows and enhanced support for SVG, SMIL, CSS and MathML. The Amaya team thanks all users who helped to test the pre-release. Download Amaya binaries for Solaris, Linux and Windows, and Debian and RPM packages. Source code is available. Visit the Amaya home page. (News archive) From World Wide Web Consortium on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Untitled Apple: "The revolutionary iTunes Music Store puts 200,000 songs at your fingertips." From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Untitled Derek Slater: "My favorite part of the release is Steve Jobs saying, 'The iTunes Music Store offers the revolutionary rights to burn an unlimited number of CDs for personal use.' Funny, I don't find that revolutionary at all, given that I've burning copies of CDs for the last 5 years." From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Untitled Someone actually wrote an open letter to me. Flattering. I don't plan to get rid of my blogroll. The world doesn't revolve around Google, even though sometimes it seems that way. From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Higher Espionage The consequences of the CIA more openly mixing with scholars troubles many in academia. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Sugar and spice and not entirely nice For Rosalind Wiseman, training girls to navigate the rocky waters of adolescence was a challenge. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. A digital approach to music may broaden range of interests Hyperscore software intrduces children to musical creativity and expression. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. What have I gotten into? I don't envy my cosmopolitan classmates as I curl up in my sleeping bag. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Napster encourages song theft From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Slate's Web magazine first: Making money Slate, the online magazine founded by Michael Kinsley almost seven years ago, took in more money than it spent in the first quarter of this year. The New York Times From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. XM Satellite Radio comes to the PC The company makes its 101 channels available to PCs, creating new competition for the recording industry, which is streaming music into millions of homes via the Web. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Can Anyone Explain the Parrot? Sometimes educating people about copyright makes the subject more confusing. (via Matt) From A Copyfighter's Musings on April 28, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. Starting with the Library Made a pitch to my IMC staff today to start implementing Web logs as ways to not only create content but push it to the people that want/need it. I swear when I start talking about this stuff and explaining the "big picture" that is Web logs and RSS, I even amaze myself with the potentials that come up. And the best part is that none of it is overwhelmingly difficult. Just step by step, and the library is the first. I'm going to mock up a site for them that follows the lead of "Tim" at Buckman in terms of setting up simple Web logs th From weblogged News on April 28, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. Untitled News.Com: "The software will be able to read music files encoded with ACC, a format that Apple says 'compresses much more efficiently than older formats like MP3...while delivering quality rivaling that of uncompressed CD audio.'" From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Untitled Register: "You're out of luck if you live outside the US -- the only territory in which the service is available. It's Mac-only too." From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. The Rise Of The Machines Let's start the week discussing a trio of articles worth reading on robot development efforts, past and future, on civilian robo-warriors, military robo-swarms, and academic robo-rats. Who knows where all of this is going to lead? From kuro5hin.org on April 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Microsoft makes strides on new Windows Microsoft has stepped up work on Longhorn, the next version of Windows. A new test version, leaked onto the Web last week, is more advanced than analysts had expected. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. OASIS tackles e-procurement The Web services standards group launches an effort to standardize the way companies procure supplies over the Internet. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Siebel, BEA team up on Web standards Siebel Systems and BEA Systems are investing more than $1 million in a joint effort to develop and market e-business standards. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Cisco shoots for cheaper Net telephony The networking company says its forthcoming Internet phones have prices on par with rival products and will spur more offices to use IP telephony. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Apple unveils music store The Mac maker's new digital music service offers downloads for 200,000 songs at 99 cents each, with unlimited CD burning and iPod transfers--among the most liberal licensing terms to date. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. InfoWorld: Are you ready for RSS? Quote: "I believe this is just the beginning of a tectonic shift that your organization must plan for. Soon after Microsoft made its move, other corporations such as Cisco Systems and Fawcett Publishing started their own RSS-compatible streams. " Comment: While I'm glad to see it happening, we don't need Microsoft's approval to change the world. From Serious Instructional Technology on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Dear Apple Dear Apple, please, when you release a really great shiny product, will you not restrict it to people with credit... From Ben Hammersley.com on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Intel's lip-reading could untie tongues By matching mouth movements with speech, Intel's software promises to iron out the performance glitches that have held back voice recognition applications. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Web ads proving flashier The number of Web ads designed to play video, audio or animations--what's known as rich media--has jumped to 28 percent, and that figure could grow, according to new data. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. EMC, Microsoft target low-end storage Microsoft signs EMC as a partner in its efforts to break into the storage business. For EMC the deal means it can compete with Dell and HP in the Windows-based storage market. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Untitled Jenny: "I'm here at MIT talking about blogging!" Where? From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Untitled InfoWorld: Are you ready for RSS? This is the second publication that has recently given me (appropriate) co-invention credit for RSS. Thanks. From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. New books under a Creative Commons license John Sundman, author of the books "Acts of the Apostles" and "Cheap Complex Devices" has recently applied a Creative Commons license to his works. The full text of the books are available for download from his site. From Creative Commons: weblog on April 28, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. VC tech investments slip IT and semiconductor sectors showed some home in the tech world, which had declining venture capital investments overall in the fourth quarter. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Grokster, Streamcast, and Other News 1.  Friday began with Frank wondering whether Judge Bates understood or cared about how digitization has impacted copyright. I've often wondered if progress in the copyfight would require waiting for a generation of judges and politicians that grew up with widespread use of personal computers and the Internet.  We need judges who have enough technical understanding to tackle these tricky issues and who understand that the copyfight has broader implications for speech, privacy, and innovation. Friday en From A Copyfighter's Musings on April 28, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. Untitled Brent Simmons: "ServerBeach sucks." Doing my part. From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. What Should You Measure? Part 1: E-Commerce Metrics More data at our disposal, less time to make sense of it. How to tell which measurements are critical. Part one of a series. From E-Commerce Guide on April 28, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Apple's Making Serious Music The computer maker that asked you to 'Rip, Mix and Burn,' is now legally offering the music to do it with the launch of its own download service. From E-Commerce Guide on April 28, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Movie, Music Giants Win One, Lose One Less than a day after celebrating a victory over Verizon, media moguls dealt a file sharing setback in a Los Angeles courtroom. From E-Commerce Guide on April 28, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. What Customers Taught E-Business If e-biz wants to evolve and flourish, it better pay attention to what customers are saying. From E-Commerce Guide on April 28, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Research firm calls for Asian innovation Asia's success with low-cost manufacturing creates a reluctance of Asian IT companies to seize their own lucrative opportunities, says an analyst at IDC. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Scientists protest EU software patents A petition signed by senior European scientists says a proposal to introduce pan-European software patents would threaten small developers by creating a U.S.-style system. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Sen. Santorum's Guide to Sex Hilarious call from the Scarlet Pimpernel to Senator "Sanctorum" Santorum.... From Joho the Blog on April 28, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. > The future of XML on the desktop is far from certain. Now is not the time to segment a market that has only just begun to grow. I hope Microsoft will reconsider. And I trust that the competition is paying attention. [InfoWorld.com] ...< Don't segment desktop XML align="right"> Ouch :-) From Jon's Radio on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Boarding the Plone Fooling around with open source cms, Plone. From homoLudens III on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Technology spending tagged for growth U.S. companies will spend slightly more on tech this year than they did last year, says a new study by IDC, which sees a rise over the next five years. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Chips sales up a hair in March Revenue for semiconductors rises slightly all across the globe, with the exception of the Americas, according to a new report. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Chronicle: Information Technology Survey (and RSS) The Chronicle is running a survey on their service and one option to request is RSS.  I know they have the technology (I gave them some advice as they developed it), so it's probably just a question of whether to deploy it.  Obviously I think this would be a good thing.  Actually it would be a great thing because of the increase in spread it would create as their headlines got syndicated to colleges worldwide. From Serious Instructional Technology on April 28, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. Tuttle SVC: RSS and Queries Quote: "The idea isn't new--it goes back at least to Rael Dornfest's very complete REST API for O'Reilly's Meerkat aggregation service. His Peerkat destop aggregator is also a powerful demo of these ideas. I also don't see how this php converter is producing something different than the "chronological type you get from weblogs." It seems to me that the way you'd use this service is to create a url like http://www.voidstar.com/gnews2rss.php?q=rss+innovation&num=15 that you'd add to your aggregator to always get the 15 most recent news st From Serious Instructional Technology on April 28, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. elearnspace blog: Thoughts by David Carter-Tod I appreciate George putting together two thoughts that I hadn't consciously connected, even though they obviously are. From Serious Instructional Technology on April 28, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. Smartphone Sales Small, But Valuable Capturing only 5 percent of the global market in 2007, the revenues are likely to account for 20 percent of the total handheld device industry. From CyberAtlas on April 28, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Price cuts nip at Celeron chips Intel reduces the prices of several of its Celeron processors for desktop PCs, marking the chipmaker's second round of price cuts in two weeks. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. A modest proposal to end spam CNET News.com's Washington watcher, Declan McCullagh, has the scoop on an upcoming anti-spam initiative as federal lawmakers grow more interested in the problems caused by junk e-mail. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. [ETech] Wrap-up and Overview This was a terrific conference for the two most important reasons: Terrific attendees and more than enough sessions to learn from. If a theme emerged, I think it was emergence itself. Most of the presentations that most excited me played off of this in one way or another: Eric Bonabeau on emergence in nature, Clay Shirky on why groups resist explicit constitutions, the social software track, Alan Kay's "broadband collaboration" environment which is interesting because of the ease with which participants can set new creatures loose into it. Emergence is the way in which bottom-up organizat From Joho the Blog on April 28, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. MIT presentation! I'm here at MIT talking about blogging! From The Shifted Librarian on April 28, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. Finally, an Alternative to Bush's Economic Vandalism Reuters: Grassley: Tax Cuts May Reach $450 Billion. Congress could end up passing a tax cut package of as much... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 28, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Most Converged Journalist? Mike Wendland of the Detroit Free Press and NBC is trying to become the technologically "most converged" journalist around, and... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 28, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Untitled On this day in 2000, a decision to split Microsoft in two, that would eventually get overturned. At Harvard I've met a couple of lawyers who were in the Clinton Justice Dept, prosecuting the case. I say the same thing to each of them. "You screwed up." They nod their heads in agreement. Microsoft got off the hook. But at least we don't have to argue with Microsoft people (like Scoble) about the competence of their competitors. If they were so incompetent, why bother to cut off their air supply? From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Net heavyweights unite to KO spam America Online, Yahoo and Microsoft are pooling their resources and technical expertise to reduce unwanted commercial e-mail solicitations inundating their systems From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Server market shows some pep Computer manufacturers see unit sales of servers jump by just over 10 percent worldwide during the first quarter, according to Gartner. HP and Dell continue their one-upmanship. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. IBM updates Java mainframe software From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Untitled Scoble says I'd whack him with a 2-by-4 if he screws up at Microsoft. Not exactly. I actually said I would kill him. ";->" From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled Ed Cone: "The News & Record's intro to weblogs gets posted. I'd give it a C+." From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled Phillip Pearson released his OPML Directory Browser, in source, under the MIT license. This document explains how to implement an OPML Directory Browser. From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Catching Up Back from Fantasy Island and man does it seem like things are moving light speed around here. I am amazed at what the Manila Dev group is doing and I can't wait for Jake to release the new News Item interface. I'm doing some training next Tuesday with some teachers from Asbury Park High School and that would be a HUGE improvement in being able to get them involved. Please Jake and "Seb" and "Dave", hurry...HURRY! With all this talk and action about feature requests and improvements, it's opening up many new directions for using Manila in the classroom. I think it's time to From weblogged News on April 28, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. Corporations seek better search results In the field of customer intelligence, search analytics is poised to become a star. However, some say it remains somewhat limited, much like enterprise search itself. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Stopping SARS: A Search for Drugs The virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome appears to mutate as it spreads, making it especially difficult to defeat. However, researchers believe treatments for existing diseases like AIDS may help curb the growing epidemic. By Kristen Philipkos From Wired News on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Looted Iraqi Art Displayed Online Art historians are building a comprehensive database of the tens of thousands of art treasures looted from Iraq's museums and archaeological sites. They'll document what was stolen and hope it may help recover some of the pieces by making it more difficult to sell them. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Gibson Kicks the Blogging Habit William Gibson's blog has attracted a loyal following. But the author of the seminal cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer, is giving up blogging to let the 'sinews of narrative' grow. Karlin Lillington reports from Dublin, Ireland. From Wired News on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Brave New World of Web Services What will the Web look like in 10 years? As rich Internet applications evolve, developers work on powerful new tools that could transform the online world. Leander Kahney reports from Santa Clara, California. From Wired News on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Congressman With a Copyright Plan Five years after it was enacted, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has lived up to its critics' worst fears. But Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Virginia) thinks he knows just how to fix it. He explains in an interview with Lucas Graves from Wired magazine. From Wired News on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Beijing Undergoes SARS Lockdown Authorities in Beijing order the closure of all entertainment venues in an effort to halt the spread of SARS. Public schools are also closed and a mass quarantine is in effect for some hospitals and travelers from areas heavily hit by the virus. From Wired News on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. FBI DNA Lab Probe Widens The Department of Justice's inspector general broadens an inquiry into the FBI's DNA lab to identify shortcomings in procedures that could affect the quality of its DNA analyses or permit a rogue employee to go undetected. From Wired News on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Krawtchouk's Mind Central Europe Review is running an article on a gulag-condemned Soviet scientist whose contribution to the first computer is virtually unknown because of the Cold War mentality that infected much of society on both sides of the Iron Curtain. From kuro5hin.org on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Screenplay, part 4: Screenplay Reloaded Fear has a name. This week we look at character and characterisation and things related to them. This installment will be of hopefully interest to all fiction writers, not just screenwriters. Continued from parts 1, 2, 3. From kuro5hin.org on April 28, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. NSW KM Forum (Sydney, Australia) The next NSW KM Forum evening is this Thursday. Details as follows: When Thursday 1 May (this Thursday)5:30pm (talks start at 6pm) Finishes at 7pm, and then down the road for drinks and chatsIf you arrive after 5:30pm, ring me... From Column Two on April 28, 2003 at 5:46 a.m.. ExecutiveParent.com announces the new “Building Stronger Writers” writing lab for Summer 2003. Learning writing skills at an early age helps to build a solid foundation for success. This five-session writing lab is designed to increase childrenÂ’s confidence and skills and to help them become better writers. [PRWEB Apr 28, 2003] From PR Web on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. NDI Solutions and TetraData Form Partnership to Deliver Integration Value to Educators TetraData Corporation and NDI Solutions have formed a partnership to help schools, districts, and entire states not only comply with the federal act, but also help students, teachers, and administrators make better, faster and more efficient decisions. [PRWEB Apr 28, 2003] From PR Web on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Stealth KM From elearningpost on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Priming the Pump for Better Classroom Performance From elearningpost on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Interactives Gallery From elearningpost on April 28, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. KM Magazine: Stealth KM KM Magazine: Stealth KM "No company is going to allocate dedicated resources to knowledge management unless there is a real rather than perceived need. To convince senior management and refractory Boards that there is a need, and that you have the answer, is a function of talking in their terms -- and that means lightening up on the jargon, folding... From elearningpost on April 28, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. > With U.S. enterprises increasingly looking to offshore talent to reduce costs, the American programmer has become, in bottom-line speak, a fungible asset. As the globalization of software development unfolds all around us, it's clear The global advantage align="right" class="illustration"> From Jon's Radio on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Untitled The NY Times says that Apple will announce a new music service tomorrow. Bad omen -- Hilary Rosen of the RIAA plans to attend the announcement. From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Civics 101, Taught by Saddam Hussein Samples from fifth- and sixth-grade textbooks in "national education" Saddam Hussein's version of civics. From New York Times: Education on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. A World of Doughnuts and Spheres Dr. Grigori Perelman of St. Petersburg says he has found a proof of the Poincaré Conjecture, one of the seven most important math problems of the millennium. From New York Times: Education on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. A West Side Story: From Crime King to Mentor The Willie Lloyd most people know is as king of a notorious Chicago street gang. But he has now taken on the role of quasi-professor, mentor and lecturer. From New York Times: Education on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. The Tip Jar as Revenue Model: A Real-World Experiment It's been three months since I posted my novel online for the world to read for free, with a tip jar as compensation medium. I think we have enough data now to tell how well it might work for other artists. From kuro5hin.org on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Dell's new PC to appeal to gamers The Dimension XPS sports Intel's latest 3GHz processor, the 875P chipset and a number of extras not ordinarily found on a Dell machine. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. IBM stretches grid business Big Blue is reaching out to several new types of customers with its offerings that link groups of computers and storage systems to tackle difficult computing tasks. From CNET News.com on April 28, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Creating Value with Communities of Practice A community of practice (CoP) is basically a group of people with shared purpose, interest, and vision...working together because they want to. I think most of the collaborative content development that we want to foster as Open Education will happen in a CoP model. Here's a short list of values of CoPs: Creating Value with Communities of Practice For more information on components of a community, see: 12 Principles of Communities From open-education.org on April 28, 2003 at 12:47 a.m.. Untitled A bunch of cool stuff today. I went to WGBH to watch Chris Lydon do the last show in his Whole Wide World series. This one was live. I loved it. I took pi From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. Untitled One more thing. This is the canonical picture of John Palfrey. Or at least a funny one. ";->" From Scripting News on April 28, 2003 at 12:45 a.m.. The time machine rides again Five years ago at TechLearn, I asked people to join me for a ride in a time machine to see... From Internet Time Blog on April 27, 2003 at 11:45 p.m.. [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]