Edu_RSS ~ July 8, 2003

Most recent update: July 8, 2003 at 11:00 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Digital Nations Out of MIT's Media Lab, Digital Nations: Digital Nations aims to address major social challenges (improving education, enhancing health care,... From Almanack on July 8, 2003 at 10:48 p.m.. Syllabus: Course Management Systems and Learning Principles: Getting to Know Each Other ... Syllabus: Course Management Systems and Learning Principles: Getting to Know Each Other... "Then what is at the heart of this dance between learning systems and pedagogical values? It's helpful to examine basic learning principles to find out whether they are "... getting to know all about" each other. The following set of ten core learning principles has been culled from... From elearningpost on July 8, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. Syllabus: Is the Academy Ready for Learning Objects? Syllabus: Is the Academy Ready for Learning Objects? "Just as Apple Computer's micro-pricing of songs in its iTunes Music Library intermediates a more user-centric value proposition than pre-packaged CDs, learning objects are better adapted to serve individualized delivery preferences of faculty, focus the attention and fiscal resource of students more successfully than the textbook, and offer rich new ecologies of... From elearningpost on July 8, 2003 at 10:46 p.m.. Untitled Mike Walsh: Will Trade Beach House for Manila Knowledge. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Untitled On July 1, Derek Scruggs requested something related to the harmonizer that I had already done, last year, the Web Bug Simulator. As you might imagine, it simulates those cute little web bugs, one-pixel grap From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Wi-Fi group approves new standard The Wi-Fi Alliance certifies its first batch of products that use the 802.11g standard, an expected step that further ensures the popularity of the networking technology. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. IBM, Cray, Sun win supercomputer grants The tech companies nab awards totaling more than $146 million from the U.S. Defense Department to create new supercomputers by the end of the decade. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. Apple shuffles software executives From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. LO White Paper We spotted a new Learning Objects White Paper posted in Macromedia's Learning Object Development Center. Written by New Media Consortium CEO Larry Johnson: Elusive Vision: Challenges Impeding the Learning Object Economy, explores the drivers, enablers and mediators in the learning object economy. ... From cogdogblog on July 8, 2003 at 9:47 p.m.. Optimize: The IT Productivity Gap Optimize: The IT Productivity Gap "IT is only the tip of a much larger iceberg of complementary investments that are the real drivers of productivity growth. In fact, our research found that for every dollar of IT hardware capital that a company owns, there are up to $9 of IT-related intangible assets, such as human capital--the capitalized value of training--and... From elearningpost on July 8, 2003 at 9:46 p.m.. Glitches in Massive Government Databases? HBergeron asks: "Rather then post this as another YRO in the litany of new government datamarts there is a more fundamental question for all the coding ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. The Daily Cartoon for July 9 Today's Daily Cartoon From Ben Hammersley.com on July 8, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. MandrakeSoft sees end to Chapter 11 The Linux seller hopes to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by the end of the year. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. eBay tweaks auction format From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. Cast Iron raises $8.3 million From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 9:45 p.m.. A Humanites Blogging Prof Not to Be Outdone... And not to be outdone by a mere earth science teacher, our Humanities Blogger, Boris, has also latched onto the new RSS Feeds from About.com (see boris blog...) and quickly drills down to some useful Art History ideas for "approaching... From cogdogblog on July 8, 2003 at 8:47 p.m.. What's The Pitch? A novel online resource proposal by David Wiley: “Pitch” is a free, online, peer-reviewed journal focusing on facilitating discourse related to free and open access to learning opportunities for all. The goal of the journal is to provide a forum... From Object Learning on July 8, 2003 at 8:46 p.m.. Extending And Embracing In Portland At OSCON 2003 Officially, the theme of this year's Open Source Software Convention (OSCON) 2003 is "Embracing and Extending Proprietary Software," and to that end ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Untitled Amazingly, Jason DeFillippo saw the Spinners the very next day! Yow. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. leaving the copyright lane for the public domain Kim Scarborough sent this (warning: large mp3) wonderful radio show from the Columbia Workshop in 1937 about characters leaving the "copyright lane" for the "public domain." It is a brilliantly complex and funny tale that reveals an understanding about the value of the public domain that would be hard to recognize today. From Lessig Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. two random questions Two random questions I'd be grateful for a reply on. Reply to this disposable email address: (1) Has anyone heard from Andrew Orlowski -- via email -- in the past six weeks? (2) There's an ad running on some network with two guys at a bar talking about drug legalization. It is an anti-legalization ad. I'd be grateful for any help in tracking it down. From Lessig Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 p.m.. Reference PublishingInf Reference PublishingInformation Industry--Thomas TechnologySource: Philadelphia Business JournalLearn About: Thomas Technology SystemsFrom the article, The Horsham-based company's specialty is extracting information from databases to help publish book From ResourceShelf on July 8, 2003 at 7:50 p.m.. [SN] New User Experiences Cory Doctorow, who thanks to Atkins now weighs less than what I ate for lunch, is the moderator. The topic is innovation. Panelists: Merrill Brown of RealNetworks, John Ko of Cincro Comms, Kevin Lynch of Macromedia, RJ Pittman of Groxis and Mena Trott of Six Apart. Mena: Interoperability is key. We have what we call the Philosophy of Yes. We say yes to just about everything our users ask for, and much of what our competitors ask for. We've had export in our tool from the day that it shipped. RJ: Grokker organizes search results contextually, semanticallly, and does... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 7:49 p.m.. A Limerick This is in honor of the very lively chat going on during the Supernova conference. The unflattering reference is not to this conference, however. There once was a conference that worked even though the panels circled and jerked The panelists spoke unaware of the joke that would have made them thoroughly IRC-ed... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 7:49 p.m.. Open Source Law Russ Nelson writes "The U.S. Supreme Court just announced its refusal to review the 5th Circuit's en banc decision that there can be no copyright of privately ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Untitled Marketing Profs: 5 Key Questions (You've Been Dying) To Ask About Business Blogs. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 7:46 p.m.. Untitled NY Times: "Microsoft said this afternoon that it would no longer grant stock options, relying instead on restricted awards of stock to help pay its almost 50,000 employees." From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. iChat meeting I just had my first over-a-distance meeting in iChat today. It worked pretty well... I just started a Chat Room and dragged the other folks' icons into it. We blabbed on for over an hour planning a presentation for Friday (EduCause LOVCOP - details to follow). Now, if iChatAV supported multiple video streams, we could have had a virtual meeting... But the text chat worked pretty darned well.... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. Overture usurps Google at Freeserve U.K. Overture Services wins the Web search business of U.K. Internet service provider Freeserve and is laying out new terrain for a fight. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. I Don't Know What A Blog Is, But I Have One, I Think There is something comfortable, knowing that no matter what, there is always a group of people you can continually poke fun of -- these hapless individuals are called AOL users. Well, apparently someone inside of AOL bumped into weblogs and... From Tim Swanson on July 8, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. I've written a Draft Model Open-Access Policy for ... I've written a Draft Model Open-Access Policy for Foundation Research Grants that I just put online. For several months it has circulated among friends and colleagues for comment and now seems ripe. If anyone can persuade a public or private funding agency to adopt it or anything like it, please try. If anyone can use any of its language or ideas for another purpose, please feel free. It remains open to comment and further revision. From FOS News on July 8, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. [SN] IRC The ubiquitous Joi Ito has initiated an IRC chat that has lots of people on it. Start up your IRC client, got to freenode and join #joiito. See you there.... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. [SN] John Blair John Blair of Kenamea: The reality of distributed computing today is that the network is intermittent, latency is indeterminate, the network is open, the topology is ad hoc, there is no administrator, transport cost is unpredictable.... Occasionally Connected Computing (OCC) apps work regardless of network connection status. Server-centric web architectures can't handle these realities. We want to have distributed, composite applications that are off-line capable and on-line aware and that work across heterogeneous networks, platforms and devices. He's now doing what seems to be a pr From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. Ronald McDonald to save WiFi Send in the Clowns From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Tadpole turns frog into prince with Sparcle New laptop good to go From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Evolving the Wireless Robot An anonymous reader writes "This article is one of the first to discuss wireless robotics from an integrated approach. It explains the ins and outs of wireless ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Inside Electronic Voting Machines Alien54 and several other people wrote in about a couple of stories published in a New Zealand webzine: an examination of an electronic voting system, and some ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Untitled Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Before posting an entry in his personal weblog, Robert Scoble always pauses and considers how he would justify its contents to three people: his boss, his wife and Steve Ballmer." What about me? From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. Untitled Here's something so cool. Today, for the first time, I ran my aggregator at the office with the harmonizer installed. Now, back at home, I have all these feeds that I used to only have at the office. I feel harmony. Hmmmm. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. McDonald's serves up wireless web access The fast-food empire sees Wi-Fi access at its restaurants as a way to sell more meals. It will hook up dozens of San Francisco outlets in the next few days. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Microsoft to award stock, end options The software maker plans to start giving employees grants of stock rather than options to buy shares, as part of a shift in the way it compensates employees. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Patent Bending This brief article gets at what's wrong with the current patent environment in a few sentences. Imagine a world in which you had to pay royalties if you sold advertising in newspapers, fast food, delivered packages overnight, or threw a forkball. Patents hinder the competition from copying your invention, which by most accounts is fine. But today's regime crushes entire industries. "One inventive soul won a patent for a system of using pictures to train janitors. Another got one for describing a way to cut hair with both hands.... Selling auctioned items at a fixed price. What gall." From OLDaily on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. The LOM RDF binding Presentations and draft meeting minutes for the IEEE learning Technology Subcommittee meetings held in Chicago a couple of weeks ago are now online. Of greatest interest to me is this presentation, available as a PowerPoint, summarizing the Learning Object Metadata (LOM) RDF binding effort. Three use cases are presented, including my RSS-LOM specification. By Mikael Nilsson, IEEE-LTSC, June 19, 2003 [Refer] From OLDaily on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. ATutor 1.2 (Learning Content Management System) From the announcement: "ATutor 1.2 has been released, an Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS) designed to be accessible to assistive technology users, and adaptable to a diverse range of learning styles and skills." Still hanging on to those commercial LCMS stocks? By Various Authors, Adaptive Technology Resource Center, July 6, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Why New Ideas are Both Disruptive and Necessary The bit about new ideas we know and understand - they are disruptive, but we like them, and we like their champions, because that's how we grow. Ah, but where to find new ideas? Not on the web, according to Laurence Prusak, the author interviewed in this article. "The Web's fine for many things, but not enough if you're going to look for the leading-edge stuff. You need to go to leading-edge conferences... Discussions at universities, hallway discussions in firms, presentations at conferences. By the time something is printed, and legitimized, and authenticated, and put on the W From OLDaily on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Making Decisions About Open Source Software (OSS) for K-12 This set of resources offers a nice step by step tour through the arguments for and against the use of open source software in schools. It is a balanced presentation - sometimes annoyingly so - and is presented in such a way as to allow administrators decide what is important. If you need a highlight, I think it's this: open source is a viable alternative, but support is the key. It depends on what your staff can do. By Various Authors, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Undated [ From OLDaily on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Court Backs Thumbnail Image Linking Way cool! "Search engines' display of miniature [thumbnail] images is fair use under copyright law, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, but the legality of presenting full-size renditions of visual works is yet to be determined." I can't see the latter being so easily accepted; as the plaintiff's lawyer argues, "We do not agree that displaying full-size images, which were taken from another person's Web site and used to sell products and services at Arriba Soft, is a fair use of that image." But we'll see; the jury, as they say, is still out. By Stefanie Olsen, CNet From OLDaily on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 p.m.. Shibboleth v1.0 Software Available The Internet2 consortium has announced the availability of Shibboleth 1.0, the first production version of the software. The purpose of Shibboleth is to allow a user registered at one site to obtain authenticated access to resources at another site. "The origin campus (home to the browser user) provides attribute assertions about that user to the target site. A trust fabric exists between campuses, allowing each site to identify the other speaker, and assign a trust level." This version of Shibboleth has a greater emphasis on privacy: "A typical default is merely 'member of community&apos From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 5:48 p.m.. Copyright and Free Speech I got a chance to read through Neil Netanel's "Locating Copyright Within The First Amendment Skein".  You might also want to check out the following articles: Alex Kozinski's "What's So Fair about Fair Use?", which I think does a better job than Netanel at handling resolution to certain fair use disputes; and "Fair Use And Market Failure: Sony Revisited" by Glynn Lunney Jr., which&nbs From A Copyfighter's Musings on July 8, 2003 at 5:47 p.m.. Linux vs. SCO: The Decision Matrix hexidec writes "Haven't seen this here yet, though I may have missed it. Anyway... A group of Australian techies have put together an analysis matrix of the ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. Untitled Last one. Here's a picture of the Spinners performing at Tanglewood on July 4. It was hot then too, but really cooool. Sorry, I had to say that. Please forgive me. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Untitled It's time for some pictures from Berkman. Chris Lydon, my very good friend and radio interviewer extraordinaire, is breaking free of the shackles of National Public Radio. How so? He's now a one-man interviewing machine. He bought a Sony mini-disc recorder, microphone and headphones, and now he does interviews and he does it all. No engineers. All Chris. Today he interviewed me. It was great. Here's what it looked like from my point of view. He says the interview will be on the Web by the end of the week. That From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Untitled Next picture. After writing so much criticism of Google over the last few days, I thought it would be a good idea to publicly demonstrate that no matter how critical I am, one only criticizes things worth criticizing. Alan Kay used to say that about the Mac, that it was the first computer worth criticizing. Good point. Well, I love Google, that's why I speak up when I think they can do better. Some people doubt that. So today I wore my Google shirt to the office, the one Nate Tyler gave me last June, a really classy black shirt with the multi-colored Google logo. When I wear it people alw From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Microsoft joins home-networking alliance The software colossus and seven other new members sign onto the Internet Home Alliance, signaling a growing interest in high-tech homes. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Torvalds: What, me worry? Linux creator Linus Torvalds sounds off on SCO Group's lawsuit against IBM, intellectual property in the open-source world and the future of the Linux operating system. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. Freelists needs help Freelists.org is in bad shape. A lightning bolt on July 4 melted its server. They need hardware and money. Freelists has provided sophisticated mailing list services for free to tech newsletters (including mine). If you use Freelists or just want to support some Good Guys of the Net, check their home page to see what you can do.... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. NASA Test Shows Foam Could Be Culprit Ben Hutchings writes "The BBC has a report on an impact simulation that aimed to recreate the impact of insulating foam on Columbia's wing. The result was a ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. June's Top Affiliate Programs The top 10 affiliate programs of May 2003, as ranked by Refer-it. From CyberAtlas on July 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. P2P's little secret Anonymity is shaping up as the next big arms race between file swappers and copyright enforcers--but hiding an identity well online involves some significant trade-offs. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Intel scoops up maker of optical chips The chip giant says it stands to gain new products, new engineering talent and future technology by buying West Bay Semiconductor. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Lawmakers debate antispam plan The Bush administration urges Congress to enact a new law criminalizing pornographic and fraudulent spam. Lawmakers spar on whether an "opt in" or "opt out" approach is better. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. Full-Text Report, Electronic Records: Management and Preservation Pose Challenges Professional Reading ShelfElectronic RecordsNational Archives and Records AdministrationSource: GAOFull-Text Testimony, Electronic Records: Management and Preservation Pose ChallengesThis GAO testimony discusses NARA's work in the area of electronic From ResourceShelf on July 8, 2003 at 3:48 p.m.. Provincial Coordination and Inter-Institutional Collaboration in British Columbia's College, University-College and Institute System I'm posting on this recent monograph from the Association of Canadian Community Colleges for two reasons - one because it focuses on the provincial system where I work, in B.C., and two because it's by my CEO, Devron Gaber (who doesn't read my blog, so no brownie points there!) For anyone in the province, it's a good history lesson, and for those in other provinces or states there's some insight into the evolution of the quasi-collaborative quasi-coordinated state of things in B.C. Basically an excerpt from a much longer Ph.D. dissertation, so be wa From EdTechPost on July 8, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. The New Yorker on Business Process Patents caledon writes "The New Yorker has a clear, concise, nontechnical essay by its finance columnist James Surowiecki criticizing business process patents: Patent ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Dear Abby tackles blogging issues Dear Abby addresses weblogs in today's column. And you can guess the issue -- because it's one we've all faced -- writing about your friends on your blog. I am a 14-year-old girl about to start my freshman year in high school. Most of my friends (including myself) have Web logs -- or "blogs."... I have several friends who have stopped speaking to each other after reading From megnut on July 8, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. DirectorMX I just wrote my first Lingo in over 2 years. DirectorMX looks pretty sweet. It's amazing how it all comes back. I REALLY miss the instant round-tripping, being able to modify code on the fly and have it kick in without recompiling and restarting an application to see the results... It took a few minutes for the "sprite(me.spritenum).loc = the mouseloc" stuff to trickle back out of my head, but it was still in there...... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on July 8, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. EMC broadens software reach roundup The storage hardware maker announces deals to acquire Legato Systems outright and to pick up a product line from BMC Software. Also: Microsoft's storage gains. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. Announcement from the July 7 BioMed Central Update ... Announcement from the July 7 BioMed Central Update: "BioMed Central's open access research is the perfect raw material for data mining research, since it is freely redistributable and consists of highly structured XML. To make life easier for data mining researchers, we have made the entirety of BioMed Central's open access research article corpus (2400+ articles) available for download via ftp as a single ZIP file. This file is updated with newly published articles every night. For details on downloading the BioMed Centra From FOS News on July 8, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. [SN] Panel: Investing in a Changed Environment Moderated by James Surowiecki who writes about business/finance for the New Yorker. (I am an admirer of his writing.) It's a panel on the investment environment. One of the VC's puts it baldly: his role is to put out as little money as possible and get as much control of the funded company as possible. Everyone is being more hard-headed about investments, looking for markets that are emerging, management teams that work, etc. James: In a truly decentralized model, can you VCs make the sort of money you want to make? Various answers. E.g., you can't be something to... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. [SN] Panel: Investing in a Changed Environment Moderated by James Surowiecki who writes about business/finance for the New Yorker. (I am an admirer of his writing.) It's a panel on the investment environment. One of the VC's puts it baldly: his role is to put out as little money as possible and get as much control of the funded company as possible. Everyone is being more hard-headed about investments, looking for markets that are emerging, management teams that work, etc. James: In a truly decentralized model, can you VCs make the sort of money you want to make? Various answers. E.g., you can't be something to... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. Mapping Fears According to an article by Laura Blumenfeld in the Washington Post, a graduate student's dissertation maps the critical points in the physical network. Does he publish it? Very interesting. [Thanks to Greg for the link.]... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. [SN] Google Craig Silverstein, director of technology at Google, looks like he may be giving the same talk he gave at O'Reilly Emerging Technology, in which case I have already blogged it here. Preemptive blogging! Q: What about image search? A: Most image search engines just look at the text on the page. The ability to recognize objects in images isn't ready for prime time. Q: What about Blogger? A: (Sergei Brinn) We've been focused on getting the new release of Blogger out. You'll see more innovation.... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. Blogpatrol Relativ neues User-tracking tool . Bewirbt sich als speziell für Blogger geeignet. Ist gratis und von durchschnittlicher Q... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 8, 2003 at 2:47 p.m.. 26 Things A cool idea: 26 Things | The International Photographic Scavenger Hunt A good excuse to go play with my digital camera. :-)... From Ten Reasons Why on July 8, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. Dissertation Could Be A Security Threat The only thing my own graduate work was a threat to was my own sanity, but here's a story, Dissertation Could Be Security Threat, from today's Washington Post of a different kind of dissertation danger:Sean Gorman's professor called his dissertation... From Ten Reasons Why on July 8, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. Blog Writer Looking for Lawyers John Lawlor is looking for lawyers who are willing to be interviewed for articles he's writing about, guess what, law... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 8, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. Iconex LOR New to me, this object repository was developed in the U.K. by the University of Hull as part of the nation-wide Distributed National Electronic Resource initiative (I'm sure I have this wrong, but I have  a difficult time sorting out the players and funding envelopes in the U.K.) Not certain the extent that this was intended for prime time yet. I could access it in IE but both Mozilla and Opera seemed to fail. The reason I checked is that the front end seemed to be done in Flash, but either  they are doing browser detection on these other browsers that is fai From EdTechPost on July 8, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. MS' penalties for selling Linux - not punishment, as such It's the process, stupid... From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. SGI's Tezro workstation gone before it arrived Specs spill out From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 2:46 p.m.. How to get 1.5 TeraFlops from Linux Oak Ridge National Lab has purchased from SGI an Altix 3000 (flash movie). This article claims that: SGI Altix 3000 is recognized as the first Linux cluster ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Reviving Your Long Lost Customers Don't let your customers 'expire.' Bring them back to life. From E-Commerce Guide on July 8, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Generating GUIDs in WebObjects I've been working on some code to generate GUIDs as part of the suite of services for use in the next version of the software that runs CAREO. When in doubt, hit Google to see who's already solved it. Turns out David Newmann did a GUID generator as part of his security stuff, and it's been rolled into the WOExampleHarness.framework provided at /Developer/Examples/JavaWebObjects/Frameworks/WOExamplesHarness (and specifically in the WXUtilties.java class). In his sample code, he uses a substring of the generated GUID (the first 10 characters). This kept generating the same GUID fo From D'apos;Arcy Norman'apos;s Learning Commons Weblog on July 8, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Microsoft wants more remote control The software giant expands distribution of its MSN TV Internet service that gives people access to the Web and e-mail through their TV sets. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. Pitch Here is some more detail on the new journal I described recently.... From autounfocus on July 8, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. [SN] Conference Chat There's a chat goin' on among Supernova attendees and non-attendees here.... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. Lora Adds About.com RSS Feed After a bit of summer vacation (actually field work in Montana), Lora the Geologist (who is blogging about learning obejcts in geology) has found the news that About.com is now syndicating their content via RSS, and very quickly she has... From cogdogblog on July 8, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. Java with java - thanks to DCT Morning coffee thinking "out-line / on-loud" department: Blackboard, webCT, and other learning management systems (LMS's) are very powerful. Some are even openSource. School districts will necessarily gravitate to these things, just to make collection of attendance data, grade and test scores easier. (Hah! "Easier" implies capable use by administrative and counseling staffs. If you think that classroom teachers ar From homoLudens III on July 8, 2003 at 1:46 p.m.. JSP and Tag Libraries for Web Development PotPieMan writes "I recently finished reading JSP and Tag Libraries for Web Development, a book for JSP developers wanting to improve their skillset. Read on ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Dell settles with Tulip From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.. Citation Analysis--Lists Citation Analysis--Lists & Rankings Health-Care Science & Services: High-Impact U.S. Universities, 1998-2002 From ResourceShelf on July 8, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. I'm a Wikipedia convert OK, I take back my snarky comments about the Wikipedia. Writing about the Echo Wiki, I said "Most wikis that operate on a public scale don't have much impact -- the social facts of the wikipedia are far more interesting than the content itself." Wrong. Wrong wrong wrong. This morning, I referred to Bayesian networks in an email exchange, and someone said "What is that?" I knew just what I wanted -- a simple overview of Bayes and Bayesian networks that I could forward them. Unfortunately, most of the links on the first From Corante: Social Software on July 8, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. Negative Feedback Scarce on eBay? Reputation researcher Paul Resnick has spent a day at the eBay Live convention in Orlando. He points out that negative feedback on transactions is rare enough that sellers worry about getting even a single negative comment on their record. Reporting from a forum dedicated specifically to the feedback architecture, Resnick writes, The number one concern was oeunfair negative feedback, usually from new members who are unfamiliar with the norms of working out proble From Corante: Social Software on July 8, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. More on the Sabo bill....Michael Held has an edito ... More on the Sabo bill....Michael Held has an editorial on the bill in the July 3 issue of The Journal of Cell Biology. Excerpt: "The mission of [Rockefeller University Press, publisher of the JCB] includes the dissemination of scientific information to as broad an audience as possible as quickly as possible, so I am certainly not opposed to much of what the PLoS advocates. We at RUP welcome another player in the publishing field, and wish them well in their mission of providing free content by relying on upfront fees and chari From FOS News on July 8, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. [SN] Clay Shirky Clay begins by reminding us of the French "green screen" system, Minitel. When it was created, it was the right answer. The Internet made it the wrong answer that "cost them an enormous cycle of innovation." "Our Minitel is twisted pair" and is all the policies that say that it's a good idea to run a circuit-switched, metered, analog, voice-optimized network. The situation is dire. But why aren't more people up in arms about it? One reason: our habitual techno-optimism. Engineers see two entities: the network and the things plugged into it. We have incredible PCs and unimaginable len From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 12:47 p.m.. RFID: A Warning The Register has this excellent piece on the latest technology that can be used for good and evil. It's RFID,... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on July 8, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. FSB calls for e-fraud 'liability shift' SMEs getting stung, switching off From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. AOL rolls onto NTL broadband One way or another, they're gonna get you From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 12:46 p.m.. FUD continues unabated Dave's really got his 'be an ass' attitude set on high these days. He's been ceaselessly trying to delude people with regard to use of RSS. From Syndication News from Bill Kearney on July 8, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Grad Student's Work Reveals National Infrastructure CodeHog writes "The WP reports about a student working on a PhD and how it relates to national (US) security. Very interesting that he has been able to get all ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Public Confused by Tech Lingo the_helper_monkey writes "The BBC has an article about how tech jargon confuses the public. It's based on a survey done by AMD asking the definitions of words ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Mud Slinging vs. Cutting Diamonds James Gosling recently described 2 types of development tasks. I like the description. I couldn't see any way to link directly to the post, so I'll drop it in here as an excerpt. I've had conversations with several folks in the last couple of days about the craft of software engineering. There are all sorts of ways to slice it up, but one that I find useful in some situations is to divide programming tasks rather crudely into two categories: mud slinging and diamond cutting. Mud slinging is where what to do is pretty clear. You just wade in and... From D'apos;Arcy Norman'apos;s Learning Commons Weblog on July 8, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. Toshiba launches lightweight laptops The company releases a pair of Portege models based on Intel's Pentium M processor, with one machine tipping the scales at just 2.4 pounds. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 12:45 p.m.. [SN] Reed Hundt Hundt is the former chairman of the FCC. He asks what we're doing to stimulate demand for technology.He says we need a new universal service policy for broadband: 100% of households with real broadband. It would throw money at the problem and increase the scale of the solution, and it would create a new platform for new services. And, it would require an upgrade in the ability of technology to do this effi iently. But, he says, we should be careful not to destroy cable and telephony. He would have the government give everyone in the US $20/month until the... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. Friends and Foes of No Child Left Behind The NEA has announced formal plans to challenge the No Child Left Behind Act, and in short order the Department... From Education Librarian on July 8, 2003 at 11:47 a.m.. Supernova Day One I'm at the Supernova conference. Here's the semi-official conference weblog.... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on July 8, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. Spam and porn lift SurfControl Soaraway profits From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. Gamers Aren't (Always) Geeks wo1verin3 writes "CNN is reporting that not all gamers are the anti-social folk they are hyped to be by parents and the media. Roughly two-thirds of college ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Untitled Interesting timing. Mark Pilgrim shuts off discussion in a thread, just as the light is beginning to shine, clear and bright. Please don't bother reading this unless you're intimately curious or involved in the fracas over Pilgrim's interpretation of the RSS spec and my comments here, in response to a support question from a developer. Julian got it exactly right. Bravo. I wasn't writing spec text, and I made i From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Familiarity Breeds Content Internet users that have a connection with a particular site are more likely to transfer those feelings toward the site's advertisers, according to research that found site affinity to be a greater driver of key brand metrics than frequency of ad exposure. From CyberAtlas on July 8, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. Resources, Reports, Tool Resources, Reports, Tools, Lists, and Full-Text DocumentsWar in IraqDocuments in the NewsSource: Foreign Affairs Committee, House of ParliamentFull-Text, The Decision to Go to War in Iraq Vol. 1See Also: Additional Uncorrected Materials from Foregin From ResourceShelf on July 8, 2003 at 10:48 a.m.. [SN] Supernova intro I'm at the SuperNova conference, Kevin Werbach's confab on a universe of distributed apps and ideas. There are about 100 peoplehere from a more diverse set of backgrounds than often is the case at tech conferences. In particular, there are a bunch of government regulators here. Should be interesting. The conference weblog is here. There you'll find links to a wiki where you'll find a list of live bloggers and a group weblog via trackbacks. (Thanks to Scott Johnson of Feedster for helping me get my wifi working.)... From Joho the Blog on July 8, 2003 at 10:47 a.m.. Voltage Security's identity-based encryption Today, in order to exchange a secure electronic message it is necessary for the sender to go to a directory to find the recipient's public key. That public key is then used to scramble the message in such a way that only the recipient can read it by using a second, privately held key to unscramble it. [A Simpler, More Personal Key to Protect Online Messages, John Markoff, New York Times] False. Today, I From Jon's Radio on July 8, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. Epson, we have a problem Dutch urge inkjet boycott From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. UK IT hardware sales are weak - DCC Profit warning From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. .Net:... 3 Years Later Ashcrow writes "EWeek has posted an article on Microsoft's .NET initiative. It's been three years since we were first introduced to .NET and virtually none of ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled Betsy Devine found happiness in Prague. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Untitled Phil Ringnalda usually gets his facts right but not this time. A simple search would have shown that both Radio and Manila support the Blogger API, so if Google wanted to do something truly great they could have, simply. Giving a little spot in the Google toolbar to bloggi From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 10:45 a.m.. Radford, VA - GIS It's pretty weird to look at a satellite photo and see your own car. From Serious Instructional Technology on July 8, 2003 at 9:46 a.m.. PDA security slackers, the lot of you ID thieves make hay From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. Thailand Imposes Gamers Curfew bg writes "How addicted can you be? According to this article, Thailand will install a curfew to "protect" their childern from the addiction from Gaming. "Game ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 9:45 a.m.. EMC and BMC SRM Dance Marking cards From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. AMD Athlon 64 launch party set for 22 Sept. A second mis-sent email in as many days From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Vodafone Live Shopping goes live In UK From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. VIA ships 'legal' Pentium 4 chipset Hello, PT800 From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. EMC to buy Legato All stock deal From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. VIA launches mobile C3 processor Antaur on tour From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Union Says U.S. Jobs at Risk as Microsoft Turns to India - Keith Regan, E-Commerce Times WashTech and other workers' groups have been calling on Congress to investigate outsourcing practices, but lawmakers to date have chosen a laissez faire approach. A high-tech workers union that keeps close tabs on Microsoft claims the software giant is From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Harry Potter in German, not Czech The official translation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix into German is scheduled to hit shelves on November 8. But at the Harry auf deutsch site ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. MIT aims to provide government search engine - JUSTIN POPE, AP Its creators hope it will become a Google of government, a massive Internet clearinghouse of information to help citizens track their leaders as effectively as their leaders track them. On Friday, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab plans From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. UT Faculty, corporations link up to benefit both university and society - Mark Lisheron, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Steven P. Nichols recently returned from Ireland and another opportunity to promote technology transfer, turning public research into private enterprise. Nichols, associate vice president for research at the University of Texas, travels the nation and From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Japanese Triple-Wired by 2007 - Reuters Japan, once an Internet laggard, will be one of the world's most wired nations by 2007 as low fees boost demand for broadband services, a government report said on Friday. The Telecommunications Ministry said in an annual white paper that 60 million Ja From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. U.S. Unsatisfied with MS Licenses - Reuters The U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge on Thursday that Microsoft still hasn't fully complied with a key provision in its landmark antitrust settlement with the government. In a report to the judge, attorneys with the department said they "re From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. MPs uncover seedy world of spam - Jackie Storer, BBC News It can be news that you have won a prize of thousands of pounds or details of how you can earn more cash. On a more personal level, it could be encouraging you to get some kind of anatomical enlargement. Yes, the junk email that plagues our inboxes, i From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Two fast, too furious - Richard Mourn, CommVerge The sometimes angry debate over two speedy interfaces"USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394"can obscure the fact that the two fulfill differing needs. Don't get mad, get educated. As systems developers create the latest consumer-electronic and PC products, they must s From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Netbait: A Distributed Worm Detection Service The threat of Internet worms has necessitated the development of three kinds of countermeasures to minimize damage, namely "prevention, containment, and cleanup." The latter two require successful identification of infected hosts before any action ca From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Search Needs Better Labeling - Brian Morrissey, CyberAtlas An in-depth study of people unaware how pay-for-placement search found that they are surprised, and often negative, when they find out how paid listings work. Baltimore-based Context-Based Research Group conducted the ethnographic study, which looked From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. G5 roadmap revealed - Tony Smith, the Register Apple's G5 chip family will reach 25GHz in less than ten years' time, according to an anonymous poster over at MacRumours.com. The same correspondent also posts what purports to be a roadmap for the G5. The chip family's future goes something like this. From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Spammers' fake sites dupe consumers - Jon Swartz, USA TODAY Spam is turning to scam. As millions of consumers are bombarded with junk e-mail, more of them are targets of identification theft. Customers of Best Buy, EarthLink and America Online are among recent targets of so-called phisher sites " bogus Web sites From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Homeland-Security Technologies Need Dual Purpose - Eric Chabrow, InformationWeek For homeland-security technology to be most successful, it will have a dual benefit of helping prevent terrorist attacks while also addressing other government or commercial needs, said speakers at a symposium on homeland security and information shari From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. 20 years of PCs - Many gains, much to be done - Larry Magid, TRIBUNE MEDIA ....Looking back on 20 years of columns I can't help but be struck by how much has changed and how much has stayed that same. Computers have evolved dramatically yet they still bewilder and confuse people and they continue to be one of the most troubles From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Hackers Limit Disruption To Small Internet Sites - Ted Bridis, Associated Press A battle among hackers erupted on the Internet yesterday as some factions disrupted a loosely coordinated effort among other groups trying to vandalize Web sites around the world. Unknown attackers for hours knocked offline an independent security Web s From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Streamlining e-mail encryption - Ina Fried, MSNBC A Palo Alto, Calif., start-up has its sights set on making sure more people encrypt their e-mail. Voltage Security From Techno-News Blog on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Online, parents share information and opinions about where their youngsters learn - Tricia Bishop, Baltimore Sun When Columbia parent Joanne Heckman complained to administrators about perceived flaws within the Howard County public school system, she said she got a year's worth of unsatisfactory responses. Now she has taken her concerns to the World Wide Web, lau From Educational Technology on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. E-Book Excitement Techtorial- Lorrie Jackson, Education World You will learn what e-books are and how to use them in the K-12 classroom. What hardware and/or software does the techtorial apply to? - All you need to learn how to download and read e-books is a computer with Internet access! Which National Educati From Educational Technology on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Internet2 links Texas schools, universities - Sarah Szuminski, the Battalion Yankee great Yogi Berra is reputed to have once said about a New York restaurant, "No one goes there anymore; it's too crowded." This is how Daniel A. Updegrove, vice president for information technology at The University of Texas-Austin, illustrated c From Online Learning Update on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. E-varsity targets aspirants in Middle East - Bassam Za'za', Gulf News Those who cannot afford to leave their families, career or social commitments and seek top-quality higher education could register with Universitas 21 Global (U21G), a premiere e-university that opened its doors yesterday to MBA-aspirants throughout th From Online Learning Update on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Sri Lanka Post secondary education system to be modernised The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping to modernise Sri Lanka's post-secondary education system through a US$45 million equivalent loan approved for a project to increase access to distance and on-line learning programmes, a spokesman of the ADB sa From Online Learning Update on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. Taking the measure of IT's pain Economist Jared Bernstein discusses in an interview with CNET News.com how the tech economy's rise and fall is changing job prospects for even the most skilled high-tech workers. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. PC makers gear up for sales push Hewlett-Packard hopes to make the grade with a back-to-school bundle while Dell Computer entertains multimedia plans. Also: Dell goes low cost in Asia. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. The JISC's Technical Advisory Service for Images h ... The JISC's Technical Advisory Service for Images has announced its training programme for the second half of 2003. This includes a number of new workshops, covering such topics as colour management, digital rights management, putting images online, and compact cameras From Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 8, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Scholarly Publishing Practice: the Association of ... Scholarly Publishing Practice: the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) report on Academic Journal Publishers' Policies and Practices in Online Publishing From Peter Scott's Library Blog on July 8, 2003 at 7:47 a.m.. Recycling Program a Tough Cell Cell-phone carriers have made a point of protecting the environment by putting up recycling bins for old phones. What they aren't telling cell-phone donors, however, is who's profiting and where the phones actually go. By Elisa Batista. From Wired News on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Going Wireless in the Wilderness An eco-tourism company is constructing a wireless network in the frozen wilds of Canada so visitors can upload photos and Web surfers can watch polar bears. By Charles Mandel. From Wired News on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Hacker Contest Mostly About Hype Billed as a serious threat to Web security, a global hacking competition called the Defacers Challenge failed to live up to its dangerous reputation. Security experts say, 'We told you so.' By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Secrets of Dungeons and Dreamers A new book due out in August offers a behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of gamer culture through the eyes of one of its leaders: 'Lord British.' By Xeni Jardin. From Wired News on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Study: Gamers Not Reclusive Nerds According to a Pew Internet Project survey, not all college-age gamers are nerdy antisocial guys. Women also like to play games, video games generally don't interfere with students' studying and games were found to be a highly social activity. From Wired News on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Microsoft to face patent violation claims today Eolas' ActiveX challenge comes to court From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. 'Y'all bought too much Oracle' Opinion Database must not dictate your IT strategy From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Blogging Classes Pete Birkenshaw has sent me this scan (click on it for the full size version). It's from a catalogue of evening classes provided by the local council. He says: I was idly browsing through the evening course brochure that... From Ben Hammersley.com on July 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. Lost Labour?   Tom Watson , MP der Labour-Party in UK, hat einen Blog auf MT-Basis und zwar seit 2.7.2001 . From thomas n. burg | randgänge on July 8, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. Dell reaches $50 million settlement with Tulip Patent infringement case sorted out of court From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Untitled On this day three years ago, the first OPML application was unveiled, except it wasn't called OPML then. It's surprising to see the app is still running. I love it when that happens. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Untitled To Jake, a Manila to-do item, asap. Implement a robots.txt function, subject to user prefs (user can turn it off if they've already got a robots.txt through custom programming). The first setting will tell the crawler to ignore the referers page on the site. This should get the referer spammers to stop using our sites to improve their rank with Google. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Untitled The first hint of a clue over at Tim Bray's: "If you care about building traffic, few things do it better than getting flamed every day by Dave Winer." Tim it works even better if you say smart things like this. A tip -- it's nice to point your readers to the place you're talking about so they can laugh along with you. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Something for O'Reilly Tim O'Reilly is having a session at OSCON on user's and developer's rights and Web Services. He asked if I could join; I'll be giving my keynote at Sells Brothers on the same day, so I won't be able to be at O'Reilly's. Two years ago today, just by coincidence, I wrote something on Scripting in response to a question from Rahul Dave that relates Web From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Untitled Philip Greenspun discovers a relaxing vacation spot in New England? I like the part about the water temperature staying in the low 70s all summer. What a thrilling idea. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Untitled To everyone who sent email yesterday offering to help UserLand, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. What an amazing turnout. We're going to try to do something fun, unique, and powerful with UserLand's position in the weblog and content tools market, and we're going to try to include the community in the business, i.e. people will make money. To thos who have asked if I will return as CEO, I can't. I have a job that I love at Berkman, we're doing lovely things, the things I want to do. For me, the technology challenge is behind me, the next challenge is to apply th From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Untitled On this day last year, the iPod was working. Thanks again to Rogers and the 32 others who bought me this wonderful gift. I use it all the time. That's saying something. There are few electronic toys that give so much and work so well. From Scripting News on July 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. Judge waves through Worldcom $750m settlement Activists cry foul From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. Windows Voyager smartphone ready for Xmas T-Mobile climbs back on board From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. CipherTrust Secure Mail Gateway Coming to Europe From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. EC drafts m-payments blueprint Good start From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. Avoid RSI and find God - simultaneously The Lord is my ErgoShepherd™ From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. Volantis: new interest from publishers 'Difficulty controlling content' From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. ZoneAlarm quiets bells Freeware patch From The Register on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. Videogames, Learning, And Literacy Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a GameZone.com article interviewing Professor James Paul Gee, the author of a new book advocating videogames as a ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 5:45 a.m.. Virtual Assistance U Chooses Voxwire For Online Meeting Systems Voice interactive technology enhances learning styles for virtual learners [PRWEB Jul 8, 2003] From PR Web on July 8, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. The Daily Cartoon for July 8 Today's Daily Cartoon From Ben Hammersley.com on July 8, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. Baker Hughes INTEQ Selects Click2learn's Aspen Enterprise Productivity Suite to Streamline and Unify Global Learning Initiative From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on July 8, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. Free Public Access to Science: Will It Happen? From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on July 8, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. Making Decisions About Open Source Software (OSS) for K-12 From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 8, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. MIT web site gathers and displays information on government From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 8, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. California college heads warn of higher fees, lower enrollments From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 8, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. Schools urged to teach "21st-century" skills From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 8, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. GeoLearning to Integrate Akiva's WebBoard Collaboration Tool with GeoMaestro LMS From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 8, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. GeoLearning Awarded 3-Year E-Learning Deal with US Oncology From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on July 8, 2003 at 3:48 a.m.. New NSW KM Forum committee (Australia) There has been a gratifying response to my call for committee members for the NSW KM Forum, and we now have the following volunteers: Paul Bentley (Paul Bentley & Associates) James Dellow (Ernst & Young) Serena Joyner (Sydney Catchment Authority)... From Column Two on July 8, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. On simplicity An apples-to-apples comparison of posting an entry with the (not-)Echo API and a comparable XML-RPC-based API. (494 words) From dive into mark on July 8, 2003 at 2:45 a.m.. Hangin' with the A-List Just got back from the Supernova Conference Bloggers Party at Casablanca in Old Town Alexandria, VA (just outside DC). I had a crummy day, so I wasn't feeling super social, and, frankly, I nearly copped out and didn't go. In... From Ten Reasons Why on July 8, 2003 at 1:46 a.m.. Hardware-Based Commute-Map Gadget coreymetrics writes "Anyone have one of these things? While it's no substitute for an improved mass-transit solution in the Puget Sound area, TrafficGauge's ... From Slashdot on July 8, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Court backs thumbnail image linking Search engines' display of miniature images is fair use under copyright law, a court rules, but the legality of presenting full-size renditions of visual works is yet to be determined. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Microsoft gains ground in storage The software giant says its market share for Windows in Network Attached Storage devices rose 8 percent in the first quarter to 41 percent. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. SCO takes Linux case to Japan Company CEO Darl McBride and other executives are in Japan this week to explain the company's legal battle over Linux to Asian IT leaders. From CNET News.com on July 8, 2003 at 1:45 a.m.. Matt Mower: Gurteen Knowledge Conference Matt Mower: Gurteen Knowledge Conference Matt blogs the conference. Here's a nice one from David Snowden's talk: Human knowledge is stored in patterns far more than raw skills and artifacts.  Knowledge is in the fingertips and needs to managed in a different way.  This is both our power & our downfall.  It also means that you can't get knowledge from... From elearningpost on July 8, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. New eBN Guest Bar-tender Over at eBN, Karen McComas is giving the over-worked Erin Clerico a break and providing a sidebar peek at an intensive digital writing / learning institute for technology liaisons from the National Writing Project. This might be interesting in several ways: Karen's got a few devoted readers out there and having this slightly more public forum might nudge her into more regular blogging. The institute aims to incorporate and implicitly explore integration of  From homoLudens III on July 8, 2003 at 12:46 a.m.. RFID Industry Confidential Memos An anonymous reader writes "Cryptome has learned www.autoidcenter.org (RFID flak) has made internal memos available for perusal at their site. Those RFID ... From Slashdot on July 7, 2003 at 11:46 p.m.. [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]