Edu_RSS ~ December 8, 2003

Most recent update: December 8, 2003 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Making blogs more useful for scholarship The Blogbook is a "guide to legal blogging" that offers suggestions, for example, on how to cite blog content in official documents. This is a step toward making the hundreds of legal blogs more useful to legal scholars and practicing lawyers who might want to cite them in law journals or court briefs. At the same time, it's a step toward making blogs --which are open access by default-- a more serious and useful vehicle of scholarship. For more detail, see Andrew Zangrilli's --> From FOS News on December 8, 2003 at 10:48 p.m.. (40287) PubMed Central is OAI-compliant and offering new services In October, PubMed Central (or a portion of it) became OAI-compliant. One consequence is that it now allows users to download the the full-text XML for its open-access articles and FTP the text, data, and image files associated with an article. See the PMC list of open-access PMC journals for the scope of these important new s From FOS News on December 8, 2003 at 10:48 p.m.. (40286) Australians Better Educated Australians are 10 per cent better educated than a decade ago, with the number of people holding a bachelor degree or higher almost doubling since 1993. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, almost half of those aged 15 to 64 now hold a qualification higher than VCE or its equivalent, from a TAFE, college or university. In 1993, 39 per cent held such a qualification. Source: The Age From EdNA Online on December 8, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (40285) Education and Work Statistics, Australia The ABS reports that in May 2003, there were 13,075,100 persons aged 15-64 years in the scope of the survey, of whom 2,435,800 (19%) were enrolled in a course of study. Approximately 901,300 (37%) of these enrolled persons were attending a Higher education institution, 701,900 (29%) were at school, 577,100 (24%) were at Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institutions, and 255,500 (10%) were at other educational institutions. From EdNA Online on December 8, 2003 at 10:45 p.m.. (40284) Accessibility and Inclusion and e-Learning - Conference From ScotFEICT on December 8, 2003 at 9:51 p.m.. (40283) The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing (SOURCE:The Eight Fallacies of Distributed Computing via comment on Sam Ruby)- Blogging this again because it moved! QUOTEEssentially everyone, when they first build a distributed application, makes the following eight assumptions. All prove to be false in the long run and all cause big trouble and painful learning experiences. 1. The network is reliable 2. Latency is zero 3. Bandwidth is infinite 4. The ne From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 8, 2003 at 9:50 p.m.. (40282) Schlechtes Gewissen bei den Studenten machen Eine Frage wuerde mich doch auch mal sehr interessieren: Wieviele unserer Politiker haben eigentlich ihr Studium in der Regelstudienzeit geschafft? Unser leben wird regelrecht sabotiert, haetten wir bei Beginn unseres Studiums gewusst, dass wir spaeter bluten muessen, haetten wir uns darauf einstellen koennen. Diese Gelegenheit hatten wir nicht gehabt. Die Hochschulen zu betreiken, das bringt meiner Meinung nach wenig. Stattdessen muss es richtig weh tun - auch den Politikern. Bei... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on December 8, 2003 at 9:50 p.m.. (40281) Libraries and the information commons Nancy Kranich has written a discussion paper, Libraries and the Information Commons, for participants in the open forum on Libraries and the Information Commons (Saturday, January 10, 2004, 2:00 - 4:00, San Diego Conference Center 30E) at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. Excerpt: "Information commons ensure ope From FOS News on December 8, 2003 at 9:48 p.m.. (40280) ACS Meeting Report, Pt 1 Still quite busy, but wanted to start to formulate my thoughts on the Development of a Alternative Compensation System (ACS) for  Digital Media in a Global Environment meeting. It's going to take some time, because it was quite overwhelming - between dinner at pho and the 9 hour conference, all the incredible participants with a multitude of viewpoints (lawyers, artists, computer scientists, e-experts, market researchers, and on and on, from the US and numerous other countries), it was a lot of ACS.  And, as co From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 8, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (40278) On walking to work Students and I were reading "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic short story about a woman undergoing the standard but abusive late 19th century rest cure for what we now call post-partum depression. Some class members remarked on the cruelty of the cure and of the doctor/husband who administered it; others said it was a standard practice of the times and showed the attitudes of the age rather than a cruelty in the husband. We struggle to see past the... From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 8, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (40277) Things understood for us Richard Todd's column in today's New York Times Magazine (registration required) also addresses the problem of expert control of knowledge. "Modern life," he says, "requires us to place more faith in things understood for us than was asked of a medieval serf." His main example is the current mutual fund scandal; he sees at least three reasons why we might not understand it: First, the losses are harder to imagine, since this is money we might have had if the... From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 8, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (40276) Mapping the silence Jkotke points to Ethan Zuckerman's updating map of the world showing how much attention is given to each country by several major news outlets. The accompanying paper concludes that respected outlets have clear weaknesses in their coverage, as seen by the shading differences on the maps. It's a clever kind of analysis and a good use of mapping, I think. I wonder if students might use mapping to spot other kinds of blindness or silence. Yesterday, for example, I drove out of town through... From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 8, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (40275) Pictures taken for us At Newsday, Paul Vitello has written a column about the large number of staged photographs he expects to see included in the usual Year in Photographs spreads in the next couple of weeks. He mentions Bush landing on the aircraft carrier, Bush holding a platter of turkey for the troops in Iraq, and even the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein early in the war. About that last set of images, both video and still, he expresses some reservations, but as I recall, other images of that... From Weblogs in Higher Education on December 8, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (40274) Jeremy Zawodny's RSS prediction for 2004 - RSS starts popping up everywhere (SOURCE:Jeremy Zawodny's blog: My 2004 Crystal Ball: Search, Social Networks, Reputation, RSS)- Sounds reasonable to me.  Need to check back this time next year to see how accurate Jeremy's predictions were. QUOTE Yeah, we all know that RSS has been growing in popularity, thanks largely to weblogs. What will make 2004 different? Simple. RSS will go well beyond our little realm of weblogs. In 2004, RSS is going to go mainstream--and it's going to happen in a big way. R From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on December 8, 2003 at 8:49 p.m.. (40273) 'Life and Death Simulations' and PureWar Reading Jay Cross' recent post about military simulations at the 25th annual Interservice/Industry Training Simulation & Education Conference, I was immediately reminded of a favourite critical theorist of mine from days gone by, Paul Virilio. I seem to remember always feeling like I was in a fugue state while reading Virilio, only ever half comprehending, never certain if it was all just highly verbose malarky or true prophecy, or both. But as I get ol From Meta on December 8, 2003 at 7:50 p.m.. (40271) The Ultimate Spam Machine is Distributed Computing using hacked machines It looks like the next wave in the spam wars is distributed computing.  Spammers hack into people's unprotected PCs and then install programs to send SPAM.  Ian Bell wrote about this today in The Ultimate Spam on the Geekmail blog (which I also write for!) and so From FOS News on December 8, 2003 at 7:48 p.m.. (40269) Gore: The tipping point Gore's endorsement of Dean tomorrow should be the Tipper, um, Tipping Point. I believe Dean now will win Iowa and will be unstoppable, short of a major gaffe or scandal, of course. Please keep in mind that I have never once been right about anything in politics.... From Joho the Blog on December 8, 2003 at 7:48 p.m.. (40268) eXist XPath Extensions One of the really cool things about eXist is the XPath extensions for fulltext searching. They mimic (using XPath) the stuff that is done in XStreamDB via XQuery. I can do stuff like: document(*)//text() &= "*image*" and eXist will return me any xml document (from it's entire set of collections) that contains the string "image" somewhere in it (could be in /lom/general/title/langstring/Images Of Bangalore, or /lom/technical/format/image/jpeg, or whatever. It doesn't care. And, it's very fast. What's more, I can do stuff like: document(*)/*[ //format &= "*image*" and From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on December 8, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (40267) Goodbye, frat parties; hello, USA 16 students toured the US and discussed civil rights and illegal immigration. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 8, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (40266) Housing prices test teachers Skyrocketing real estate prices teachers out of their school districts. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 8, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (40265) Iraq's students say, 'Welcome back, professor' Iraq's brain drain is beginning to reverse as professors return from abroad. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on December 8, 2003 at 7:45 p.m.. (40264) Abtreibungs-Webseite vor Supreme Court Am kommenden Freitag wird sich der Supreme Court erstmals mit dem sog. "Nuremberg-Fall" beschäftigen. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (40263) Vivísimo: Mini-bar und Toolbar Nun gibt es also *endlich* von (einem) meinem/r Favoriten, dem Metasuchtool Vivísimo, eine Mini-Bar und eine Toolbar. Für eine BETA... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (40262) Internet-Glücksspiele: Änderung der (EU-)Rechtsprechung Bislang war es ständige Rechtsprechung, dass Glücksspiele (auch Internet-Glücksspiele) nur dann in Deutschland rechtlich zulässig sind, wenn sie eine deutsche,... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 6:50 p.m.. (40261) Slippman's Visual C++ blog (SOURCE:Programming Visual C++ via Don Box's Spoutlet)- For the 3 of you :-) who still program in C++. From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 8, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (40260) Eurekster - search based on what your friends search (SOURCE:How eurekster works)- Cool, but I doubt I''ll use it because most of my friends who do lots of searching would never register for this. QUOTE What's Hot in Your Network eurekster uses the six-degrees of separation concept to learn from your extended network of contacts and deliver you prioritised results based on the success and proximity of the searches they have done.UNQUOTE From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 8, 2003 at 6:49 p.m.. (40259) Australian support for BMC Seventeen Australian universities have become institutional members of BioMed Central, thanks to an agreement announced today between BMC and the Committee of Australian University Librarians (CAUL). The memberships begin January 1, 2004. From FOS News on December 8, 2003 at 6:48 p.m.. (40258) X Marks the (Jade) Spot It is in the building... not only that, it is on my desk. --> From cogdogblog on December 8, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (40257) Top Scottish firms pool know-how on KM project Kieran Flatt reports on how Scottish law firms are sharing knowledge. To quote: The firms are sharing their know-how across most legal practice areas and are feeding it into a shared content management system (CMS) hosted and managed by Legal... From Column Two on December 8, 2003 at 6:47 p.m.. (40256) Dicke Luft Aha, da - http://blogawards.de/  - bin ich erwähnt und nominiert für die Endrunde, das freut mich. Also bitte an alle... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 8, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (40255) FundSachen Iso Grifo rechts setzt zum Überholen des Lotus Europa an. Ein Nachmittag mit meiner Tochter From thomas n. burg | randgänge on December 8, 2003 at 6:46 p.m.. (40254) Cellphone Cheating And to think, I'm annoyed if I even hear a cell phone RING in my class.... After reading the CS Monitor for my entry below, I found another article on the rise of cell phone cheating in the classroom. Obviously, these phones can vibrate so that the teacher won't hear... From PEDABLOGUE on December 8, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (40253) LudicrousLaws Mit dem Satz "Here's an entertaining look at some of the more bizarre laws on the books in various states"... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 5:50 p.m.. (40252) It's a Blog-Quest! Using Blogs in the Classroom There's a new kid in town...the "Blog-Quest!" Check out Using Blogs in the Classroom. This edblogger describes her "Quest for the Best," an ambitious 4th grade social studies blog project in which collaborative student groups from around the nation are invited to complete a webquest... From EdBlogger Praxis on December 8, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (40251) Combat the A-List Power law by populating your blogroll with less known, but deserving bloggers and rotating it periodically (SOURCE:Jonathon Delacour: I'll link to whoever he's linking to)- Great idea.  I need to do this.  QUOTEEven so, I am convinced that, although it may not overcome the hegemony of the Power Law, the widespread adoption of Steven Den Beste’s rotating blogroll idea would have a greater impact than any weblog award by creating a healthier array of niche communities and, simultaneously, providing a kind of principled resistance to the tyranny of Social From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 8, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (40250) A 3D animation of Linux source code development (SOURCE:A 3D animation of Linux source code development via Waxy.org)- Friggin' amazing visualization. Love to see something like this for Windows or Mac OS X. QUOTE A guided tour of Linux-2.4.5: 9 MB MPEG (384x288, 2000 frames). From 1.2.0 to 2.4.1: 12 MB MPEG From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 8, 2003 at 5:49 p.m.. (40249) Humans matter Found this nice quote in a (circa 2000) profile of Robot Wisdom blogger Jorn Barger by Julian Dibbell: Accept that the Web ultimately overwhelms all attempts to order it, as for now it seems we must, and you accept that the delicate thread of a personal point of view is often as not your most reliable guide through the chaos. The brittle logic of the hierarchi From Seb's Open Research on December 8, 2003 at 5:46 p.m.. (40248) News Briefs: PayPal Lowers Costs to Sell Digital Music PayPal announces new pricing for digital music merchants and according to a new survey from Yahoo! and Harris Interactive, the online shopping bug seems to have seriously infected Americans at work. From E-Commerce Guide on December 8, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (40247) Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow... Saturday night it was chilly with a brisk wind. As midnight passed, we lashed a tarp over the top of the flat roof in the back, the roof that had been leaking all summer. By three in the morning the first flakes were beginning to fall on my snowless front lawn. Twenty-four hours later we had two feet of the white stuff covering the tarp, the lawn, and the entire city of Moncton. Winter, literally, arrived overnight this year. Photos in this article were taken at the CBC building half a block from my house. From OLDaily on December 8, 2003 at 5:45 p.m.. (40246) School Newspaper in Web Log Form...Finally Ok, it's not the most elegant solution, but it'll have to do. I don't have the metadata savvy that Seb lent me last year, so the update process is probably more cumbersome than it has to be. But you can pretty much figure out that we start with a separate story page for each story and then start the linkfest. I like it 'cause it's pretty clean and because I can link my kids blogs to the page. We're going to link this site t From weblogged News on December 8, 2003 at 4:47 p.m.. (40245) ARROW: Australian Research Repositories Online to the World Released late last week, this project description outlines a plan for a network of repositories of academic content comprising e-prints, digital theses and electronic publishing. It looks like a good plan, and it's worth noting that in this project (as with most Australian projects) the technology development goes hand in hand with human development. The document is a PDF file, which means it's a pain to read online. By Various Authors, Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), December 3, 2003 [--> From OLDaily on December 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (40244) UN Meeting Urged to Back Open Access Science Much of the coverage of the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has concentrated on the role of government in managing the internet. But an important thread in the meetings is the push for open access. The current text in the draft Declaration of Principles reads, "We strive to promote universal access with equal opportunities for all to scientific knowledge and the creation and dissemination of scientific and technical information, including open access initiatives for scientific publishing." This sounds like a winner to me, and something which (I suspect) would be support From OLDaily on December 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (40243) Criteria for Evaluating the Quality of Online Courses Good document listing criteria for the evaluation of online courses. Categories include general information, accessibility, organization, language, and more. Via elearningpost. By Clayton R. Wright, Grant MacEwan College, Undated [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on December 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (40242) Revealed: How Drug Firms 'Hoodwink' Medical Journals We hear a lot about how the (expensive) system of peer review and professional editing promotes high quality and impartial academic writing. This claim has always been dubious, and today it appears even more so as this story reports on the use of ghost writers in the pay of drug companies. "Estimates suggest that almost half of all articles published in journals are by ghostwriters. While doctors who have put their names to the papers can be paid handsomely for 'lending' their reputations, the ghostwriters remain hidden. They, and the involvement of the pharmaceutical firms, are rare From OLDaily on December 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (40241) Intellectual Property Piracy is Form of Terrorism: WIPO Chief When the head of a major international organization sounds like someone from the radical fringe, you know the debate over copyright has intensified to a dangerous level. The speaker in this case is Lamil Idris, director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). "Piracy is like terrorism today," he says. "It exists everywhere and it is a very dangerous phenomenon." Idris as describes how he "had heard of children dying after using counterfeit baby shampoo" - yet there is utterly From OLDaily on December 8, 2003 at 4:45 p.m.. (40240) Weblog and information overload Jonathon Delacour: Overloaded [via Edward Bilodeau]Self-employment, a constant Internet connection, a weblog, and a mildly addictive personality turn out to be a killer combination—even for someone who no longer feels compelled to post regularly, let alone every day. Liz Lawley went cold turkey by taking a vacation with her family: From Mathemagenic on December 8, 2003 at 3:52 p.m.. (40239) Beihilfe zum Plagiat! Und es begab sich aber zu einer Zeit, in der ein "schlauer" Bibliothekar den untauglichen Versuch unternahm, den Betreiber dieses... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 3:51 p.m.. (40238) Color scheme Generator via Greg Ritter at TenReasonsWhy.  Very, very nice indeed, including the explanation behind the help link. From Serious Instructional Technology on December 8, 2003 at 3:46 p.m.. (40237) Still Brewing That is, my response to Edward Felten's and Siva Vaidhyanathan's response to the RIAA's litigation campaign. There is a lot going on out there today. Here's a good perch for an overview. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on December 8, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (40236) Financial Services Customers Warmed by E-mail Credit card customers who have an e-mail relationship with their issuer are happier and make more referrals. From CyberAtlas on December 8, 2003 at 3:45 p.m.. (40235) "Gerade einmal ein Semester Gebührenfreiheit" Auf den ersten Blick scheint Corinne Blaumeiser eine Langzeitstudentin zu sein, die natürlich unter die Ausnahmeregeln des Landes Hessen fallen müsste. Schließlich behauptet Hessens Wissenschaftsminister Udo Corts, dass Studierende mit Kindern von den Studiengebühren ausgenommen würden. Und die 29-jährige Physik- und Mathematikstudentin ist alleinerziehende Mutter von zwei kleinen Kindern. Doch das verhilft ihr nach dem aktuellen Entwurf der Immatrikulationsverordnung... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on December 8, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (40234) "90 neue Stellen für Kochs Machtzentrale" SPD kritisiert Millionenkosten für personell "aufgeblähte" Staatskanzlei / FDP: Ein Ministerposten muss weg Regierungschef Roland Koch (CDU) steht zunehmend auch wegen der personellen Aufblähung seiner Staatskanzlei in der Kritik. Der SPD-Abgeordnete Reinhard Kahl rechnet vor, dass Koch die Zahl der Stellen in seinem "ganz persönlichen Machtapparat" um mehr als 60 Prozent ausgeweitet habe und damit Kosten in Millionenhöhe verursache. [Frankfurter Rundschau, via djo] From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on December 8, 2003 at 2:49 p.m.. (40233) deaning Dean The hardest yet most important thing to keep in focus about this presidential campaign is not the positions, but how the candidates got positioned. Dean is where he is because he used the Internet in the best way it could be used: to organize people around movement. That movement was born in his clear and strong message about the war. Some joined because of that message. Some joined because they believed anyone with such strength about that issue will show strength elsewhere too. Both groups started to organize around this long-shot candidate. Less than a year later, the long-shot is the front From Lessig Blog on December 8, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (40232) United's baby tax So we have returned from Japan. Willem's passport is stamped with its first stamp. But there was a moment before we left when we were uncertain we would go. Bettina and I had purchased economy seats months ago, which we had upgraded (the one good from traveling too much). We had confirmed we didn't need a ticket for our 3 month old child, and had reserved bulkhead seats to make the flight easier. When we arrived at the airport, we were told we needed a ticket for the child. And because we were now sitting in business class, that meant we would have to pay $650 for the child -- even From Lessig Blog on December 8, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (40231) invent me please Ok, so here's a device that would be very cool. Net, please invent it. 90% of hotels with broadband have wired, not wireless, broadband. That means you must sit at the stupid desk and work when everyone knows, the best place to work is sitting in bed. So here's what's needed: A device the size of a silver dollar with two ports. One you plug into your computer; the other into the broadband outlet. You configure your connection through the hotel broadband line, and then unplug your computer. The device is then a wireless bridge. Because it would only be broadcasting in the room From Lessig Blog on December 8, 2003 at 2:45 p.m.. (40230) Can't find 'John Patrick on Weblogs' article This is not fair - just when I recommended to a colleague reading John Patrick on Weblogs as a best "weblogs in business" artilcle it's not availiable on-line anymore. Google cache is empty and I even couldn't find the full reference to request the paper copy. Hard lesson: make printouts immediately. I wrote to the CIO Insight asking for it, but if you happen to have an electronic/paper version I would be very happy if you mail/f From Mathemagenic on December 8, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (40229) New digital usage dashboard for WebCT http://careo.elearning.ubc.ca/weblogs/michelle/archives/000593.html ATTENTION WEBCT ADMINISTRATORS! I've been waiting a few weeks to tell people about this one since I saw it demo'd at the BC Ed Tech Users Group meetings, but promised Michelle that I wouldn't post on it before her (since she's the one that works at UBC, and not me.) The f From EdTechPost on December 8, 2003 at 1:51 p.m.. (40228) Revised version of Dickson article on OA at WSIS David Dickson has revised the text of his article on open access principles at the WSIS since I blogged it yesterday. If you read yesterday's edition, you might want to read today's as well. From FOS News on December 8, 2003 at 1:48 p.m.. (40227) Untitled Buried in snow, listening to Boombastic radio right now. Not half bad. From Seb's Open Research on December 8, 2003 at 1:47 p.m.. (40226) The REAL School of Rock Today's Christian Science Monitor has a neat story on schoolhouse rock and rollers, learning in an innovative music education program called "Little Kids Rock." David Wish, leader of the program, dislikes comparisons to the recent Jack Black movie School of Rock, but regardless, Little Kids Rock sounds like something too... From PEDABLOGUE on December 8, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (40225) 2003 State of the Industry Report Einmal im Jahr gibt der ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) seinen Jahresbericht heraus - wohl das weltweit wichtigste Referenzwerk in Sachen Training/ Weiterbildung. Dieses Jahr lautet die Ãœberschrift "Employee Training Expenditures on the Rise". Der gesamte Report... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 8, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (40224) Lehrblog "Elektronisches Publizieren" Weblog zur Lehrveranstaltung "Kollaboratives und disloziertes Arbeiten", Fachbereich Visuelle Mediengestaltung/Digitale Kunst, Universität für angewandte Kunst, Wien. [via Schockwellenreiter] From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on December 8, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (40223) Lehrblog "Elektronisches Publizieren" Weblog zur Lehrveranstaltung "Kollaboratives und disloziertes Arbeiten", Fachbereich Visuelle Mediengestaltung/Digitale Kunst, Universität für angewandte Kunst, Wien. [via Schockwellenreiter] From BildungsBlog on December 8, 2003 at 12:51 p.m.. (40222) Vortrag: Wikis als Projektmanagement-Tool Am 1.12. habe ich bei der Local Group Dresden des Project Management Institute über Wikis als Projektmanagement-Tool vorgetragen. Die Folien des Vortrags gibt es hier zum Download (PDF; 2,5Mb). [Rainer Wasserfuhr, via Martin Röll] From BildungsBlog on December 8, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (40221) WSIS Discovers WWW And Wants InNEW YORK - In 1998, ... WSIS Discovers WWW And Wants InNEW YORK - In 1998, the International Telecommunication Union met in Minneapolis and decided there should be a World Summit on the Information Society under the administration of the United Nations. Just five years later, that summit is a reality, and the ...[Forbes] From Meta on December 8, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (40220) Forum: The Myth of Doomed Data Readers respond to ... Forum: The Myth of Doomed Data Readers respond to Simson Garfinkel's claim that the digital files we create today will be accessible for a long, long time."While I tend to agree with Simon's anecdotal evidence and hunches, [we] need to be able to back it up with real reliability figures. When it comes to committing valuable data, resources and money to an archival project people will need to see the figures." --Gavin Ward"One problem not mentioned is the increasing demand to created file formats with built-in encryption. In the next century, will From Meta on December 8, 2003 at 12:50 p.m.. (40219) Elsevier's Bolman on the effectiveness of self-archiving In his Chairman's Corner column in the fall issue of the Professional Scholarly Publishing Bulletin, Elsevier's Pieter Bolman supports Stevan Harnad's assessment of the current state of open access, even citing a recent Harnad posting to the AmSci forum. Quoting Bolman: [T]here appears to be some concern in the original OA camp that the launch of new OA journals, such as the PLoS title, while welcome, is diverting attention from the easiest, surest and quickets road to Open Access, namely author From FOS News on December 8, 2003 at 12:48 p.m.. (40218) PSP campaign to defend conventional publishing models Barbara Meredith, "PSP Outreach Campaign Enters New Phase", Professional Scholarly Publishing Bulletin, Fall 2003, pp. 1-2. On the AAP-PSP campaign "to reaffirm the value of traditional fee-subscription publishing in the face of an aggressive media blitz by some supporters of the recently announced [journal from the] Public Library of Science." (PS: The article summarizes the campaign strategy, which doesn't justify fees so much as enumerate the valuable services performed by journals. But both sides agree that jou From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on December 8, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (40216) A feasible solution to control the con-current us ... A feasible solution to control the con-current users in global.asa, using the Application Object to record all users accessing current system. However, if the system can't support global.asa, I have to bet on the patience of end users at present. From Meta on December 8, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (40215) der streik geht weiter!!! Resolution für einen aktiven Streik an der TU Darmstadt Wir, die Vollversammlung der Studierenden der TU Darmstadt, lehnt das Studienguthabengesetz (StuGuG) in seiner Gänze und Zielsetzung ab. Wir rufen alle Studierenden dazu auf, sich an der Großdemonstration am 10. Dezember in Darmstadt zu beteiligen und den europaweiten Aktionstag am 13. Dezember in Frankfurt zu unterstützen. Wir fordern auf, sich aktiv am Widerstand gegen die Verabschiedung des StuGuG von 16.-18.... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on December 8, 2003 at 11:49 a.m.. (40214) Learning Technology Call for Papers Quote: "Learning Technology Newsletter invites short articles, case studies, and project reports for special issue on "Learning Communities & Web Service Technologies". The special issue will be published in Volume 6, Issue 1 (January, 2004)." Comment: There's more in an e-mail I received, but I can't see the actual call on their web site. From Serious Instructional Technology on December 8, 2003 at 11:46 a.m.. (40213) Nader Testing Waters Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate who many Democrats accuse of handing the 2000 elections to Bush, is considering another run for president in 2004. From kuro5hin.org on December 8, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (40212) November's Top Affiliate Programs The top 10 affiliate programs of November 2003, as ranked by Refer-it. From CyberAtlas on December 8, 2003 at 11:45 a.m.. (40211) Tom und Sonja Hartmann weist auf die Zusammenstellung des Verfahrens in der FAZ ebenso hin wie auf die Ausführungen des Vorsitzenden Richters (vgl.... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (40210) Tarifrunde 2004: Online-Informationen Auf der Webseite des Tarifarchivs werden etliche Aspekte der Tarifrunde (Abschlüsse, Chronik, Tarifforderungen und Kündigungstermine) dokumentiert. Wer sich über die... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 10:49 a.m.. (40209) Australia's ARROW project On December 2, Australia's Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) published a report on the ARROW Project (Australian Research Repositories Online to the World). Excerpt: "The ARROW project (ARROW) will identify and test a software solution or solutions to support best-practice institutional digital repositories comprising e-prints, digital theses and electronic publishing....The National Library of Australia will develop a repository and associated metadata to support independent sch From Jon's Radio on December 8, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (40207) Giving back to open source Jonathan Bollers, vice president and chief engineer at Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), says that SAIC forks open source projects for in-house development "almost without exception." The problem is that although there is often a desire to give back, it's "a tedious process fraught with more heartache than benefits." The bureaucratic hurdles include security considerations, export controls, and a host of other issues that Bollers sums up as "releasability remediation." [Full story at --> From Jon's Radio on December 8, 2003 at 10:46 a.m.. (40206) Kampf gegen den Terror Nach den Anschlägen vom 11.09.2001 hatten die amerikanischen Justizbehörden ihr Vorgehen gegen den Terrorismus verschärft - mit großem Erfolg, wie... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 9:50 a.m.. (40205) Big barrier in front of Grassland!! I can't set gl ... Big barrier in front of Grassland!! I can't set glbal.asa on our current hosting server, since it's just a virtual space. Thus users can't share the same [Application] namespace. It will impact on the speed and efficiency dramatically. I have to rewrite some code from original design. I used to enjoy DOS's 640k memory to program years ago, however, the resource seems too tight in current situation. ;-) Anyway, I have to prepare for alternatives, now. From Meta on December 8, 2003 at 9:49 a.m.. (40204) More on the Cell Press boycott On November 15, Alexei Koudinov, editor of the open-access journal, Neurobiology of Lipids, wrote an Open Letter on a Call to Boycott Cell Press, expanding the grounds for the boycott from high prices to compromised academic integrity. From FOS News on December 8, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (40203) Order of Magnitude Quiz: Recycled Electronics According to Scott Kirsner's column in the Boston Globe today (the link breaks tomorrow): 1. What percentage of personal computers get recycled when we're done with them? 2. What percentage of cell phones are recycled? Scott writes that you can recycle your cell phone by dropping it off at Staples who will hand it off to a company that will resell it in a less affluent part of the world; Staples will also donate $2-$25 to the Sierra Club. Or, he says, you can go to CollectiveGood to find the name of a nonprofit that would like you to send... From Joho the Blog on December 8, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (40202) Cringely on Diebold Robert Cringely writes: Diebold makes a lot of ATM machines. They make machines that sell tickets for trains and subways. They make store checkout scanners, including self-service scanners. They make machines that allow access to buildings for people with magnetic cards. They make machines that use magnetic cards for payment in closed systems like university dining rooms. All of these are machines that involve data input that results in a transaction, just like a voting machine. But unlike a voting machine, every one of these other kinds of Diebold machines — EVERY ONE — creates a From Joho the Blog on December 8, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (40201) @ Überschuss von Weblogs Jörg Dünne nähert sich über eine instrumentelle Darstellung von Weblogs der Frage nach dem "Überschuss" jenseits der reine... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on December 8, 2003 at 9:47 a.m.. (40200) MIT President Vest to Step Down: A prominent national voice on issues of R&D and education says he Charles M. Vest, who as president of MIT has established himself as an influential voice on scientific research and higher education, has announced his intention to retire. He will end his tenure at the beginning of the 2004-2005 academic year or when From Techno-News Blog on December 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40199) Internet Devices, Apps Blaze Access Path - Robyn Greenspan, CyberAtlas Internet users are finding that they no longer have to stand still to log on through a variety of devices that allow access from anywhere. Research from In-Stat/MDR reveals that the market for Internet access devices (IADs) is expected to increase by From Techno-News Blog on December 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40198) Flash-drive makers forming group - Ed Frauenheim, CNET News.com Several companies are creating an industry group to promote a kind of portable data storage device that's small enough to fit on a keychain. Lexar Media, Samsung Semiconductor and others plan on Monday to launch the USB Flash Drive Alliance. So-cal From Techno-News Blog on December 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40197) Linux providers aim to lure schools with education discounts - Corey Murray, eSchool News Aiming to make further inroads into the education market, two leading providers of Linux-based software have announced major discount programs targeted at United States schools. The promotions mark an attempt to shift education customers from proprieta From Educational Technology on December 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40196) Exploring Electronic Theses and Dissertation Issues - Janice El-Bayoumi, Lisa Charlong, NAWEB 2003 An ETD is an electronic document explaining the research of a graduate student. Ideally these documents are submitted electronically, are searchable, and freely available over the Internet. In the fall of 2001, the University of New Brunswick and the From Online Learning Update on December 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40195) From Cognitive Landscapes to Digital Hyperscapes - José Bidarraand Ana Dias, IRRODL Abstract: The widespread diffusion of e-Learning in organizations has encouraged the discovery of more effective ways for conveying digital information to learners, for instance, via the commonly called Learning Management Systems (LMS). A problem that From Online Learning Update on December 8, 2003 at 8:45 a.m.. (40194) World Information Society: Care About Thinking? Here is a fresh, short, first-hand report from Geneva where Andrius Kulikauskas of mincius.sodas has just arrived to participate in the World Forum on Information Society taking place in this beautiful Swiss city. Andrius is an independent reporter, journalist, social activist and philosopher moving and connecting people and ideas through a series of ongoing "laboratories". His motto is: "Do you care about thinking?" Andrius leverages the Internet and the voices of the many individuals that are seeking new solutions to old problems, to have an opportunity to speak, engage and find like-minded From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40193) Online zum Studienplatz Die Zulassung zum Studium per Internet: Diesen bequemen Service bietet die Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg als eine von wenigen... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40192) Studie E-Government in D E-Government-Angebote deutscher Städte, Länder und Ministerien wurden in den zurückliegenden zwölf Monaten von 17 Prozent der Deutschen genutzt. Damit liegt... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40191) US-Verfassung Heute genau vor 116 Jahren war es der US-Bundesstaat Delaware, der zuerst die amerikanische Verfassung ratifizierte. Die Urkunde ist im... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40190) Bilanzkontrolle Wie die FAZ heute berichtet, plant die Bundesregierung nach eigenen Angaben, die Bilanzen der Unternehmen künftig von einem unabhängiger privaten... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40189) Bartleby - Great Books Online Bartleby - Great Books Onlinehttp://www.bartleby.com/The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers, and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40188) The Online Books Page The Online Books Pagehttp://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/index.htmlThe Online Books Page is a website that facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. Major parts of the site include:* An index of thousands of online books freely readable on the Internet* Pointers to significant directories and archives of online texts* Special exhibits of From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40187) The Oxford Text Archive The Oxford text Archivehttp://ota.ahds.ac.uk/The Oxford Text Archive hosts AHDS Literature, Languages and Linguistics. The OTA works closely with members of the Arts and Humanities academic community to collect, catalogue, and preserve high-quality electronic texts for research and teaching. The OTA currently distributes more than 2000 resources in over 20 different languages, and is actively working to extend its catalogue of holdings. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40186) The ETEXT Archives The ETEXT Archiveshttp://www.etext.org/Home to electronic texts of all kinds, from the sacred to the profane, from the political to the personal. Our mission is to provide electronic versions of texts without judging their content. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40185) EServer EServerhttp://www.eserver.org/The EServer is a unique website where 281 writers, artists, editors and scholars gather to publish and discuss their works (currently 31849 of them in all). The EServer (founded in 1990 as the English Server) attempts to provide an alternative niche for quality work. They offer 44 collections on such diverse topics as contemporary art, race, Internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia, accessible publishing and current political and social issues. In addition to written works, they From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 8, 2003 at 7:49 a.m.. (40184) More on individual articles archived by PMC As noted in a OA News item posted on November 12, 2003, PubMed Central now permits toll-access journals to archive individual Open Access Articles. So far, only one such article is in this particular archive. The article is "PUBLIC HEALTH: Grand Challenges in Global Health", by H. Varmus, R. Klausner, E. Zerhouni, T. Acharya, A. S. Daar, and P. A. Singer, Science, 2003(Oct 17) From Column Two on December 8, 2003 at 7:46 a.m.. (40182) Local high school students go to Spain - via Net - DIANE D The students were there. The connection was successful. The television screen came alive ... then went dead. "The one thing you have to know about technology is that you never know about technology," Oakcrest distance-learning coordinator Christian Mon From Educational Technology on December 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (40181) Switched on Kenya - Stephen Mbogo, Tech Central Station Tucked away within the mountainous savannah land inhabited by the Maasai community in Kenya is a square-shaped one-story building, among the many semi-urban structures dotting the Narok town, a semi-urban center signifying the result of Maasai's cultural From Online Learning Update on December 8, 2003 at 7:45 a.m.. (40180) No More Phone Bills: We Can Have OUR Telephone System Now! This is breakthrough information. Fasten your seat belt now. a) $3-5 a week b) no phone bill c) free 710Kbit dedicated Internet access d) free video conferencing e) free mobile phone calls f) free instant messengers g) free SMS, free MMS, h) more Too good to be true? Read on... "New developments in wireless technology have presented communities with an opportunity to banish the phone bill forever and replacing it with a flat rate fee of between £2 - £3 per week. The system uses the new wireless networking cards (802.16) and modifed routers from LocustWorld.com which puts deployment costs... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on December 8, 2003 at 6:50 a.m.. (40179) Sonderheft "CHIP" Im heutigen CHIP-Adventskalender steht das Sonderheft "Computer- und Verbraucherrecht" als PDF zum Download bereit (15 MB). Beeilen,- das Heft steht... From Handakte WebLAWg on December 8, 2003 at 6:49 a.m.. (40178) America's Most Literate Cities America's Most Literate Citieshttp://www.uww.edu/cities/This study, compiled in summer 2003, pieces together a literacy profile of America's 64 largest cities, drawing from U.S. Census data, newspaper circulation rates, library resources, publishers and other public documents. The study, authored by University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor and education Professor Jack Miller, draws on statistics from five categories and 13 different measures of literacy to provide a ranking for all cities with a populati From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 8, 2003 at 6:49 a.m.. (40177) Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet: This edition of Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. (December 8, 2003 V1N28) is dedicated to the radio interview by Marcus P. Zillman on: The Deep Web - Exploring the Secrets of the Hidden Internet - 23 Minute Radio Interview. Click on the below link to to listen to Marcus P. Zillman being interviewed on the Internet newest global radio service Planet Earth Radio:The Deep Web - Exploring the Secrets of the Hidden Internet - 23 Minute Radio Interview From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on December 8, 2003 at 6:49 a.m.. (40176) Anuncian Blogshares: el regreso. Awacate y Blockpocket: el amigo invisible II. Un niño de 9 años presenta su weblog: "Me llamo Laín y tengo 9 años. He hecho un weblog. Todo lo que me gusta está en la página. Puedes comentar... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 8, 2003 at 6:49 a.m.. (40175) A Promising Alliance University presses and scientists have a lot to offer each other, writes Peter J. Dougherty of Princeton University Press. From Chronicle: free on December 8, 2003 at 6:48 a.m.. (40174) Remembering A Giant Clark Kerr, who as president of the University of California helped create the model of the modern American higher-education system, has died at age 92. From Chronicle: free on December 8, 2003 at 6:48 a.m.. (40173) "Online Firsts" in the BMJ Two short excerpts from an editorial by Jane Smith (deputy editor of BMJ), Online Firsts, BMJ 2003(6 Dec); 327(7427): 1302: "The BMJ is about to start posting its original research articles on bmj.com before they appear in the print BMJ", and, "Our plan is to post research articles as soon as they are edited". [The BMJ considered posting unedited manuscripts immediately after acceptance, but decided not to, for two reasons: unpopularity with about 50% of authors surveyed, and concerns about a possible need to post correcte From FOS News on December 8, 2003 at 6:47 a.m.. (40172) Keep It Down! Euro Noise Assault A new European program is mounting a fight against noise pollution. The first step is to map noise levels in cities in 25 nations, followed by plans to dampen the din and quiet public grumbling about the non-stop rumble. From Wired News on December 8, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (40171) Get It in Writing: Travel Info Thousands of travelers still buy printed guides listing every flight to and from each city. Far from being driven out of business by the Internet, airline and auto guides are still popular with frequent travelers who want an edge. From Wired News on December 8, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (40170) Will Global Warming Cool Europe? As the melting Arctic ice cap chills the warm ocean current responsible for Western Europe's mild weather, temperatures could take a sharp dip -- after the continent adapts to being almost tropical. From Wired News on December 8, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (40169) Go Tell It on the Mountain During this week's U.N. tech summit, 500-foot-tall messages submitted over the Web from anyone with something to say will be projected by lasers at four global landmarks, including New York's U.N. building. By Kari L. Dean. From Wired News on December 8, 2003 at 6:46 a.m.. (40168) Thoughts at the End of the Road The geek-seeking journey down Route 1 ends at the 'southernmost point in the United States.' Now it's time to reflect on what it all meant. Michelle Delio reports from Key West, Florida. From Wired News on December 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (40167) Holiday Ad Dollars Head Online It's not just retailers who are raking in cash from holiday spenders. News sites are also profiting nicely as advertisers spend more of their promotional budgets online. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on December 8, 2003 at 6:45 a.m.. (40166) The Future of the Profession Formerly Known as Training Leider ist der Titel provokativer als der Inhalt des Artikels, in dem sich verschiedene, amerikanische Experten zur Gegenwart und Zukunft der Weiterbildung äußern. Auf die Frage des ASTD "Which name or label would you prefer our profession to be called?"... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 8, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (40165) Phantom authority, selfHYPHENselective recruitment and retention of members in virtual communities: The case of Wikipedia Wikipedia entstand im Januar 2001 mit dem Ziel, eine offene, jedem zugänglich Online-Enzyklopädie zu entwickeln. Das Projekt wurde ein voller Erfolg: Nach sechs Monaten waren bereits 6.000 Artikel geschrieben. Heute (6. Dezember 2003) enthält die englische Version 179.152 Artikel.... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on December 8, 2003 at 5:50 a.m.. (40164) Linux providers aim to lure schools with education discounts From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40163) CU-Dillard Collaborative Curriculum Partnership From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40162) School Away From School From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40161) PC [Porterville College] offers first-of-its-kind nursing program From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40160) Online courses can help save time From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40159) ITU [nternational Telecommunication Union] World Telecommunication Development Report 2003 Measures Access to the Information Society From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40158) Diploma mills cast a shadow over valid distance learning From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40157) Getting a return on investment in training From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40156) Athabasca University president shares honour From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40155) Conceptual Integration in Online Interdisciplinary Study: Current Perspective, Theories, and Implications for Future Research From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on December 8, 2003 at 4:48 a.m.. (40154) Bullying in the Spotlight: A new Whole School Approach is launched based on the Olweus Program. The Scottish based Rowantree Group's PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) Teaching resources go international with the launch of their Anti-Bullying resource based on the Olweus Program. The Olweus Program was developed by Dan Olweus, Ph.D., who has been named "the world's leading authority" on bullying problems by The Times newspaper of London. [PRWEB Dec 8, 2003] From PR Web on December 8, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (40153) No-tech Gift Provides 'Cheap' Comfort for the REST of Your Life No gift gadget can possibly resolve the underlying causes of your discomfort or pain. At a price cheaper than an MRI or a snazzy, black leather massage chair, the Alexander Technique and the Feldenkrais Method can provide comfort and relief for the rest of your life. [PRWEB Dec 8, 2003] From PR Web on December 8, 2003 at 4:45 a.m.. (40152) What's special about the web (SOURCE:what is special about the Web (Surftrail))- That's it in a nutshell.  Applies to blog and every other part of the web. QUOTEAnyone can become a publisher. It's global. It has links. You can search it. It's live. It's an archive. It's editable. It can be dialogic, using commenting systems. It allows for networked writing. It's multimedia. It's cybertext. It's a technology ho From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 8, 2003 at 3:50 a.m.. (40151) Dinner Party Politics and Howard Dean Chris Nolan: It's The Same Song. Why can't Big Media write about Howard Dean's campaign without sounding like a bunch... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 8, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (40150) Sun Supports OpenOffice, Sort Of NewsForge: Sun announces full service support for OpenOffice. Sun Microsystems took a couple of big steps forward to benefit the... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on December 8, 2003 at 3:46 a.m.. (40149) SocialText gets 4 stars from PC Magazine (SOURCE:Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Editor's Choice)- Sounds like SocialText got the balance right between simplicity,  and features by adding the bare minimum of stuff to make blogs and wikis usable in corporate environments without sacrificing their low tech ease of use.  Hope to be able to try this out someday.  Congrats QUOTE Socialtext Workspace wasn't released until near the end of our evaluation period, but it already had over 100 beta users. As the From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on December 8, 2003 at 2:48 a.m.. (40148) speaking of new speak, a report from the Archives As everyone should know, one of the coolest things on the net is Brewster Kahle's Internet Archive, and in particular, his Way Back Machine. The Archive has been collecting copies of the Internet since 1996 (except for those parts excluded either expressly or through a robots.txt file). Using the Way Back Machine, you can see how a web page has changed over time. As many have noted, the Way Back Machine helps correct one particularly Orwellian feature (bug) of the net -- that it has n From Meta on December 8, 2003 at 12:49 a.m.. (40146) Semester ends And so another semester comes to a close at ECU. This was a good semester for writing, as I had a fairly light teaching schedule. I was able to get a couple of manuscripts out the door, and have a... From IDT Matrix on December 8, 2003 at 12:48 a.m.. (40145) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]