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The Secret World of Lonelygirl
How a 19-year-old actress and a few struggling web filmmakers took on TV. A Wired magazine exclusive by Joshua Davis. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 10:45 p.m..
Wesabe Spices Up Your Checkbook
A new web service helps keep your personal finances in order with tags, smart data filtering and user-submitted tips. And when the banking chores get too intense, there's always the kitten slideshow. In Monkey Bites. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..
NSA Case Becomes Lawyer Junket
Attorneys for telecommunications companies from around the nation converge to answer 48 separate lawsuits charging collusion with illegal government surveillance. Ryan Singel reports from San Francisco. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 9:45 p.m..
NetWorkWorld Reports on Blackboard Patent
NetWorkWorld provides a useful update on the latest events surrounding the Blackboard patent, including Desire2Learn's counterclaim and the EDUCAUSE statement of opposition to Blackboard. ____JH _____ " A firestorm of controversy is spreading in the education community over attempts by key software vendor Blackboard to enforce its patent claims. It’s a case in which the level of vitriol and vilification is making the long-running and now-settled patent battle between Research in Motion and NTP look like high tea at the Ritz. There are claims, cou From
EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on November 17, 2006 at 8:48 p.m..
Universal Sues MySpace
The world's largest music company filed suit against MySpace today after negotiations between the two companies broke down late yesterday. In Listening Post. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 8:46 p.m..
education.au - Communique
I don't mean to be a naysayer, and I'm sure the authors of this communique meant well, but this document, a follow-up to the Global Summit hosted by education.au in October, is, at best, opaque, and at worst, incoherent. Many statements don't make sense, others are flatly false. The conclusion is typical of the whole document. "Teachers have never been more essential than in the current age." This is not demonstrably true. "However, the focus needs to shift dramatically from imparting content knowledge to empowering students with the fundamental key processes to enable them to c From
OLDaily on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Various authors - Research Quality Framework: Assessing the Quality and Impact of Research in Australia - DEST
I wonder how well my own research would fare in a 'research quality assessment'. According to
this document, the metrics are "ranked outputs" that "could be derived for refereed journals, professional journals, book publishers, conferences, or performance venues," "citation data" and "grant income". Not good, then, except (maybe) for the citations. Any hope for web data? Nope, it is explicitly rules out, as a From
OLDaily on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Poonam Khanna - Canadian Book Publishers Adopt System to Manage Digital Files - IT Business
Some institutions are outsourcing publications management. This is interesting (especially in light of yesterday's rant about libraries) because it's a function the university library ought to be doing, or the university publisher ought to be doing, but is instead being outsourced to a third party. It's all PDF, which means DRM is involved in there somewhere, too, instead of simply enabling open access. As though people are breaking down walls trying to get at UBC publications. Thanks to
IRAP's William Langley for the link. [
OLDaily on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Derek Wenmoth - The End of Education - Derek's Blog
This is right: "The real changes that the computer is bringing about - changes in the way we see reality - remain invisible." And it reminds me of
this (and I think it's a crime we can't get full-text James Baldwin online): "The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not. To ask questions of the universe, a From
OLDaily on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Michael Arrington - Huh? YouTube Sends TechCrunch a Cease and Desist - Techcrunch
Hm. YouTube has sent TechCrunch a cease-and-desist letter because TechCrunch was distributing a way for people to save YouTube videos. According to YouTube's lawyer, "YouTube is a streaming-only service. We do not permit users to download the videos we host on our site." Well, this is totally not clear when you upload. And it really erodes the value of the site. Is this because of Google, I wonder? Ever since their IPO, they've been a different (read: evil) company. Via
EDUCAUSE. [
OLDaily on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Pete Johnston - The Social In Social Tagging - eFoundations
Interesting reflections. "DC metadata creation has typically not been a "social" process, and the "descriptions" created are not "social" constructs, or at least not in the way that those generated by tagging within a system like del.icio.us are. And we (the DCMI community) can probably learn from examining those explicitly social aspects of those processes and systems." Via
Scott's Workblog (which isn't really
all work). [< From
OLDaily on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Alan Levine - [NMC Regional] The Br[yI]an Double Header - Cogdogblog
Brian Lamb at NMC Coverage of the NMC conference complete with a link to a 105 slide deck on storytelling (and a lot more) from Bryan Alexander and some video mashups from Brian Lamb. By the time you read this, one of them or the other will have audio on their website. As I read through this and looked at the photos of Brian Lamb, with the computers and the headphones and the tech, I realized, we are living the science fiction I read about when I read it as a kid. My reading of science fiction (a From
OLDaily on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 p.m..
Second Life: Next RIAA Target?
Nobody's paying for the music that gets streamed inside of the game Second Life, leading to speculation about possible RIAA involvement in this increasingly-less-virtual world. In Listening Post. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 5:46 p.m..
Mind-Machine Interface by 2011
Hitachi's nifty neuro-imaging interface could be commercialized within five years. Time to put the ghost back in the machine? In Gear Factor. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 4:46 p.m..
Win Official Gears of War Gear
Got a special way with words? Know how to handle a chainsaw? Combine your unearthly special talents and bag some Xbox 360 swag. In Game|Life. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Yahoo Picks Bix
The internet giant purchases Bix.com, a site where users compete for prizes in karaoke, lip-sync and stand-up comedy battles. Yahoo's social media stable already includes Flickr, del.icio.us and Upcoming.org. In Monkey Bites. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 3:46 p.m..
Buzz about BuzzFeed
BuzzFeed figures out, through a combination of trend analysis and sweaty editors, what the buzz is on the Net. It says it "distinguishes what is actually interesting from what is merely hyped." And you know it must work because the #1 topic there right now is "nip slips" of the rich and famous. Kottke's got more on it... [Tags: buzzfeed everything_is_miscellaneous news]... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2006 at 2:49 p.m..
ChoicePoint Tries Comeback Tour
The giant data broker that became a poster child for data breaches attempts to burnish its image with claims of new privacy practices. Has the background-check service earned forgiveness? In 27B Stroke 6. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 2:46 p.m..
Stunning Jacket Zaps Aggressors
Forcing others to keep their distance has never been easier, thanks to the pricey No Contact jacket. Flick a switch concealed in one sleeve and it shivers with a pulse of 80,000 volts. In Gear Factor. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..
PlayStation 3 Has Landed
Sony launches its high-powered new game console in North America, but offers little hope that supply will catch up to demand any time soon. By Chris Kohler. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 1:45 p.m..
Only SUVs Can Go to China
If Nixon could wow 'em in the land of Mao, it only figures that the epitome of western extravagance can be a hit in China. In Autopia. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 11:46 a.m..
Trackbacks++ ?
Technorati has introduced a promising new feature. Click on the "Blog reactions" link at the bottom of a post and you'll be taken to a list of other blogs that have linked to that post. This is functionally like trackbacks but instead of including only blogs that actively notify other blogs when they link, it takes advantage of the fact that Technorati is indexing so much of the blogosphere. If it sees a link to one of your posts, it adds it to the list of blog reactions. I am on Technorati's advisory board (disclosure) and will be advising them... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..
Open access anthropology
In advance of the American Anthropological Association annual meeting, a group has put together a call stop charging for access to anthropological research. From the group's wiki: Scholarly societies are in crisis, and the AAA is among them. Dwindling revenues from sales of AAA Journals are among the causes, and if we don't staunch the bleeding now, we are warned, there will be nothing left to give. How has the AAA gotten to a point where its solvency seems to be based solely on the sales of our scholarly work? Work that has already been paid for by public and... From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..
Activist BarCamp limits attendance - What a scandal!
Zack Exley explains why RootsCampDC is now only accepting people—anyone—who worked on the elections this cycle. Space is limited and it was filling up with executive director types, whereas RootsCampDC is supposed to be a place where the volunteers and precinct organizers would analyze the elections together with directors, candidates and consultants as peers. We also wanted to bring in people who worked on the elections in new ways: bloggers, guerilla ad makers, programmers and others. I'm with Zack on this. Applying any explicit admission criteria goes against the BarCamp ph From
Joho the Blog on November 17, 2006 at 10:46 a.m..
Polite Hackers Kick It in Korea
Security researchers at South Korea's first international hacker conference rip holes in Linux and VOIP. But where are the drinking games? Quinn Norton reports from Seoul. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
Need to get your songs off of your iPod? ITunes is no help, but several third-party software options can help you reclaim full control of your digital music library. We've reviewed the best. By Scott Gilbertson. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Think Before Pinging Your Ex
The internet makes it too easy for old flames to pop back into your life just long enough to throw you off stride. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Did Florida Foul Another Ballot?
Touch-screen voting machines in the Sunshine State insist 18,000 voters had no preference in a congressional race won by fewer than 400 votes. A recount is under way, but that just means printing a hard copy of the contested ballots. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 6:45 a.m..
Beam Up Some Love, Sci-Fi Fans
Permission to come aboard, captain? Online dating site Trek Passions hooks up science-fiction aficionados. In Table of Malcontents. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 2:46 a.m..
Score a PlayStation 3 or Wii
Need to get a next-gen gaming system in your hot little hands? Here's how to snag one of the consoles before Santa makes his rounds. In Game|Life. From
Wired News on November 17, 2006 at 2:46 a.m..
Gift for Emory University
Emory University is receiving $262 million from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, one of the largest financial gifts in the history of higher education, university officials said. From
New York Times: Education on November 17, 2006 at 2:45 a.m..