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Monday, January 03, 2005
Unlike the previous two years, I will not lay out a plan for the New Year, nor will I re-visit my old resolutions. From RHPT.com on January 3, 2005 at 9:58 p.m..

HICSS-38: Persistent conversations workshop
Persistent conversations workshop was a nice way to start the conference: some familiar faces, lots of people I wanted to meet and interesting conversations. The workshop was framed around Slashdot as an example of the system supporting persistent conversations. I'm glad that I had an opportunity to present as well - it was a chance to talk not about finished wor From Mathemagenic on January 3, 2005 at 9:52 p.m..

Wiki wiki bus and conference blogging
There are things that can make you smile after 2 flights, 18 hours in planes, jetlag and all other things that I'd call downside of travel. This time it was a sign at Honolulu airport with directions to "Wiki wiki shuttle bus" (is case you didn't know - wiki wiki is Hawaiian term for "quick" or "super-fast" :) Anyway, I'm at HICSS, it's still 3 January despite of the fact that Radio on my server will put it From Mathemagenic on January 3, 2005 at 8:51 p.m..

Classroom Re-design: Desks out, Podiums in
Little things make a big difference: "She disapproved of the stooped stance at the teacher's desk, and the way that trailing wires seemed to snake in all directions. She didn't like the way a teachers' desk occupied valuable space at the front of the room, or the fact that the laptop screen was itself a distraction when the teacher wanted pupils' eyes to be fixed on the whiteboard. She went looking for an alternative - and eventually found one... Her laptop sits on the angled lectern at From elearningpost on January 3, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

Thesauri links
Here's a nice collection of links on thesauri, taxonomies, ontologies and facets. From elearningpost on January 3, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

The Shockwaves of Sumatra
The Indian Ocean earthquake of December 2004 produced a shockwave that created tsunamis all across the Indian Ocean. The tsunamis hammered nearby Indonesia and struck as far as the coast of East Africa. The death toll has climbed over 100,000 and continues to grow. It also created social shockwaves. From kuro5hin.org on January 3, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Record to your iPod 4 Free: Podzilla Hack
Well I know many of you out there were good boys and girls last year, and may have received an iPod for Xmas. However, if you want to go beyond just listening to music and are thinking about recording... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on January 3, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

World's Youngest Video Blogger
I've been looking for starting points to introduce my upcoming ECMP 455 (ICT in the Classroom) class to the world of blogging, and the potential implications for learning ... and I think I just found a glimpse into the... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on January 3, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Video organizes paper documents
Jiwon Kim, Steven M. Seitz (University of Washington) and Maneesh Agrawala (Microsoft Research) are working on the Video-Based Document Tracking project to integrate the paper world with the world of electronic data. From unmediated on January 3, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism
Another must-add for your favorite RSS reader. Dan has set up his new blog: Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism. According to his latest post: For the immediate future I plan to use this blog to ponder the present and future of grassroots journalism; to begin to figure out what we might do together in this new world; and, in general, to have the kind of conversation that this huge topic requires. Although he’s not saying what his new business is, he does say he has “support fr From unmediated on January 3, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

UWB at CES
The 2005 Consumer Electronics Show show (FAQ), January 6-9, 2005, will be chockablock with WiFi, Wireless and unmediated on January 3, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

TiVoToGo Launches
Remember when I said TiVoToGo was launching soon? I was mostly right&ampmdash;it launched today. If you have a Series2 TiVo you can go to the website and download the software today to copy shows to your laptop, although the DVD burning software that will facilitate permanent archiving From unmediated on January 3, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Top Ten Indie Games of 2004
While the independent games scene isn’t quite as spectacular as independent film, it does share one important characteristic. Original ideas. Rather than cookie cutter games (and at the risk of being boiled alive, Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 are merely refinements to an already saturated genre), indie games seem to show actual creativity. There is nothing WRONG with refining From unmediated on January 3, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Goodbye From Dan
Dan Gillmor said goodbye to readers of his column for the San Jose Mercury News on Sunday. He started his Silicon Valley technology column a decade ago, and reflects on what he's seen over those years. As noted on this blog, Gillmor is now working on a project to "help bring online grass-roots journalism to more people and communities."One of the first bloggers to emerge from within major ne From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 3, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Best of Blogs in Education
Wasn't sure whether or not to mention this, but what the heck: Pedablogue is a finalist in the Best of Blogs Awards, in the "Education Blog" category. Voting has begun and continues until January 17th. Anyone can vote. Not sure what this really means, but I noticed I'm near the... From PEDABLOGUE on January 3, 2005 at 6:51 p.m..

Folksonomies - cooperative classification and communication through shared metadata
Adam Mathes has written an article on folksonomies. To quote: This paper examines user-generated metadata as implemented and applied in two web services designed to share and organize digital media to better understand grassroots classification. Metadata - data about data... From Column Two on January 3, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

Crafting a user experience curriculum
Jason Withrow has written an article on creating a user experience curriculum. To quote: It isn't often that one has the opportunity to create a course about user experience, let alone an entire sequence of user experience courses. My opportunity... From Column Two on January 3, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

In virtual school, teacher is just an e-mail away
Pedagogues should look further before they recoil from education via computer. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 3, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Paying for college just got harder
The government is tightening one of the few grant programs available to low-income students. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 3, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

No hostility, just hospitality
Students trekking across Europe find that many Europeans actually From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 3, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

The Long Tail: Why Long Tail content is different
Television is the way it is simply because people tend to be extremely similar in their vulgar and prurient and dumb interests and wildly different in their refined and aesthetic and noble interests. From unmediated on January 3, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

This bothers me. Can someone clarify what happened?
From Marc's Voice: Last night at the Geek dinner - people scoffed at me - when I mentioned VloggerCon 2005. Fucking cynics. I can't believe that from the crowd that was attending, that people would scoff at a videoblogger conference. Hello? Did people suddenly get jobs at AOL Time Warner? From unmediated on January 3, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

A More Graphic World View
In this Associated Press story, it's noted how American newspapers are showing more graphic photos from the Asian tsunami disaster -- often including images that show faces of dead children.The story quotes Geneva Overholser, a journalism professor at the University of Missouri and former newspaper editor, as saying that the old rules of not showing recognizable bodies perhaps shouldn't apply any more. "My own instinct is almost overwhelmingly that we in the news media ough From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 3, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

Suprnova and BitTorrent Sequels are the MPAA's worst nightmare
I don't "illegally" download anything anymore but the RIAA and MPAA would make more money for their members if they chose to do the right thing and work with downloaders rather than suing them. From Mark Pesce's Out of Control: The Sequel - Susan Mernit's Blog.: QUOTEPointing up the single greatest weakness of BitTorrent take down the tracker and the torrent dies - has only served to energize, inspire and mobilize the resources of an entire global ecolog From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 3, 2005 at 5:52 p.m..

5 School Re-Entry Tips
Combat back to school anxiety and get off on the right foot with this advice for adult students.... From Adult/Continuing Education on January 3, 2005 at 5:50 p.m..

Freas frame
Kelly Freas, who I knew as the artist responsible for some of MAD's best early covers, died in his sleep at age 82. Among his accomplishments, according to the AP: For many years, was the main cover artist for MAD Designed the official NASA patch for Skylab I In WWII, he was stationed in the Pacific and in his spare time drew pictures of beautiful women on the noses of bombers. (So he was the guy!) "Received 11 Hugo awards for his achievements in science fiction, five of them awarded in consecutive years" And here I thought he was just... From Joho the Blog on January 3, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Journal of Computer Mediated Communication
The JCMC has has a new look, a new editor, and has moved to a new address - http://jcmc.indiana.edu/. No RSS feed yet, though. By Various Authors, January 1, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on January 3, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata
This is a good article defining and describing classification systems created through a non-regulated process of keyword or metadata attribution - folksonomies. The idea, dervived in this case from Flickr, is that people write whatever they think is appropriate to describe an image, and categories emerge as natural clusters based on these descriptions. Such a system leads to ambiguities. But the advantages, well described in this article, in my mind outweight the disadvantages. Via elearningpost. By Adam Mathes, Computer Mediated Communication, December, 2004 [OLDaily on January 3, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Bringing the Press Into the Story
Convergence. Dave Winer writes: "I can't trust you until I know where you're coming from. So a blogger always discloses his opinion on something he's reporting on, so we can triangulate, get a variety of points of view to determine what's really going on." Why is this the case? I wrote to ITForum today: "once a certain level of complexity is reach[ed], the having of a property or quality ceases to be a constituitive function and begins to be a contextual function... By 'contextual&ap From OLDaily on January 3, 2005 at 5:45 p.m..

Neuroplasticity, the Dalai Lama, and You
Fascinating story in today's Washington Post (registration may be required) about "neuroplasticity," the brain's capacity to be rewired by mental regimens of one sort or another. The Post story concerns Buddhist monks steeped in years of meditation whose brains produce dramatically more intense and focused gamma waves than usual, ... From Gardner Writes on January 3, 2005 at 5:00 p.m..

K5 Article on Wikipedia Anti-elitism (Clay Shirky)
Slashdot has a roundup of criticism of the Wikipedia, including a pointer to a Kuro5hin article by Larry Sanger, a co-founder of the Wikipedia, making three strong criticisms of the Wikpedia as it stands. The first criticism is that the... From Corante: Social Software on January 3, 2005 at 4:49 p.m..

Call for Papers: De zeventiende eeuw in digitale sferen
http://www.let.uu.nl/nederlands/nlren/werkgroep17/congres.html De Werkgroep Zeventiende Eeuw houdt op 26 augustus 2005 haar jaarlijkse congres. Het thema is dit jaar ‘De zeventiende eeuw in digitale sferen’. Hier is de call for papers. Mogelijke onderwerpen voor lezingen of posterpresentaties: * aspecten van zeventiende-eeuws erfgoed die via digitalisering beter belicht kunnen worden dan tot nu toe * vormen van schaalvergroting en samenwerking * technische randvoorwaarden voor bijvoorbeeld codering, opslag, bevraging, presentatie * digitalisering ten behoeve van een breder publiek * nie From CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on January 3, 2005 at 4:00 p.m..

Where are the details on Office 2004 updates?
I like the fact that Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac has an auto-updater that notifies me when new updates are available. And, being the cautious type that I am, I always click on the "tell me more" button to get some information about what's included in an update. What do I get? This update to Microsoft AutoUpdate in Microsoft Office 2004 is part of Microsoft's continued effort to provide the latest From Oren Sreebny's Weblog on January 3, 2005 at 3:01 p.m..

2004 Wrap-up: The Most Popular CONTENTIOUS Articles
Now that we're into the year 2005, I thought it might be interesting context to look back at which CONTENTIOUS articles were most popular in 2004. I find this annual exercise especially instructive. The most powerful lessons here for for bloggers and other online publishers: Never underestimate the value of your archives. Fresh daily publishing is definitely NOT everything in this medium. According to my site statistics, the top 25 most-requested articles from Jan. 1--Dec. 31, 2004 were... From Contentious Weblog on January 3, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..

Norway's Bigger Websites
Norwegian news websites like dagbladet.no, vg.no, aftenposten.no, and nrk.no are stretching out. Broadening. Widening. They're simply taking more space on the screen, and why not, since more and more people have screens 1024 pixels wide. See how this affects a typical article here.Why is this interesting? Because better equipment (broadband and wider screens) makes it easier From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 3, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Is It Still 2004 on Your Website?
On the first publishing days of the year, I always write this same item (because inevitably, Web publishers forget this detail). Look at the boilerplate copyright notice at the bottom of your site's pages. Does it still say "Copyright 2004"? Time to change it.A quick surfing session of news sites reveals that a good number of them still are stuck in the old year. But things appear to be getting better; this year, I'm spotting a larger percentage of news sites (especially the larger ones) that already have dealt with this detail than in years past. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 3, 2005 at 1:55 p.m..

Most obnoxious quotes
Right Wing News lists the 40 most obnoxious quotes of the year. Most but not all are from the left. And some are truly obnoxious. If we did a left-centric one, we could fill it up just with Zell Miller-isms...... From Joho the Blog on January 3, 2005 at 1:49 p.m..

Long Way to Go
Latest Pew Internet and American Life Project survey results: 38% of people know what a blog is 27% of people read blogs 12% have posted to blogs 7% of people own blogs 5% of people use RSS Amazing. Much blogvangelism to do. From weblogged News on January 3, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..

FoxSports.com Made Its Move in 2004
When I checked the top sports websites according to Alexa at the end of 2003, the top five were ESPN.com, Yahoo.com (my current sports starting point), NBA.com, CBS SportsLine, and NFL.com -- not to ignore international sports sites like CricInfo.com at No. 8 and LiveScor From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 3, 2005 at 12:54 p.m..

A Really Simple Chat, v3.0b: Back Channels 'R' It (Clay Shirky)
I’ve admired Manuel Kiessling’s marvelous “>A Really Simple Chat (ARSC) program since I saw Greg Elin using it as conference support back in 2002. Greg and I played around with it some more that fall for a small social software... From Corante: Social Software on January 3, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..

peterme.com: Mob indexing? Folk categorization? Social tagging?
Lots of discussions are going on that are quite helpful for conceiving the lauch of our tag-based knowledge-sharing platform - public beta is yet to come. There are however issues and procedures to consider when releasing metaphors in corporate contexts. Organizations and their shareholder don't like the mob under their roof yet.peterme.com: Mob indexing? Folk categorization? Social tagging?: "Mob indexing? Folk categorizatio From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 3, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Taxonomy, folksonomy, tagsonomy
Peterme points to a terrific essay by Adam Mathes titled "Folksonomies - Cooperative Classification and Communication Through Shared Metadata" and sparks a discussion of whether "folksonomy" is a good or right term for the sort of thing that del.icio.us does. I happen to think it's a keeper, but I also like Kirk Scott's "tagsonomy."... From Joho the Blog on January 3, 2005 at 10:49 a.m..

Unsung heroes of open source
When my e-mails to vendors went unanswered, I turned to open source. A Google query for "sourceforge vx4400" yielded this first result: "Welcome to BitPim." On the BitPim project site, I found not only sync software for Windows, Linux, and OS X, but also a wealth of useful documentation, including a beautifully written online help system. Thanks to these docs, I avoided buying the straight-through USB cable that would evidently have caused problems w From Jon's Radio on January 3, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..

Blog Readership Surged 58 Percent in 2004
Pew study also profiles bloggers, and says RSS aggregation is a wave of the future for online information consumption. From ClickZ Stats on January 3, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Portugal: visitas sugeridas
Con motivo del cuarto aniversario del blog Ponto Media, les propongo una selección muy personal de blogues portugueses que vale la pena visitar: Abrupto Almocreve das Petas Atrium Barnabé Blasfémias Blogue de Esquerda Blogue dos Marretas Bloguitica Bomba inteligente Causa... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 3, 2005 at 9:53 a.m..

New Pew Report on Blogging Released (Liz Lawley)
The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a new report on blogging (PDF) yesterday, with some remarkable numbers: By the end of 2004 blogs had established themselves as a key part of online culture. Two surveys by the Pew... From Corante: Social Software on January 3, 2005 at 9:50 a.m..

Kids Blogging
Three short little kid blogging tales to start off the New Year right: 1. ABC News named bloggers the "People of the Year," and in the story, it mentions the "world's youngest videoblogger", 11-year old Dylan Verdi. I don't know if you've seen Dylan's video, but it's a light-hearted, random look at her life, and, as can happen these days on the Internet, the blogosphere spread it like wildfire landing her on t From weblogged News on January 3, 2005 at 9:47 a.m..

Tools for Online Tracking
In order to determine which advertising and marketing efforts are effective you must have ways to measure the results of those efforts. Alerts and instant notifications can be instrumental in monitoring search engine position, trademarked terms, monitoring competitors and staying abreast of online occurrences. And, of course, the notification can be used for "ego searches". From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on January 3, 2005 at 8:54 a.m..

Why Understanding Web Logs Matters
General web statistics give pertinent information about website visitors. Webmasters analyzing these statistics have a better understanding of who their website visitors are and how they perceive the website. A lot can be learned by evaluating navigation patterns, most-viewed pages and exit pages. Deciphering web logs could easily become a full-time job. The information that can be gleaned from close log scrutiny is extremely valuable. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on January 3, 2005 at 8:54 a.m..

The year in technology: The good, the bad -- and iPods for everyone - Bob Sullivan, MSNBC
Technology proved a mixed blessing in 2004, taking three steps forward and two steps back --maybe even two and a half steps back. Biometrics were supposed to make our borders safer; but chip-enabled visas and the US-VISIT fingerprinting program raise From Techno-News Blog on January 3, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Internet Use Said to Cut Into TV Viewing and Socializing - JOHN MARKOFF, New York Times
The average Internet user in the United States spends three hours a day online, with much of that time devoted to work and more than half of it to communications, according to a survey conducted by a group of political scientists. The survey found tha From Techno-News Blog on January 3, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Bogged Down in Blogs - Mike Drach, digital journal
In December 1997, Jorn Barger started up a website called oeRobot Wisdom. There wasn From Techno-News Blog on January 3, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Online Tests Allow Spoken Responses
Questionmark announces the integration of Questionmark,, From Techno-News Blog on January 3, 2005 at 7:50 a.m..

Special aspects of moderating virtual classroom-scenarios - Heike Hufnagel & Mareike Geisen, Eurodl
A 3-dimensional virtual classroom that supports synchronous collaborative learning and working is presented. In this environment participants are represented by avatars. They can communicate by audio- or text-chat. In addition, a specific nonverbal re From Online Learning Update on January 3, 2005 at 7:50 a.m..

Problem Based Management Learning-Better Online? - Petra Luck and Bill Norton, EURODL
This paper explores and compares mature students' perspectives and experiences of face-to-face and online collaborative learning using a Problem Based Learning approach in an undergraduate Management Education module for Early Years Education and Care From Online Learning Update on January 3, 2005 at 7:50 a.m..

Prophet Or Dreamer?
Despite two decades of striving for peaceful coexistence in a national homeland for two peoples, Rabbi Judah Leib Magnes (in black hat), president of Hebrew U., found few Palestinian Arabs willing to talk with him. (Photograph courtesy of Hebrew U. of Jerusalem)DECEMBER SURPRISEAs many as 90,000 students could be disqualified from receiving Pell Grants and other government aid under a change that the Bush administration made in the formula for calculating need.Discussion Forums From Chronicle: free on January 3, 2005 at 6:50 a.m..

TiVo Untethered and Ready to Go
A new portable service will allow people to transfer shows recorded by TiVo to PCs or laptops and take them on the road. But don't try sending programs over the web. From Wired News on January 3, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Commonor's Remote Control Castle
The automated life used to be the exclusive realm of the rich. Now home automation is coming to a subdivision near you. By Tom Vanderbilt from Wired magazine. From Wired News on January 3, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Spanning the Globe
Check out those electromagnetic dampers! A user's guide to the five coolest bridges on earth. By David Goldenberg from Wired magazine. From Wired News on January 3, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Stalking the Wild Wi-Fi Network
Several devices on the market will help you find a Wi-Fi network, but the same price doesn't mean the same performance. Product review by Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on January 3, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Posting Straight Facts on Cancer
Parents who lost a son to cancer have built a website using their own funds to help other patients make sense of complicated treatment information. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on January 3, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Mosaico
Balances: Mariano Amartino pasa revista a lo que pasó en 2004 en DÜ ¿Year-Log? y Jaume Pla revisa el año en laMalla.net. Chicles: Aunque parezca una inocentada, lo cierto es que Google también viene para mascar: Los chicles de Google.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 3, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..

One Boy's Journey Out of Autism's Grasp
An 8-year-old boy's continuing journey to break free of the grip of autism reflects a struggle that more than 150,000 American children have faced in the past decade. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

College Prep Help That Goes With You
If you are looking for a way to encourage a teenager to prepare for the SAT or the ACT, Kaplan has one answer: software that runs on hand-held computers and cellphones. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

College Recruiters Lure Students With New Online Tools
Frustrated by the failure of e-mail solicitations, admission directors are looking for new ways to incorporate the Internet into their marketing plans. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

State-Backed Candidate Ends Bid for Ramapo College Post
State Senator Joseph Doria has abandoned his quest to become president of Ramapo College, ending a clash that had pitted the school against Democratic officials. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Montana Universities Must Offer Health Insurance to Gay Employees' Partners
The majority in the Montana Supreme Court's 4-to-3 decision said the ruling had nothing to do with the rights of gay couples to marry. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

The Seller of the Goose That Laid a Golden Egg
After a long career in the liquor business, Sidney Frank has turned to giving away his fortune, making a $100 million gift to Brown University, the largest in its history. From New York Times: Education on January 3, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Krzysztof Kowalczyk's everybody's evil with open source rant
At work, we are trying to square the circle and help create a positive feedback loop in open source (specifically Drupal). I think we will do it but I am sure that it's not as easy as it seems. From Google - we take it all, give nothing back..: QUOTEI'm picking on Google, but they are not alone. Amazon, yahoo, ebay, aol. Any large business that uses web as means of providing From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 3, 2005 at 2:52 a.m..

Counting Linux Bugs. Slowly.
Shortly before Christmas, an interesting item popped up on several news sources: Researchers Find Fewer Bugs In LinuxTuesday, December 14, 2004Developer Pipeline The newest version of Linux sports far fewer bugs than the average commercial code. The conclusion comes from Coverity, a code-analysis firm based in San Fra From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 3, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..