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The Year of Learning Dangerously
The spirit of discovery is precisely what inspired an experiment in learning at the Portland, Oregon, headquarters of advertising maverick Wieden+Kennedy. In April, W+K launched a pioneering advertising school called "12." Instead of a formal curriculum or full-fledged faculty, 12 offers 12 students 13 months of real work for very real clients. This kind of
apprentice-style education is set to rise. It provides a place where energies can be focussed into experimenting and learning -- the essential in From
elearningpost on January 7, 2005 at 9:46 p.m..
Larry, Curly, or Moe on the Server Install
I had planned this afternoon to be a good quiet time to do a clean install on our office's in house server. I cannot complain about the sorts of
problems Brian wrote about as mine seem a bit, well self inflicted. The server in question is a G4 OS X server that is mainly for keeping copies of office project files and databases (which are fiendlishly backed up), and some quiet QuickTime Streaming and web server alternative sites for our main web. A bunch of voodoo things happened last Spring with the From
cogdogblog on January 7, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..
Happy Birthday, Dear Wiki
The first Wiki site went live ten years ago. In 2004 the Wikipedia, the most famous Wiki in the world, grew to over a million articles and over 30,000 contributors. And Infoworld says this is the year of the enterprise wiki, as businesses everywhere are looking to wikis as information ... From
Gardner Writes on January 7, 2005 at 8:01 p.m..
folksonomies + controlled vocabularies (Clay Shirky)
There’s a post by Louis Rosenfeld on the downsides of folksonomies, and speculating what might happen if they are paired with controlled vocabularies. …it’s easy to say that the social networkers have figured out what the librarians haven’t: a way... From
Corante: Social Software on January 7, 2005 at 7:50 p.m..
Quiet in the New Year
It's been quiet around here since the holidays. I don't really have much to say, and I've been doing a lot of traveling and driving and not a lot of online browsing. But I've a new design brewing, and lots of things coming up, and so there should (in theory) be a lot of fodder for this site: pictures, travel, food and recipes, thoughts, etc. Will it become a reality? Who knows, but I hope so. So stay tuned, patient readers. Some day your devotion will be rewarded. From
megnut on January 7, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..
A happy, healthy, and peaceful new year...
to all friends, acquaintances, collaborators, regular readers, and occasional visitors out there! Thanks for sharing, commenting, challenging,... and generally enriching my life in so many ways. [
Sebastian Fiedler] From
Seblogging News on January 7, 2005 at 6:50 p.m..
folksonoomies + controlled vocabularies (Clay Shirky)
There’s a post by Louis Rosenfeld on the downsides of folksonomies, and speculating what might happen if they are paired with controlled vocabularies. …it’s easy to say that the social networkers have figured out what the librarians haven’t: a way... From
Corante: Social Software on January 7, 2005 at 6:50 p.m..
Web of Connections
I'm constantly amazed at the move toward "social" software on the Internet, not so much because it's happening (people by nature, I think, like to connect) but in the creative ways it's happening. Not only can you connect with the people, you can connect with their ideas, like with
Furl and
del.icio.us. The newest example is
43 Things, a site that at first blush seems a bit silly, but once you dig a little deeper, has a really intruiging premise. It's simpl From
weblogged News on January 7, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..
Taking Tsunami Coverage into Their Own Hands
The Tsumnami was a turning point for citizen journalism, writes Steve Outing. "What's amazing is how many of the people who experienced and survived the disaster -- spread across several countries and thousands of miles -- were able to share their heart-wrenching stories, photographs, and videos with the rest of the world." I think what was also different about the Tsunami coverage is that the citizen journalists changed the point of view from the 'high profile' statements and expert opinions to the human drama struggle with, and report on, the disaster. Dan Gillmor argues that From
OLDaily on January 7, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Jack Hulland Space Mission
I wish they had had this stuff when I was a kid. Heck, I want to experience this now! But I had to be satisfied with my scale model of the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM). Anyhow, the reason I like things like this is that they're immersive - they're a whole-body experience that completely occupies the mind. Learning is experience, first and foremost. Via the Teacher's List. By Cam Good, Jack Hulland Elementary, January, 2005 [
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OLDaily on January 7, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
JavaScript Graphics Library
This is just beautiful. A set of Javascript DHTML functions you can download that allow you to draw lines sand shapes on a web page. The functions are fast and the effects compatible with almost every browser. Via NTK. By Walter Zorn, January, 2005 [
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OLDaily on January 7, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Education Dept. Paid Commentator to Promote Law
The important question to ask, of course, is how much other coverage concerning education policy is bought and paid for, and what other issues have professional journalists been happy to take a few dollars in exchange for supporting. I am often critical of traditional media because I consider it less reliable than, say, blogs. This sort of item illustrates one reason why I hold such views. By Greg Toppo, USA Today, January 7, 2004 [
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OLDaily on January 7, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Mobile and Open: A Manifesto
One of the differences between mobile computing and the desktop kind is that mobile hardware is generally contained in a sealed package - you don't open up your mobile phone and reinstall the operating system, for example. Under such conditions, notes Howard Rheingold, "Only a cockeyed optimist would forecast an open, user-driven, entrepreneurial future for the mobile Internet." Still, "This should not prevent us from trying, however. Sometimes, envisioning the way things ought to be can inspire people to work at making it that way. That's what manifestos are for." Exactly. By Howar From
OLDaily on January 7, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
OASIS Releases OpenDocument 1.0 Committee Draft Specification for Public Review
Something to keep an eye on. "This document defines an XML schema for office applications and its semantics. The schema is suitable for office documents, including text documents, spreadsheets, charts and graphical documents like drawings or presentations, but is not restricted to these kinds of documents. The schema provides for high-level information suitable for editing documents. It defines suitable XML structures for office documents and is friendly to transformations using XSLT or similar XML-based tools." Via Tim Bray. By Robin Cover, Cover Pages, January 4, 2005 [
OLDaily on January 7, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
NOT the WebCT & Blackboard blog
James Farmer has been on a tear for the last week, launching a new section in his blog called Not the Blackboard or WebCT Blog... because "BB and WebCT just don't wanna go 'a blogging." Kicking off with the
observation that "WebCT and Blackboard were routinely criticized for skyrocketing prices, bugs, and ease-of-use problems," Farmer then links to Simon Welton, who
asks "why VLEs cannot be more open and flexible to allow better creativity and From
OLDaily on January 7, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
E-Learning and Sustainability
This paper "review(s) major trends in e-learning and attempt(s) to draw out their implications in terms of the sustainability of e-learning." The author "stresse(s) the interaction between the development and implementation of technology, the organization of education and educational institutions and the role of teachers and trainers." The whole sustainability angle doesn't do a lot for me (because this is usually a prelude to cutting support for something, or privatizing it), but as
Scott Leslie points out, the paper "could we From
OLDaily on January 7, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Ein neues Jahr
Ein neues Jahr für den Weiterbildungsblog beginnt HYPHEN das dritte nunmehr! Und zuallerst möchte ich mich herzlich bei den ca. 40 Lesern und Leserinnen bedanken, die mir auf ganz unterschiedliche, zum Teil sehr persönliche Weise erzählt haben: wie sie... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 7, 2005 at 5:51 p.m..
LID - Lightweight identity solution?
NetMesh Inc. has announced its proposed solution for the digital ID problem. Called LID (Lightweight ID), it gives the user complete control over her digital ID by putting the actual info on the user's site. It differs from the Identity Commons idea by using a simple URL as the pointer to the information, rather than a special "URN"; a url has the advantage of being more familiar, and is accessible to anyone who knows how to type in a Web address. LID supports standards, including Jabber's XML version of VCards, FOAF and XPath. In his blog, NetMesh's Johannes Ernst argues... From
Joho the Blog on January 7, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..
Macromedia! Cease and Desist!
I got a cryptic e-mail message recently, that barely made a ripple among the daily spam flood: How come you pop up on my computre without invitation. Get lost you MF As you can see there is not much we need to do to educate written communications skills these days... So being curious about the accusation I replied: I have no idea what you are talking about nor have I in any way broached your computer. It is more respectful to be more clear and specific before making allegations. To which comes the pseudo explanation: < From
cogdogblog on January 7, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..
Email Signature of the Day
Lurking at the bottom of another email message today: "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it is too dark to read." ---Groucho Marx Now where is my flashlight? I cannot read that that mysql manual.... From
cogdogblog on January 7, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..
Boston Underground Film Festival
The Boston Underground Film Festival announces its seventh annual competition, celebrating bizarre, insane film/ video artists. The festival will be held the second week in May, and will include the best in provocative and experimental features, shorts, animation, and documentaries. ... From
Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on January 7, 2005 at 5:00 p.m..
Writing for the Wired World: Creating Online Content That Works - Writing for a different medium, li ...
Writing for the Wired World: Creating Online Content That Works - Writing for a different medium, like the Web, can be challenging. Find out what usability studies reveal about how people actually read online and what the implications are for developing microcontent, menus, layout, and writing style. Filled with examples, tips, and tricks, this interactive online course is a must for library web site content developers and webmasters who wan From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 7, 2005 at 4:49 p.m..
The tortoise and the care
From Reuters (with a photo here): NAIROBI (Reuters) - A 120-year-old giant tortoise living in a Kenyan sanctuary has become inseparable from a baby hippo rescued by game wardens, officials said on Thursday. The year-old hippo calf christened Owen was rescued last month, suffering from dehydration after being separated from his herd in a river that drains into the Indian Ocean. "When we released Owen into the enclosure, he lumbered to the tortoise which has a dark gray color similar to grown up hippos," Sabine Baer, rehabilitation and ecosystems manager at the park, told Reuters. She said the h From
Joho the Blog on January 7, 2005 at 4:49 p.m..
The future of blogs
Neil McIntosh has a
great post on the importance of the tsunami to the future of citizens' media. In short: this wasn t a few political hacks talking to each other. For the first time, powerful coverage of a huge news event was not brought to you purely by established media. An army of "citizen journalists" played a new role, perhaps all the more vital considering the effect vivid reportage, online and off, has had on the subsequent fundraising efforts. From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:57 p.m..
CMOS Chip Camcorder is a First for Industry
Today's announcement of the Sony DCR-PC1000 marks the first camcorder ever to use a CMOS imaging sensor. Previously, all camcorders used CCD technology - however, the digital imaging industry is moving towards CMOS chips which are easier and less expensive to produce. Both chips are packed with a matrix of pixels. Each pixel is sensitive to light, the more light that the pixel is exposed to the greater the amount of energy the pixel "stores up" duri From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:57 p.m..
The Future of Digital Media: Hank Barry
An excellent interview with Hank Barry, who is a partner at the venture capital firm Hummer Winblad, and has been a close observer of the evolution of digital media - he was CEO of Napster and previously was a partner with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. This point is excellent: "I think all businesses have tremendous opportunity here. To survive and prosper, they simply need to adapt...They have moved much of their ordering and sales configuration online. It's working. Perhaps contrary to expectations, customers prefer a consistent machine interface From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:57 p.m..
CES Showfloor: Samsung 80-Inch Plasma
When I asked the Samsung rep if I could get a demo unit, she sort of laughed. Then I asked again and just got a stern look. Guess that means I'll be stealing the 102-inch prototype they had in the next room. From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:57 p.m..
Samsung Finds MIMO
Samsung, [yesterday] introduced
HiWAVE (high-throughput wireless AV entertainment), to deliver wireless connectivity around the home.
Samsung and Athena Semiconductors developed the chipset. With high-throughput MIMO (multiple input multiple output) technology as the foundation for its WiFi network, HiWAVE was designed to effectively service multiple AV strea From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:57 p.m..
Apple sued over iTunes lock-in
Thomas Slattery of California has sued Apple Computer for engaging in monopolistic practices. Slattery was apparently displeased when he learned that music purchases from the iTunes Music Store could only be played back using iTunes and Apple's portable iPod line of players. The suit was filed
this past Monday in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, and alleges that "Apple has turned an open and interactive standard into an artifice that prevents consumers from using the portable hard From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
Streaming video over the public internet | noirExtreme
"If you try to transpose traditional television (hundreds of channel of linear programmes delivered in parallel) to a new medium without reinventing it in the first place, your only chance is to apply brute force to make it fit and pay the hefty price of your lack of creativity in hardware, middleware, integration and consultancy. But if you manage to discover how the characteristics of the new medium can better fit the needs of the public, chances are you are in for an exhilarating ride: you'll have a solution of reasonable complexity and cost an order of magnitude less co From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
Tsunami and Citizen Journalism's First Draft
I was getting ready to write a long piece about the South Asia catastrophe's effect on citizen journalism, when the Poynter Institute's Steve Outing called to discuss it for a piece he was writing. He quoted me at length in his piece, and captured the important points. I called the tsunami horror a turning point, because it brought the grassroots front and center in an even more powerful way than occurred on and after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Read Steve's piece
here. I'd From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
Place Shifting, Its here & Everywhere
CES is in full swing, and its a shame I could not go. I still feel sluggish, much like a Windows machine infected with spyware. Still, looking through all the news that is filtering in my InBox, I see that place shifting, which I covered in my article,
Home Entertainment To Go, is becoming more mainstream. Kinetic Tide, is working with Motorola, while
Sling Media is getting kudos fo From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
Bram: BitTorrent use up, it's not all warez
Cory Doctorow: Bram Cohen, the creator of BitTorrent, notes, "I'd like to point out that although a number of very large BitTorrent-based web sites have been taken down recently, downloads of BitTorrent have only gone down slightly. There's a widespread belief that BitTorrent is used almost exclusively for warez, probably a perception of people who themselves use it almost exclusively for warez, but that impression is simply untrue."
Link (via
Waxy) From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
CES: Kodak Adds WiFi Support to Best-Selling EASYSHARE Printer Dock Line
"Helping people share their pictures from any room in their house, Eastman Kodak Company today introduced WiFi support for its EASYSHARE Printer Dock Plus snapshot printer. The KODAK Wi-Fi card will be available this June for US$99 (MSRP). After inserting the Wi-Fi (802.11b) card into the Printer Dock Plus, pictures from a docked EASYSHARE digital camera can be transferred effortlessly to a computer on the home network for immediate viewing, sharing and printing. In addition, the Printer Dock Plus can then act as a wireless picture printer for WiFi-enabled devices such as desktops, laptops, a From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
Video podcasting with 3GP
I'm looking for some advice. I'm taking some video podcasts and converting them to 3gp format, yet I'm having a few snags: 1. My phone doesn't seem to like the 3GP format that Quicktime Pro converts them to. (I have an i860) 2. What's the easiest way to podcast to phones? Is there an RSS reader that can be installed? 3. Are phones + carriers disjointed so that there's just no all-encompassing solution? Attached 3GP
video is 2.5 MB. From
unmediated on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The undersea 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) on December 26, 2004, generating tsunamis that were among the deadliest disasters in modern history. At a magnitude of 9.0, it was the largest earthquake since the... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
How Tsunamis Work
On December 26, 2004, a massive underwater earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra Island rattled the Earth in its orbit. The quake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale is the largest one since 1964. Dozens of aftershocks with magnitudes... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
Girl saved tourists.
A 10-year-old British girl saved 100 people in Phuket, Thailand, when she recognized signs of the approaching tsunami that occurred last week. According to Reuters, an international news agency, the girl had just learned about the science of tsunamis in... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
Understanding Tsunamis
The tsunami that shocked the world and devastated parts of Asia on December 26, 2004, brought global attention to this dangerous force of nature. To give your students a perspective on tsunamis, here are some online resources to use in... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
E-Learning and Sustainability
This paper addresses the central issue of how e-learning can become sustainable. In the introduction to the paper the author attempts to scope the different issues involved and provide an outline to the paper's research approach. From
eLearnopedia on January 7, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..
Special aspects of moderating virtual classroom-scenarios
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 repertoire is available. Experiences of preparing, conducting and reinforcing collaborative learning sessions in this environment are described. From these experiences three main tasks of moderating and creating virtual group sessions are derived and their importance is allocated. Specific didactical and psychological aspects are pointed out. Furthe From
eLearnopedia on January 7, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..
From Recruitment to Graduation: A Whole-of-Institution Approach to Supporting Online Students
Many universities and colleges are moving from traditional on-campus teaching to also teaching online courses to distant students. Institutions face many challenges in supporting their distant students and need a holistic view of the support that distant students require. This paper proposes ways that institutions could meet these needs of online (distance) students through exploring the stages that an online student progresses through from the student's perspective. From
eLearnopedia on January 7, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..
All Quiet on the Discussion Front
Even though there is a considerable increase in ESL students' amount of participation in online discussions as opposed to regular classrooms, compared to their American classmates, ESL students appear reluctant to participate in online discussions. To solve the problem, the instructor should apply additional methods. From
eLearnopedia on January 7, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..
Course Management Systems >> It's the Support, Stupid!
When you come down to it, the questions are: Does single-vendor CMS (proprietary CMS products such as WebCT or Blackboard) offer an inherent advantage in the areas of product and user support over the Sakai open source model? Or do the open accessibility of the product source code and the range of potential suppliers for Sakai support mean that open source CMS support actually has an edge over that of proprietary systems? From
eLearnopedia on January 7, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..
Attention Please! Your Metadata Is Showing!
When blogs first appeared, they showed up spontaneously as a new format. Blogs represented the triumph of the individual and of the Long Tail - the notion that the millions of 'others' individually represented on the right side (long tail) of a bar chart could be rolled up to outweigh the named leaders in a pie chart. Now there's another sea change coming: emergent 'attention' structures based on blog and RSS metadata. While blogs themselves can be unstructured, the links among them and other metadata about them - who wrote a post, who looks at it, how often, where t From
Release 1.0 on January 7, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..
Towards healthy software
We tolerate poor quality in software to a degree that would be unthinkable for any other kind of engineered product. People have wrestled with this problem since the dawn of computing, and as platforms and architectures evolve it continues to present a moving target. In 2004, for example, "service-oriented architecture" edged out "Web services" as the preferred label for decentralized systems woven together by the exchange of XML messages. ... Mindreef's SOAPScope (
Jon's Radio on January 7, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..
Killer Wave!
What kind of monster is this? It speeds across the sea as fast as a jet airplane. On reaching land, it can suck all the water out of a harbor. Then the creature may grow more than 100 feet... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..
Tsunami Warning
Intended for elementary students, this online booklet contains 30 sequential pages of artwork and story FEMA FOR KIDS -- -- Disaster Connection: Kids to Kids -- Tsunami Warning"... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..
Ocean in Motion
Sometimes reaching heights of 40 meters (120 ft.) or more, tsunamis are the most dramatic and destructive of waves. Underwater disturbances, such as volcanoes, earthquakes and landslides, are the cause of these monster waves. The larger the disturbance, the larger... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..
Understanding Tsunami
Students will understand the following: 1. A tidal wave, or tsunami, is a huge, destructive wave caused by a certain type of earthquake. Dynamic Earth--Weather/Weather lesson plan (grades K-5)--DiscoverySchool.com... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..
Forces of Nature
It begins out in the middle of the sea. At first there is no noticeable change - the water looks exactly as smooth and flat as before. As it nears shore, however, the force begins to build. Water forms a... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..
Tsunami: The Big Wave
A tsunami (soo-NAH-mee) is a series of gigantic waves that occur in the ocean or other large bodies of water. Formed when a large amount of water is rapidly displaced, tsunamis are often caused by an earthquake, a landslide, an... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..
Tsunami Research Group
This site is dedicated to the investigation of the natural disasters called tsunamis . Here at USC we are actively involved with all aspects of tsunami research; field surveys, numerical and analytical modeling, as well as hazard mitigation and planning.... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..
Understanding Tsunamis
The tsunami that devastated parts of Asia on December 26, 2004, brought worldwide attention to a dangerous natural phenomenon. To give your students a scientific perspective on tsunamis and a geographic understanding of Asia, Discovery Education has prepared video resources... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:55 p.m..
Waves of Destruction:
Though it's true that tsunamis are ocean waves, calling them by the same name as the ordinary wind-driven variety is a bit like referring to firecrackers and atomic warheads both as "explosives." Triggered by volcanic eruptions, landslides, earthquakes, and even... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..
Monster Waves
Students will build a tabletop village and use it to visualize the relative height and effects of tsunamis. Included with the lesson plan is a reproducible article, Tremors Behind Tsunamis, that gives students background information on tsunamis and notes where... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 7, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..
Typepad Unblocked in China
The blogger of Single Planet
was the first to discover this week that his
Typepad-hosted weblog was no longer blocked by the Internet censors in China. The government censors have been systematically blocking the IP addresses of the larger foreign weblog hosts, while domestic hosts had to rely on policing their servers for content after being shut down for a few weeks in the spring of 2004.Apart from a possible incident -- where Typepad changed its IP addre From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 7, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..
Repeating Homepage Content on Article Pages
I've suggested in the past that it's a good idea to add some abbreviated site navigation at the bottom of Web articles. This makes sense for people who don't come in via a site's homepage, so they'll know how to get to other site content when finished reading a story. It also aids users who come to an article from elsewhere on the site in not having to hit the browser Back button or scroll up to go elsewhere.In Denmark, the website of the newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten has taken that idea a step further, reports the site's Web editor, Jrg From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 7, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..
A More Friendly Registration Demand
I've been a critic of news-website registration schemes that are too intrusive. I dislike clicking to request a news story (either from a news site's home page or a referral link somewhere else) on a site I haven't visited before and seeing a registration demand instead of the content I want. Besides being annoying, I contend that it turns many people away from a site, because they won't bother registering. (That's often my behavior.)There's a better way, and it's demonstrated by
SignOnSanDiego.com, From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 7, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Another Blog Firing
This is becoming so commonplace. Another company employee has been fired for a slip-up on a personal blog, where something he wrote rubbed management the wrong way. Jeremy Wright
explains his side of the story on his blog.It's obvious but probably still worth emphasizing: Employees, be careful about your personal blog content! (Thanks to Jade Walker for the tip.) From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 7, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..
Gaming blogs
PC Gamer's Feb. issue notices four game-related weblogs: Ron Gilbert — In 1989, Gilbert wrote "Why Adventure Games Suck, and What We Can Do about It," which led to his creating the wonderful Monkey Island adventures. The blog is spunky. Unknown — The writer claims to be the spouse of an EA game developer. The "blog" is a single entry pointing to an essay on why life as a game developer sucks. The page also promises a " a non-corporate-sponsored watchdog organization specifically devoted to monitoring quality of life in the game industry" which will eventually be available at G From
Joho the Blog on January 7, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..
Top 100 blogs en español
Por segundo año consecutivo Atalaya publica la relación de los 100 weblogs en español más enlazados según Technorati: Los 100 blogs en español de Atalaya 2005 (ver anterior). Relacionados: El Top 500 de Bitacoras.com y Bitácoras más enlazadas en español.... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 7, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..
Iran cuts off blogging and social networking
Hoder reports that Iran has cut off access by Iranians to all blogging services and some social software sites, including Orkut. As Dan Brickley writes, "There go 65,000+ Iranian blogs (per blogcensus) and 7%+ of Orkut's user base, in a flip of a switch." Hoder suggests some actions we can take, including having the EU and US demand an end to Net censorship during their negotiations with the government.... From
Joho the Blog on January 7, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..
Deconstructing Infinity: An Analysis of Zeno's Paradox
Zeno of Elea famously postulated his many paradoxes in defence of Parmenides' worldview: that all is "oneness," and pluralism is merely an illusion. Of his forty paradoxes, the four most enduring have fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and regular pundits for millennia. As one of the many pundits ensnared by Zeno's challenges, I will present my own analysis of arguably his most famous paradox of all: The race between Achilles and the tortoise. From
kuro5hin.org on January 7, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Synchronous Tools: Learn How To Learn Online
Next Tuesday, January the 11th at 12pm NY time (6pm GMT), the InSync Center will run an online free event entitled "How to Learn Online" and focusing on learning in the synchronous environment. The online event goal is the one... From
Kolabora.com on January 7, 2005 at 9:55 a.m..
PubSub Charts RSS Traffic
PubSub LinkRanks are a measure of how many pages link to each particular site, with more weight given to fresher links and to links from a wider variety of pages. It appears to focus on blogs and blog links. Check out
RSS Specifications LinkRanks Personally I think the graph is a great visual representation of traffic! From
RSS Blog on January 7, 2005 at 8:59 a.m..
Folksonomies? How about metadata ecologies?
Lou Rosenfeld has written a blog entry looking at folksonomies, and some of the issues involved. To quote: Two more cents: though I'm not certain that the product of folksonomy development will have much long term value on their own,... From
Column Two on January 7, 2005 at 8:47 a.m..
Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information
http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM Een nuttige bibliografie in verband met het elektronisch publiceren: Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information. De technische realisatie van deze index dateert van enige tijd terug, om het vriendelijk te zeggen. Maar de informatie is nuttig. De invalshoedk ligt bij de bibliotheek, niet zozeer bij de maker van digitaal materiaal. From
CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on January 7, 2005 at 7:59 a.m..
State libraries for the blind in Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, New Hampshire, and Oregon, along with ...
State libraries for the blind in Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, New Hampshire, and Oregon, along with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), part of the Library of Congress, have partnered to launch an
innovative digital audio book service for visually impaired users From
Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 7, 2005 at 7:49 a.m..
Podcasts We Can't Wait to Hear
From
WFMU near New York City:
Seven Second Delay with Ken and Andy (
official page with archives)--Ken and Andy further lower WFMU's already abysmal standards as the program enters its death throes. Stunt radio which subjects the radio audience to concepts and topics which mature adults should not have to endure. Find the fatal flaw. And:
weblogged News on January 7, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..
Dems Delay Election Certification
Democrats insist on debating Ohio voting problems before allowing Congress to complete the tallying of Electoral College votes. The goal, they say, is not to invalidate President Bush's victory, but to highlight voting irregularities. From
Wired News on January 7, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Decoding Pollution Eaters
Researchers decipher the genome of a microbe that eats up nasty toxic waste caused by degreasers dumped in landfills. The genome sequence will help researchers study the bacterium in the lab. By Kristen Philipkoski. From
Wired News on January 7, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Jeff Bezos on the Zen of Sales
The cool head of Amazon.com talks about the rise of the obscure, taking on Netflix and why he quit spending on TV advertising. By Chris Anderson from Wired magazine. From
Wired News on January 7, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Straining for Novel Positions
A sex site whose twist is getting straight men to have at each other -- no, really, they're straight -- shows internet porn is changing the rules. Commentary by Regina Lynn. From
Wired News on January 7, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
It Pays to Trust Your Gut
In Blink, author Malcolm Gladwell argues persuasively that much of the time, first impressions and snap decisions are correct. By Daniel Terdiman. From
Wired News on January 7, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Genetic HIV Resistance Deciphered
Scientists unravel the mysteries of AIDS immunity, finding that ethnicity and heredity make some people resistant to HIV infection -- but only if they have the right genes. By Randy Dotinga. From
Wired News on January 7, 2005 at 6:46 a.m..
Vaporware Phantom Haunts Us All
Last year was a vintage year for vaporware. Not only did lots of promised products fail to materialize in 2004, several companies made repeat appearances on our annual roll call of shame. By Leander Kahney. From
Wired News on January 7, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..
Rally Barcelona-Dakar 2005
En la versión francesa del sitio del Dakar puede verse Le Blog de Gérard Holtz. Se trata, en realidad, de las crónicas de un periodista deportivo de France Télévisions. Hay noticias del Dakar en español en Telefónica-Dakar 2005, en la... From
eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 7, 2005 at 5:51 a.m..
School in A Box...
BBC NEWS | Education | 'School in a box' for Sri Lanka The BBC has a report on a UNICEF effort to provide school supplies to teachers in Sri Lanka in an effort to help get schools reopened next week in tsunami damaged areas. The report has images and a listing of supplies in the box. This type of tool was first used to help children of refugees in Rwanda in the mid-1990s.... From
Education/Technology - Tim Lauer on January 7, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..
Writing Teachers Describe Blogging
Yes, the blog bubble is mushrooming. Soon we may see less quizzical looks generated by the word. (remember when you had to explain what a mouse was or what a URL really provided?). I just skimmed some nice perspectives on... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 6, 2005 at 11:55 p.m..
Parents Monitor Their Children
Concerned about child predators and vast amounts of questionable content on the Internet, more than 95 percent of America's parents say they monitor their children's online activities, The Conference Board reports today. This seems a bit high...did they ask how... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 6, 2005 at 11:55 p.m..
Student surfers fail the grade
More Shanghai University students than ever before have failed courses and been forced to drop out of school, the Xinmin Evening News has reported. Eighty-one Shanghai University students were persuaded to quit school in the middle of last month after... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 6, 2005 at 11:54 p.m..
Virtual Schools for Jocks
"The online school gives me the flexibility I need," says Hunt. "The workload is the same, but I can do it anywhere. It's nicer to ask a question face-to-face with a teacher, but in some ways it prepares me better... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 6, 2005 at 11:54 p.m..
The Principals' Partnership
Union Pacific recognizes the vital role that high school principals play in our nation's education system, and we are committed to their growth and success. To fulfill this commitment, we have created the High School Principals' Partnership, a program designed... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on January 6, 2005 at 11:54 p.m..