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Bill Gates rewrites Godwin's Law, or Creative Commies
Bill Gates was busy last week. Not only did he get drunk with Conan O'Brien and wake up with a Macintosh, but he did an interview with CNET that's being blogged around the world. The attention-getting quote came in this exchange: CNET:In recent years, there's been a From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 11, 2005 at 10:56 p.m..

Tsunami Satellite Photos
I am a bit late on posting about one of the most tragic events I could imagine, but I was utterly shocked to see this series of satellite photographs that depict the before and after of this devastating tsunami.... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on January 11, 2005 at 9:56 p.m..

Kenyan pundit, live from Kenya
Ory Okolloh, the Kenyan Pundit, is back in Nairobi, working with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights. Her blog entries bounce from what life is like these days in Kenya to why it's like that. Great reading.... From Joho the Blog on January 11, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

What Makes a Design Seem 'Intuitive'?
This is a nice article showing how to bridge the gap between users current level of knowledge about an interface and the target knowledge they need to use the interface intuitively. The biggest challenge in making a design seem intuitive to users is learning where the current and target knowledge points are. What do users already know and what do they need to know? To build intuitive interfaces, answering these two questions is critical. For identifying the user’s current knowledge, we favor field studies... For From elearningpost on January 11, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Irrationally want an iPod Shuffle
The reality distortion field is working :-) ! Don't really need one, but I want an iPod Shuffle. Why? To listen to podcasts and exchange files. I already have an 2nd generation iPod, but this would be far less fragile and intrusive. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 11, 2005 at 7:53 p.m..

7th Edition of CMS Report
Ever busy, CMS Watch have just released the 7th edition of the The CMS Report. This includes updated reviews and new vendors. To quote: CMS Watch releases the Winter, 2005 edition of The CMS Report, our semi-annual review of Web... From Column Two on January 11, 2005 at 7:47 p.m..

Mid market web CMS vendors pull ahead
As quoted by CMSwire, and following on from my last post, Tony Byrne has made some observations on the state of the market in the new edition of The CMS Report: Mid-market vendors now offer comprehensive Web content management packages... From Column Two on January 11, 2005 at 7:47 p.m..

A mini-ethnography of social practices in a distributed classification community
Ulises Ali Mejias has conducted a study into the social classification used on del.icio.us. To quote: Working within the constraints of a very limited data sample, this study attempts to identify some of the information management and meaning construction... From Column Two on January 11, 2005 at 7:47 p.m..

Why More Women Should Start Podcasting
In this audio edition of CONTENTIOUS, I explain my reasoning behind why I think podcasting has the potential to become and incredibly important and powerful medium. That alone would be reason enough for women to play a key role in shaping the development of this medium. However, there are deeper reasons rooted in the different ways that women and men converse. If more media reflects how women generally approach communication, I believe that media could work considerable good in parts of our society and world that have gone desperately awry. It may sound grandiose and idealistic, but that' From Contentious Weblog on January 11, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

LOST: one learning designer
  I am at the start of a journey during which I intend to find out what learning design is. I`ve been teaching, writing and producing learning materials of many different types for more than twenty years and Ive just realised Im lost. From Viral-learning.net on January 11, 2005 at 6:50 p.m..

2004 salary survey for user experience design and usability professionals
Spirit Softworks and Peak Usability have released the results of the 2004 salary survey, for UxD and usability professionals. To quote: In the Spring of 2004, Spirit Softworks and Peak Usability conducted an international online survey of salaries for user... From Column Two on January 11, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

What makes a design seem 'intuitive'?
Jared M. Spool has written an article exploring the meaning of intuitive, when it comes to designing systems. To quote: Users can complete their objective when current knowledge equals target knowledge. There are two ways this can happen. You can... From Column Two on January 11, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

ED Outlines New Tech Priorities
The U.S. Department of Education has released its latest National Education Technology Plan (NETP). The report makes seven recommendations: - Strengthen ed-tech leadership at the state and local levels - Consider innovative budgeting - Improve teacher training - Support eLearning and virtual schooling initiatives - Encourage broadband access - Move toward digital content; and - Integrate data systems. Mark Oehlert's OLDaily on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Embodied Interaction and Seduction
This is a bit disjointed - you'll probably want to read the short Guardian article first, then this extended version, both of which describe the use of the camera (or eye toy) to create 'embodied interaction' in games. Then return to the main item, which reports on the use of such devices in game-based learning by boys and girls. "The excitement and intensity for the girls seemed to r From OLDaily on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Course Management Systems: It's the Support, Stupid!
"Until you've had to sit and listen to irate faculty members coming to you, you won't really understand about support." So said Ann Watts, Instructional Design coordinator for Des Moines Area Community Colleges, at a recent Syllabus conference. The topic of discussion was open source content management, but according to the report, support isn't any better for commercial products. Scott Siddall, assistant provost for Instructional Resources at Denison University (OH), agrees. "Often, in fact, almost all of the time, proprietary vendors provide inadequate support for their produc From OLDaily on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

eLearning in 2000 and 2004: Two Different Pictures
According to the authors, "eLearning (in Europe) has almost completely disappeared from top-level policy speeches, both as a term suspected of having lost its impact, and - more seriously- as a significant component of educational policy." This comes four years after the onset of a significant e-learning initiative in Europe. But there was, in fact, "lack of persistence on the concept and practice of the eLearning Initiative: in fact real co-ordination of the EU intervention in this domain has been given up." The emphasis was on European competitiveness, rather than learning, and on formal ins From OLDaily on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

University Decentralization Debate to be Watched Closely
This is one of those things that's the thin edge of the wedge, a development that should be, as the headline suggests, watched closely. In general, I favour decentralization and institutional autonomy. But I have also commented that the university system is headed toward a funding crisis. Now there's no necessary connection between decentralization and the triggering of the funding crisis, but my belief is that it makes it more likely, particularly if universities find themselves unwilling or unable to meet committments regarding access, tuition or financial aid. All of that said, I From OLDaily on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Slope One Predictors for Online Rating-Based Collaborative Filtering
As the title suggests, this paper describes an algorithm for rating-based collaborative filtering. This system calculates what readers like separately from what readers dislike. Such systems play an inmportant role in content filtering, and content filtering is a more robust and efficient mechanism for content selection than is a metadata based keyword search. It is the existence of work like this that gives me confidence in the use of aggregator technologies rather than search-based technologies for learning object syndication. Via OLDaily on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Your Software Rights or the Best Tools: Often a Sad Choice
One of the major reasons why I like having windows on my laptop (all my desktops are Linux) is, in addition to a wireless application that works, I can run Paint Shop Pro. The Linux alternative, the badly named GIMP software, is fairly comprehensive, but I identify with the author when he talks about the user-hostile interface. And that raises the key question: when you're in a production envrionment, when the decisions you make translate into dollars and cents (or in my case, decent issues of OLDaily), what are you willing to give up in order to support free and open software? Via OLDaily on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Stop Sketching, Little Girl -- Those Paintings Are Copyrighted!
Imagine being a little girl and being rousted by museum security guards because the image you are sketching is copyright. Sure, the museum relented - but when little girls even need to worry about such things, our social consensus has become dark and twisted. By Joi Ito, January 8, 2004 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Microsoft's Consumer Electronics Endgame
This is an important article because it paints very clearly where Microsoft is headed with its consumer electronic - and consumer content - strategy. "As consumers get more intwined with Microsoft DRM content, they will start to migrate towards more Microsoft OS devices: set-top boxes, smart phones, video gadgets, etc. Just like in the PC world, Microsoft will sit back and collect royalties on all this software." I would add, as well, that when the migration to 64-bit software comes about, as it will shortly, Microsoft will have its operating system OLDaily on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Very cool new Apple stuff!
I've just perused the announcements of the new Apple gear that Steve Jobs must've announced this morning at MacWorld (why did they decide not to broadcast the session?). The coolest new thing in my view is the Mac Mini - a G4 Mac that's 6.5 inches square and 2 inches high for $500 - wow! (no keyboard or monitor included). I think this will sell a whole bunch for personal media servers, low cost web servers, etc. The iPod Shuffle is a flash-memory based iPod with 512 MB or From Oren Sreebny's Weblog on January 11, 2005 at 6:02 p.m..

OCLC releases update on library information trends
The OCLC released an update for its 2004 information format trends report, which focuses on rapid changes with implications for libraries. One key insight is that information consumers (i.e., students, faculty, staff) are increasingly format-agnostic.... From MANE IT Network on January 11, 2005 at 5:58 p.m..

Project management case from a liberal arts college
Building a Technology Classroom is a case of project management on a liberal arts campus, Allegheny College. The site breaks down how the project used PM principles to organize its operations effectively. (thanks to Jodi Millin!)... From MANE IT Network on January 11, 2005 at 5:58 p.m..

Not So New National Technology Plan
The new National Technology Plan was released last week. I love this part: Yet students of almost any age are far ahead of their teachers in computer literacy, according to the report, which is based on comments from thousands of students, teachers, administrators and education groups. Students say they see this knowledge gap daily... Students across the country see technology as an essential p From weblogged News on January 11, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Are we knowledge activists?
David Wilcox may have found a common thread running through what we do (via Nancy): If your job or passion is to do good communications work using new technology, how do you think of yourself? Others may call you variously a blogger, online journalist, community manager, information worker, editor, researcher, even hacker. Perhaps we'll find some shared interests wearing the badge of knowledge activist. From Seb's Open Research on January 11, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Wanted: Webfeed storage service
I want a site where I can specify webfeeds that I want archived. It will spit them back out when I ask for them, with as many items as I like. Reliable archiving, no loss, all the data that was in the original items is present. Back to the first day I entered the feed into the system. What would I do with this? For starters, I'd use it to keep a backup of every feed that I produce. This would also minimize the pain of migrating my data to other tools, as all of it would be trivially retrievabl From Seb's Open Research on January 11, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Nieuws van de DBNL
http://www.dbnl.org/nieuws/opl012005.htm De Digitale bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse letteren bericht de oplevering van nieuwe edities: Max van Amstel, Duizend jongens zien ze vliegen Louis Couperus, De berg van licht Fiore della Neve, Eene liefde in het Zuiden Han G. Hoekstra, Het verloren schaap Wim Hofman, Het vlot Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1873, 1879, 1880 Dick Laan, De avonturen van Pinkeltje Willem van Swaanenburg, Parnas, of de zang-godinnen van een schilder Herman Teirlinck, De vertraagde film Truwanten Bovendien, in de serie thema's, een afle From CHI weblog elektronisch publiceren on January 11, 2005 at 5:00 p.m..

Dewey's Human Nature and Conduct
Dewey's Human Nature and Conduct Summary: Dewey was not easily pigeon-holed; was he a philosopher, an educator, political theorist, all three and more? We do know that he had academic credentials and was employed as a psychologist. At the University of Chicago he [as faculty member and theorist] and his wife [as principal and school leader] earned much deserved early fame for the Laboratory School. I won't summarize his 1918 Stanford lectures here (Hum From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on January 11, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Mac mini
Well, here is the future - in terms of hard- and software - of home-computing. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 11, 2005 at 4:47 p.m..

There's hope yet
"...the Pythons weren't afraid of looking smart, which isn't allowed so much in the U.S. We like our elected leaders dumb, and we like most of our comedy dumb. Python did plenty of dumb comedy, but it had a context. They'd be talking about Genghis Khan and Marat one minute, and the next there'd be a sixteen-ton weight falling on someone's head. Given the erudition, it actually made the stupid stuff funnier." - critic Dave Eggers, on how Monty Python broke the fourth wall, and made it OK to be smart. "Years ago, when 'interactive TV' trials were busy failing, From silentblue | Quantified on January 11, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

When Your Brand Name Isn't Your Domain Name
Over at GetLocalNews.com, a five-year-old "citizen journalism" enterprise, they're pleased about a domain-name ruling made by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) which allows the company to keep BettendorfNews.com.GetLocalNews has several thousand cityname.com domain names. Its business model is to set up community sites, filled mostly with content from community members, for cities and towns around the U.S.Bettendorf News also is the name of a small weekl From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 11, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

To every thing, a blog
SplitCoastStampers is a site for people who create art using rubber stamps. The site's nicely done, with a blog, and a gallery to share ideas. You can upload or download free cards, create your own album, share tips and techniques ("Faux Leather with Masking Tape"), and "Send cards to soldiers in Iraq through Splitcoast's very own Stamp Your Heart Out campaign." In a sign that this is a true community, members turn to one another for off-topic advice: Tips for flying with toddlers, support for Floridian members hit by the hurricanes, a discussion of why our kids their parents are... From Joho the Blog on January 11, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

Simple collaborative filtering
Daniel Lemire has a paper out on a new, simple algorithm for collaborative filtering, which is the technology underlying the inDiscover.net free music site. "The current trend, in academia, is to develop crazy algorithms that require not 10 lines of code, not 100 lines of code, but several thousands. I think the same is true in some industries: think of Web Services or Java From Seb's Open Research on January 11, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..

What Commercial?
Watching "Desperate Housewives" on Sunday night (I'm embarrassed to admit, it's a "guilty pleasure"), I totally missed the product placement for Buick, which was pointed out in this story by the New York Daily News.Glamorous character Gabrielle, in an attempt to earn money while her husband is in jail, gets a temp job at a mall as a model touting the benefits of the Buick LaCrosse to shoppers. Buick is an advertiser on the sho From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 11, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

Browserless Screen-Sharing And PC Remote Control: PCvisit
pcvisit falls into the category of remote control and screen sharing software that focuses on providing a lightweight solution. This type of software allows someone to sit at one computer and to be able to view the screen and take... From Kolabora.com on January 11, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

Security is Top Campus Concern
The Campus Computing Project stated in its October 2004 report (available on the site as a PDF) that the security of campus networks is the main concern of information technology administrators. "The project's national studies draw on qualitative and quantitative... From MANE IT Network on January 11, 2005 at 1:58 p.m..

Overlay Ads Just as Annoying as Pop-ups
No surprise here. A new survey of online users finds that overlay ads -- advertisements that upon visiting a new webpage appear on top of requested content, typically scrolling into view -- are just as reviled as pop-up ads. Sometimes such ads go away after a few seconds; sometimes they stay visible until the user clicks a close box (just like pop-ups). From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 11, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..

Newspaper Falls Victim to Hoax Tsunami Pictures
Among the basic rules for journalists are not to take anything you see on the Internet at face value, and to check your sources. A major South African daily, The Citizen, which has a readership of about 466,000, committed the cardinal sin of doing neither.On Monday it published a dramatic front-page photograph purportedly taken by an amateur photographer in Sri Lanka, one of the countries tragically hit by the massive tsunami on December 26. But a five-minute Internet search by an online journalist from a Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 11, 2005 at 1:54 p.m..

ALA 191 (double issue)
Big, Stark & Chunky by Joe Clark. Designing for low-vision users. Plus: Cross-Column Pullout II, by Daniel M. Frommelt. Wrapping web text around non-rectangular images. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 11, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Tinkering Again With Feed2JS - Help With Char Sets?
For those the care to feed, I have been doing more minor tweaks to Feed2JS, and inside you will find I use the very same to display the latest updates to that site, since it now has its own feed. The main thing to look for (beyond coverups for my typos) was Seb Paquet's suggestion to populate the hypertext links attached tp the feed item titles with the title= attribute set to a part of the item's description. This is don From cogdogblog on January 11, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

November IT leaders meeting: report
The MANE IT Leaders met at CET on November 14, 2004. This is a summary of that day's discussions. MANE IT leader introductions and issues roundtable An identification and reflection leading instructional technology issues was focused by a preliminary discussion... From MANE IT Network on January 11, 2005 at 12:57 p.m..

Riding Online with Lance and the Discovery Channel
Heaven. I'm in cycling heaven ... thanks to the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team website, which debuted Monday. Lance Armstrong and his teammates were on Capital Hill Monday for a reception, where the new team jersey was on display.You can check out the website for yourself, but features include half a dozen videos (what else would you expect from the Discovery Channel?), Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 11, 2005 at 12:54 p.m..

MP3 ins and outs
While discussing this topic offline with Marc Canter, I had an idea. Could a version of the Laszlo SoundBlox, a lightweight Flash-based MP3 player, serve as a universal tool for defining and expo From Jon's Radio on January 11, 2005 at 12:46 p.m..

Comics, tebeos, historietas: los premios de La Cárcel de Papel
Álvaro Pons me anuncia la convocatoria de los 2dos. Premios La Cárcel de Papel: Por segundo año consecutivo, el weblog La Cárcel de Papel convoca sus premios, que buscan reconocer lo mejor que ha dado el mundo del tebeo durante... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 11, 2005 at 11:52 a.m..

Open musiclogging mini-primer
Prentiss Riddle recaps and ties together MP3 blogs, Webjay, podcasting, and Play this Page in one neat post. Someday I'm sure the preceding hodge-podge will exist in one system; iTunes is most of the way there. But such a system is likely to be for pay and limited to the content available in somebody's master library of licensed material. As klugey as MP3 blogs, podcasting and Webjay are, they're open-ended and limited only by the content the web at large chooses to make availab From Seb's Open Research on January 11, 2005 at 11:46 a.m..

PDFs Redux
article from earlier this year on accessible pdf. adobe just announced acrobat 7.0 with "advanced accessibility features"-- see bottom of page 2 here. interesting stuff on canada's accessibility requirements.... From Curb Cut Learning on January 11, 2005 at 10:52 a.m..

The Deadly Duo - Spam and Viruses - 2004 Year-End Recap
Concerns over spam's costs and Trojans take higher profile. From ClickZ Stats on January 11, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Podcasting Tutorial
Check out the latest podcasting tutorial. The tutorial steps users through creating a podcast using FeedForAll. The audio file is simply added to the enclosure tag. The entire process is just 12 steps. From RSS Blog on January 11, 2005 at 10:01 a.m..

CFP: e-Society 2005 (June, Malta) - only 7 days for submission
CFP: e-Society 2005 (June, Malta) - only 7 days for submission * Conference Background and Goals The IADIS e-Society 2005 conference aims to address the main issues of concern withi... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 11, 2005 at 9:51 a.m..

Adobe has released Adobe Reader 7.0 - free software that lets you view, print, search, and share Ado ...
Adobe has released Adobe Reader 7.0 - free software that lets you view, print, search, and share Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files more securely using a variety of platforms and devices. Commenting tools enabled by Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional software let you actively participate in document reviews. Adobe Reader 7.0 features a faster launch time and real-time zooming and panning From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 11, 2005 at 9:49 a.m..

Survivor Location Assistance
The Hacker Foundation has created a site to act as a clearinghouse of information about survivors of disasters. From the press release: "THF is releasing the SLA backend to anyone who requests it & opening our survivor data to the public," said Emerson Tan, Director of Packetstorm Security. "As more of the world gets connected via the Internet, we believe the SLA project has global potential to be used in tracking IDPs, thwarting the child slave-trading of orphans from such disasters, and assisting aid agencies & NGOs responding to humanitarian efforts similar to those in the Darfur region of From Joho the Blog on January 11, 2005 at 9:49 a.m..

Connecting Via the Read/Write Web
So this is the potential of the Read/Write Web in the hands of creative educators: This project is based around stories. The idea quite simply is to let young people tell each other stories and by doing so share experiences, analyse and create a new sort of learning. Using old and new technologies the project will bring young people from around the world together into a virtual learning space where they can share, talk and learn. In its pilot phase, young people from the Anglo European School (AES), and contemporaries from a school or educational establishment in The Third From weblogged News on January 11, 2005 at 9:47 a.m..

A Great Wrong Righted
Believe it or don't, running for public office is something that I've thought about from time to time. Probably why I got that political science degree way back when. Why would someone subject themselves to the torture of seeking an elected position? Simple. It gives you the opportunity to right terrible wrongs, such as ending tax breaks for greedy corporate ostrich farmers. From Brain Frieze on January 11, 2005 at 8:56 a.m..

Viajes baratos y rebajas en vuelos
Las tradicionales rebajas de enero han llegado también a las compañías aéreas: hasta mañana pueden comprarse pasajes al 50% en Iberia, Spanair y Air Europa bajo la promoción Tijeretazo. Algunos sitios para buscar ofertas de vuelos: CholloVuelos ebookers.es eDreams Megavuelos... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 11, 2005 at 8:52 a.m..

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WEB BASED COMMUNITIES 2005
Special Call - Submission Deadline extended: 17 January 2005 ****************************************************************** * Conference background and goals The m... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 11, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..

Phishing attacks up by a third - Iain Thomson, VNuNet
Phishing attacks rose by a third in November 2004 and the bogus websites involved are proving increasingly difficult to take down, according to research released by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). The report found that 51 brands were attacked From Techno-News Blog on January 11, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Watch Out Google, Here Comes Gigablast! - IT Solutions
Gigablast has recently joined the elite ranks of major search engine companies. The Albuquerque, NM-based company is making a name for itself by offering a variety of search features that are highly customizable, including topic generation and the abi From Techno-News Blog on January 11, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Google's plan to put books online will boost libraries' exposure - EMILY HAGEDORN, Knight Ridder
Carol Pitts Diedrichs hopes that Google's new program to put thousands of texts online will drive readers back to where they once started: the library. Diedrichs, dean of libraries at the University of Kentucky, says last month's expansion of the Goog From Techno-News Blog on January 11, 2005 at 8:50 a.m..

Civil War Maps brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geo ...
Civil War Maps brings together materials from three premier collections: the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, the Virginia Historical Society, and the Library of Virginia. Among the reconnaissance, sketch, and theater-of-war maps are the detailed battle maps made by Major Jedediah Hotchkiss for Generals Lee and Jackson, General Sherman's Southern military campaigns, and maps taken from diaries, scrapbooks, and manuscripts -- all available for the fi From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 11, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

NASIG's 20th Annual Conference will be returning to the Upper Midwest this spring as we visit the Tw ...
NASIG's 20th Annual Conference will be returning to the Upper Midwest this spring as we visit the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The conference will be held May 19-22, 2005 at the Minneapolis (downtown) Hilton From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 11, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Weblogs sobre documentales y grandes reportajes
Me escribe Mónica Savirón para presentarme el blog Los Documentales. Y otras aproximaciones al Mundo que acompaña al programa de radio La Hora del Documental (Radio Ribarroja, 105.2 FM). Otros blogs sobre documentales: Noticias de Cine Social e Imago Mundi... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 11, 2005 at 7:47 a.m..

Astronomers Spot Colossal Stars
Scientists use advanced computer modeling to discover three supergiant stars that dwarf the sun. All three are more than 1,500 times the sun's diameter. From Wired News on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Verizon's E-Mail Embargo Enrages
Who's blocking all the great e-mail from Europe? Verizon is, and its customers aren't very happy about it. The company says it's only trying to block spam, but the filters aren't working very well. By John Gartner. From Wired News on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Will We Ever Learn?
In his new book, Collapse, author Jared Diamond says society's future depends on what we take from the past. By Stewart Brand from Wired magazine. From Wired News on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Feelings, Wo, Wo, Wo, 'Filn'
If you're feeling farklempt, don't let your feelings explode. That's one of the lessons of Farklempt, a new tech-art piece that explores group dynamics in the context of a video game. Rachel Metz reports from New York. From Wired News on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Real World Doesn't Use a Joystick
As video games get more and more involved, people are finding it difficult to switch their brains back to reality. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on January 11, 2005 at 6:45 a.m..

Graeme Daniel
Every year at about this time, pundits, experts and others with strong opinions share their views on what they expect to be major IT themes during the course of the year to come. From wwwtools on January 11, 2005 at 5:52 a.m..

Lessons learned from the triumph of tags and blog type design - Users don't need and what what designers think they do
Give the users what they really want and need, instead of what you think they want and need. Of course the trick is having the vision to figure out they want since focus groups and user testing can only go so far! This is one of the many reasons that designing software and web apps that people want and need and actually use is really difficult. From Many-to-Many: folksonomies + controlled vocabularies.: QUOTEThis is something the 'well-designed From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 11, 2005 at 4:51 a.m..

Garantiert: Überleben in der Arbeitswelt
Eigentlich zitiere ich nur ungern aus Publikationen, die ihre Artikel nicht online anbieten. Eine Ausnahme sei bei der Frankfurter Rundschau gemacht, die heute ihre Doppelseite "Studium" dem Thema "Bildungsökonomie" widmet. Dort findet sich auch der Hinweis auf die private FH... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 11, 2005 at 4:50 a.m..

George F. Baughman, 89, First President of New College of Florida, Is Dead
George Baughman helped establish New College in Sarasota, Fla., as a privately financed school of liberal arts and sciences. From New York Times: Education on January 11, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Yale Professor to Step Down in Inquiry Over Billing
Florencio López-de-Silanes, the director of the International Institute for Corporate Governance at Yale, will formally step down June 30. From New York Times: Education on January 11, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

SUNY Plan Limits Increases in Tuition
The chancellor of the State University of New York proposed that each class of entering students would not face tuition increases for four years. From New York Times: Education on January 11, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Hundreds May Lose Tuition Aid Under Ruling
Hundreds of special education students who attend private school at New York City's expense could lose city financing, at least temporarily, under a ruling this week. From New York Times: Education on January 11, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

TV Host Says U.S. Paid Him to Back Policy
Conservative commentator Armstrong Williams said he was paid by the Department of Education to promote its initiatives in the news media. From New York Times: Education on January 11, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

Dismissal of School's Security Manager Points to Problems With Mayor's Crackdown Efforts
The firing of a campus manager at a Bronx school came days after Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared his effort to crack down on disorderly schools a success. From New York Times: Education on January 11, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

13 Articles on Academic Blogging
Lore: An eJournal for Teachers of Writing recently listed 13 articles on academic blogging. I've scanned through a few, and there's a ton of good stuff there. You can go directly to the articles, or take a look at... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on January 11, 2005 at 2:55 a.m..

In 2014, the New York Times has gone offline ...
"In the year 2014, the New York Times has gone offline. The Fourth Estate's fortunes have waned. What happened to the news? And what is EPIC?" Ein tolles, phantasievolles 8-Minuten - Flash Video des Museum of Media History über... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 11, 2005 at 2:51 a.m..

Die heimliche Medienrevolution. Wie Weblogs, Wikis und freie Software die Welt verändern
Kürzlich gelesen und gleich ein paar Zeilen in Amazon hinterlassen. Jochen Robes, amazon.de, 4 Januar 2005 [Kategorien: Weblogs]... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 11, 2005 at 1:51 a.m..

Predictions For 2005
Eine Reihe bekannter e-Learning-Experten nehmen hier kurz Stellung zu der Frage: "Where will e-learning take us in 2005?" Open-source courseware wird sich endgültig als ernstzunehmende Alternative auf dem Bildungsmarkt etablieren, sagen die Experten aus dem akademischen Umfeld. E-Learning muss endlich... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 11, 2005 at 1:51 a.m..

What's on your iPod?
Apple's iPod has created hundreds of product spin-offs, millions of dollars of third-party business, and more unexpected ideas for content than you can count. The headlines tell the story, from "Playboy's free come-on turns iPod into iBod" (CNET) to "Apple talks up mid-range Motorola 'iPod phone'" (EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 11, 2005 at 12:50 a.m..

Suing of the innocents
Drunkenblog has a fascinating interview with two of the people Apple is suing for sharing a pre-release version of Tiger. The stories ring true, but you never know: These were guys who naively thought they were letting some pals share the coolness of kicking around a beta version. But Apple is falling on them as if they were selling hot CDs by the truckload.... From Joho the Blog on January 10, 2005 at 11:47 p.m..