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Podcasters rejoice
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/mrss/mrss.html ... for the advent of Yahoo! Media RSS "Who can use... [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From RSS Latest News on January 25, 2005 at 11:00 p.m..

Submit your Media feed to Yahoo
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/mrss/submit.html ... and get a leg up on your competition. Last year... [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From RSS Latest News on January 25, 2005 at 11:00 p.m..

Burning Questions - The Official FeedBurner Weblog: FeedBurner Slow
http://www.burningdoor.com/feedburner/archives/000991.html [[ This is a content summary only. ]] From RSS Latest News on January 25, 2005 at 11:00 p.m..

Solution Spheres was one of the first Mac Mini home theatre and PVR sites and he covers much much more - Victor Agreda
Victor Agreda emailed me (thanks!) a comment on my Solution Spheres links post to say that Solution Spheres was one of the first blogs to cover the Mac Mini as PVR and home theatre (less than 6 hours) and he is beginning to cover more than just that. From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 25, 2005 at 10:52 p.m..

Optimistic Thought of the Day
"If everything you try works, you aren't trying hard enough." - Gordon Moore From EdTechPost on January 25, 2005 at 10:51 p.m..

Making Memories Stick
Numerous things happen every day, but we remember only some of them. Why? "When an event is important enough or is repeated enough, synapses fire to make the neuron in turn fire neural impulses repeatedly and strongly, declaring 'this is an event that should be recorded.' The relevant genes turn on, and the synapses that are holding the short-term memory when the synapse-strengthening proteins find them, become, in effect, tattooed." By R. Douglas Fields, Scientific American, January 24, 2004 [OLDaily on January 25, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

What Are JSON, JSON-RPC and JSON-RPC-Java?
Introducing JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), "a lightweight data-interchange format with language bindings for C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, TCL and others." JSON is the scripting language that makes things like Google's GMail so much faster than other browser-based tools. "The XMLHttpRequest object (or MSXML ActiveX in the case of Internet Explorer) is used in the browser to call remote methods on the server without the need for reloading the page." By Hemos, Slashdot, January 24, 2005 [OLDaily on January 25, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Academics Give Lessons on Blogs
Nothing that will be new to readers of OLDaily, but it's interesting to see that educational blogging has reached the mainstream news. By Shola Adenekan, BBC News, January 23, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on January 25, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

The Six Laws of the New Software
Most educational designers don't think of themselves as software architects, but of course, that's what they are. And as such, this document - which starts from the premise that most people already have the software they need - will be relevant. Especially in education, designers are competing with existing products - the classroom, the television, the telephone, the book. This article outlines the six principles needed to make an impact: do one thing, not everything; collaborate with existing software; make the interface unobtrustive; simplify use; release early and often; comply wi From OLDaily on January 25, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Future VLE - The Visual Version
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, and sometimes it's worth a lot more. This picture posted by Scott Wilson is one of the latter variety, as he nails the vision once again. Note the intersection between FOAF, RSS and portfolio. This is the semantic social network. By Scott Wilson, Scott's Workblog, January 25, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on January 25, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

[ Mac Mini = Media Center ]
"Yep, everyone's talking about using the Mac mini as a home media center, and there's a reason why: its diminutive form factor makes it a good candidate to fit unobtrusively into an existing audio/video or home theater setup. It looks... From futureStep | net.tech, academia, society & culture on January 25, 2005 at 10:02 p.m..

Back
I'm back from travelling. First day at work, trying to find a way around in a new office, looking where are people from my social network are sitting now and not finding robot dogs that should be running around ;)  It feels strange, not being able to find people and things, but exciting as well - as an opportunity to redefine existing order... And, of course, spending a bit more time reading weblogs of others and realising how much new had happened :) Don't be surprised if some of the older draf From Mathemagenic on January 25, 2005 at 9:52 p.m..

Global Resources Newsletter Winter 2005 is now available as a PDF file. An initiative from the Assoc ...
Global Resources Newsletter Winter 2005 is now available as a PDF file. An initiative from the Association of American Universities and ARL in cooperation with CRL. This issue features a look at The Latin American Open Archives Portal From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 25, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

The September 11, 2001, Documentary Project captures the heartfelt reactions, eyewitness accounts, a ...
The September 11, 2001, Documentary Project captures the heartfelt reactions, eyewitness accounts, and diverse opinions of Americans and others in the months that followed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93. Patriotism and unity mixed with sadness, anger, and insecurity are common themes expressed in this online presentation of almost 200 audio and video interviews, 45 graphic items, and 21 written narratives. From From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 25, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

Open talk about dinosaurs
You know them... They're the tenured professors who strongly resist new technology.  University of Missouri student Kyle Palmer talked to NLII annual meeting attendees and found out how some universities deal with this challenge. From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 25, 2005 at 9:01 p.m..

NLII Learning Initiatives
The NLII is headed into a new direction: Working to leverage IT innovation across the learning enterprise.  On the final day of the conference, EDUCAUSE Vice President Diana Oblinger and University of Central Florida Vice Provost Joel Hartman spok about EDUCAUSE's Learning Initiative.  This is the full feed of their presentation, along with questions from the audience. From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 25, 2005 at 9:01 p.m..

Apple Digital Campus
On the final day of the NLII Annual Meeting, five universities came "out of the closet" to talk about a new community that is forming in conjunction with Apple Computer.  Yvonne Belanger of Duke, Cole Camplese of Penn State, Susan Metros of The Ohio State University, Melissa Poole of University of Missouri's School of Journalism and Victoria Szabo of Stanford University each talked about the projects they've worked on in partnership with Apple.  At the same time, Carl Berger officially invited your school or university to join the new forming Apple Digital Campus. From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 25, 2005 at 9:01 p.m..

How Knowledge is Negotiated in Wikipedia
I found this very interesting, descriptive and narrated screencast from John Udell. Through it, Udell describes one particular Wikipedia entry (the heavy metal umlaut character) and how it moves from a non-detailed entry, to an exhaustive and well-organized piece of... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on January 25, 2005 at 8:56 p.m..

Baruch College, a senior college within The City University of New York, and Kognito Solutions LLC, ...
Baruch College, a senior college within The City University of New York, and Kognito Solutions LLC, have announced the release of a free interactive guide to help faculty determine the appropriate copyright guidelines they must follow when using different types of copyrighted media in their courses From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 25, 2005 at 8:49 p.m..

Social Learning
My brain hurts. Sometimes there are just too many interesting, intensely profound ideas floating around out there. What did I do BB? (Before blogs...) This is going to be one of those work-it-through, brain dump type posts that probably won't make much sense and rightfully shouldn't even see the light of day without more polish, but, what the heck. We had a snow day yesterday. I'm feeling brave. My zeal for the potential of Weblogs, wikis, RSS etc. is born almost entirely from my reflective self that is constantly amazed at the way these tools have transformed my learning From weblogged News on January 25, 2005 at 8:47 p.m..

10 Years To Tipping Point?
The International Climate Change Taskforce has produced a report that argues governments must take decisive action if irreversible climate change is to be avoided. From kuro5hin.org on January 25, 2005 at 8:45 p.m..

No Print Columnists Allowed
The National Society of Newspaper Columnists is once again offering awards for best online columnists. This contest is a restrictive one, limited to entries only from anyone who writes a column that appears exclusively online at a website of a U.S. daily or weekly newspaper. Print columnists whose work appears online are not eligible.Deadline for entries to the 2005 contest is March 15. Entry details are here. Winners will be announced in June at NSNC's annu From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 25, 2005 at 7:55 p.m..

Foibles of my First Pod... er, iRiverCast
Today was one of those technical gambles that actually, sort of worked! This morning, the EDUCUASE/NLII Meeting in New Orleans had a general session where the New Media Consortium provided a 5 Minutes of Fame overview of their just released Horizon Report (I was lucky to be among some great colleagues on thei Adivsory Board for this year's version). Anyhow, Larry Johnson had asked me to do a part at the session to talk about the report's coverage of "Ubiquitous Wireless"-- and I offered the challenge of doing a remote presentation cogdogblog on January 25, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

The long pause…
I haven't added an entry to the blog since mid-December. It's been OK. I've found other things to do with my time. Yes, there's plenty of things to read online and respond to in the blog, but there's other things to do as well. I've somewhat lost ... From Open Artifact on January 25, 2005 at 6:57 p.m..

The Human Touch Matters More than Ever
As technology becomes more sophisticated and pervasive, it's more important than ever to stay connected to other human beings. Used well, technology can support that goal. I was just re-reading an excellent column on this theme by Gerry McGovern: "Technology not answer to every problem" (New Thinking, Dec. 6, 2004). He observed, "Very few websites I come across are giving enough attention to human interaction. There is an expectation that the website should solve every problem in every situation. This approach is not going to work. There are certain things that people are better at, and o From Contentious Weblog on January 25, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Learning the ropes
You're listening to a podcast... So that obviously means you understand technology.  Sarah Ashworth asked around the conference to find out how to really learn the technology that we can use to teach. From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 25, 2005 at 6:00 p.m..

Web Searchers Can't Spot Ads
In what may be good news for web advertisers but bad news for the public at large, a new study shows that only 38% of search engine users are aware of the distinction between paid or "sponsored" results and unpaid... From Indiana IT on January 25, 2005 at 5:55 p.m..

NAA's Best Online for 2005
The Newspaper Association of America has announced the finalists for its 2005 Digital Edge Awards (a.k.a., The Edgies). Winners will be announced on March 20 at the annual NAA Connections conference in Dallas.Top finalists this time around include Boston.com, with five finalist nods. Journal Interactive, the Lawrence Journal-World, PalmBeachPost.com, and Washingtonpost.com were named in three or more categories.As always with these announcements, it's an opportunity to streamline your Web surfing to vi From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 25, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Winning in the Local Online Market
For local news websites, it's historically been common to have lower market penetration than major Web portals. Perhaps that's changing, as evidenced by a press release sent out yesterday by SignOnSanDiego.com, the website of the San Diego Union-Tribune.The site was touting the Media Audit's fall 204 survey showing that 32.1 percent of San Diego County adult residents said they visited SignOnSanDiego.com in the past month. That compared to 29.8 percent who used Yahoo!, 20.1 percent for MSN, and 15.2 percent for America O From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 25, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Phonoe photos of big-time art
Bill Koslowsky has posted some remarkably good photos taken with his Treo at the Museum of Modern Art.... From Joho the Blog on January 25, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Grokster and a More Regulable Net
Do read Professor Felten's analysis of the solicitor general's brief and the various anti-porn coalitions' and police organizations' brief.  As he suggests, this case is not simply about controlling P2P narrowly, but about regulating the Internet itself.  Susan Crawford A Copyfighter's Musings on January 25, 2005 at 5:48 p.m..

Social software programming challenge #2: visual tag map
The del.icio.us linklogging system lets people use labels called "tags" to describe the links they capture. The rich collective dataset of tags and the links they're associated to enables the construction of something resembling a topic map, with tags as topics and links as occurrences. Now, del.icio.us uses the right-hand column of tag-specific pages to list tags that are related to the current tag. The details of how relatedness is computed are < From Seb's Open Research on January 25, 2005 at 5:46 p.m..

Student perspective
University of Missouri student Kyle Palmer gives us the student perspective from Monday's panel discussion. From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 25, 2005 at 5:00 p.m..

Sports Brands Become International Publications
European soccer clubs, with their dedicated fan base, long have been active online publishers. Many websites of football teams are filled with news, audio and video reports, and background information, and the clubs are now serious online publishers.As the popularity of the teams often extends far beyond the local fan base, some international activities are common as well. The website of Dutch team Feyenoord, for instance, has a Japanese section for the passionate audience that follows midfielder Shinji Ono. The Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 25, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Many Many Other Grokster Briefs Now Available
Didn't realize they were all coming in now. Anyway, have a look. Esp. of note: the MPAA/RIAA and songwriter/music publisher briefs. From A Copyfighter's Musings on January 25, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Nominaciones a los Oscars
Los candidatos a los premios Oscar de la Academia de Hollywood: 77th Annual Academy Awards - Nominees: Nominee List y Candidatos a los Premios Oscar 2004. Vía: Sonia Blanco Ver: Nominations Announcement - 77th Academy Awards - Academy of Motion... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 25, 2005 at 3:53 p.m..

After the game is before the game
So the semester is almost over. I end with a much bigger base of new slides from recent lectures that will probably make the future lecturing task much easier. I had never the chance to use a former presentation 1:1 for a new one: there is always a need for update and improvement - but at least as long as there is improvement I think lights are green! As a german soccer coach once said to philosophically: &ampraquo;After the game is before the game!&amplaquo; - So what's next in teaching? First of all I I am looking back over five years of teaching with more than one new seminar co From owrede_log on January 25, 2005 at 3:47 p.m..

Where was desktop search when we needed it?
Desktop search engines are sprouting like weeds. Google's showed up in October, then Microsoft's in December, and now Yahoo's this month. ... For lots of people I know, any one of these choices will produce a life-changing productivity boost. For me, though, that's no longer true. The Jon's Radio on January 25, 2005 at 3:46 p.m..

Today's Links
What Breed of Developers to Build RIAs? amen! - "You need the right combination of skills if you're thinking of delivering an application both as a (HTML) web app and as a RIA (say, by combining Flex with a Java backend). Those worlds will indeed merge eventually." Tags: Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 25, 2005 at 2:51 p.m..

New Podcasting Resource - Podcasting Tools
Check out the latest podcasting resource. Podcasting Tools is designed to be a complete resource for podcasting, podcasts and podcasters. Find the latest podcasting software, directories and submission sites. Podcasting tools is a total guide to podcasting. From RSS Blog on January 25, 2005 at 2:00 p.m..

ALA 193: Use cases
What does a user really want? Use cases help us web designers and developers figure out what we're building and why. Also in this issue of ALA: ALA's translation policy has changed. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 25, 2005 at 1:49 p.m..

Canadian broadband irony
I readily acknowledge that with this screen capture I'm indulging in cheap irony and that the real question is — as Dewayne Hendricks said in forwarding the link — why the US doesn't have an initiative like this Canadian one. Nevertheless, you don't turn down a chance to blog cheap irony, do you, especially when that's our only way of maintaining our sense of national superiority...?... From Joho the Blog on January 25, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Wacky Wiki Wemix
Joi has posted a remix of Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales talking at the WebCred conference. Its 41 seconds of audio delight. (Hint: "NPOV" = neutral point of view.) Technorati tags: webcred joi... From Joho the Blog on January 25, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

Learning Design: Natural vs.Machine
In Life is Learning: Learning Design - Natural vs. Machine Robert Paterson dovetails Christopher Alexander's ideas about natural design with learning. The discussion brings another interesting perspective to the object vs. the source of design in learning...... From Experience Designer Network on January 25, 2005 at 12:58 p.m..

google video search beta
Anyone want to post some yahoo video and google video comparisons in our comments? Via Yahoo Videoblogging Group From unmediated on January 25, 2005 at 12:55 p.m..

SCORM 2004 Now Offered in French!
Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) along with the Canada ADL Partnership Lab and Canadian Department National Defence announces the availability of the SCORM 2004 Overview book in French.  This translation expands the ADL Community internationally and strives to bring a unity in the development of SCORM specifications. The SCORM 2004 Overview ... From ADL News on January 25, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..

Beers & Blogs en Barcelona
Aprovechando la visita a Barcelona para participar en las V Jornadas sobre Arte y Multimedia, tenemos el gusto de anunciarles: Beers & Blogs en Barcelona Qué: una reunión informal de bloggers Cuándo: el sábado 29 de enero a las 22... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 25, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..

Few seniors use Web for health info - Richard J. Dalton Jr., Newsday
Most seniors haven't yet weaved the Web into their lives, robbing themselves of a wealth of health information available online, researchers have found. About 30% of people age 65 and older have gone online, compared with 70% of those age 50 to 64, acc From Techno-News Blog on January 25, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Is Google Planning a VoIP Service? - James Niccolai, IDG News Service
Comments from a U.K. industry analyst have added to speculation that Google is planning to offer a voice over Internet Protocol telephony service. "This would be an obvious development for the world's leading search engine. Millions have downloaded th From Techno-News Blog on January 25, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Ontology as a term of art (Clay Shirky)
After my little tirade yesterday, my friend Kio pointed out that ontology is a term of art for almost every group that uses it, and that it has very different meanings in those various groups. For the metaphysicians, ontology is... From Corante: Social Software on January 25, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Taxonomy Tales
It's not that we need more proof of the point, but James Carroll, columnist for the Boston Globe, today gives a particularly good example of the politics of categorization. He writes that the first New York Times story about Auschwitz, on May 8, 1945, is surprisingly detailed and blunt about what happened in the death camp where 2 million people were murdered. There's only one major omission: "...in defining the identities of those victims, the story never used the word 'Jew.'" He adds: The New York Times index did not cite stories about concentration camps under the catego From Joho the Blog on January 25, 2005 at 12:48 p.m..

Apple Seminar: Break Through the Barriers to Digital Photography Success
Apple - Seminars Online - Break through the barriers to digital photography success A free online seminar offered by Apple * How adopting a digital workflow using Apple technologies can increase your revenues and marketability * How to avoid potential pitfalls when you're first starting out * About new products to offer your customers, including DVD portfolios * How to work pr From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on January 25, 2005 at 11:59 a.m..

Those Scary Smart Students
We've probably all had a student in our classes like David Ross--the kid who went to work at Netscape and helped develop the Firefox browser. At 17! This is the kind of student that you just have to sit back and watch take off in class, with little hope that you'll catch up to him once he or she gets going. It can be a little intimidating, but its lots of fun too. A few years ago I had a student named Kevin in my animation class who wanted to do one thing. Program games. So while the rest... From Brain Frieze on January 25, 2005 at 11:55 a.m..

Castilla-La Mancha adopta Linux por el ahorro que supone
Cuando hay que modernizar un sistema informático regional y no se dispone de mucho dinero hay que acudir a alternativas lo más rentables posibles. Es el caso del Servicio de Salud de Castilla-La Manch... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 25, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..

Mi recurso de e-learning favorito
Comparta su recurso favorito de e-learning, que puede ser, por ejemplo, una página web, una revista electrónica, una actividad educativa en línea, etc. Permíta conocer este recurso para demostrar el g... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 25, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..

Learning Review, gratis en PDF
La revista Learning Review ahora puede bajarse gratuitamente desde su site. Conozca la revista leída por más de 5000 Directores, Gerentes y especialistas de Recursos Humanos de toda Latinoamérica.... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 25, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..

Why tags should be URLs (Kevin Marks)
This is a drive-by response to David's 'namespaces to the rescue' post, where he says: a table of synonyms that’s compiled manually and/or automatically by doing clustering analysis can enable us to tag local but search global. Or if generalized... From Corante: Social Software on January 25, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

How to write summaries for web and intranet pages, and why
Rachel McAlpine has written an article on how to write summaries for web and intranet pages. To quote: The summary is all part of the plan to structure every web or intranet page for easy reading and great search results.... From Column Two on January 25, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..

WordPress Multiusuario
Está disponible WordPress Multi-user Edition: WordPress MU is multi-user version of the famous WordPress blogging application. It is ideal for people wanting to offer a hosted version of WordPress, but due to its complexity installation and maintainance is not supported... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 25, 2005 at 10:50 a.m..

You Can't Ignore My Wrath
Researchers in Switzerland discover that, despite our best efforts, humans cannot escape anger as long as it's within earshot. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on January 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Turning the Tables on Spammers
Spam fighters who have grown weary of the passive approach vow to get aggressive with plans like Project Honey Pot. Mark Baard reports from Cambridge, Massachusetts. From Wired News on January 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Information Wants to be Liquid
The Liquid Information project wants to tear down the web and rebuild it in the image of Wikipedia: a free-for-all where readers are writers and no word is sacrosanct. Are they mad? By Jason Walsh. From Wired News on January 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Feature Films Without Wires
The weekend premiere of Rize was a big deal simply for its delivery method -- it was beamed to the theater from 800 miles away. It could change the way movies are distributed. Jason Silverman reports from Park City, Utah. From Wired News on January 25, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

(re) Descubriendo blogs
Artes Arbol de los Mil Nombres Árbol de los Mil Nombres. Caminará hasta encontrar el único y verdadero. Baldosas El concepto baldosas es plano y es red, donde funciona una o infinitas baldosas (bn) construyendo un piso de módulos interactivos.... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 25, 2005 at 8:52 a.m..

Top Foe of Affirmative Action Leaves California Regents
Ward Connerly, a black Sacramento millionaire who for a decade has led a crusade against race preferences, is leaving his bully pulpit at the University of California. From New York Times: Education on January 25, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Brooklyn Teacher Charged in Attack on Her Principal
Detectives were investigating whether the motive in the attack was related to the principal's disciplinary policies. From New York Times: Education on January 25, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Lawrence Summers, Provocateur
What are the obligations of the leaders of the great universities, if any, toward provoking debate? From New York Times: Education on January 25, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Sure, Come Back to the Nest. Here Are the Rules.
As the number of children who return to live at home after college increases, the best situations are built on financial rules that encourage responsibility. From New York Times: Education on January 25, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

College Endowments Post Solid Gains in '04
Buoyed by a healthy stock market, university endowments posted robust earnings in 2004, but not enough to compensate fully for the losses of previous years. From New York Times: Education on January 25, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Gray Matter and Sexes: A Gray Area Scientifically
There are differences in form between men and women, but that does not mean that they function differently, scientists say. From New York Times: Education on January 25, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Americans happy with search, but don't see it as indispensible: new study
A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life project finds that while most Americans are satisfied with available search technologies, a surprising nearly two-thirds could do without it. Some 44% of searchers regularly use just one engine... Nearly half of searchers use a search engines no more than a few times a week, and two-thirds say they could walk away from search engines without upsetting their lives very much... Internet use From NITLE Tech News on January 25, 2005 at 7:55 a.m..

Phishing - A new age weapon
Focuses on the security measures that financial service providers such as banks can take to prevent and manage the form of social engineering known as Phishing. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on January 25, 2005 at 6:52 a.m..

Business blogging is about being part of the global conversation in the market!
Mitch nails it as usual. From Red Herring Blog: How to make a business of passion.: QUOTEIn a global conversation, your customers are not only being satisfied or dissatisfied, they are talking about their experience. The reason to operate a blog in support of your business is that if you aren't involved in that conversation you are both deaf and dumb in the market. That's a hard message for many to hear, especially those marketers who believe that their wo From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 25, 2005 at 5:51 a.m..

DRM s*cks because it helps the bad guys
Yet another reason why DRM s*cks! And yet another reason not to buy WMP protected tunes (plays for sure! ha! more like spyware for sure :-) !)From Exploring the law of unintended consequences | The Register.: QUOTEA similar thing has popped up recently with one of my favorite bugaboos, DRM. I'm opposed to DRM for quite a number of reasons (if you're looking for an excellent list of those reasons, read Cory Doctorow's brilliant dissection of DRM), and now ther From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 25, 2005 at 4:52 a.m..

The unintended consequences of Craig's List
Awesome, go Craig's List go!From Craigslist and cottage industries (kottke.org).: QUOTEPaul told me that these days, he got most of his jobs from CL and only one or two a week from personal referrals. I found that surprising and when I pressed him further, he told me that because of CL, he's been able to do pursue moving (which he really likes doing) as a full-time career. I can't remember the exact quote, but Paul said s From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 25, 2005 at 4:52 a.m..

Lawsuits are killing innovation
Amen! Lawsuits are "How NOT to develop software"! From Why Hasn't TiVo Improved? | PVRblog.: QUOTELawsuits are killing innovation. It's a common story in the world of technology. Any time a company produces a disruptive technology that does something cool, they have to have a legal department that is bigger than their engineering unit to survive, and that sucks for business, sucks for customers, and sucks for the technology industry. I work around lawyers all day and I wis From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 25, 2005 at 4:52 a.m..

Freefalling: The Heart Aroused
In The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of Soul in Corporate America David Whyte (see also Crossing The Unknown Sea) reminds us that, "Learning, partnership and the ability to adapt are at the core of life, at work or... From Experience Designer Network on January 25, 2005 at 3:58 a.m..

But Will Flickr Have A Manicure As Well?
My hands are quivering. The DTs are starting. I have photos to upload... and Flickr has sent the database for a massage? Will all the tags be rubbed down as well? Will there be vibrant toenail polish? Will the bunions be sanded? An herbal wrap? Oh well, I guess I can find something else to do. You have to li From cogdogblog on January 25, 2005 at 3:48 a.m..

British higher ed increasingly using blogs
The BBC reports on British higher education's increasing use of blogs. The story's major case concerns Warwick University, whose implementation hosts 2680 blogs as of this post, out of a community of nineteen thousand. Warwick blogs are established for classes,... From MANE IT Network on January 25, 2005 at 2:57 a.m..

Trying Out the Technorati Tags Thing
With some reluctance, I have added “folksonomy” as a sub-category in my site themes. I’m doing this specifically because Technorati will now pick up these posts as having been “tagged” with “folksonomy.” Frankly, I’m not sure this is a great idea. It encourages the proliferation of categories, which is not… From e-Literate on January 25, 2005 at 1:58 a.m..

Webfeed Grab Bag
Here are some items related to webfeeds that have caught my interest lately... TOP OF THIS LIST: "E-mail v RSS, let us move on..." by Alex Barnett (Online Customer Experience Manager with Microsoft UK), May 22. Useful matrix, with links, which demonstrates why the now-perennial debate over whether e-mail publishing is dead should be laid to rest. Bottom line: E-mail and webfeeds are complementary. (Read the rest of this list...) From Contentious Weblog on January 25, 2005 at 1:54 a.m..

Skyecasted Today, Some Other Cast Tomorrow
I'm into some crazy stuff. If you told me even last year I'd be having a 1 hour, clear, voice conversation over the net to a colleague in Finland, I would check to see what medications you were missing. But today, I was interviewed via Skype by Teemu Arina from Finland, where he was the mix master and actually recording the session for a future SkypeCast. I almost forgot the novelty of the technology, as it did not drop out once. Of course, then he had to tell me I was a second interview after he had a session with cogdogblog on January 25, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

The Problem with Jack-Of-All-Trades Intranets
Paul Chin writes a nice article on bloated intranets, or Jack-of-all-trades (JOATs): "You need to know when to say enough is enough. Are you putting features into your system because users have a genuine need for them or are you putting them in because you're afraid of leaving something out? You should be developing your intranet to meet a business need, not to wow users with the its extensive list of features." From elearningpost on January 25, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Malcom Gladwell in a blink
Rashmi Sinha has a 2X2 that explains Gladwell's theme in Blink. According to her, Blink is more about rapid emotional decisions (e.g stereotyping a race, or group) than about rapid cognitive decisions (e.g. recognizing an art fake). Very nice. Surprising how a simple 2X2 simultaneously broadens and focuses the understanding. It not only tells you the place where Blink belongs, but also the places where it does not. From elearningpost on January 25, 2005 at 1:46 a.m..

Blogging the NLII 2005
I am blogging the NLII at my personal blog: http://www.christycain.typepad.com/inneraction/ Please feel to comment on anything I've written. Chris Weaver From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 25, 2005 at 12:55 a.m..

Bransford in review
University of Missouri grad Sarah Ashworth gives a wrap of John Bransford's Monday speech at the NLII conference.  All you have to do is imagine you're a fish. From EDUCAUSE Blogs - on January 25, 2005 at 12:55 a.m..

On the upcoming DVD format schism
Michael Marriot's "The Coming DVD Format War" offers a good overview of the split field in next generation DVDs: Blu-ray vs HD-DVD. This division is potentially troublesome, as each side has hefty players behind it. Think VHS vs Betamax... From MANE IT Network on January 25, 2005 at 12:52 a.m..