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Collaboration Workspace Technology Review: iCollaborate
iCollaborate is a recently released collaboration solution from The Data Corporation that is tightly integrated with Windows Explorer. It allows you to share Windows folders and files, as well as providing secure instant messaging. Other features such as VoIP and... From Kolabora.com on February 1, 2005 at 10:55 p.m..

All DRM s*cks including Apple DVD DRM
Another reason not to buy DVDs. If you buy something, you should be able to play it regardless of where you are; this nugget of common sense seems to have escaped the money and power hungry DVD industry. DRM s*cks! From Boing Boing: Apple restricting DVD region-changes -- voluntarily! -- UPDATED.: QUOTEIn the crazy world of DRM for DVDs, there's this idea that a Hollywood studio should be able to tell you where you're allowed to watch a DVD after you buy it. They ac From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 1, 2005 at 10:52 p.m..

GlennLog: Blog Business Summit Speech in QuickTime with Slides
Must listen, even if you don't want to make money because there's a lot of insight about the web in 2005 and how it works and of course the cool questions from the Vancouver crew: Boris, Darren and Will.From GlennLog: Blog Business Summit Speech in QuickTime with Slides.: QUOTEIt took a little doing, but you can watch my presentation on The Entrepreneurial Blog f From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 1, 2005 at 10:52 p.m..

IA Progress Grants: intranet heuristic review kit
We've just heard from AIfIA that our application for one of the IA Progress Grants has been accepted! We will be developing a best-practice intranet heuristic review kit, as follows: We propose to develop a set of heuristics and a... From Column Two on February 1, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

Further coverage on the Intranet Roadmap
Martin White has written a review of the Intranet Roadmap: "There are no current books on intranet development, so this very concise handbook from James Robertson and his colleagues at Step Two Designs is very welcome indeed. The 54 page... From Column Two on February 1, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

In this new genre, no heroine can be younger than 48
A growing genre of books tells women that their 50s and 60s can be an exciting time. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on February 1, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Comment from Jody Eldred
I received an email from Jody Eldred in response to this entry. While I was hoping to highlight the increasing accessibility of HD-based cinematography, Mr. Eldred pointed out some important distinctions. Let it be known: I definitely am NOT leaving my F900 CineAlta for ANYTHING, especially the Z1U! The Z1U is a terrific camera, and is "as-advertised" (actually, it exceeds expectations.) But as I stated repeatedly in my Sundance workshops, it is NOT a replacement for the F900, nor will From Alpha Channel: The Studio @ Hodges Library on February 1, 2005 at 9:59 p.m..

522 Blogs and Counting
Ok, now I know that not all of these Weblogs are currently in use, but it's a new semester, I just made about 100 new student sites, a half a dozen new teacher sites, a few more Website sites, a couple new activity sites...days like these I'm feeling pretty good about the local blogosphere. And before you say it, it's not the numbers; it's the way they're being used, I know. But the numbers are nice. Blogs are seeping in. And if that's not enough, here are the kinds of conversations I'm starting to have more and more these days: I meet with the Fine Art From weblogged News on February 1, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Smithsonian locks blues, bluegrass, jazz classics in M*crosoft trunk
Not good. From TeledyN: All your Heritage are belong to Bill.: QUOTEWhat does it mean? It means this much for certain: I clicked on the link to the archive and was immediately redirected to the terse and unyielding Statement of Requirements which begin just as my dispairing silent scream had feared. Do keep in mind, this isn't just the complete archival recordings of Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lucinda Williams, Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins and Ella Jenkins which are now predicated Micro From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 1, 2005 at 8:52 p.m..

Tags run amok! (Clay Shirky)
Back In The Day, when I was trying to explain what I meant when I was talking about social software, but before Coates pulled my fat out of the fire by doing the work for me, I had all these... From Corante: Social Software on February 1, 2005 at 8:49 p.m..

Symbiotic thought
Steve Johnson, one of my favorite writers, has a piece in the NYTimes about software that collaborates in the thinking process. He elaborates in his blog, complete with screen captures of DevonThink at work. The software does a semantic analysis of what Steve's written and his research notes. Now if only I had ten years' worth of research notes stored in my computer! (Maybe Steve would let me borrow his.)... From Joho the Blog on February 1, 2005 at 8:48 p.m..

HDTV Wishes and Super Bowl Dreams
Having a plasma HDTV right now is a little like owning a Model-T before any roads were built; it's great, but a little infrastructure would make it a lot better. With so few high-definition channels on cable, and the local Brighthouse Cable network's refusal to strike a deal to carry NBC, it looks like I'm going to be following a 50-year family tradition of buying an antenna for the side of my house. No Olympics in HD was one thing, but no Super Bowl in HD is too much.And that leads to this question: What is the From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 1, 2005 at 7:56 p.m..

Course Management Systems and Copyright
(2/1/05) Fair use may not be what you expect. Simple, clean, concise rules do not exist in the law of fair use. For example: Do not assume that a nonprofit, educational use is inherently fair use. Do not assume that giving credit for the source of the work inherently creates a fair use. Do not assume that limiting access tomaterials to students in the class inherently creates a fair use. On the other hand, proper application of fair use can prove to be extremely beneficial to the instructor, the students, and the educational process as a whole. From Edutools News: Course Management Systems on February 1, 2005 at 7:51 p.m..

Warming The Hands Over the Flames of Email
E-mail flame wars (a torrent of angry, differing viewpoint exchanges) must be as old as the first listserv with more than 20 people on it. Whether you want to classify participants according to some phylum/species or not not, it is just human nature, and what happens in the loosely structured online environment. A reading of the chapter on "Perfection" in Small Pieces Loosely Joined (SPLJ) puts some good light on the mixture of people, their human behaviors, and what happens in open environment. We have an interesting, oft repeated From cogdogblog on February 1, 2005 at 7:48 p.m..

Blue Ear Winds Down 6-Year Run
When you think of "online magazines" or "webzines," independent online-only titles, Salon and Slate are the obvious stars of that genre. It's long surprised me that more webzines weren't successful enough to rise to the level of those two.An online publication that aspired to that was Blue Ear, founded in January 1999 and edited for the last six years by Ethan Casey. Blue Ear was a thoughtful world-journalism site aimed at a thoughtful audience. And Casey understood the va From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 1, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Stepping Stones 2005
Stepping Stones 2005 University of Saskatchewan Graduate Student Conference May 11, 12, 13, 2005 The College of Graduate Studies and Research and the Graduate Students' Association invite you to submit a paper or poster for the 13th Annual University... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 1, 2005 at 6:53 p.m..

FLL Wireless
I'm posting this from Terminal 4 of the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. I have to fly through Fort Lauderdale occasionally, and I mentioned my favourite part some time ago here, and thought it deserved repeating. The entire airport (all four... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 1, 2005 at 6:53 p.m..

Folksonomy: The Soylent Green of the 21st Century (Clay Shirky)
In What Do Tags Mean, Tim Bray says “There is no cheap metadata” (quoting himself from the earlier On Search.) He’s right, of course, in both the mathematical sense (metadata, like all entropy-fighting moves, requires energy) and in the human... From Corante: Social Software on February 1, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

Black History in Motion
As Black History Month begins, The New York Public Library launches "In Motion: The African-American Experience." From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on February 1, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

ALA 194 double issue
PPK meets JDE. Separating behavior from structure and presentation via JavaScript "hooks." Using custom DTDs to make those hook-laden web pages validate. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on February 1, 2005 at 6:48 p.m..

Voest Alpine and Social Software
Just back from a great meeting/presentation of Social Software tools and one specific solution. I was invited by the Bruno Lindorfer, Senior Vice President Corporate Innovation of VAI. Two remarks on my way back home: 1) the new railway station here in Linz is nice, comparable to the one in Innsbruck, Austria, except that in Linz you have to pay 50 cents for the toilet which is pretty tricky if you are in a hurry and don't have them in you pocket. I consider this as a bug. Hopefully the remove the barrier s From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 1, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

Knowledge sharing and IT-support in far-flung teams
I'm working on a (German) excerpt of the highly interesting article on Using Far-Flung Virtual Teams for Managing Knowledge in Global Companies. If you are interested I got the entire article that was published in the Journal of Knowledge Management. (If you want a copy please drop me a note). Just to quote a line [...]Knowledge-sharing and creation effectivness of far-flung teams is enabled by From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 1, 2005 at 6:47 p.m..

MountainRise: the scholarship of teaching and learning
This new electronic journal includes both computer-aided instruction and distance learning. " MountainRise is an open, peer-reviewed, international electronic journal published twice a year by the Coulter Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning at Western Carolina University for the purpose of being an international vehicle for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL).  By applying scholarly methodologies to the processes of teaching and learning, making that reflection and research public and open to critique, and thereby enabling a b From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on February 1, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..

Phishing Targets Corporate IT
The practice of tricking individuals into revealing private information by directing them to a bogus website is called "phishing". Anyone who uses e-mail has seen these kinds of messages, which usually suggest that one must "verify their account" or similar.... From Indiana IT on February 1, 2005 at 4:56 p.m..

The real last mile
Complaining your DSL will only sync at 2.4 Mbps when next door gets 2.6Mbps? Put things in perspective, you could have lived in Mink, Louisiana. The small community just got telephone service. BellSouth Corp. spent $700,000 - or about $47,000 per phone - to extend about 30 miles of cable through thick forests to Mink, about 100 miles south of Shreveport. Phone customers around the state will cover the cost by paying a small monthly charge on their bills. Entering the 20th century called for a party: The community celebrated with a fish fry Monday - gathering at a church and dishing out catfish From silentblue | Quantified on February 1, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Interview: The Future According to Elliott Masie
Auch den Gurus gehen manchmal die Ideen aus. So scheint es jedenfalls fast in diesem Interview: "E-learning is often an overstated term. The bottom line is that learning and performance is what people pay for." Okay, so weit, so gut.... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on February 1, 2005 at 4:51 p.m..

S. Korea's filtering
The OpenNet Initiative has found that in the process of blocking access to 31 pro-North Korea sites, the South Korean government has blocked 3,167 unrelated domains. Apparently this happened because the NK sites were on servers outside of NK that SK blocked. (The OpenNet Initiative is sponsored by the Berkman Center, U of Toronto and U of Cambridge.) [Technorati tag: korea]... From Joho the Blog on February 1, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Web of Ideas: The Shape of Knowledge
On Wednesday I'm going to lead the postponed session in the semi-regular series at the Berkman Center. This time, I'm going to try out a presentation I'm giving in a couple of weeks at a conference. The topic has something to do with taxonomies and tagging. (Yes, it will repeat some material in the dinner talk I gave last week, and a bunch of stuff from the Library of Congress speech. But it will have new stuff on tagging.) It's 6-7:30pm at the Baker House (map). It's open to the public and pizza will be served.... From Joho the Blog on February 1, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

IMS Content Packaging and Content Interoperability Call-for-Issues Announcement
IA major revision of the IMS Content Packaging specification and to create v1.2 (v1.1.4 is the current version). This will include the provision of new functionality but ensure backwards compatibility with the 1.1 versions of the specification; - To create the IMS Packaging Service v1.0 specification that will enable the managed exchange of any content package-based data model using web services (including the usage of attachments to the SOAP messages). This will provide a service definition for the exchange of data models based upon any version of the IMS Content Package. Therefore IMS i From IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc. on February 1, 2005 at 3:54 p.m..

Proyectos interactivos
Además de las obras ya enlazadas en Arte, Narración y Juego y Proyectos de George Legrady, el abanico de proyectos interactivos presentados durante las V Jornadas de Metanarrativa se completa con: Natalie Bookchin; The Intruder (basado en el cuento La... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 1, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

Media Lessons From Sweden
I just returned from a visit to Sweden on the invitation of regional newspaper publisher Goteborgs Posten, bringing you news from one of the most advanced newspaper markets in the world; Swedes really love both newspapers and technology.Paying via premium SMS messagesGP last year turned to tabloid format, as many other European newspapers have done by now. With the launch of the new format came a promotion offer to try out the paper for 30 days, at the nominal fee of 30 Swedish Kroner (US$4.30). Gunnar Springfeldt, GP From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 1, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

Webmaster Tools and Resources
With new technologies, algorithms and sources emerging on a daily basis, webmasters are constantly struggling to stay informed. The quality of content on the web and the number of products available to webmasters can seem overwhelming. The goal of creating a site that can be quickly found can be a struggle. Unless webmasters have a well-established brand, a great domain name and a huge marketing budget, it is important that they appear in search engines via specific keywords. With this in mind, we have compiled a list of resources and products that will benefit webmasters in their efforts to b From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 1, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

Determining Keywords
Determining keywords is a critical step in web design. If your website and meta tags do not contain related keywords, web surfers will be unable to find your website when they conduct searches. The formula is a little tricky - you will need to locate terms that are popular and relevant to your site. These terms may or may not be terms that *you* feel are relevant terms. From Software Marketing Articles and Marketing Tips on February 1, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

Today's Links
mezzoblue § Redundancy vs. Dependency CSS is coding which is why a lot of designers have problems with it! They don't have the coding mindset. - "CSS forces you to make a choice in your coding techniques, a choice that becomes more obvious the larger a site grows. As the amount of variance between different templates increases, you can go in one of two directions: you can either code for redundancy, From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 1, 2005 at 2:52 p.m..

PA incumbents get to veto municipal wifi
From an article by Wes Simonds at Wifi Planet: The terms of the bill essentially give Verizon and other local carriers the right to veto all citywide hotspot plans similar to Philadelphia's in the state of Pennsylvania beginning Jan. 1, 2006. As Jock Gill suggests, we could use some model legislation to preempt this type of anti-user, corporate welfare in other states. [Thanks to Dewayne Hendricks for the link.]... From Joho the Blog on February 1, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

New choice for your VOIP ringtone: Google Google!
I missed this until I came across it a Susan Crawford's site, but apparently Google is starting up an Internet phone service. The TimesOnline article bases this on an employment ad looking for a "strategic negotiator" to help the company to provide a "global backbone network." So, if Microsoft is trying to expand by getting Windows into our living rooms, perhaps Google is trying to get itself inserted wherever there's a telephone...including wifi phones, if bastards like Verizon let up their headlock on state legislatures. [Technorati tags: google voip]... From Joho the Blog on February 1, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Six Figures, A Jaguar-- the Luxurious Life of a Spammer
(Thanks to James Farmer for popping this article our way). The Register today unveils the life of the rich and infamous, "Interview with a link spammer": Sam - let's call our interviewee Sam, it's suitably anonymous - lives in a three-bedroom semi-detached house in London, drives a vintage Jaguar and runs his own company. But "it's not not all rock and roll and big money", says Sam. What isn't? Spamming websites and blogs with text to From cogdogblog on February 1, 2005 at 2:48 p.m..

Two stars for peace
This proposal to make Israel and Palestine the 51st and 52nd states seems to be serious. While the site explains that it only takes a majority vote of the US Congress to add a state — there's a Constitutional flaw for you! — it oddly says nothing about asking the Israelis and Palestinians. [Thanks, Mark D., for the link.]... From Joho the Blog on February 1, 2005 at 1:49 p.m..

Returning to the Big Apple
I'm coming back to New York City today! Yay! People instead of snow! Tall buildings instead of tall trees! Polluted air instead of clean! Yay yay yay! On Friday I'll be speaking at NYU at the 13th Annual Stern Women in Business Conference. I'll be on the panel, Harness Your Entrepreneurial Spirit. And on Sunday I'm going to run a 5K and get ready to cheer on the Pats in the Super Bowl. And in between, I'm just going to savor the city in all its big bustling citiness! From megnut on February 1, 2005 at 1:45 p.m..

RSS Software Site
A new RSS site has launched. RSS Software solutions including RSS scripts for syndication, RSS aggregators, RSS editors, RSS parsers and scrapers. Site includes software reviews, version information and related RSS news. From RSS Blog on February 1, 2005 at 1:00 p.m..

Libraries matter. is a library awareness campaign sponsored by Alliance Library System in Illinois, ...
Libraries matter. is a library awareness campaign sponsored by Alliance Library System in Illinois, a regional organization consisting of academic, public, school, and special libraries From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 1, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

The Book Standard is the one-stop online information center that provides Nielsen BookScan-powered c ...
The Book Standard is the one-stop online information center that provides Nielsen BookScan-powered charts, book-market analysis, news, reviews, commentary, job boards, plus extensive database resources From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 1, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

ECOO: Educational Computing Organization of Ontario
Oh, oh - head for the hills - I'm going to be speaking again. On Friday May 6, 2005 I'll be a Spotlight Speaker (hope that light isn't too hot) at the ECOO (Educational Computing Organization of Ontario). The invitation... From Experience Designer Network on February 1, 2005 at 11:58 a.m..

What Should Drive Site Organization And Design: Consistency Or Flow?
Should a site navigation be driven by principles of consistency and accessibility to all "other" information available on the site, or should it be directed by flow principles? Photo credit:Renato Cardoso Though we have all been designing small and large sites with complete faith in the principles of pervasiveness and consistency of navigation, the time has come to question some of these assumptions. Should we focus more on helping the users find what they want or shall we keep promoting the inventory of content our sites have available? And even if we choose to help the user find mo From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on February 1, 2005 at 11:50 a.m..

Government computer blunders are common - TED BRIDIS, AP TECHNOLOGY
The FBI's failure to roll out an expanded computer system that would help agents investigate criminals and terrorists is the latest in a series of costly technology blunders by government over more than a decade. Experts blame poor planning, rapid ind From Techno-News Blog on February 1, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Cyber-Security: Is the Gov't Doing Enough? - Darryl K. Taft, eWeek
The Internet is inherently insecure, and the government is no longer providing sufficient funding to help correct the problem, so said a leading member of an Internet content delivery company at a conference here over the weekend. "The Internet is ver From Techno-News Blog on February 1, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Tech guru pitches $100 PC - John Markoff, CNET News
Nicholas Negroponte, the technology guru from the MIT Media Laboratory, prowled the halls of the World Economic Forum holding the holy grail for crossing the digital divide: a mock-up of a $100 laptop computer. The machine is intriguing because Negro From Techno-News Blog on February 1, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Endeavor Information Systems has announced details of recent user-focused design activities instrume ...
Endeavor Information Systems has announced details of recent user-focused design activities instrumental in the creation of the company's Meridian product for efficient, effective management of all types of electronic resources. This new usability initiative brings user-centered design practices into the development process for Endeavor systems and offers libraries improved staff workflows and more intuitive user interfaces From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 1, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

Ariadne - Issue 42, January 2005 is now available. Ariadne is targeted principally at information sc ...
Ariadne - Issue 42, January 2005 is now available. Ariadne is targeted principally at information science professionals in academia, and also to interested lay people both in and beyond the Higher Education community. Its main geographic focus is the UK, but it is widely read in the US and worldwide From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 1, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

Thomson Gale has assembled a collection of activities and information to complement classroom topics ...
Thomson Gale has assembled a collection of activities and information to complement classroom topics related to Black History Month From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 1, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

Flickr adds easy way to edit existing tags
Wow! Yet another cool but essential tagging related feature from Flickr. Go Flickr go! We need these features in other tagging apps.From Flickr: News.: QUOTEWe've added a new way for you to manage your ever-growing list of tags. If you go to your tags page - you'll see a new link in the right-hand column to "edit, replace or delete your tags". The cool thing about being able to edit your tags from here is: say you select that you'd like to edit your photos tagged with "vancouver". From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 1, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..

Neurons Derived From Stem Cells
This breakthrough, accomplished through a couple of years of painstaking work, holds promise in treating spinal cord injuries and in the fight against Lou Gehrig's disease. From Wired News on February 1, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Special Effects Rule Hollywood
Meet the 10 visual-effects wizards who dominate the movie biz. By Anne Thompson from Wired magazine. From Wired News on February 1, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Stranger Makes Grand Impression
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath puts a bizarre and humorous spin on action-shooter gameplay, and looks great doing it. Game review by Chris Kohler. From Wired News on February 1, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Folksonomies Tap People Power
A growing number of websites with user-created content are relying on user-generated tags, also known as folksonomies, to let people know what's available. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on February 1, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Universe Looks Good From Here
Long before most spacecraft ever make it off the launch pad, an artist goes to work. The result is the surreal but detailed space art that NASA and other space agencies look to for inspiration. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on February 1, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Learning Circuits Blog is MOVING
Learning Circuits Blog is moving to http://learningcircuits.blogspot.com/. Let's continue the conversation there.... From Learning Circuits Blog on February 1, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..

PowerPoint Goes to the Fair
Technology is changing that annual academic ritual, the science project, as more students abandon posterboard displays in favor of computer presentations. From New York Times: Education on February 1, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

William A. Bootle, Judge in Desegregation Case, Dies at 102
William Augustus Bootle was a federal judge who, in 1961, set in motion a chain of legal decisions that in a single week desegregated the University of Georgia. From New York Times: Education on February 1, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Stephen Roberts, 89, Cornell Polo Coach, Dies
Stephen Roberts coached Cornell University's polo team from 1947 to 1972 and won eight national championships. From New York Times: Education on February 1, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

New York Plans Test to Affirm Fitness for Jobs
New York is expected to become the first state to issue a "work readiness" credential to high school students who pass a voluntary test. From New York Times: Education on February 1, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

New-SAT Takers: Confused Yet?
Anywhere there are high school juniors this season, the new SAT, with all its imponderables, is creating high anxiety. From New York Times: Education on February 1, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Evolution Takes a Back Seat in U.S. Classes
In districts around the country, even when evolution is in the curriculum it may not be in the classroom. From New York Times: Education on February 1, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Wow! Esref Armagan, the Blind Painter
I think I am a bit off my usual educational technology rants today ... but this story blows my mind. New Scientist reports the story of Esref Armagan, an individual born without sight, who is an extraordinary artist. From the... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on February 1, 2005 at 5:55 a.m..

Developing sites for users with cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties
Roger Hudson, Russ Weakley, and Peter Firminger have just written an article on developing sites for users with cognitive disabilities and learning difficulties. To quote: When people think about accessibility of web content, there's a tendency to concentrate on people... From Column Two on February 1, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..

blinkxtv.com: tv video search
Last week, like many others, I wrote about the introduction of Google video search. While it looks promising (I do love the idea of transcripts), one of my readers let me know about blinkxtv.com. I would have to agree that... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on February 1, 2005 at 4:52 a.m..

Cool stuff with tags
Check the tag "10placesofmycity" at Technorati. People from around the world are tagging URLS, posts and photos showing off where they live. Technorati is automatically assembling them into a mini city pride portal. Cool! [Technorati tag: taxonomy] [Disclosure: I'm on technorati's board of advisors.]... From Joho the Blog on February 1, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..

So I Got Metafiltered Today…
Earlier today, my current "Online Vermin" series got mentioned in one of the most popular blogs on the web, "Metafilter." So far, members of the "Metafilter" community have posted 26 comments -- representing an interesting diversity of views. What did that do to my site traffic? See for yourself... From Contentious Weblog on February 1, 2005 at 1:54 a.m..

Environmental Sustainability on The International Stage
Untitled Document Summary: Thanks to Ari Berman of The Nation Magazine for pointing to Yale's Environmental Sustainability Ratings for 146 Countries (part of Yale's Environmental Performance Measurement Project). He notes: Out of 146 countries, the U From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on February 1, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

Will Richardson....Live
I'm taking part right now in Will's real time audio/visual presentation at Learning Times entitled, What is RSS? He's now telling us everything we need to know about RSS and how we can use it to enhance our learning/teaching experiences on the read/write web. He's also showing us numerous examples of how to use Feed Readers, like Bloglines, and how to subscribe to feeds, and giving us ideas of what we could do with this From apcampbell News on February 1, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

How to Optimize Registration Pages
If your news website requires registration or you're thinking of converting it to requiring registration, Dave Daniels, research director for Jupiter Research's Customer Relationship Management and Marketing Operations practice areas, offers some simple suggestions for optimizing registration pages. It's worth a look. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on January 31, 2005 at 11:54 p.m..

Embedded del.icio.us - Tagging's future illustrated (David Weinberger)
Matt Biddulf has an animated screen capture of what del.icio.us would look like embedded in the BBC 3’s page. It’s an eye-popper all right. (This follows on the heels of Matt’s introduction of a tag stemmer.) (Thanks to The Obvious... From Corante: Social Software on January 31, 2005 at 11:49 p.m..

Tags, labels and piles of leaves
[This is the conclusion of the article on tagging I published a few days ago in my newsletter.] You label a jar of preserves "Strawberry - Aug. 2005" so you can tell what's in it and whether the green stuff on top is supposed to be there. At Flickr, you tag a digital photo of your jar of preserves "strawberry jam" so other people can find it. The label has a context: the thing that it's attached to. The tag's context is invisible and detached: It's how you think other people are going to search for it. (As Joshua Schachter,... From Joho the Blog on January 31, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..

Best D'oh! of the year so far
Matt Biddulf has an animated screen capture of what del.icio.us would look like embedded in the BBC 3's page. It's an eye-popper all right: So elegant it seems obvious. Brilliant. (Thanks to The Obvious for the link.) [Technorati tag: taxonomy] danah responds to Clay's enthusiasm (which I generally share) for tags. There's a problematic feature to crowds - they like to homogenize... Folksonomy isn't asking the questions about the implications of collective action classification. Who benefits? Who becomes marginalized? What priorities bubble up? How does pressure to hom From Joho the Blog on January 31, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..

Interview: The Future According to Elliott Masie
I read this interview but I still don't know what he thinks is coming in the future (except that it will be called 'learning decisions'). Hard to go wrong. By Ryann Ellis, Learning Circuits, February, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on January 31, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

UKeU Inquiry Draws to a Close? - Some Reflections and a Challenge
Some final reflections as the enquiry into UKeU draws to a close. UKeU, which was intended to be a world class online learning university wrapped up instead as a milti m,illion pound loss. Derek Morrison, who worked on the project and followed the enquiry with interest, observes that key decisions were made before the team started working on the project, decisions that were possibly political in motivation, that UKeU became the platform (which in itself cost millions of pounds). Trying to salvage something out of UKeU, adminsitrators are looking at using or selling the platform - but as Morris From OLDaily on January 31, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Making the Case for a Wiki
You want a wiki to play with, but how do you make the case for the negligible cost and and server space that one would entail? The author offers three use cases: as a lab book, for collaborative writing, and as a knowledge base (Brian kelly adds, in an other article in the same journal, using a wiki to take notes at a workshop. She also provides a grid comparing nine wiki software packages written in different langauges, allowing readers to pick their preference (this list is not complete, From OLDaily on January 31, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Translating Constructivism into Instructional Design: Potential and Limitations
Constructivism is a learning theory and not an instructional-design theory, note the authors, raising the question of how instructional designers are supposed to design for it. The authors offer an approach that favours "a more pragmatic approach that focuses on the principles of moderate - rather than extreme - constructivism and makes use of emergent technology tools," surveying active learning, authentic learning, multiple perspectives and collaborative learning. If you're looking for some tools, then beyond a reference to Jonassen the authors leave the reader disappointed. But the pap From OLDaily on January 31, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

BlogTrace
Lilia Efimova shares this link to Blog Trace, an application that analyzes blog posts for vocabulary and interaction. A diagram of the application is provided. Interesting, though I haven't been able to look at it in detail. By Anjo Anjewierden, Anjo Anjewierden, January 31, 2005 10:34 p.m. [Refer][Research][OLDaily on January 31, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

SmarterChild...Your IM Buddy
The importance of this item isn't the cute toy, it is, as Marc Oehlert observes, "the integration into workflow." he writes, "People are already using IM (Instant Messaging) more and more in their daily routine so the idea of making automated knowledge bases available via a well done chat bot is dead on." Along these lines, James Farmer explores several multiple-Account IM clients. By Marc Oehlert, e-Clippings, January 31, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on January 31, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..

Enterprise Services - the REST version
This item is mostly for my future reference - Scott Wilson offers a RESTful (non-)replacement for IMS read-only Enterprise web service using a URL-based syntax. (more detailed PDF). By Scott Wilson, Scott's Workblog, January 30, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on January 31, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..