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Juvenile Humor Fits the NY Times
David Pogue, technology columnist for the New York Times' Circuits section, each week does a video bit -- usually a product review -- for NYTimes.com. He's a funny guy, and his videos always include his trademark quirkiness; they're consistently entertaining as well as informative.For this week's Web video, Pogue notes that some people have expressed concern that his videos are not serious enough -- and that he's too "goofy" - From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 10, 2005 at 10:54 p.m..

Wikinews in the News
The New York Times calls Wikinews "The Unassociated Press" in an article in the Circuits section today. The system's primary check is its transparency. Inspired, in part, by the success of open source software development, the writing process is completely public. Anyone at any time can compose a new Wikinews article, edit an existing one and see an inventory of all prior changes. I'm really starting to get smit From weblogged News on February 10, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

Vermin and Compassion (Online Vermin Series, Audio Note)
Now that I'm finally recovered from a despicable, tenacious headcold, here's another audio edition of CONTENTIOUS. This is quick recap of what I've been covering in my "Handling Online Vermin" series, with some thoughts on the role of compassion in dealing with online vermin... From Contentious Weblog on February 10, 2005 at 9:48 p.m..

Gender, Identity, and Language Use in Teenage Blogs
Yet another proof that the web is real. Gender, Identity, and Language Use in Teenage Blogs : "The results suggest that teenagers stay closer to reality in their online expressions of self than has previously been suggested," (Via Culture Cat.) From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 10, 2005 at 8:47 p.m..

CiteULike and Connotea: Linklogging and Tagging Go Academic (Seb Paquet)
Academics often use hand-rolled systems to keep track of and (less often, sadly) share literature references. I have used my personal wiki to that end for a while, but it wasn't the ideal solution. Now, the rapidly-developing CiteULike looks quite... From Corante: Social Software on February 10, 2005 at 7:49 p.m..

It's the ties that bind ...
HBS: Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degress World of Inventors"Perhaps most importantly, our work and more recent work on knowledge diffusion demonstrates that knowledge flows along these collaborative relationships, even years after they were formed. For managers the critical message here is, the world of inventors is getting 'smaller' in the sense that inventors are more connec From thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 10, 2005 at 7:47 p.m..

CiteULike and Connotea: Linklogging goes academic
Academics often use hand-rolled systems to keep track of and/or share literature references. I have used my personal wiki to that end for a while, but it wasn't the ideal solution. Now, the rapidly-developing CiteULike looks quite interesting. It borrows from del.icio.us' simple interface and social software features, but it is tailor-made for academic papers. It lets users build "personal libraries" (here's Seb's Open Research on February 10, 2005 at 6:46 p.m..

Recording Online Audio Interactions - The Easy Way?
Well I have a lot of fun trying to make the setup described in this item work, bothered Alan Levine, but ultimately could not make it work - my laptop, an older Dell Latitude, apparently does not support microphone boosting (because it uses the limited Crystal drivers instead of the better Intel ones), so I can record someone else's conversation, but not my own voice. Still, if you have a new system, this might be worth a try. By Derek Morrison, Auricle, February 10, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Distributed Engagement With Courses and Other Units of Learning
Scott Wilson pushes the concept forward a notch, discussing the array of services that would be needed to support an online course - or as he has decided to call it, a "shared learning context". After listing the various elements - resources, forum, portfolio - he then matches the requirements against the e-learning framework. Existing specifications - RSS or Atom, FOAF, iCalendar - are sufficient to provide most functions. ELF, of course, interprets each of these in its own way. Where he runs aground is in assembling these services - "it would make quite a long list of little orange XML butto From OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

43 Things Amazon Conspiracy
There was a social networking meme that went around a few weeks ago called '43 Things' - the idea is that you would form online groups dedicated to doing one of the 43 things would would like to do. I thought it was interesting but not really applicable to online learning, so I didn't cover it here. Now I sort of wish I did, but am glad I didn't, because it turns out that the whole thing was a front for Amazon.com. Well. I don't know what to think, except to observe that companies are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their online efforts. And it is becoming incre From OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

CombattingNon-Transparent PR with Grassroots Energy
This item, only a week old but already prescient, applies directly to the next item (about 43 Things). "The lack of transparency in the world of opinion-making is an ongoing scandal. What we have today is a system of opinion laundering, where powerful interests try to create public support for their side of issues without disclosing the hidden agendas." I heartily concur with this assessment, and observe that it applies to a wide range of domains, everything frompolitical activism to data gathering exercises to online marketing. And, one presumes, online learning. By Dan Gillmor, Dan Gillmor From OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Educational Metadata FAQ launched
Coverage of the newly launched educational metadata FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions). I toodled around in the site for a while, and while the information appears accurate, it's pretty basic. But then again, that's what a FAQ is supposed to be. By Wilbert Kraan, CETIS, February 10, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Garret the Copyright Propagandist
From the annals of industry propaganda (which seems to be a theme for this issue - but hey, I'm just reporting what's happening here) we have this item on "Garret" the "copyright crusading" ferret featured in "Copyright Crusader to the Rescue." I'll let J.D. Lasica express my views here: "Having a corporate-sponsored comic book is fine, I suppose, but incorporating this one-sided, misleading propagandist claptrap into the teaching curriculum is an outrage." By J.D. Lasica, Darknet, February 8, 2005 [OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

ANT
The multimedia revolution continues with the introduction of ANT - currently for Apple computers only - which is in essence a podcasting tool for video. James Farmer describes it: "ANT helps you download and watch video published on the Internet. ANT allows you to organize and manage video playlists. ANT is a video aggregator that allows you to subscribe to RSS 2.0 feeds with video enclosures. ANT seeks to build opensource software tools to enable an emergent, grassroots, bottom-up, video distribution network based on existing technology such as weblogs and RSS." By James Farmer, incorporated From OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Why This Internet Thing is Just Starting
So I'm on the 27th floor of a hotel in downtown Montreal, wrapping up early because I have a flight back to Moncton this evening, and outside my window I see nothing but white. The Air Canada website says my flight is on time, which is no doubt a hopeful fabrication. Today's newsletter is a mixture of hope and fear: awe at the ongoing technological revolution described in this article, a revolution that is sweeping through the internet as we watch - podcasts, vidcasts, Skype recording, and more; and disquiet at the way these new technologies are being subverted as a means through whi From OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Spam bot thwarted
This blog has been getting hit by the spam bots over the past couple weeks. It got so bad, I was tempted to simply turn off comments altogether. But, luckily, I came across a new plugin (Bot Check) which should that problem. It requires commenters to enter a special ... From Open Artifact on February 10, 2005 at 5:57 p.m..

For Craig, It's About Users First, Not Money
Craig Newmark posted a message to his Craigslist discussion board yesterday that speaks volumes about how his small company -- a bane to many a newspaper classifieds manager -- approaches decisions of whether or not to charge for ads on its 92 community classifieds sites. It's a stark contrast to how the newspaper industry makes its decisions on interactive classifieds models.Craigslist currently allows anyone to post free ads on its sites, except for job listings in New Yor From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 10, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Bloggers Unite, a Reporter Quits
Another example of the power of blogging came this week. Bloggers over at the Daily Kos started doing background searches on White House reporter Jeff Gannon. It turns out that he used a pseudonym and that his real name could be linked to several other websites not often found in connection with family-oriented media, to put it mildly. And after days of pressure and scrutiny, the reporter formerly known as Jeff Gannon resigned.Recounting the whole research is impractical within the space limits From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on February 10, 2005 at 4:55 p.m..

Online K-12 and the Choice Movement
This article describes the amazing boom in online K-12 schools. While the numbers struck me as interesting (one Colorado school had more than 1,000 students sign up in a short time and was getting $15 million in state funding), the... From Teaching and Developing Online. on February 10, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

Learning theory=instructional design.
I saw this article listed on elearningpost and had to make a comment. The link to the learning principles is appreciated but I have to take issue with the statement on elearningpost.com that: "These can also be viewed as design... From Teaching and Developing Online. on February 10, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

The Fourth Planet
What a great teaching tool for a whole pile of different subjects. The Fourth Planet: A Colony of the Future... From Teaching and Developing Online. on February 10, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

The Beauty of CSS Design
A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design. css Zen Garden: The Beauty in CSS Design... From Teaching and Developing Online. on February 10, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

Canada's Population Clock
Canada's population clock Source: Statistics Canada, Demography division. You need the free Macromedia Flash Player 6 to view the clock. The clock is using the annual growth rate (0.903%) measured for the year ending on June 30th, 2004. By... From Teaching and Developing Online. on February 10, 2005 at 3:52 p.m..

Edutopia Short on Blogs
The journalism project that Anne and I did is featured in a short article on Weblogs in the new issue of Edutopia magazine. In the last few years, blogs have turned the political and technological world upside down. Now they're turning the classroom inside out. Blogs, short for "Web logs," are personal online journals; millions exist, ranging From weblogged News on February 10, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

The Spam Not Traveled
A tale of two sequential spam emails, in sequential order. First was philosophical spam (one does not see too many of these): Both the material and spiritual worlds are full of opulence, beauty and knowledge, but the spiritual realm is more magnificent due to its being full of knowledge, bliss and eternity. The material creations are manifested for some time as perverted shadows of the spiritual kingdom. followed disjointedly by one from "Mrs Alez <wyxlysqws@address.com>" Heyyy it's me Brittany... husband left me home alone again From cogdogblog on February 10, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

FeedDemon 1.5 is Here
FeedDemon 1.5 is here! Nick Bradbury today announced the final release of FeedDemon 1.5. This new version offers a ton of new features, but here are the highlights: Powerful podcasting tools to automatically download audio files and copy them to your iPod or other media player (that's right - FeedDemon supports media players other than the iPod!) Integration with Bloglines and NewsGator Online Services Flickr and del From RSS Blog on February 10, 2005 at 1:00 p.m..

Speaking Personally--With Philip V. W. Dodds
Philip V. W. Dodds is project analyst with Randall House Associates, Inc., and is an adjunct staff member of the Institute for Defense Analyses. He is the chief architect of the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, and was instrumental in the development of the ADL's Sharable ... From ADL News on February 10, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..

Diccionario de Cordobés Básico Ilustrado
Gracias a un comentario de Tonio Blanco a mi post Diccionario cordobés-español en el blog comunitario Córdoba Weblogs, descubro el divertido Diccionario de Cordobés Básico Ilustrado: No te lo perdai (No te lo pierdas). [post conjunto: Córdoba Weblogs - Argenautas... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 10, 2005 at 12:52 p.m..

Making choices
I'm learning to make choices. It's hard, but gives a good feeling. After cleaning and packing my office stuff, I'm doing the same for my house - deciding what do I really need and what may go. And I'm doing the same for my work - finalising this year targets and plans. The parallels between physical world and mental world are funny. Making decision of not writing a paper I planned because it will get me distracted from my PhD research feels exactly like deciding to sell a sofa that is nice, but From Mathemagenic on February 10, 2005 at 12:51 p.m..

So, This is a Problem...
Another sobering survey from The Pew Internet and American Life Project. Only 1 in 6 users of internet search engines can tell the difference between unbiased search results and paid advertisements, a new survey finds. The worst part is that 92 percent of those polled are confident about their Web searching abilities. Oy. There is much to be done... From weblogged News on February 10, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

Marketing Our Teachers
I was thinking a bit this morning about the post I made yesterday -- Unused Technology Has No Impact on Learning -- and the more I thought the more bothered I was by the implications of this story. Not that a school district has wasted money on a tool that doesn't pan out, but that we continually fail to see the obvious right before our eyes. Study after study states that it is teacher quality that has the greatest impact on student performance. Not the quality of the textbooks,... From Brain Frieze on February 10, 2005 at 11:55 a.m..

ARCO 2005
Desde hoy y hasta el lunes 14 abre sus puertas la XXIV Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ARCO 2005 con México como país invitado. Las cifras son de vértigo: 2.000 artistas, 36 países y 250 galerías. Me entusiasma saber que... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on February 10, 2005 at 11:51 a.m..

Making human-machine communication 'more human' - PhysOrg
The Human Communication Science Network (HCSNet), funded through an Australian Research Council grant of $2 million over 5 years, will be officially launched today at MARCS Auditory Laboratories at the UWS Bankstown campus. HCSNet Convenor, Professor From Techno-News Blog on February 10, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Yahoo Tool Aims to Smarten Searches - Susan Kuchinaskas, Internet News
Yahoo is testing technology to let users hone organic search results. Y!Q went live on next.yahoo.com, the area featuring beta functions, on Thursday. The technology analyzes the contents of the page being viewed and offers, via a "search related info From Techno-News Blog on February 10, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

Trojan attacks Microsoft's anti-spyware - Dan Ilett, CNET News
Virus writers have created a malicious program that can disable Microsoft's new anti-spyware application, security experts warned on Wednesday. Antivirus experts, who are calling the Trojan "Bankash-A," say it is the first piece of malicious software From Techno-News Blog on February 10, 2005 at 11:49 a.m..

The Campaign to Save America's Libraries was begun two years ago by ALA Past President Maurice J. Fr ...
The Campaign to Save America's Libraries was begun two years ago by ALA Past President Maurice J. Freedman in response to state budget shortfalls and subsequent library funding cuts that threatened services coast to coast From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 10, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

The Library of Congress and Bernan Press recently published the Encyclopedia of the Library of Congr ...
The Library of Congress and Bernan Press recently published the Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress: For Congress, the Nation & the World, an authoritative, one-volume reference work of newly written and researched essays, articles and statistical appendices. Edited by John Y. Cole and Jane Aikin, the volume describes the historical development of the collections, functions and services of the world's largest library and research institution from its origin in 1800 throu From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 10, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

E-LIS (E-prints for Library and Information Science) is an international open access archive for e-p ...
E-LIS (E-prints for Library and Information Science) is an international open access archive for e-prints related to Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related application disciplines From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 10, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Always Fresh: Fast Content For Library Web Sites with Really Simple Syndication (RSS) by Darlene Fic ...
Always Fresh: Fast Content For Library Web Sites with Really Simple Syndication (RSS) by Darlene Fichter - "Keeping a library web site up to date with fresh content is a challenge for any webmaster. Learn how to publish, merge and format RSS feeds into instant web content. Discover how libraries have made specialized pages featuring article titles of new journal issues, new library acquisitions, book and movie reviews, and much more. Take away a list of sites t From Peter Scott's Library Blog on February 10, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

Tech Solves Hope Diamond Mystery
Advanced computer modeling confirms that the world's largest blue diamond boasts an unsavory past. The supposedly cursed gem was cut from an even larger stone in the French crown jewels that was stolen during the French Revolution. From Wired News on February 10, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Privacy-Assurance Seal Yanked
For the first time in two years, the guarantor of internet privacy abruptly terminates a company's right to display the TRUSTe seal -- without saying why. Privacy advocates say consumers deserve details. From Wired News on February 10, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Genetically Modified IP Launched
Open-source biology has been mostly a pipe dream until now. Australian and German researchers offer a plant gene transfer technology under a flexible intellectual property license. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on February 10, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Putting Eyeballs on Copyright Law
Veterans of the civil rights movement convene with copyright reform activists for a screening of Eyes on the Prize. Those gathered say corporations that control copyrights should not control the dissemination of history. Katie Dean reports from Berkeley, California. From Wired News on February 10, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

An Architect's Wet-Cement Dream
Just as termites build castles on Earth, robots could erect skyscrapers on the moon. By Bruce Sterling from Wired magazine. From Wired News on February 10, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

IPodlounge Drunk With Success
Thanks to a potent cocktail of news, reviews and lively forums, a website run on a shoestring is booming. Readers and advertisers join the party. By Leander Kahney. From Wired News on February 10, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Digital Doesn't Ensure Good Data
Forbes magazine overstates how many ad pages it has been publishing, but a gaffe like this couldn't happen in the wired-up world of the web, could it? Think again. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg. From Wired News on February 10, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Shady Web of Affiliate Marketing
Antispam lawsuits and enforcement actions suggest that companies taking a wink-and-nudge approach to affiliates should be careful about how they lure paying customers. By Ryan Singel. From Wired News on February 10, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

On How Much City Schools Cut Bureaucracy, a Rebuttal
Chancellor Joel I. Klein's assertion that the school system was able to slash $250 million from its bureaucracy has been challenged by the city's comptroller. From New York Times: Education on February 10, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Can Amistad's Model Succeed in New York?
It was the test scores that first got people outside of Connecticut interested in Amistad Academy, a charter school in New Haven. From New York Times: Education on February 10, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

City Faces Criticism After Bronx Principal's Arrest
The arrest of Michael Soguero last week has set off a wave of criticism of the mayor's plan to flood the most dangerous city schools with police officers. From New York Times: Education on February 10, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Amid Outcry, Pataki Yields on Grants for Tuition
Gov. George E. Pataki's retreat on reducing the tuition aid program came on a day when thousands of college students flooded the State Capitol to lobby for restoring the cuts. From New York Times: Education on February 10, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Tiny District Finds Bonanza of Pupils and Funds Online
A Web-based school in Branson, Colo., has managed to enroll nearly 1,000 students, but its academic record is mixed. From New York Times: Education on February 10, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Diocese to Close 22 Schools in Brooklyn and Queens
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn announced the biggest round of school closings in the history of the city's Catholic education system. From New York Times: Education on February 10, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Ahhhh ... Falling in Love. Doh!!!
Yahoo News reports an interesting case of two Jordanian individuals who had an online love affair for several months, and then finally met face-to-face to realize that they were already married. The recently separated couple had coincidentally met again in... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on February 10, 2005 at 6:54 a.m..

Return on Information Security Investment
an excellent look at calculating Loss of Revenue, Return on Investment, Viability of Expenditure, and other formulas that should help one calculate the value to determine the need for security. From Infosec Writers Latest Security Papers on February 10, 2005 at 5:54 a.m..

Freedom Squelched in Nepal
The February 1st coup in Nepal is being described by the International Crisis Group as "a move not only destructive of democracy and human rights but likelyto strengthen the Maoist insurgents and make Nepal's civil war evenmore intense."   An Weblogs At Harvard on February 10, 2005 at 5:47 a.m..

Defining "Middle Ground"
Perhaps you've been following the back-and-forth about "middle ground" originally started by Patrick Ross' article lambasting Gigi Sohn and PK.  In finding a middle ground, we must first start by defining it broadly.  To me, the middle ground is a) providing sufficient (monetary) incentives so that creative material will be created and distributed for the public's benefit while b) minimizing dam From A Copyfighter's Musings on February 10, 2005 at 4:48 a.m..

Real Life Quotes From the Bicycle Lane
This really happened. I promise. While biking home tonight, I came up on what I took to be a father riding along side a boy, perhaps 10 or younger. As my speed was greater, as I approached, Dad swung out far to the left, so I had to pass between the two. Dad says How ya doing? Just trying to show my boy the rules of the road! That was not encouraging, considering Dad was lacking a bike helmet and chatting on his cell phone. I must have the wrong set of rules, again. From cogdogblog on February 10, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

Hoder gets Canadian citizenship
Congratulations to Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan, better known in the blogosphere as Hoder. Yesterday he became a Canadian citizen, which means he can now travel much more easily than he could on his Iranian passport. Hoder was a tremendous voice of inspiration at the Internet & Society conference last year, and has become an active participant in the Weblogs At Harvard on February 10, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

CMS do's and don'ts
Kirk Biglione has written an excellent (and practical) list of CMS do's and don'ts. To quote: CMS doesn't have to be synonymous with failure. There is no doubt that the right CMS, properly implemented, can offer real benefits to organizations... From Column Two on February 10, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

Launch of KeyContent.org
A new website has been launched: KeyContent.org. This is designed to provide a clearinghouse for resources relating to technical writing, content engineering (or whatever you call it). To quote from the press release: A new content management-based Web site, www.keycontent.org,... From Column Two on February 10, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

Skewers: That’s Not What I Said! (Online Vermin, Part 5)
"Skewers" have a special gift for warping the fabric of online communities. They routinely skew (misrepresent) the words, actions, perspectives, or opinions of others through misstatements, leaping to conclusions, or ignoring context. When someone twists your words, your first response (as with all online vermin) should be to PAUSE! Evaluate the situation carefully. Ask yourself these questions... From Contentious Weblog on February 10, 2005 at 2:54 a.m..

Left 'n' Right
Peter Daou's Daou Report, which aggregates blogs left and right, is now under Salon's umbrella, which is good all around. [Technorati tag: daou]... From Joho the Blog on February 10, 2005 at 2:48 a.m..

Shocking News: Unused Technology Has No Impact on Learning
Reading Program Didn't Boost Skills: Here's big news. If you buy an expensive software program and then fail to allow teachers the time or opportunity to use it, the impact on learning will be minimal. Seems that one of the largest school district's in the nation, Los Angeles Unified, learned that lesson the hard way after spending $50 million on a software program to teach reading to younger students. No one seems to dispute that the software has great potential, and that it has been... From Brain Frieze on February 10, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

Read What I Read (Con't)
A really great article over at Salon (Furl it!) that talks about this whole reading what others read concept and the Web of connections that is being born. Here's a great quote from Howard Rheingold that I think pretty much sums up the concept: "I look to see who the other people are on del.icio.us who tag the same things that I think are important. Then, I can look and see what else they've tagged ... And isn't that part of the collective intelligence of t From weblogged News on February 10, 2005 at 12:47 a.m..

New Gmail invitations
Google has upgraded the invitations in Gmail. I now have 50 invitations left. And it appears to be the standard for all users. If you want one please comment here (click on the date above). I won't sent an invitation if you don't state your real name and your personal website. From owrede_log on February 10, 2005 at 12:47 a.m..

The Encyclopedia of World History
A nice reference, now online. By Peter N. Stearns, Bartleby, February, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

How to Tie an Ian Knot, the World's Fastest Shoelace Knot
My first brush with academic failure came in kindergarten. We had to learn how to tie our shoes. I didn't learn. I was kept after class, and forced to learn. I learned enough to get out of the class. That was forty years ago. My shoelaces still come untied. All the time. I am forever stooping to retie them. Maybe this is my salvation. Via Joho, who also shows me how to fold a shirt. By Ian W. Fieggen, Ian's Shoelace Site, February, 2005 [OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

DRUMS
Scott Matthews proposes DRUMS, a database of creative works and relevant metadata including, crucially, rights and permissions. "The intention is to enrich the environment for creating and consuming digital works by enriching the environment for developing new applications and services to interact with these works." Doesn't sit well with me, and I comment on Joho, where I found the link (it's a Joho day today). My own work on digital rights management is collected hereOLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

Cooperation, Sharing And Social Networking As Emergent Economic And Production Forces
As Robin Good summarizes, "a growing body of literature on social norms, social capital, common property regimes, and the emergence of peer production, outline the contours of social sharing as a third mode of organizing economic production, alongside markets and the state." Here is the original article in the Economist. By Luigi Canali De Rossi, Robin Good, February 8, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

How to Create Your Own Mobile Podcasts and Mobcasts
Richard Roth sends this link to a nice set of clear instructions on how to create a group mobile audio weblog is well worth a look - the long distance charges will still deter many, but long distance charges are about to become a thing of the past, opening up worlds of opportunities. By Andy Carvin, Digital Divide Network, January 18, 2005 [Refer][Research][OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

Audio of OSN 2005 Keynote
I will be participating in the Online Social Networks conference as a last minute educational stream addition. This page links to an MP3 of a converstaion among keynotes Howard Rheingold, Lisa Kimball, and Joi Ito. Neat idea. I will also be participating in the KnowTips online conference, taking place in a couple of weeks. Could be interesting. This will follow my visit to the Northern Voice conference in Vancouver, the only one From OLDaily on February 10, 2005 at 12:45 a.m..

Reading Program Didn't Boost Skills
When you spend $50 million on e-learning, you expect results. That's not what happened in the Los Angeles Unified School District, which purchased Pearson Education's Waterford Early Reading Program four years ago only to find after a study that the software didn't help, and sometimes hindered, student learning. But as a Pearson spokesperson says, "The findings confirmed what we already knew: you have to turn it on to have an impact." According to studies, teachers didn't have enough time for the computer program because they had to cover a reading curriculum introduced by From OLDaily on February 9, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..