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Is communications up to running intranet?
Gerry McGovern has written an article that asks: is communications up to running intranet? To quote: The natural home of the intranet is in communications. However, intranet management requires particular skills that many traditional communications departments dont have. (For more... From Column Two on February 27, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..

Processes, Standards, and IT-Support for Virtual Teams
I finally finished my excerpt (in German only) of a highly interesting article on IT support and virtual teams that appeared in the Journal of Knowledge Management (you can get it by emailing me). The following is a kind of conclusion and abstract.thomas n. burg | randgänge on February 27, 2005 at 10:46 p.m..

[ Mac Community Loss ]
From MacInTouch: It is with great sadness that we note the death of Jef Raskin, the man who originated the Macintosh, among his many contributions to the humanization of computers. "Jef Raskin passed away peacefully on Saturday February 26th, 2005",... From futureStep | net.tech, academia, society & culture on February 27, 2005 at 9:59 p.m..

Skype
Athough this software has been around for over a year I only found out about it recently and so far it has been great. I have been able to chat to people around the world for no additional cost other... From ERADC Blog on February 27, 2005 at 9:53 p.m..

TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL LITERACY CONFERENCE ON LEARNING
Faculty of Education, University of Granada, Spain, 11-14 July 2005 http://www.LearningConference.com The next round call for papers closes on 28 February 2005. The conference will address a range of critically important themes relating to education today. Main speakers will include... From Rick's Café Canadien on February 27, 2005 at 9:52 p.m..

Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design
The ten most egregious offenses against users. Web design disasters and HTML horrors are legion, though many usability atrocities are less common than they used to be. Since my first attempt in 1996, I have compiled many top-10 lists of... From Teaching and Developing Online. on February 27, 2005 at 8:50 p.m..

First Two Laws of Commons-Based Peer Production (Ross Mayfield)
Brittanica editor Robert McHenry's “The Faith-Based Encyclopedia" is criticism of Wikipedia asserted that quality declines over time. Rather silly, as the one thing that is known about the quality of a given Wikipedia article is that it is better... From Corante: Social Software on February 27, 2005 at 7:45 p.m..

Women as Narrators: Bad Logic in Documentary-Land
Check out the Feb. 24 "Kottke.org" article: "The History Channel: no women allowed?" Here, Jason Kottke laments the lack of female voices in documentary narration. At first he thought this might be a unique hangup of The History Channel, but as it turns out the problem is far more pervasive... From Contentious Weblog on February 27, 2005 at 5:52 p.m..

SREB Report on State Virtual Schools
The SREB Educational Technology Cooperative has surveyed and compiled a report that includes information about management, funding, course offerings, student enrollments, staff and accountability at each SREB state virtual school. From eLearnopedia on February 27, 2005 at 4:52 p.m..

Authors tags and topics
I find it interesting that I haven't seen a new age tagging app that gives special social weight to the tags the authors of works create. Obviously authors get to sort their resources by the tags they've assigned, but when it comes to make sense of the aggregation of tags, authors' tags have no special weight. This isn't a criticism. Rather, it's an observation about how reader-centric we're becoming. It also is another signal that we are shifting from topics to interests. Topics get declared by authorities and have authority. They are assumed to have some indepen From Joho the Blog on February 27, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Site Submission Bookmarklet Maker Hits Tool Number 10
My web site submission multi-tool, which rolls a selected set of JavaScript submission tools into one, has hit its tenth tool. Thanks to those who have made recent suggestions. This means, you can build your own browser bookmark submission tool that includes all or any from: Furl del.icio.us Frassle Connotea cogdogblog on February 27, 2005 at 4:48 p.m..

Playing Tag: Tagging Works Because It’s Fun
Since I've dived into del.icio.us in order to preserve and share my sprawling collection of recommended online reading and experiences, I've become deeply fascinated by tagging. In a nutshell, "tagging" is the practice of people creating their own labels (tags) to classify content or information, and also sharing their tagged collections so that others can benefit from that descriptive effort. You make up your own system as you go along. Tagging is informal, self-organizing, creative, and surprisingly useful. It's the hallmark of popular sites such as del.icio.us and Flickr. I From Contentious Weblog on February 27, 2005 at 3:47 p.m..

More Female Podcasters
My "Women in Podcasting List" continues to grow. Please check it out if you haven't done so already, and let me know about any female hosted/cohosted podcast shows I don't already have listed. Here are the most recent additions to my list... From Contentious Weblog on February 27, 2005 at 3:47 p.m..

A Concise Guide to the Major Internet Bodies - Alex Simonelis, Ubiquity
Who steers the Internet? "The Internet, a loosely-organized international collaboration of autonomous, interconnected networks, supports host-to-host communication through voluntary adherence to open protocols and procedures defined by Internet Standards. From Techno-News Blog on February 27, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Consumers Search Before Buying Online - Rob McGann, ClickZ
Roughly half of online shoppers conduct research on a search engine before making an online purchase, according to a study performed by DoubleClick in conjunction with comScore Networks. The study, "Search Before the Purchase," analyzes prepurchase searc From Techno-News Blog on February 27, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Project Honey Pot
Project Honey Pot, created by Unspam, LLC, is "a distributed system for identifying spammers and the spambots they use to scrape addresses from your website." Webmasters can install the free software on their website and begin collecting information on th From Techno-News Blog on February 27, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

A Need for Autonomous People
Here is Robert Patterson on Going Home: I believe that Social Software is a vector to a return to an old culture. When I say old culture, I mean the culture that fits the essential nature of humans and that fits nature itself. I imagine a return to the custom of being personally authentic, to a definition of work that serves the needs of our community, and to a society where our institutions serve to enhance all life From apcampbell News on February 27, 2005 at 8:52 a.m..

Case of Former SUNY Official Points to Ethics Law Loophole
A loophole in New York State law grants most employees immunity from ethics inquiries when they leave the state payroll - no matter what their actions while on the job. From New York Times: Education on February 27, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Questions at SUNY Albany on Why Ex-President Left
Dr. Karen R. Hitchcock was Topic A on her former campus after revelations that she had faced a state ethics inquiry into her actions while she led the university. From New York Times: Education on February 27, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Amid Uproar, Harvard's President Ponders His Style
Lawrence H. Summers finds himself trying to become a new kind of man as he seeks an end to a controversy centering on his leadership style. From New York Times: Education on February 27, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

As Autistic Children Grow, So Does Social Gap
Autistic children face a host of problems as they approach adolescence, when social interactions become more complicated. From New York Times: Education on February 27, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

At Closing Schools, Heartbreak
Citing closeness, Catholic academies protest the plans to close them. From New York Times: Education on February 27, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Microsoft Chairman Challenges Governors to Improve High Schools
Bill Gates delivered a blistering critique of American high schools on Saturday, and his foundation promised $15 million to states to make immediate improvements. From New York Times: Education on February 27, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Taxonomies and Trees (David Weinberger)
I’ve posted the longish overview section of an article I wrote for the latest issue of Esther Dyson’s Release 1.0. The article is called “Taxonomies and Tags: From Trees to Piles of Leaves,” which is pretty much what it’s about.... From Corante: Social Software on February 27, 2005 at 4:49 a.m..

Fresh Hot L33T Pancakes!
Ian Campbell's blogged on a whole set of nifty 'Net phenomena, beginning with the Numa Numa Dance that we discovered after I read the story in today's New York Times. After Ian, Alice, and I had grooved mightily on the NND, Ian got inspired and put links to it, two ... From Gardner Writes on February 27, 2005 at 3:59 a.m..

How to Get Back on Track
By Ron Gross - Mid-course corrections to give you the fresh energy, commitment, interest, and strategies you need to succeed.... From Adult/Continuing Education on February 27, 2005 at 3:49 a.m..

EU eLearning Portal
The European Commission launched a new version of the eLearning portal which consolidates itself as the reference about the use of technologies within education and the European culture. From eLearnopedia on February 27, 2005 at 2:48 a.m..

Knowledge Management Online Course
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin I385Q Knowledge Management Systems From eLearnopedia on February 27, 2005 at 2:48 a.m..

Now the iPodless Podcaster
Day number 578 without an iPod... No, I have no intent to start regular podcasts, enough other people with velvety FM radio D.J. type voices that never say "ummm" are at it already. There is no time to jump into this endeavor. But never say never. On the other hand, twice or more or in the last week. I have included references to .mp3 files in a blog entry, and there is no reason those could not be made podcast-able. So to investigate what it would take, should ever a leap month appear in my calendar, here is a simple recap of how easy it was to add the proper RSS tags to my From cogdogblog on February 27, 2005 at 1:47 a.m..

Shufflecasting
Rael has coined a term: Shufflecasting: Rather than downloading fully-formed podcast "shows" consisting of talk, music, and assorted sound-effects, I've been autofilling my Shuffle with an eclectic mix... Rather than a "produced" full-blown radio show (the direction in which some podcasting seems headed), shufflecasting is more geek NPR meets Prairie Home Companion meets The Screensavers... [Technorati tags: shufflecast rael ]... From Joho the Blog on February 27, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..

To My Spelling And Academic Superiors Way Up North
Oh dear, I have a spelling and grammatical error on the introduction of a web page. It is the end of civilization as we know it, and it exemplifies how horribly inadequate, shameful, and without merir the entire US educational system really is. I must humbly apologize to all my US fellow educators, as my errant typo has apparently signified the death sentence of all ideas, accomplishments from south of the Canadian border. This is according to an email feedback message that flew in today: I find it interesting and quite disturbing that a community college student or From cogdogblog on February 26, 2005 at 11:45 p.m..