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Freebies and Bloggers
Blogging titans Jason Calacanis and Nick Denton periodically trade barbs (their Weblogs Inc. and Gawker enterprises are the leaders in commercializing blogging) -- and it looks like they're at it again.Calacanis complains that one of Denton's blogs, tech/gadget watcher Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 9, 2005 at 10:54 p.m..

The Doom and Gloom Webcast
The Media Center's "The Vanishing Newspaper" webcast earlier today was no doubt depressing if you were a newspaper executive. Leading the gloom was Philip Meyer, Knight Chair in journalism at the University of North Carolina and author of the book "The Vanishing Newspaper."Most striking was Meyer's compilation of research showing the downward trend (a straight line heading down) of newspaper readership. Should the li From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 9, 2005 at 10:54 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here to read the co From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 9, 2005 at 10:48 p.m..

The virus of comment spam
While there are many reasons for my recent lack of posts, it occurred to me while discussing my on-campus weblog with a colleague that it was only after I disabled comments (due to overwhelming amounts of comment spam) that my posts dwindled down to near non-existence. I believe that for some people posting to a weblog is a one-way endeavor--a place to hold their thoughts/notes/links. While I used to use my weblog as a place to keep track of URLs that I wanted to research later, I now use Furl and del.icio.us for that purpose, so those links no longer show up on my weblogs. I'v From Stand Up Eight on March 9, 2005 at 10:00 p.m..

Thot
Offering e-learning news in French, Thot announces two new RSS feeds: Breves [XML] with news and updates, and Curses [XML] with announcements of new online courses. Thanks Denys for the email. By Various Authors, March, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on March 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Bangor Librarians Face Internet Threat
Auricle points to this article from the Guardian a couple of weeks ago which is in itself worth noting for the record. "The support to the academic and student communities from the qualified subject librarians, whatever its contribution to the teaching and research roles of the institution, is hard to justify in value-for-money terms at a time when the process of literature searches is substantially deskilled by online bibliographical resources." By Polly Curtis, The Guardian, February 16, 2005 [OLDaily on March 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Reapproaching Nearness: Online Communication and its Place in Praxis
I was asked today about my theory of conversation. It honestly hadn't occurred to me, but of course there are theories of conversation, there are theories of everything. But I admit, my eyes begin to roll when I read, as in thsi paper, sentences like "The subject recognizes an Other, something that is epistemologically far" where the word 'Other' is capitalized. Things like this seem hopelessly vague to me: "Praxis = Reflection + Interaction + Action." My response was that what I had just presented was my 'theory of conversation' - which, of course, is inadequate. But From OLDaily on March 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

A Day in Washington Discussing Tech-ed Policy
Synopsis of a briefing, with commentary, on Education policy given by the SIIA (Software and Information Industry Association). Mostlyh a discussion of Scientifically Based Research (yes, in capitals). "The crux of the argument for Scientifically Based Research for educational products is that this same basic system works with pharmaceutical companies and new drugs." Well, sure, but the author points to a number of issues in the conduct of this research. By Mitch Weisburgh, PilotEd, March, 2005 [OLDaily on March 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

WikiTextbook
Ian Grove-Stephensen of Chalkface sent me this link to WikiTextbook, a natural evolution of the wiki concept, this time to produce textbooks. According to the site, "we are currently working on 167 articles." Ian writes, "Steve's twist is that he encourages his pupils - and by extension all pupils - to write their own textbook. He's gambling that the peer review principle will keep it accurate and relevant even when used by the most difficult age-group possible." Chalkface is providing server space and bandwidth for WikiTextbook - kudos. By Steve Margetts, March, 2005 [OLDaily on March 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

325 Project
From an email sent by Conor Dowling, this very interesting item: "The 325 Project, an organization that's building a comprehensive web site about the year 325, has released a preview of its factlog. Technically, a factlog is a set of RDF statements, each backed by one or more topic-defining artifacts. There is more about factlogs in general and this use of the semantic web at this location]." The factlog is an instance of what can be done with RDF and is hence a prototypical From OLDaily on March 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Leapin' Lizards!
There's something about students correcting their science textbooks that just appeals to me. And the idea of learning integrating with real-world endeavour (in this case, farming) is also attractive. Add to this my childhood interest in toads, and it's a cinch that I'll list this item, even if it is only indirectly related to online learning. By Diane Petersen, Edotopia, March, 2005 [Refer][OLDaily on March 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

The Online Universities Weblog
This is getting annoying in a hurry. I use PubSub to find content from a wide range of blogs; I subscribe to PubSub's custom RSS feeds in Bloglines. The Online Universities Weblog publishes an RSS feed which shows up in my PubSub subscription. So far so good. Now Online Universities has recently started running advertisements in their RSS feed. OK, a little annoying. But the ads change slightly each time the feed is published - not the ad itself, but the precise URL that the ad points to. PubSub regards this as new From OLDaily on March 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Learning Networks: Theory and Practice
So I arrived in Palermo Tuesday evening, still muttering about bureaucrats and travel agents after two days of travel. First thing Wednesday morning I was up to deliver my talk at the opening of the International Conference on Methods and Technologies for Learning at the Palazzo dei Normanni. Unfortunately rushed, my talk wasn't everything I had hoped, International Conference on Methods and Technologies From OLDaily on March 9, 2005 at 9:45 p.m..

Architecturing Social Software
Well it's a platform that supports knowledge-sharing processes. The project will be submitted to the EU and is led by the U of Utrecht (they did already one sucessfully). Lots of common understanding. My part will be structuring and organizing the processes that are involved on the platform and to take care of the information architecture that is supposed to support group work and knowledge-sharing in a many2many-environment. From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 9, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

emergence of trust
I was once asked why the blogosphere is a succesful sphere. Sucessful in terms of knowledge transfer. Now I think the power of weak ties is at work. There is nothing to loose but everything to win. Trust is the only way that make that net work.Caveat: there might be no existentials at stake.Almost everything is different when it comes to professional, educational communities. Distrust rules. Knowledge gets routed.Caveat: it's almost exlusivley about existentials but still it will not work any longer. Thus speaking with Davi From thomas n. burg | randgänge on March 9, 2005 at 7:46 p.m..

SAP to enable RFID adoption for SMEs
SAP intends to partner with Intermec Technologies to offer new automated data collection and compliance capabilities with SAP Business One, SAP’s integrated business management solution for SMEs. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Nordic IT spending increased 6% in 2004 –report
Sweden and Denmark currently have the lowest IT growth expectations for this year due to subdued growth in the hardware market. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

Raylase selects PLM Solutions from IBM, Dassault Systèmes
German laser company Raylase is to use Smarteam to integrate, in an open environment the engineering disciplines of electrical, software, mechanical and optical design, thus creating and managing consistent data in a secure environment. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 6:55 p.m..

What the World Thinks of America & Americans
WatchingAmerica.com is one of those websites that makes me think, "Why is it that no one has done this yet?" Here's the concept: Provide links to articles from news websites around the world written about the U.S. And for articles written in other languages, translate them into English. The site provides an interesting view for Americans of what the rest of the world thinks of them and their government.According to co-founder Robin Koerner, "The mission is to fill a gaping niche, if that isn't an oxymoron, and offer a From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 9, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..

Gestión de contenidos y redes sociales
Enlaces de apoyo al módulo Gestión de Contenidos y Redes Sociales en la Web: 1) Servicios de edición y alojamiento de weblogs Blogger Blogia Bitacorae 2) Servicios de alojamiento de imágenes Flickr Buzznet Photobucket 3) Servicios de edición y alojamiento... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 9, 2005 at 6:51 p.m..

trying to get my map (a response to Clay) (danah boyd)
I’m not sure i fully get the map-based model that Clay is espousing, but i can buy that we view the world from a different point of view. It’s also no accident that i claim my primary identity as an... From Corante: Social Software on March 9, 2005 at 6:49 p.m..

Oracle in another hostile bid
In the last two days Oracle has purchased 10 per cent of mission-critical software provider Retek's shares. SAP had earlier announced that it is to acquire Retek. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

T-Online demonstrates internet telephony
German internet service provider T-Online, which currently offers VoIP software, is also planning to offer the hardware for using internet telephony in the short term, which can then also be used with existing analogue telephones. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Italian municipality chooses Nokia Tetra for radio communications
The Tetra network implementation in Italy is to provide the staff of Turin municipality with Nokia Tetra voice and data services. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Handset makers launch open service interface initiative
A new interface offers PC-based service and maintenance for mobile terminals at points of sale, in the supply chain and other possible service locations. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

BT enters data centre deal with Synetrix
The deal between British telco BT and Synetrix is to comprise access to 20 BT exchanges in which Synetrix will house its network circuits. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Boeing launches in-flight internet service
The Connexion by Boeing in-flight internet service is currently available on flights offered by Lufthansa, Japan Airlines, ANA and Scandinavian Airlines. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

E-bay launches classifieds websites
Kijiji s a start-up within online auction company E-bay created by a small team of entrepreneurial employees. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

WE digital camera market grew 58% in 2004 – report
In 2004, over 1m small-format photo printer devices were destined for consumers' homes in Western Europe, representing a growth rate of over 230 per cent on 2003. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

A Craigslist Clone for the Rest of the World
The newspaper industry in the U.S. has much to fret about with (mostly-)free-classified service Craigslist, which has removed millions of dollars annually from the classifieds revenue of papers in major metro markets that it's entered. (Make that tens of millions in the biggest markets.) To a lesser extent, Craigslist is a competitor to newspapers outside the U.S., since it's set up community sites in Canada, Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Asia, and Latin America. But those sites are new and most haven't seen wide usage yet. (The London Cr From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 9, 2005 at 5:54 p.m..

Vassar's president will step down
Frances Daly Fergusson, who has served as Vassar College's president for 20 years, will leave that post on June 30, 2006.... From MANE IT Network on March 9, 2005 at 4:57 p.m..

Swisssom selects Siemens, Sylanto platforms for triple-play
Sylantro Systems Corporation of the US and Siemens Switzerland has announced that Swisscom, the Swiss telecoms giant, has deployed their respective platforms as the base for Swisscom’s Bluewin TV 300, a triple-play service offering DSL-based VoIP and IPTV services. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Triple-play services launched in Switzerland
Barely 24 hours after announcing its intention to launch a triple-play portfolio of television, data, and telephony services, Swisscom Fixnet's Bluewin TV 300 has encountered its first competing triple-play provider: archrival Cablecom, the main provider of cable TV in the Swiss market. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

Still Swamped…
Just a quick note, because some of you have been asking. I haven't been posting much lately because I've been totally swamped with client projects. However, I will try to get a few items out this week, I do have lots I things I wish to share. Of course, I'm always looking ahead to new projects. Here are a few quick updates on some new services I plan to debut. I'd really like your input.... From Contentious Weblog on March 9, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

AmEx’s Marketing Miscalculation
Sometimes the real world is simply beyond parody. Recently in the mail I received a free calculator from American Express as a gimmick to tout new discounts they're offering in partnership with companies such as FedEx and Hertz. Yesterday when I was paying bills, I decided to try it out. Boy, that was interesting! Okay, here's Direct Marketing Rule 1: If you want to promote your business with a free gizmo, it had better work. If it doesn't, you've just seriously undermined your own credibility and value. In other words, you've just spent a lot of money to sabotage you From Contentious Weblog on March 9, 2005 at 4:54 p.m..

BECTA's Packaging and Publishing LOs: Best Practice Guidelines
http://www.becta.org.uk/page_documents/industry/content_packaging.pdf This new guide from Becta gives the grand tour through most of the relevant learning object related standards, and contains a few useful starting points, for instance the "Packaging and publishing checklist." The document rightly points out that "because content packaging is both a descriptive and mapping discipline, as well as a technical practice, it is recommended that it is addressed as a key process during the develop From EdTechPost on March 9, 2005 at 4:50 p.m..

What's a Downloaded Episode Worth?
Over the last few days I've been collecting information about what people would shell out for a pay-per-episode (not pay-per-view) series. Compared to four years ago when I last pondered this question, people seem much more willing to spend a little to get good entertainment, which in itself is a massive shift of opinion. But in the process of gathering this data, I think I may have discovered that you can only ever charge $1 for anything online, no matter how much it costs to make... From kuro5hin.org on March 9, 2005 at 4:45 p.m..

Sweden most advanced member state for e-government - Commission survey
Online government now a reality almost everywhere in the EU, says a Commission survey, with Sweden the most advanced country for online public services and Austria a close second, while new member states have advanced more rapidly than most expected, with Estonia a particular stand-out. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

60 companies providing fixed-line service in Romania - regulator
Among these, 24 companies provided telephone services through their own network, and 38 through other providers’ access networks. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

Macrovision launches patent licensing programme for optical media formats
The VeriBIT family of patents covers unique digital signature generation, disc authentication, payload protection, and selective enablement and web-linking of content on current and next-generation optical media formats. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 3:55 p.m..

One World, Two Maps (thoughts on the Wikipedia debate) (Clay Shirky)
When thinking about technological change, there are two kinds of people, or rather, people with two kinds of maps of the world — radial, and Cartesian. Radial maps are circular, and express position in relative coordinates — angle and distance... From Corante: Social Software on March 9, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

[sd] Photos
I've posted on Flickr a few photos from the Madrid conference. Search for SafeDemocracy.... From Joho the Blog on March 9, 2005 at 3:48 p.m..

Virgin Radio launches podcast of breakfast show, announces first ever 'podvertisement'
Virgin Radio's first experiment in podcasting, making available its breakfast show available for download, is being sponsored by the UK Central Office of Information and Expedia, in what Virgin is describing as the first ever 'podvertisement'. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

Napster UK relaunches website
Napster has added free trials of its subscription service, customisable homepages and a service called 'Playlists To Go', allowing the transfer of ready-made playlists of up to 100 tracks to a device with one click. From Digital Media Europe - digital media news from across Europe on March 9, 2005 at 2:54 p.m..

Subjects Wanted for 5 minute Skyperviews On Digital Audio
My editor is breathing down my back (considering it is like 15 degrees this morning in New York City, that may not be a bad thing). No, I am behind on writing my technology column for the Spring 2005 issue of our publication, the mcli Forum . I need some help ;-) The article will be on the wave in the past few months on internet digital audio, meaning the new tools like Skype (and other audio chat), audio discussion boards, the rise of the iPodPeaple, and podcasting. As an adjunct for the web From cogdogblog on March 9, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..

The Battle for the 'Net (Con't)
(via Alec Courous) A columnist for The Toronto Star says that the Canadian government is looking hard at ways to regulate content on the Internet. The Minister of Industry, together with Liza Frulla, his Canadian Heritage counterpart, are also reportedly about to finalize new rules that may reshape the availability of Internet content to educational in From weblogged News on March 9, 2005 at 1:47 p.m..

Managing The Parallel 'You-niverse' - Susan Kuchinskas, Internet News
We all live with a digital doppelgänger that resides in various computer databases -- where major decisions about our lives are made on the basis of this digital other, a law professor warned. "The FBI doesn't need to break into my house and search it," From Techno-News Blog on March 9, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

NY Times Company Buys About.com - Zachary Rodgers, ClickZ
The New York Times Company reached a deal to buy About.com from Primedia for $410 million. News of the deal follows a week of rumors About.com was for sale, and coveted by The Times, along with several other bidders. The purchase adds an alternative conte From Techno-News Blog on March 9, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Denial-of-service glitch could threaten Windows - Matt Hines and Dan Ilett, CNET News
Security researchers have published details of a denial-of-service vulnerability that could enable hackers to attack Microsoft Windows and spin computers into senseless processing loops. Posting to the SecurityFocus industry forum site late Monday, an in From Techno-News Blog on March 9, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..

Class Weblogs Anlysis and Reflection
Bud Gibson at Michigan State pointed me to his analysis of Weblog use in his classes last fall and it has some interesting insights into the dynamics of a blog classroom. What I like is that he shares the struggles and the solutions out in the open so we can all learn from his experience. Here's a snippet: By design, blogging allows individuals to raise topics of interest and create threads of conversation without having to ask anyone's permission. That was an explicit design consid From weblogged News on March 9, 2005 at 12:47 p.m..

RSS For Business
RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a new way to broadcast corporate news and structured information. RSS offers a quick, easy corporate communication channel. The RSS contents are published as a feed and the feed's content keep customers, partners and journalists abreast of corporate news and information. The RSS feeds are read using a tool referred to as a news aggregator, or an RSS reader. The aggregator periodically checks to see if the RSS feed has been updated. As the feed is updated, new information will automatically appear in the RSS reader. While RSS was at one point From RSS Blog on March 9, 2005 at 11:58 a.m..

Tags visualized
This site draws the relationships among tags at del.icio.us. (Thanks to Henrik Schneider for the link.)... From Joho the Blog on March 9, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

[sd] Wednesday morning #2
Now we are talking about the positive values of the Internet as a way of spreading and preserving democracy. Marc Rotenberg says that this conference seems quite aligned with the values of the open internet. He suggests four ways of talking about the Net that work with the conference's values. Pekka Himanen worries that we are answering terrorism with "fearism." Desiree suggests that we build more "trusted spaces" where people with divergent views can talk. (E.g., ThreeFatesForum.) Should government finance these? She also worries about the "war on terror" inculcating fear. Dan Gillmor wo From Joho the Blog on March 9, 2005 at 11:48 a.m..

MasterMind Explorer - Issue 88 - Identity Theft, Updates by RSS, News Radars
MasterMind Explorer - Issue 88 - Identity Theft, Updates by RSS, News Radars From MasterMind Explorer on March 9, 2005 at 10:52 a.m..

Archaeology and ethnography in weblog research (2)
Just a quote. Profgrrrrl:Let's say I'm studying the development of a blog over time. I don't need to follow it while it is developing. Reading the archives later on yields just as much information. Ditto for studying, say, a court case. I'll just get the transcripts/records later on. (Nope, sorry. Misses all of the perceptual data that should be recorded in field notes. In the case of the blog, what if there were a controversial post that was up From Mathemagenic on March 9, 2005 at 10:51 a.m..

eLearning en el Instituto de Empresa
Íñigo Babot entrevista a Manuel Fernández de Villalta, Director de eLearning del Instituto de Empresa de Madrid, que nos cuenta el desarrollo de la educación virtual en esta muy prestigiosa escuela de... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on March 9, 2005 at 10:50 a.m..

[sd] Wednesday morning
(Joi has pointed out that media are not allowed into this hall, but bloggers are allowed to blog it. Interesting.) John Gage, of Sun, gives an introduction to how the Net is viewed by the international leaders to whom we will submit a one-page set of recommendations. Our vocabularies are different, he says, so making a succinct statement is going to be difficult. Our metaphors about "openness" don't work. And, he says, security agencies had thought they were in the control business, but now they're being told that they need to share information. They're confused and we need to u From Joho the Blog on March 9, 2005 at 10:48 a.m..

U.N. Divided: Human Clone Ban
After four years trying to reach a consensus on a worldwide human clone policy, the U.N. General Assembly settles on a resolution recommending that countries ban all human cloning. From Wired News on March 9, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

We Need Spy Blogs
An Army officer calls for better information gathering, via blogs. No, really. By Kris Alexander from Wired magazine. From Wired News on March 9, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Stem Cells Goose Xenotransplants
Using transplanted pig stem cells to create replacement organs for mice seems to work. So how long until the technique moves to humans? By Rowan Hooper. From Wired News on March 9, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Wireless Gaming Held Hostage
Mobile games inch toward the success in the United States that they enjoy in other countries, but significant hurdles remain. Daniel Terdiman reports from San Francisco. From Wired News on March 9, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Human Out-Muscles Robots
Man-made muscles aren't quite ready for prime time -- three artificial limbs crumple in arm-wrestling matches against a high-school student. Randy Dotinga reports from San Diego. From Wired News on March 9, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

Machines Not Lost in Translation
Handheld translation devices are helping on the front lines of wars and disaster relief, but two-way communication is still far off on the horizon. By Ann Harrison. From Wired News on March 9, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..

SmartDraw Update Adds a New Maps Collection, Helpful Symbols, and More to the Internet's Top Drawing Tool
SmartDraw.com, the Internet's #1 provider of business graphics software, announced today the release of SmartDraw 7.1. This update--offered free to current SmartDraw 7 users--includes a robust new symbol collection for maps, including hundreds of professionally created map templates, symbols, and a helpful Maps Wizard. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

School Chef Gains National Healthy Eating Award
Lesley Oliver, Chef Manager at Northbourne Park School, has been presented with the National Heartbeat Award for the fifth year running. It is a nationally recognised award given to caterers who provide a healthy environment and healthier food choices. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

uCertify, Launches Exam Simulation PrepKits for MCSE 2003 Exam 70-291 and 70-293
uCertify (March 7, 2005). uCertify, in its constant endeavor to provide quality educational training product and services for the IT industry, released Exam Simulation Prepkit for Microsoft exams 70-293 and 70-291 for Microsoft MCSE 2003 and MCSA 2003 certifications. The company is currently offering a $ 20 discount on these new PrepKit. The last date to avail of the discount is March 15, 2005. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

Northwestern Theological Seminary Launches New Spanish Educational Program for the Hispanic Community/Inicio Del Programa Educacional En Espanol Del Seminario Teologico Noroeste
Northwestern Theological Seminary announces the implementation of a new Spanish Educational Program with the intention of opening the educational opportunities being offered by the Seminary to the Spanish Speaking community. Spanish/Espanol: Programa Educativo Cristiano para una educacion teologica en Espanol hasta el nivel de Doctorado. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

Registration Opens for Product Management Educational Conference
The Association of International Product Marketing and Management (AIPMM) announced today that registration has opened for the 2005 Product Management Educational Conference which will be held May 15 through 17, 2005 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Burlingame, California. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

Online Career Training Interest Increases - Ivy Tech State College Offers Adults New Ways to Improve Careers and Start New Ones
In response to overwhelming interest in online, career training certificate programs, Ivy Tech State College and other well-known institutions have expanded their course offerings to accommodate what are considered 'hot trend' areas. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

Need Money-Saving Ideas? Ask Your Employees
Elinating waste and costs are critical to the succees on any ogranization. Suggestions by employees will help save thousands of dollars in waste. Recognition and a formal idea campaign that is built on recognition will work. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

Ecstasy Use Drops in U.S.
Past-year use of the club drug among people over 12 declined by more than one million [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

Sales Workshops for U.K. Companies Announced
"How to Quickly and Cost-effectively Enter the U.S. Market" HYPHEN Georgia, USA alliance to conduct U.K. Workshops on Selling in the United States in April. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

Florida FCAT Refugees Earn Diploma from Maine High School, Bypass FCAT, Bypass Exit Exams
For several years, FCAT Refugees from Florida have transferred their high school credits to a Maine high school and earned their high school diploma. No FCAT and no exit exams are required in Maine. Students earn their diplomas by earning the necessary 17-1/2 high school credits. If you have the credits, you are entitled to the diploma, no matter where you live, from the North Atlantic Regional High School. www.narhs.org [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

Gill Introduces Campus Continuity: Web-based Business Continuity Solutions for Educational Institutions
Gill Advisors Inc. introduces Campus Continuity, a first of its kind, web-based risk management product targeted specifically toward the educational sector. Campus Continuity provides risk planners with the toolkit to construct an all encompassing risk management plan that combines key elements of emergency response planning, with business continuity management. [PRWEB Mar 9, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 9:10 a.m..

From oddity to commodity
Which of these tech companies would you put your money behind? CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos explores consumer unpredictability. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2005 at 9:09 a.m..

Whose Media y nuevas voces en la blogosfera
Muy sugerentes los ecos del simposio Whose Media organizado en Harvard por la Neiman Foundation for Journalism y The Media Center. Un buen inventario de lo que los medios necesitan conseguir, de lo que deberían preservar y de lo que... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on March 9, 2005 at 8:51 a.m..

[sd] Wednesday morning
I'm at the Madrid conference on democracy, security and terrorism. Joi has set up an IRC chat and Ethan Zuckerman is doing a good job of posting the main points of the dialogue as they occur. Go to irc.freenode.net and join the #madridopen channel.... From Joho the Blog on March 9, 2005 at 8:48 a.m..

Teachers and Archdiocese Settle on Tentative 12% Raise
The union representing teachers at Roman Catholic elementary and high schools in New York and Long Island announced that it had reached a tentative accord. From New York Times: Education on March 9, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Education Law Finds Few Fans in Utah
Education officials nationwide are watching the events here to see whether this state will win in its game of brinkmanship with federal officials. From New York Times: Education on March 9, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

University President Resigns at Colorado Amid Turmoil
The resignation comes amid scandals surrounding the football program and a professor who referred to 9/11 victims as "little Eichmanns." From New York Times: Education on March 9, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Conquering the Shame and the Fear, Then the Syllables
Part group therapy, part speech boot camp, the New England Fluency Program helps adults and children deal with their stuttering problems. From New York Times: Education on March 9, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Still Fewer Foreigners Applying to American Graduate Schools
A new survey shows international interest in studying at American graduate schools declining for the second straight year. From New York Times: Education on March 9, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Want to Be an Intel Finalist? You Need the Right Mentor
Year after year, Ward Melville is one of the leading high schools for producing science research projects in the Intel Science Talent Search competition. From New York Times: Education on March 9, 2005 at 8:45 a.m..

Blended Learning. Anstoß für innovative Unternehmenskonzepte?
Der Autor entwickelt seine Argumentation in drei Schritten: 1) Reine e-Learning-Lösungen führen selten zum Ziel; 2) Blended Learning-Angebote können helfen, einige Hürden zu überwinden, z.B., was die Motivation der Lernenden betrifft. Andere Schwierigkeiten wie die Einbettung von Lernprozessen in vorhandene... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 9, 2005 at 7:50 a.m..

March is Women's History Month and Thomson Gale has a free Web site, Women's History Month, packed w ...
March is Women's History Month and Thomson Gale has a free Web site, Women's History Month, packed with history, biographies, literature and free activities to help families and students celebrate the month From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

Rocketinfo Inc. has signed an agreement with Thomson Gale to provide Rocketinfo's customers with acc ...
Rocketinfo Inc. has signed an agreement with Thomson Gale to provide Rocketinfo's customers with access to over 1,000 full-text periodicals, journals, and magazines licensed by Thomson Gale From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

Simon Fraser University and the Bill Reid Foundation on March 1, 2005 announced a new initiative tha ...
Simon Fraser University and the Bill Reid Foundation on March 1, 2005 announced a new initiative that will bring Northwest Coast art into the academic mainstream. The partnership involves the Foundation's new President, Dr. George MacDonald, and members of the University community in the development of a proposal to create the Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Art Studies at Simon Fraser University From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

The Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals ...
The Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals presents over 1,300 selected English-language books, conference papers (including some digital video presentations), debates, editorials, e-prints, journal and magazine articles, news articles, technical reports, and other printed and electronic sources that are useful in understanding the open access movement's efforts to provide free access to and unfettered use of scholarly literatu From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

Infotrieve, Inc. has announced plans to launch its new web-based search and discovery research envir ...
Infotrieve, Inc. has announced plans to launch its new web-based search and discovery research environment, the Life Science Research Center (LSRC), in March 2005. The LSRC simplifies scientists' daily workflow by providing a robust user interface to search diverse types of scientific, technical, and medical (STM) information and to identify relationships across traditionally disparate sources of content. The LSRC will u From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

ITI-InfoCentral.com is the new digital archive of Information Today, Inc. Search, browse, preview an ...
ITI-InfoCentral.com is the new digital archive of Information Today, Inc. Search, browse, preview and purchase from over 25,000 full-text news reports, articles, interviews, and critical reviews about the companies, products and people in the library, electronic information services, and digital content industries. ITI-InfoCentral.com links to ITI's archives, from September 1987 to the present, from Information Today, ONLINE, Searcher, Computers in Libraries, EContent, EMedia/EventDV, Mu From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

ACH/ALLC Conference 2005 - June 15-18 - Victoria, BC, Canada - a joint conference between the Associ ...
ACH/ALLC Conference 2005 - June 15-18 - Victoria, BC, Canada - a joint conference between the Association for Computers and the Humanities, and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

The winners of the 2004 CBC Literary Awards were announced on February 23, 2005 in a star-studded ga ...
The winners of the 2004 CBC Literary Awards were announced on February 23, 2005 in a star-studded gala at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. An eclectic group of twelve Canadian writers, from a prize-winning writer in Vancouver to a former trap-shoot operator from Newfoundland, took centre stage to receive their Awards From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

OCLC is hosting a Web-based speaker series featuring projects implemented with CONTENTdm Digital Col ...
OCLC is hosting a Web-based speaker series featuring projects implemented with CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management Software. The sessions will also include a brief overview of CONTENTdm including features in the upcoming Release 4 From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

Issue 23 of Focus on MIMAS, the electronic newsletter from Manchester InforMation and Associated Ser ...
Issue 23 of Focus on MIMAS, the electronic newsletter from Manchester InforMation and Associated Services, is now available From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

ALPSP briefing: Open Access - This short briefing is intended for all those in the publishing chain ...
ALPSP briefing: Open Access - This short briefing is intended for all those in the publishing chain who feel they need a concise update on the Open Access debate in order to ensure that they are as well informed as possible in their discussions with journal contributors and editors, editorial board members and society representatives - 1 April 2005 - London, UK From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

On March 29 2005 the Jesse Stuart Foundation in Ashland, in cooperation with the FIVCO/Big Sandy Reg ...
On March 29 2005 the Jesse Stuart Foundation in Ashland, in cooperation with the FIVCO/Big Sandy Regional Library of the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, will host the program Exploring Appalachian Literature and Culture for Librarians. The workshop will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dr. James Gifford of the Foundation will present the workshop From Peter Scott's Library Blog on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

Building Effective Virtual Teams: Online Event Coming Up
As enterprises gradually decentralize their operations and new networked business ecosystems start to find their way into profitable niche marketplaces, virtual, networked business teams gradually emerge as the wave of the future. Photo credit : Andres Ojeda To be successful,...... From Robin Good's Latest News on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

Delivering Software Updates By RSS: Appcasting Jumps Onto The RSS Wave
When you fire up one of your online software tools and straightaway get a message notifying you that there's a new version available for immediate download, are you grateful for the message or irritated by the distraction? Do you download...... From Robin Good's Latest News on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

Identity Theft Is Rampant: Good Advice On How To Prevent It
About three months before I moved with my family into our new home last Fall, I called our national mail company to make sure I filed the proper online forms to get our mail forwarded to our new address. The...... From Robin Good's Latest News on March 9, 2005 at 5:13 a.m..

Think Technologies Created Site Wins Prestigious Award
Indian River Community College and the Living Science Partners recently received the 2004 NAWeb "Best of the Web" Educational Web Site of the Year Award. [PRWEB Mar 7, 2005] From PR Web on March 9, 2005 at 5:10 a.m..

Skills at Work - Evaluation of New Apprenticeships
The recently released report on the evaluation of the of the New Apprenticeships system shows that the system has been very successful in increasing the number of people in structured training in Australia's workforce. The evaluation identified growth in New Apprenticeships as being highly responsive and relevant to industry need. From EdNA Online on March 9, 2005 at 5:09 a.m..

Critical Dates: Investing in Our Schools Programme
In the period 2005 to 2008, $700 million will be provided to State schools to help repair, replace or install new items critical to their school's overall needs. The focus will be on delivering projects which improve the infrastructure of schools in accordance with priorities identified by school communities - parents, friends, the teaching profession and students associated with the school. See the DEST website for critical dates, guidelines and application forms. From EdNA Online on March 9, 2005 at 5:09 a.m..

Microsoft takes security patch hiatus
Company skips this month's installment of its regularly scheduled patch release cycle, but issues update to its threat removal tool. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2005 at 5:09 a.m..

Google window-shops for VoIP
At Internet phone conference, search giant takes meetings with several service providers. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2005 at 5:09 a.m..

VoIP: Can you hear me now?
Internet telephony is a-knockin'... and Michael Powell reminds you who let it in. Plus: Google takes a few meetings. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2005 at 5:09 a.m..

Cell phone's new role: Live-TV broadcaster
Norwegian broadcaster NRK is claiming a world's first, having aired live video from a mobile phone on national television during a long-distance cross-country ski race Sunday. [Missing Links] From CNET News.com on March 9, 2005 at 5:09 a.m..

Google practices dividing to conquer
Projects under development at the company are aimed at helping classify data and improving the relevance of search results. From CNET News.com on March 9, 2005 at 5:09 a.m..

Tower and Paper are losing control.
Another posting a day or so ago was about "Has the blog backlash begun?" Part of the posting was that I would comment on this after a day or so. Well, I slept on it and have come to the... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 9, 2005 at 4:54 a.m..

Cyber Bullying Article
cently, there's been a lot of coverage on the topic of cyberbullying in the mainstream media. This article in USA Today gives a good overview of the problem, and the many ways in which technology (e.g., instant messengers, email, websites)... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 9, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

Disruptive Technologies
Education is expensive. People will pay something for a rite of passage, but they have certain expectations of their tuition dollar. What this means to me, as an instructor, or designer / developer of courses to be delivered in possibly... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 9, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

Thank you
The other day in my blog I asked the question; "Who was reading my blog?" It was more of a rhetorical question and I really was not fishing for people to comment. However it was to my delight that people... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 9, 2005 at 3:54 a.m..

Two kinds of bloggers, or new horizons in intellectual exchange
Eric Nelson, writing a guest piece for Jay Rosen, breaks the world of blogging into two: The truth is most bloggers are editors, picking the best bits of the web to show their readers; they are not reporters or architects of elegant policy arguments. The ones that are reporters and architects, usually have a pretty good non-digital resume to back... From Weblogs in Higher Education on March 9, 2005 at 3:51 a.m..

Character traits
Shawn Callahan has posted a list of character traits, which are very useful when constructing archetypes or personas. To quote: When extracting archetypes from a body of narrative, I have found it useful to give the workshop participants a large... From Column Two on March 9, 2005 at 3:47 a.m..

I have no words and I must design.
There's a lotta different kinds of games out there. A helluva lot. Cart-based, computer, CD-ROM, network, arcade, PBM, PBEM, mass-market adult, wargames, card games, tabletop RPGs, LARPs, freeforms. And, hell, don't forget paintball, virtual reality, sports, and the horses. It's... From Teaching and Developing Online. on March 9, 2005 at 2:54 a.m..

#1 Thing Overhead in the Florida Governor's Mansion
"Honey, do these pants make my butt look big?" "No Jeb. You look fine." From Brain Frieze on March 9, 2005 at 1:55 a.m..

Gaia Under Attack By Odd Couple: The Christian Right Is "Supporting" Multinational Corporate Plunderers; Bill Moyers Tells us Why
Summary: The environmental destruction by multinational corporate plundering is unchecked by Congresspersons and Senator who are of or supported by the Christian Fundamentalist Right. Reason? It's Faith-Based , but it's not so much an initiative as a disinclination to act in these last days of existence. Bill Moyers gives details in the New York Review of Books. Emboldening below is mine. SPH Bill Moyers says a lot in this major piece for the New York Review of Boo From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 9, 2005 at 1:48 a.m..

But giving birth was in the top 3
Two thirtysomething ladies, one armed with a baby and stroller, are chatting on the subway. Occasionally the baby will growl, and one of the ladies will pop the lid off a small tupperware with some Cheerios in it. The baby grabs a bunch of O's, throws them away, and then picks up one, and laboriously sticks it in his mouth. The mother closes the container and the two ladies continue their conversation: "We were interviewing some people for a position, and when we asked what was the greatest change or highlight in their lives, some of them said the iPod!" From silentblue | Quantified on March 9, 2005 at 12:54 a.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here to the read com From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 9, 2005 at 12:48 a.m..

CyberBullying Article
Recently, there's been a lot of coverage on the topic of cyberbullying in the mainstream media. This article in USA Today gives a good overview of the problem, and the many ways in which technology (e.g., instant messengers, email, websites)... From Couros Blog - Frequent Rants from an Ed. Tech'er on March 8, 2005 at 11:55 p.m..

Governmental Leadership: Margot Wahlstrom Gives Meaning to the Term "Accessible"
Summary: Margot Wahlstrom is an official of the governing commission of the European Union. She writes a weblog. (Here's a link to the government itself, (Note the front page statement on corporate responsibility). Her openness and accessibility could well be copied with good effect in the US. Here's her most recent entry(click here to the read com From Connectivity: Spike Hall's RU Weblog on March 8, 2005 at 11:48 p.m..