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Docking the user experience
I was surprised that my new Apple 4G iPod: Power Users' Review" href="http://www.ipodlounge.com/reviews_more.php?id=4565_0_6_0_M">20GB 4G iPod didn't come with a docking cradle. Come to think about it, almost no electronics come with docks anymore. That's why we have multiple $300+ gizmos tethered to our computers or power outlets with nests of cables, twisting in the breeze. It just ain't right. Anyhoo, here's some neat iPod tips, tricks and hacks I've found: Winamp5 ml_iPod plugin So you don't have to use iTunes. GoogleGet Downloads news and weather headlin From
silentblue | Quantified on March 11, 2005 at 10:53 p.m..
IBM's intranet and folksonomy
Bud has posted a very interesting blog entry on IBM's plans to use folksonomy on their intranet. To quote: IBM will soon experiment with folksonomy. They are motivated by a need to maintain the pace of updates to how information... From
Column Two on March 11, 2005 at 10:47 p.m..
Blogs, wikis, education, and Bowdoin
A Washington Post story on college blogs and wikis uses a Bowdoin English class as a leading example. "Students keep pushing for more interactivity, often in ways I hadn't thought of yet," said Mark L. Phillipson, assistant professor of English... From
MANE IT Network on March 11, 2005 at 8:57 p.m..
Was Mitarbeiter vom E-Learning halten
Die Autorin hat die Mitarbeiter von vier Schweizer Konzernen befragt, welche Vor- und Nachteile sie beim Online-Lernen sehen. Ich will es kurz machen: Es werden Erfahrungen geschildert, die jeder aus ähnlichen Studien bereits kennt: man schätzt die zeitliche Flexibilität, beklagt... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 11, 2005 at 8:51 p.m..
SCCS Open House
If you are in the Saskatoon area next tuesday March 15th between 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. we will be having an open house at the Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School. This open house is for anyone interested in seeing the... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 11, 2005 at 7:58 p.m..
The Future on a Friday Afternoon
Up for some video? It's always interesting to know how big companies see the future. It's even better if they actually try to visualize it. If we take a look at personal communications and their implications for media companies, the following three visions are worth looking at. Japanese telecom operator NTT Docomo offers an entertaining if rather sappy story in a
10-minute video about a group of friends reuniting, but the underlying concepts are interesting. Mobile operator Vodafone also shows off an idea of From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 11, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..
The Inspiration of OhMyNews in Spain
Could the citizen journalism model of
OhMyNews be applied in Spain? This has been one of the most recurrent questions posed these last two days to Oh Yeon Ho, CEO and founder of OhMyNews, during his stay in Spain.With his online newspaper, Oh has made participatory journalism a successful reality that has contributed to changing the media landscape in South Korea, and it is inspiring many other media around the world. The political, social, and technological conditions in South Korea have been a suitable context for the OhMyNews phenome From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 11, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..
Unilever Triples Internet Ad Spending Percentage
Dutch/British conglomerate
Unilever is one of the world's most successful consumer goods companies: 150 million times a day, someone somewhere buys a Unilever product. The world's TV channels, magazines, and newspapers have for years profited from the company's enormous marketing budgets.In the Netherlands, studies into the effectiveness of marketing campaigns for Axe (deodorant), Dove (soap), Hertog (ice cream), and Conimex (Asian cooking ingredients) are now leading to a shift in ad spending. Not so surprisingly, online marketing t From
Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 11, 2005 at 6:54 p.m..
"Wir werden Bediener"
Passend zur CeBIT gibt es hier ein Video-Interview mit Joseph Weizenbaum, dem Computerpionier und -kritiker. Auch wenn mir einige Statements etwas zu einfach sind (wie z.B. der Titel), ist es doch eine schöne Sache, den Vater von "Eliza" noch einmal... From
www.weiterbildungsblog.de on March 11, 2005 at 6:51 p.m..
This could be fun
The conditions were a bit crazy these past few days for skiing, and I had my share of spectacular falls on Wednesday. But nothing like this photo of a man who's Tree-Ski-Jumping. The jumpers will be aiming for the trees and the higher they land in the trees, the better their scores may be. The idea is to take flight from a mound of snow, fly through the air and land in a tree. To qualify as a completed jump, the skier has to hang onto the tree without falling to the ground. I like getting air and all, but I'm not sure I'd try to land in a tree! That seems like something that w From
megnut on March 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
How and Why Smart Companies are Harnessing the Creativity of Their Customers
Interesting article about the way companies solicit and use ideas generated by their customers. Take note of the last paragraph: "One really exciting thing about user-led innovation is that customers seem willing to donate their creativity freely, says Mr Von Hippel. This may be because it is their only practical option: patents are costly to get and often provide only weak protection." On the other hand, protection for the same companies is very easy to get and those same consumers are
easy targets for lawsuits. The la From
OLDaily on March 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Developing Self-Directed Learners
Summary of research on self-directed learning, including a useful chart matching specific work to types of self-directed learning. Most of the article addresses student motivation and linking student choice to responsibility. Some discussion of linking self-directed learning to state curricula and high-stakes testing. Good starting document. Via Rosanna Tarsiero at IFETS. By Unknown, Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, December 31, 200-31 8:33 p.m. [
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OLDaily on March 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
ContentGuard Employees Sue Owners over IP Licensing
Why doesn't this surprise me? "ContentGuard employees are claiming that Microsoft and Time Warner, having bought ContentGuard's DRM-related patents, are now essentially giving them away through various deals and not channeling royalties to ContentGuard." Given that ContentGuard employees wanted to make money from all rights management on the web, effortlessly skimming from other people's creativity, I don't really have any sympathy. Though I'm sure Microsoft and Time Warner weren't acting benevolently; as the author suggests, they were likely looking at other DRM From
OLDaily on March 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Structural Holes, Part One
I torn, at least on the surface. As I stated a couple of days ago, and see increasingly in my own work, no one person can master everything in a domain; innovation is therefore the product of a group and not an individual. So the answer is to form a team, right? But I'm not about subsuming my ideas under some sort of corporate or messianic 'vision' or 'programme' - I function best when I am pursuing my own agenda and my own ideas. I want autonomy. The tenor of this article helps resolve the dilemma: "As managers, we need to shift our thinking from command and control t From
OLDaily on March 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Google News: Customized News
The blogosphere is gaga over Google's new
customized news. From where I sit, Google has now replicated the functionality of the 1998 My Netscape page - except without the RSS feeds that allow you to select your own sources. Good summary by
Aaron Swartz. The other thing the blogosphere is gaga over this week is eBay's launching of
Kijiji, which is essentially a city-based classifieds listing. It is essentially a clone of Craigslist, except it is offered o From
OLDaily on March 11, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..
Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School Open House
Kelli Boklaschuk sent this invitation to the café. The Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School has been doing great things, and it would be worth dropping in to see for ourselves! *************************** We would like to invite you to Saskatoon Catholic Cyber... From
Rick's Café Canadien on March 11, 2005 at 5:53 p.m..
The Battle for the 'Net (Con't)
I really think it's important that we don't sit on our keyboards in these early skirmishes for the Internet for the obvious reason that if we show our strength early on it will make those who want to censor or govern the Internet think twice before beginning their assault. In that vein, bloggers on both sides of the political spectrum have joined together to
petition FEC chairman Scott Thomas to clarify the protection given to bloggers under the media exemption rule. Whatever your feeling on the journalist/blogger debate, the potential th From
weblogged News on March 11, 2005 at 5:47 p.m..
Blogs: individual + networking
Bill Ives puts it nicely:From an individual perspective blogs offer: Creation – publishing content within a personal voiceCollection – managing personal content in a searchable archiveContext – applying commentary to content you manage From a networking perspective blogs provide: Connection – discovering others with your interestsConversation – engaging in dialogs on an organizational or global basisCommunity – b From
Mathemagenic on March 11, 2005 at 4:51 p.m..
Online Obits: Nix the Registration and Ads, Please!
Yesterday I was greatly saddened to learn of the untimely death of my longtime friend and colleague, Kevin Carmody. I knew Kevin since the early 1990s through my work with the Society of Environmental Journalists. Kevin was one of SEJ's founders, an incomparable and journalist, most recently writing for the Austin American-Statesman. He also was gracious enough to help make a nervous recent college grad feel not only welcome and needed but a true peer when among the stars of the profession. I can't tell you how much I will miss his rich laugh, his cowboy boots, and his unflinching wi From
Contentious Weblog on March 11, 2005 at 3:56 p.m..
Just a Wiki? Not! Check Out Jotspot
Interested in wikis, but turned off by the geeky interface, the technical set up hurdle, or the fear of spam? You've got company. But I just quickly scanned
Jotspot, billed as "the application wiki". From what I can scan, it is a second generation wiki offering a WYSIWIG editing interface ("Nothing new to learn. If you can use Microsoft Word, you can use JotSpot"), an ability to post by emailing a wiki page ("Every page is an Inbox. Simply "CC:" a wiki page and the email is automatically attached to that page"), and the integration of web forms and o From
cogdogblog on March 11, 2005 at 1:48 p.m..
Wiki Becomes a Way of Life - Daniel Terdiman, Wired
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, has 490,000 articles -- in English alone. All together, including its French, German, Italian, Chinese, Spanish and many other versions, it has well over 1.3 million entries. But without its 16,000 contributors, Wikipe From
Techno-News Blog on March 11, 2005 at 12:49 p.m..
RSS Feeds for TIME.com
Time Magazine has made RSS feeds available for top stories, photo essays, most viewed stories, and top rated TIME covers. It seems that all publishers are getting on board with RSS and syndication. From
RSS Blog on March 11, 2005 at 11:59 a.m..
Comparing Portals, CMS, and "Nukes"
The latest Ask Tony column compares portals, CMS and "Nukes". To quote: A portal generally delivers content so it can be consumed. But portal software packages typically aggregate content and data from a variety of locations, and in many cases,... From
Column Two on March 11, 2005 at 11:47 a.m..
Data Brokers Face Regulation
The head of the Federal Trade Commission says Congress should write tougher laws to protect consumer information accumulated by data brokers. Several senators suggest greater oversight in the wake of recent data losses. From
Wired News on March 11, 2005 at 10:46 a.m..
Jump to the Beat
Using a musical instrument to play a platform action game? It's more intuitive than you would think. Chris Kohler reviews Donkey Kong Jungle Beat. From
Wired News on March 11, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Developers Game for New Consoles
Nintendo gives a peek at its next-gen console, 'Revolution,' while game programmers ponder the hard work ahead making games for three new consoles. Daniel Terdiman reports from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. From
Wired News on March 11, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Sci-Fi Epic Shot on a Shoestring
An aspiring director is about to premier a futuristic film produced largely in his parents' basement. While it's not the greatest movie ever made, Cl.one is remarkably ambitious considering the resources employed. By Jason Silverman. From
Wired News on March 11, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Austin Is the Place for Netheads
While many tech conferences are in trouble, South by Southwest Interactive is fast becoming the most important gathering for internet culture. By Katie Dean. From
Wired News on March 11, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Bad Data Fouls Background Checks
While the recent ChoicePoint flap has folks concerned about identity theft, inaccurate data is just as big a danger -- and individuals are left to police the problem themselves. By Kim Zetter. From
Wired News on March 11, 2005 at 10:45 a.m..
Ask an Expert Source
Connecting your students to an expert in the field is an excellent way of expanding their horizons, supplementing the curriculum with current information, and integrating Internet resources within your classroom. The sites on this page are links to experts in... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 11, 2005 at 5:55 a.m..
Google map, customized
The instructions for
customizing one of the new Google maps looked all well and good the first time I read it, but the second time it sunk in -- not only can you annotate the maps, but you can add photographs. You could make a very snazzy campus tour. You could work with students on an illustrated historical atlas of your community. You could make an architectural tour of the old downtown. What else,... From
Weblogs in Higher Education on March 11, 2005 at 4:52 a.m..
Out and About At MIT
I've been in the sub-arctic zone known as "Boston" since Wednesday (hey, it is 85 degrees back home!) for some visits at
MIT. Yes, that MIT. This was set up partly to learn more about the
iCampus initiative thanks to a gracious invitation from Phil Long at last fall's EDUCAUSE conference. I am here with two other Maricopa colleagues, and we are soaking in the various learning space designs on campus, as well as what we can learn from various education, technology, media projects that seem to ooze out From
cogdogblog on March 11, 2005 at 4:48 a.m..
Open Source Home Page
This is a nice feature on the MIT web site--
Propose a Graphic: We encourage the MIT community and the public to submit images or designs for the MIT home page. Like open source software, the MIT home page improves with each individual's contribution. The designer of each day's image is credited on the home page itself.We encourage the MIT community and the public to submit images or designs for the MIT home page. Like open source software, the MIT home page improves with each individual's contribution. The d From
cogdogblog on March 11, 2005 at 4:48 a.m..
What if patents applied to literature?
This is the text of an open letter that I intend to send to all nine of my MEPs. I've watched the progress of Europe's Software Patent Directive for months and years. This week, it's passed an important hurdle on its way to becoming law, and I've decided to do my bit to work against it. From
kuro5hin.org on March 11, 2005 at 4:45 a.m..
Introduction to Usborne Books 101
All through the many years that we have homeschooled our children, Usborne Books has been apart of their education. The books were not textbooks, to be studied for a test, but I imagine, if I did test my kids, they could tell me more about the content of those books than the homeschool curriculum we were using. I was happy to have them, because they helped add interest to subjects we were studying like no other books we have ever used. Usborne books have a way a drawing you in to the subjects discussed there. One of the first Usborne books that we read From
HSAdvisor.com Featured Articles on March 11, 2005 at 3:58 a.m..
Internet use booming
A striking study by the Online Publisher's Association shows internet use by young people is booming, often at the expense of other media such as newspapers and magazines. One of the key findings is that young people have a clear... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 11, 2005 at 2:54 a.m..
Risks involved.
Risks involved in integrating the Internet into the K-12 curriculum Risks involved in integrating the Internet into the K-12 curriculum - Teaching With Technology... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 11, 2005 at 2:54 a.m..
Paperless School
Pupils at a Cheshire high school have gone down the fast and environmentally friendly route of filing their homework via e-mail. Some pupils are so keen they are completing the work and mailing it back within half-an-hour of arriving home.... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 11, 2005 at 2:54 a.m..
Virtual eLearning Costs 45% less
A school superintendent in Colorado explains the plight of traditional schools faced with declining enrollments due to competition from new systems of learning: "If I lose two kids, that's $20,000 walking out the door... I was worried about making sure... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 11, 2005 at 2:54 a.m..
Encounters of the Technological Kind:
The Change Literature is replete with anecdotal articles about outstanding instructors "using the latest innovations in dramatic and highly effective ways" (Spotts & Bowman, 1995, p. 58); actual empirical evidence as to the widespread adoption and use of the New... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 11, 2005 at 2:54 a.m..
Planning Good Change
We are making some changes in our system and some of this rings true. It is easy to make change. Change happens. Even if we sit still . . . do nothing . . . change happens. It is more... From
Teaching and Developing Online. on March 11, 2005 at 2:54 a.m..
Cheap Degrees Gazette
Thomas Nixon's Cheap College Degrees site is brimming with information and advice for getting a higher education without breaking the bank. Stay current with a subscription to the Cheap Degrees Gazette, a free weekly e-newsletter.... From
Adult/Continuing Education on March 11, 2005 at 2:50 a.m..
Video games can improve performance in vision tasks
From
Cognitive Daily: C. Shawn Green and Daphne Bavelier of the University of Rochester conducted a study in which they found that avid video game players were better at several different visual tasks compared to non-gamers. Note that visual tasks are different from manual dexterity tasks, which video games are
known to enhance, and action video games are better at From
elearningpost on March 10, 2005 at 11:46 p.m..